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blues20:
Madam Nengi, you can lie eh. So Igbo cannot understand Ikwerre when they speak, according to you. nye buzu like you

Igbo and Ikwerre are not intelligble.

Ndiofe:
Where their Edo name now?

Ogogoro drinker?

Even Igbos are suppose to be Edo too, yet Benin is still the smallest kingdom in Nigeria.

U get head so?

This is the identity Ikwerre claim, to be of edo decent dats why no igbo can understand Ikwerre language, their culture & pronunciation is not igbo and is ijoid, thats why they are an ethnic group of their own not igbo

Ekinematics:
If you are from Rivers or you've lived in Rivers State then you should know or have heard of Borokiri down to the whole of Town, Marine Base, Koko-ama, Amadi-ama, Tere-ama, Ozuboko, Abuloma(mixed with Abua), Okuru-ama, Okujagwu and Azuabie, then you won't be asking this questions.

Even eleme these days is called Port harcourt, Ikwerres are not igbo, dey are of edo decent

blues20:
You are conversing with a strong skull nigga. I'm a dude men. You sound too sissy so, I ain't wrong tagging you a ma'am. Madam Nengi, ndi' Arochukwu are Igbos and their ancestry is nothing but igbo.

The internet never dissapoints

blues20:
Madam Nengi, Arochukwu clan that is a custodian of an Igbo gods (Chukwu and Kamalu) now speaks Ibibio. Iji kwe ehu. Tell me more.

Madam blue, are you denying the ancestry of arochukwu?

blues20:
Obasi is the Igbo version of Abasi. But I'm still surprise to know that Arochukwu speaks Ibibio, according to you.

Yes Arochukwu people speak fluent ibibio
It cant be an "igbo" version cause it is not "igbo" language, the same way kachikwu & kachukwu is the same thing according to you

blues20:
Which one come be Ibibio dialect of arhochukwu. When did Arochukwu start speaking ibibio Nawa!

Does Obasi sound like igbo to you

Dedetwo:
The problem is a blind being led by a blind. You are ill-educated because you failed in your quest to achieve sound education. You would have inquire from your parents what is the correct name of "Ikwerre". If your parents did not know that "Ikwerre" is bastardized name, then they definintely cannot tell if the so-called Ikwerre is Igbo, Ogoni, Edo, Yoruba or Ijo. My aunt is married to man from Omademe (Umudeme) before Nigeria gained independence and there was no time he claimed not to be Igbo.

Guy family members go soon finish to use take lie

Dedetwo:
Education has really kissed the dust in Nigeria. Niger Delta is a nonsensical nomenclature and do not have any statutory significance.

Niger delta to you is like saying blood of jesus to Satan....Niger delta is recognized with states and official groups, so go and rest ifeanyiAdemola

Osu spirit dey worry this girl

ikwere1stson:
Welcome jetlee you have switched from your other account..

Fake Ikwere1stson, atleast know how to spell the name Ikwerre , ipob people are just too dum

AbakalikiPress:
Yes my bro. I am against any form of discrimination, but the truth is that over 50% of those who self identify as Igbo today have sources that are not igbo. Yet we are still trying to force the igbo identity on those who have chosen to remain true to their roots such as the Ikas, Ndokwas , Ikwerres E.tc.

Do you know that there is a language near my village in Ebonyi whose speakers don't even understand Igbo? They don't call God Chi or Chukwu or Obasi Not even Olisa (which by the way comes from the Yoruba-word Orisha and Itsekiri Oritse)

Why I tell fellow Igbos to let these people be, they think I am being anti Igbo or something. If you look deep into the ancestry of a lot of Igbos, what you will find might shock you.
Even you talking might be an assimilated Igbo, especially seeing that you are from Anambra.

This is another reason I am against Biafra, because trust me, once our common "enemies" are gone and all we have are ourselves, all the differences in our ancestries will come to the fore front, and we will almost tear one another to pieces. Tufiakwa.

Obasi is Abasi in the ibibio dialect of arochukwu

ifeanyiAdemola:
[s]say this trash to the royal house of opobo and receive slap I swear[/s] ..

What is the royal house of Opobo called? Isn't it Opu Wari, and the king called Amanyanabo, wen did dis bcom an eboe title?

Dedetwo now you are ifeanyiAdemola, does your ignorance know no bounds, keep deceiving yourself on nairaland

Afam4eva:
After all the hype, i finally watched this mmovie and i just couldn't get where they hype came from It's an OK movie. The only thing that sets it apart is the due dilligence that was employed. Aside that, the acting was ok (Save for Sola Sobowale).

I thought I was the only one, the movie was just a glorified photoshoot without a good storyline, but let's encourage Nollywood considering wer we are coming from

Whynotthetruth:
Really? So Where's SouthSouth tribe?

In the South-South

Whynotthetruth:
Isn't he from the SouthSouth tribe again? Keep denying and making silly conjectures...even Buhari doesn't know the tribe of his appointees too? No matter, how you twist it, TRUTH always wins

Don't be silly
Pat Utomi is from Delta state, i don't even believe he speaks for Anioma people sef

Whynotthetruth:
Cc Tonyebarcanista and other Ijaw ethnic warlords including the alien tribe of SouthSouth

You want to carry ghana must go bag again, Pat Utomi is a politician and is also not from Rivers state so he doesn't have any say.

ifeanyiAdemola:
Why blame wike..
You won't blame-police/army his wike you will blame...Ask your self even tho rivers has one of the highest presence of military men in Nigeria how come the state is experiencing violence...obio/akpor is not the most violent LGA I'n Nigeria so what will you call those LGA in borno were the military is currently fighting bokoharam..

Dede so u can reason like this? Shocker

SlayerForever:
Rivers of blood. I have to say, THERE'S NOTHING GOOD IN RIVERS STATE.

Yet una no go ever leave. Go to ur good state & mind ur business

ifeanyiAdemola:
t is obvious that from the above historical narration that the Ottams were Igbos of Ndoki extraction, and that the only way Ijaws can lay claim to historical occupation of Opobo is by claiming the Ndoki as an Ijaw group.

And this they have been doing, albeit unsuccessfully.

Cos the Ndokis for all terms and purposes are essentially Igbo people that descended from the Ngwa group.


You don't know the areas of arochukwu...That town was founded by ibibios before Igbo's drove them away when they had a war but till this day ibibios Igbo's have been living in peace..

Lol Ndoki descended from Ngwa, now are know you are joking. Nairaland has given mad men like u a platform to spew nonsense

ifeanyiAdemola:
Don't run away you won't rewrite there history..


You just need to hear them speak. The people of Opobo and Bonny all speak one native language - Igbo. No other language whatsoever do they speak in addition. Neighbouring towns surrounding Bonny may still speak Ibani but Bonny town proper speaks pure Igbo. The first Igbo bible was written in Bonny Igbo, and the dialect is notable for saying, 'ike m' for 'me' which funny enough means 'my buttocks' in other Igbo dialects and 'ike gi' for 'you/yours' which means 'your buttocks' in other Igbo dialects. Chinua Achebe, in one of his books, had written about a funny Igbo christian interpreter from a distant land to his town who was known for saying, 'ike m' and 'ie gi', which confused the people of his village. I guess he was referring to an Igbo interpreter from Bonny. Many of these people, though, bear 'Ibani' names such as Fiberesima etc. they barely know the meaning of in addition to Igbo names as well. They all practise Igbo customs, namely 'omugwo', and celebrate Igbo festivals they share in common with their Ndoki Igbo neighbours such as the Nwaotam festival. However, their dressing style is Rivers/Riverine style.

Also, parts of Okirika in Rivers state are also Igbo-speaking. Hilda Dokubo Mrakpor, the Nollywood actress, is a Rivers state indigene from Ogu-Bolo LGA who speaks fluent Igbo. Patience Jonathan is an Okirika woman who speaks Igbo as native language.

Ignore many things you read on nairaland. People just come on here to create false impressions about certain realities. All you need to do is visit these towns to verify for yourself.


That's how you said the ibibios are influcing arochukwu not knowing they founder arochukwu before they were driven out years back during awar with Igbo's..Liar

U quoted a Wikipedia article that showed arochuku ppl are Ibibio, so whay are you still arguing about

ifeanyiAdemola:
should be on record that the indigenous people of opobo and bonny are Ibani ijaw people and not Igbos

This is history revisionism. Before Jaja, another Igbo man led his band of Igbo slaves and Ijaw followers to Opobo from Bonny. The Ottams were already established in Opobo.

They were the aborigines of Opobo, and they were Ndokis of Igboland.

This is why Igbo language, and not Ijaw, remain the native language of Opobo.
Let that sink in.

The only way Opobo and Bonny gets to be an Ijaw kingdom, is if Ndokis become Ijaws. But like we have established, Ndokis remain ever proudly Igbo, and see Opobo and Bonny as their long lost brothers.

Opobo of today is a hybrid of Igbo, Ijaw and Ibibio people. But Igbos( Ottams) were the first to move in there.

The Ijaw expansionist plans to tie the heavy Igbo presence in Opobo and Bonny to Slavery is also part of their historical revisionism.

Opobo and Bonny people might be riverine in outlook today, but that is no impetus to tamper with history




The UmuOtam people of bonny and opobo are Igbos and nothing would change that.
I urge Igbos to support those people in their quest to maintain their identity as Igbos cool
Keep deceiving yourselves. After the Ijaws in Opobo failed attempt to dispose opobo off the tight fists of Jaja and his descendants, who are Igbos and owners of the kingdom citing useless and non existing minimah agreement.

You would think the Jajas don't know your agenda by now.
http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/jun/11/004.html

“Opobo is not a traditional town as we know it. It is a Settlement founded by King Jaja, and remains his estate and that of his descendants”
This is enough...Ijaw land grabbers always trying to rewrite history but thank god for the internet..

Lol you are an idiot oh, maybe its also the internet that crowned the Amanyanaapu , alapu & seniapu in all these kingdoms, it is the internet that created Ibani language, it is also the internet that made Opobo to be named after king Opubo, it is also the internet that named all the communities & families with Ibani Ijaw names, its also the internet that made the deities Sirimingi, Ikuba, Tolofari etc Ijaw, run along now illiterate, I jusr came back from church, I don't want to insult you

ifeanyiAdemola:
So you are even trying to say the aniomas,ikas in delta are not Igbo's....when you know the governor of delta is a Igbo man ifeanyi okowa..You ijaws are parisitic land grabbers...Even asaba is not an igbo town abi...Even tho ezeogwu Kaduna is from asaba...The Igbo's of oyibo axis of rivers arent Igbo's abi...the etches,,ndokis aren't Igbo's this is the reason we shall continue to rule the minute ijaw populace in rivers all of you can go to bayelsa..


Even tho its the ottams people that founded opobo..The Ottams were the aborigines of Opobo, they were Igbos.

The Nwaotam cult emerged from the deity of ancient Ibani people called the Ottam people. These people were brought in mostly to satisfy the Europeans’ quest for human commodities in the 18th and 19th century.

According to the memories of late captain High Crow of Liverpool (1791: P 201) who visited Bonny for trade, “the Ottam tribe are stout and robust and of a deeper black than any other tribes at Bonny. Their bodies and face are carved and tattooed in a frightful manner.”

The Ottams were not only notable for the worship of spirits they called ‘Mmoh’; but were also brought into Bonny as adults, therefore the description ‘Ottam Mmku’ was made popular in Bonny. It was also in this line, that their working strength, tribal marks and rascality gave them another local phrase, Ottam Ahiriha.

The Ibani tradition has it that the Nwa-Otam originated from a dark mythical grove in Mkpajekiri around Ohambele Ndoki. By this time, the Ndoki native, which included the Ottam tribes men, had started serving this ‘Mmoh’ gods believed to be heterosexual; and would organise dance during a season of the year. [/b]
http://www.opobiansindiaspora.org/opobo--culture.html

Stop quoting me with links that are not working, there were no ottam natives in Opobo, there were only Obolo Ijaw or Idoni apu present at the current site of Opobo, now run along ifenyi ademola

ifeanyiAdemola:
Shut up!!!my dad sister married someone from arochukwu...People from arochukwu do not I repeat do not worship Ibibio gods...The people from arochukwu drove the ibibios away when they had a war during ancient times...You ijaws are noting but fillthy land grabbers if its not the land of the urhobos you are trying to grab it will be the land llleges...you guys have fought with illajes,,ikweres,, itesekiris,,urhobos,,

Country Nigeria
State Abia State
Composition 19 villages
Government
• Type Monarchy (One of the few kingdoms in Nigeria, which practices the monarchical system of government)
• Eze Aro Ogbonnaya Okoro[1]
Area
• Total 202 sq mi (524 km2)
Population
•Ethnicities Ibibio, Akpa
• Religions Christianity, Traditional religions
3-digit postal code prefix 442
ISO 3166 code NG.AB.AR
Arochukwu, sometimes referred to as Arochuku, or Aro-Okigbo, (pronounced Aruchukwu) is the third largest city in Abia State (after Aba and Umuahia) in southeastern Nigeria and homeland of the Igbo subgroup, Aro people. It is composed of 19 villages with an overall leader called Obong Aro. Arochukwu is a principal historic town in Ibibio land. It was also one of the cities in the Southern protectorate targeted by the British colonial government. Several historic tourist sites exist in the city. The mystic Ibini Ukpabi shrine, the slave routes and other relics of the slave trade era are frequently visited by tourists. It is also in the food belt of Abia state where most of the staple foods are produced.

History Edit

Main article: Aro History
Arochukwu is believed to have been the homeland of the Ibibio as they arrived in 300 AD from the Benue valley and founded early states like Obong Okon Ita and Ibom. Many years passed as Igbo immigrants came along and pressed into the Ibibio occupied territory and founded several states. The first Igbo group were the Ezeagwu group from Abiriba led by their leader Agwu Inobia. As Aro-Ibibio wars occurred, there was a stalemate. In reaction, the Eze Agwu clan invited a priest named Nnachi from the Edda clan of northeastern Igboland and another group from the east of the Cross River through Nnachi. These people were identified as the Akpa people. Akpa forces led by Osim and Akuma Nnubi, they helped the Igbo forces capture the rest of the area. This formed the alliance of 19 new and old states in the area known as the Arochukwu kingdom around 1650-1700. The first king (or Eze Aro) of a unified Arochukwu was Akuma but after his death, Nnachi son's Oke Nnachi took over and his descendants have the throne to this day.

By the mid-18th century, there were mass migrations of several Aro business families into the Igbo hinterland and adjacent areas. This migration, influence of their god Ibini Ukpabi through priests, and their military power backed up by alliances with several related neighboring Igbo and eastern Cross River militarized states (particularly Ohafia, Abam, Abiriba, Afikpo, Ekoi, etc.) quickly established the Aro Confederacy as a regional economic power. However, Aro economic hegemony was threatened by the penetration of Europeans, mainly British colonists in the wake of the 20th century. Tensions finally led to bloodshed and the Anglo-Aro War took place from 1901-1902. The Aro Confederacy stoutly resisted but were eventually defeated. This helped the British to occupy the rest of what is now known as Eastern Nigeria.

People of Arochukwu founded many other communities both within and outside Igboland.[2][3]

Arochukwu played a significant role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 1600-1800 AD. The Aro confederacy (Aro slave traders) scattered throughout the hinterlands of the Igbo nation, orchestrated the sale of over 4 million Igbo sons and daughters during the transatlantic slave trade. Many Igbo slaves who were shipped from the slave outposts in Calabar and Bonny to Europe and the Americas, were first assembled in Arochukwu,and then transported to Calabar or Bonny via the Aro Blue River which pours into the Atlantic Ocean. Most Igbo slaves were shipped to North Carolina and Virginia, in the United States. Igbo slaves were also shipped to the Caribbean Islands of Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba.


Why do the people of opobo speak Igbo and not ijawGive an answer or shut up your month for ever..

I can see u are pained, if tears will allow u answer these questions
Can't you see the ethnicity?
What do arochuku people call God & why does every Aro citizen speak and understand ibibio fluently, why do they worship ibibio deities, why do they bear ibibio names, why did the ibibio language survive even though the natives are forced to learn igbo in the school simple because the ibibio identity is too strong

Ekinematics:
They are always myopic to the influence of Ibibio in Arochukwu.
But the good thing about the Ibibio people is that they don't go claiming lands that's not theirs unlike the self proclaimed developers of Nigeria.

arochuku people even worship ibibio deities and adopted their writing system

Ekinematics:
They are always myopic to the influence of Ibibio in Arochukwu.
But the good thing about the Ibibio people is that they don't go claiming lands that's not theirs unlike the self proclaimed developers of Nigeria.

It's due to their high level of illiteracy, ibibio people are hardworking & hospitable people dey are not as jobless as these bush people, one thing I'm sure is dat all Nigerians know them, from Benin to Delta from Rivers to Sokoto, nobody is blind to their intentions.

Ikeg:
Dude as an Igbo SS, I keep telling all you SE igbos, ijaws, Itsekiri, urhobo, isoko, Benin, Ishan, etc are tribes you shouldn't try to befriend AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For one I don't even get why SE igbos still wants to connect with ijaw. Have you people even read your history? Have you sat down and actually READ your history? The Ijaw for one have been parasitic towards igbo especially towards SE. The ijaws stole igbo lands that used to be SE, marginalizing the Bleep out of the people in the lands they stole...in addition, they were the ones responsible for abandoned property. No other tribe in modern day rivers participated. Even if you don't want to look at your history, look at their interactions with other tribes residing next to them. Their continous fighting with other tribes next to them should make you learn to avoid those things.

As for the others, they continously attempt to rewrite my area history makes me wary of any group that came from benin dynasty.

Here is why because eboes are leeches, they are everything you accused Ijaws of cheruv, ikechu

Ekinematics:
It's obvious you are a kid for believing Wikipedia 100%.
I know your kind don't know that with as little as 5 dollars you can write anything on Wikipedia.
Very pathetic

U don't even need five dollars, its editable by anyone, its not a verifiable source, leave them to their folly. Opobo and Bonny are both Ibani Ijaw kingdoms with Ibani Ijaw language still alive, the current vice president of the Ijaw youth council is from Opobo, popular Ijaw activist Tony Uranta is from Opobo, so live them to their Wikipedia stories

Ekinematics:
Please give me the royal house with Ibo name

His Majesty, King (Dr.) Dandeson Douglas Jaja, Jeki V, Treaty King, Amanyababo and Natural Ruler of Opobo Kingdom now has an Igbo name?

Wonders shall never end.
Whoever or whatever you are just delete yourself from nairaland because you are not wort being here.
Your level of ignorance is just too appalling.
Damn!

No house in opobo bears ibo name, its just ipob people dat keep repeating dis nonsense, they should be worried about Arochuku people dat speak ibibio fluently andd bear ibibio surnames

Officialkplus:
How much be the visa..?
How do you go about processing the visa..

Hope black discrimination isn't high..
One last thing.. Do they speak Hausa.
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God will give you better than gate man work....Amen

ColonelDrake:
How about you stay out of my mention and continue licking shit

What should i expect from descendant of a demon

ColonelDrake:
Comot for road and Go shove you stinky ass somewhere else

Stay out of my mentions and continue ur street hawking