₦airaland Forum

Deadlytruth:
Why you can find as much as 40℅ muslims in Auchi is due to the fact that it was in Auchi that the rampaging Usman Dan Fodio Army met it's match in the form of the Army of Oba Esigie who cut truncated Fodio's match to the Atlantic Ocean. Before Esigie's soldiers could reach Auchi the Dan Fodio soldiers had successfully used force to convert residents to Islam from their native religions.
If not for Oba Esigie the marauding Fulani would have evangelized deep into the South right into Igbo heartland and converted all Igbos to muslims more so that Igbos had no standing army then. But rather being thankful to Edos Igbos call names ignorantly.

This is one fact many empty headed igbos are not aware of.
Igbos lived in decentralized and scattered settlements in pre colonial times and it would have been very easy for them to be conquered and islamized by hausa-fulanis were it not people from Benue-Plateau, Wukari-kwararafa (Taraba) and Igala (Kogi) who waged wars with and defeated Danfodio from pushing further southwards.
Likewise Bini kingdom waged them (jihadists) from Auchi-Esan axis.

Deadlytruth:
It is only in Auchi you can find only 40℅ of Muslims. In most other Etsako towns and villages the Muslim population is insignificant. Igarra is in Akoko-Edo and not in Etsako so you are spewing falsehood on that. Akoko-Edo is about 98℅ Christians. Moreover the remaining Muslim families in Igarra are an endangered species courtesy of evangelism. Owan area too is 98℅ Christians. Even Auchi is not left out as it is home to the national headquarters of one of Pastor Suleman's church apart from the massive Anglican, Catholic and other Orthodox and Pentecostal churches there. But we hear of conversation from Christianity to Islam daily in Igbo land.
Mind you that Muslim is Muslim whether you have it in small or large numbers. You have Muslims in Afikpo, period!

I really wonder why many ignorant folks especially Igbos feel and conclude that Edo north is dominantly muslim.

The only dominantly muslim LGA in Edo state is Etsako west LGA (Auchi) and i even doubt muslims are still the majority there any longer because the rate at which these ppl are converting to christianity is alarming. I have in laws from Auchi who are now christians but were all formerly muslims or from muslim families.

Muslim population is not a bad thing as long as the muslims are moderate muslims like yoruba, kogi and edo muslims and not like the backward die hard hausa-fulani or kanuri muslims.

Deadlytruth:
The truth remains that your fear and envy if Edo's glorious past still haunts you hence you keep talking of Edo Empire and Edo having no say in the SS and being a minority. You are obviously pained. The truth about the SS is that it is a region of peaceful, loving, kind, gentle, godly and caring people. The way we relate with one another is not about who has which say but about what is true, right, just and beneficial to everyone. That is why you can't find a SS people at each other's necks. We are not after one another's lands or resources. When we are away from home we respect our hosts. We don't drag their lands like Igbos are know n for. Our unity is founded on our shared objective of freedom from WAZOBIA. There is no single tribe with an overwhelming population so no tribe really has a say on its own strength alone. The largest tribe, Ijaw, is just 10℅ of the total population and that's very far from 50℅ the threshold of overwhelming status.
So all you said above are trash coming from a jealous heart. We SS people are not arrogant. We love sincerely without strings attached. We care. We are peace loving. We have the fear of God. Our mutual love transcends ethnic differences, Geographical location, language differences, etc. When I see a Cross River, Rivers, Always Ibom, Bayelsa or Delta man I feel at home. But if I find myself in the midst of Igbos I get afraid merely by their looks. They appear too desperate and agressive. But a SS person exudes hope, joy, friendliness, diplomacy, patience, love, wise counsel, self discipline, etc. If Nigeria splits the SS will be the most democratic offshoot because there will be no single major tribe to lord it over others and rig ekections with population, and that is why we don't want Biafrans among us.
Even the so-called Igboids in the SS enjoy the SS spirit that they are frequently unwilling to be identified as Igbos. They reject it and call themselves SS and we the other tribes accept them while heartedly because they are exactly like us in attitude to life and orientation.

You have said nothing but the truth bro.
The character of many igbos is sth that brings hatred to them and later they will be crying that all other people hate them and should allow them Biafra, but yet they keep hooking their hookers onto South-south and parts of middlebelt.

Dont mind the foolish igbo ipob members. Even me from the middlebelt, i would prefer to live in the south-south than south east anyday anytime. No sane Nigerian from another region will wake up tp go and reside in the SE because of the bitter souls of these individuals.
Am currently in Benin, Edo state and on my way to Warri (Delta state) where i was born.
South-south is my home away from home.

God bless the people of the south-south !

mumihaja:
i love this

OMG! Lmfao! So so true!

EmeeNaka:
Africa to unite? That's funny. Religion will never allow that.

Apart from the hausa fulanis of core-northern Nigeria, most west African muslims are not religious fanatics, they are liberal muslims just like yoruba muslims.

I really dont care about North Africans because they are Arabs. Horn Africans can go along with North African arabs if they wish, cos many of them do not believe they are black.
We subsharan Africans can form unity with our race as a uniting factor.
Muslims in Central, Southern and Eastern Africa (not including Horn Africans) are quite few and are not an issue at all.
So, yes, total black African unity is possible, religion nonetheless, as long as Horn Africans may not be included.

Talking about melaninated people, dont even bring in Southern Indians (dravidians), pacific islanders and people of non subsaharan African ancestry to the question, these people may be dark skinned but genetically they are not of the negroid race. We dont have a common identity nor culture nor genetics.

The various black african regions have to unite individually before we can think of total black african unity before we can think of bringing in subsaharan african descendants of the Americas (afro-latinos, afro-carribeans and afro-americans). Anything other than this is but wishful thinking.

I also wished for this, but it would never be possible.
Swahili as it stands has not even succeeded in dominating the whole East Africa let alone adding west, central and southern Africa.
I would have suggested that an artificial language be created from a blend of the various subsaharan african languages but the history of artificial language creation has not worked anywhere, take esperanto for instance.

Eyaaa, this guy was loved by all from the begining, but i guess his lies and fake life caught up with him.

onatisi:
So none of the nation past political leaders had the brain to think and initiate a project like this despite all the billions the nation was making from oil sales Big shame on the nation political class

I hope most of them are put to shame and learn their lessons by this project of Dangote.
Dangote's hands are dirty and we all know it, but he uses his dirty hands to make Nigeria better, not those filthy govt thieves who will cart away all our money to Dubai, Switzerland e.t.c to invest.

nonsobaba:
Events keep vindicating me. I have said it several times on this forum that abakaliki people and their wawa counterparts from enugu state are not complete Igbos. They have mixed blood which is why you see them shamelessly disgracing the Igbo race wherever they go. I can assure y'all that this Mohammad will win the election as most Ebonyians see him as their brother. Islam is spreading like wild fire in Ebonyi state and it has started gaining grounds in Enugu state too.

Yes, most Ebonyi and Enugu people are not drug pushers, criminals and ritualists like u from Abia, Imo and Anambra.
Ask any non igbo. Igbos from Ebonyi and Enugu are far more friendly accomodating and cool headed than u evil minded and hate filled souls from Imo and Anambra.

Amarabae:
Why do people love to twist story for mischievous aim..
No one is against him contesting, he is the sole PDP flag bearer for the councillorship election and He is likely to win.
Ebonyi people are very accomodative people.
The first Mayor of Enugu was a Fulani Man for 8yrz.
stop this noisemaking. How many times have you heard about Igbos killing visitors in Igboland? NONE.
We are a Beautiful People with a great value at hospitality.

What abt all the hausas n muslims u guys always attack in Onitsha and Aba?

Gosh, can it get uglier than this?

Muafrika2:
Religion doesn't matter as much as ethnicity does. And most African countries along the equator have a substantive share of the two religions.

I would say your divisive, oppressive and caste and privilege based history makes a better case. But there is no African country where the different tribes were not at war before colonial times.

In Nigeria, religion matters more than ethnicity to a large chunk of our population.
Only Tanzania and maybe Eriteria has an almost equal 50/50 christian/muslim population like Nigeria and these are far smaller countries. Nigeria still has the largest muslim and christian populations in Africa.

No African country had as much Kingdoms and empires of different tribes in the same country area as Nigeria.
As at the time the british came, they met the great Sokoto caliphate, the Oyo empire, the Benin empire, the Kanem-bornu empire, the Kwararafa kingdom, the Igala kingdom e.t.c, all with entirely different cultures.
which African country had these much at the time of colonialism? And funny enough all these kingdoms are still functional in Nigeria of today.

Muafrika2:
Our tribal/ethnic differences are waaaaay diverse than any West African country.

Nigeria is the largest country in the world equally divided between 2 religions, Muslims and Christians. Do u think that is a joke?

Muafrika2:
Our tribal/ethnic differences are waaaaay diverse than any West African country.

Easy to say. Go study history.
Before the coming of the colonialists, we had many world known kingdoms and empires in Nigeria and almost all these Kingdoms were at each others throats conquering and killing themselvs. And even after the colonialists left, they left the chiefdoms and kingdoms intact, hence the powerful traditional rulers we have.

There are over 350 ethnic groups in Nigeria from entirely different language groups, Niger-congo, Benue-congo, Nilo-saharans, Afro-asiatics and even unidentified language family groups.
To worsen Nigeria's diversity we are roughly equally divided into Muslims and Christians. Each seeking domination.
Not to talk of our 3 major ethnic groups, each with over 40 million people.

True piece

What do u expect from a group of people brainwashed every day and night in their mosques by illiterate paedophile and terrorist mallams?

MosakuAW:
Educated Hausas are handsome especially in their native attire.

All I see in the pic is cuteness. Forget about the picture recreasion.

You are very much on point.
Educated hausa-fulanis are just too good looking.