₦airaland Forum

Ngodigha1: This Yorubaman here does not in any way look like an Igbo. No connection between the two at all.

hehehe! una go wound pesin for nairaland! chei. Dis one na real head master.

GAR3TH: You have the tip of the triangle in a random spot so I picked the closest town

I'm not panicky, Your the one who keep replying me with inadequate replies.

lol, Asaba is not even close to either delta boundaries I posted.
My friend I understand your mindset.
You are one of the groups that have been desperately trying to remove Igbo from Niger delta definition.
It ain't ever happening. So stop already. lol

GAR3TH: , A river delta is the MOUTH OF A RIVER WERE IT DISCHARGES ITS WATER AND SENTIMENT INTO A PLAIN. Is [size=14pt]asaba [/size]the mouth of the River Niger? NO so how can your map make sense. how can you have a delta were none exist, just because you have the ability to draw lines and call it a map does not mean the information is valid.

Did you see Asaba in either maps I posted?
Why are you so panicky that you didn't even look at the map I posted?

GAR3TH: Like i said, Its an invalid argument. I understand were your getting your delta from but that is not what the argument is about, you have your triangle in your map all the way up to Onishita, come on.

Look, you can draw your own delta to cover only Brass, just to satisfy you.
It doesn't mean that is the whole of Niger delta.

GAR3TH: Your talking about a different delta which is not the same as a river delta. Its like having an argument about a bar were you drink and a bar exam for lawyers. Its an invalid argument. I understand were your getting your delta from but that is not what the argument is about, you have your triangle in your map all the way up to Onishita, come on.

Look you can draw your own delta to cover only Brass, just to satisfy you.
It doesn't mean that is the whole of Niger delta.

GAR3TH: Your talking about a different delta which is not the same as a river delta. Its like having an argument about a bar were you drink and a bar exam for lawyers. Its an invalid argument.

So, you cannot see where it was used FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME TO QUALIFY A RIVER mouth BY HARODOTUS?
You are really desperate to win this argument. Honestly I'm only just teaching others reading this.

Delta
c.1200, Gk. letter shaped like a triangle, equivalent to our "d" letter," the name from Phoenician daleth "tent door." Herodotus used it of the mouth of the Nile, and it was so used in Eng. from 1555; applied to other river mouths from 1790."

"A surface or part that resembles a triangle, such as the terminus of a pattern in a fingerprint or the shape of a muscle."



I wonder who the troll is now. lol

^^

Well, maybe you should go and look up the definition of "delta" in your dictionary.
BTW IT IS A SHAPE, and has NOTHING to do with soil type.

You are beginning insult because you have run out of hard facts.
Your insult will not be returned because of personal reasons.

BTW why does your definition exclude mainland?
Haven't you seen mainland on delta's before?
You are trying to say that delta = swamp or marsh land , which is intellectual dishonesty.

GAR3TH: The warri thing was a mistake and I fixed it.

Anyway I'm not cherry pick, that is what geographically the niger delta is. If You are not from those that area in purple like i shown above you are not from the niger delta, you are from the mainland. Its simple Geography, not really that hard. Dont be a Bigot, even when the information is right infront of you, clear as glass, you still find a way to falsely spin it into your pro biafra agenda. Seriously dude grow up, act your age.

C'mon now, believe me I don't have to do anything to skew facts. My map is very clear.
The shape of ANY delta in the world is TRIANGLE, not fish tail.

You are just carving out only Ijaw parts of Niger delta.
Well, you can believe what you want.
I go by this map.

This is even a no brainer.
Any Easterner who is serious about emancipation from oppression MUST UNITE under one umbrella.
MASSOB is that umbrella, and we will be emancipated once we unite.

GAR3TH: Just to clarify the Niger Delta is Only located in Bayelsa state, Southern part of Rivers state and Western part of delta state. Akwa Ibom, Calabar, Central & north Rivers state, Central and northern Delta state and Edo state are NOT PART OF THE GEOLOGICAL NIGER DELTA.Though those area do produce oil, the are not part of the niger delta rather the are part of the mainland. Do not confuse the south-south region with the niger delta. Port harcourt is located on the mainland on the border of the niger delta, anything north of port hacourt is not the niger delta the same way that everything west of warri is not the niger delta but the mainland. Its simple geography, how can some people call imo or morthern delta state niger delta? lol do people even know what a delta is anymore.

Well, your definition is wrong. I would agree that if you mean the definition used by Adaka Boro, then only Ijawland is what he meant.
Unless you are simply cherry picking to suit your own definition, and not following strict geographical designation of locations.
BTW there is a conflict in your post. You first excluded western delta and re-included it back. lol
I take it you are from that side. lol
My map is clear though.

I just saw your map so I had to adjust my post too.
Your map essentially identified only Ijawland as Niger delta.

It doesn't even take the shape of the delta at all.
Well, you are wrong.

Soon, the East will unite around MASSOB for our emancipation.
So MASSOB is working afterall.
Great!

BTW Jason, this is where I exit this thread because I believe I have made my point.
This is why I cannot, in fact I can NEVER stop believing in EASTERN NIGERIA.

jason123: Onlytruth, how can you compare these two maps and say your map is 98% consistent with the map I provided. I believe we all have a sense of orientation and perspective. I humbly say your map forcefully included some extra Igbo land. The only one I believe are the inclusion of the Igbos in Rivers. Even at that, that will only occur if they (those Igbo clans) believe they are actually Igbo. I don't know much about these people (I only have one Opobo friend and we are close)but judging from what I have heard and seen online, I do not think they'll agree to be Igbo. Remember, I do not know much about them so I can't authoritatively base what I think of them because of my friend's opinion.

Now, you are grasping at straws. lol
I never knew that anyone can change his own tribe. Even in Rivers state, most of them were quickly reminded that they were Igbo by their fellow "Niger deltans" during elections.
So, it does not really depend on them alone. Others would identify them as Igbo. Having said that, overwhelming majority of them identify as Igbo.

I also did not add Igbo groups in Bonny and Opobo. A more accurate map would identify them.

Now, my map may need a little adjustment, but I would say it is about 98% correct.

The third is a little enlarged version of the Niger delta to try to include Itsekiri. I call that Niger delta 2, but note that it even covers more Igboland.

The second map shows the tribes inside it.

Okay Jason, the delta sign is a triangle basically showing a river's path/tributaries towards entering the sea.
So, here we go.
The first map just shows the river Niger delta as should be.

^^

I'll be back with my own map.

jason123: Who and what exactly are the "Core Niger-deltans"

You want me to answer that? lol

The annoying thing is that the term Niger delta is now synonymous with southern minority. Well, it is not true at all. If we go by strict geography, only Ijaw, Igbo and Ogoni can actually claim it. If you doubt me, follow your own map.

jason123: ^^
You are a funny character . . .

But it is true!
Take a look at your map. If I post my own more detailed map you would see that Igbo groups in Rivers state and Abia state are CORE Niger deltans.
They cannot be uprooted to suit your twisted definition whereby peripheral tribes like yours would claim it more than we.
We would never allow you to do that.

Jason, I saw your Itsekiri tribe verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry far away from the Niger delta! haha!
Igboland is central to Niger delta, even by the maps you posted.

So, you are not even qualified to be called a Niger deltan.