₦airaland Forum

festacman:
Mr. Andy Wabali sweated too much over a minor issue. The truth is even if your parents are Igbo, you still have the right to choose not to be Igbo. However, your choice doesn't change your origin and ancestry.

If language difference is the issue then Ezza people of Ebonyi or Aro people of Abia, for example, can as well not be classified as Igbo.

His argument on distinctiveness in culture is empty because every major Igbo group from Nnewi, Owerri, Ihiala, Afikpo, Bendes, Arochukwu, etc has distinct culture with respect to marriage, burial, festivals, etc. However, there are basic features that show Igbonness in each of these cultures.

Ikwere people are simply Igbo and inspite of unnecessary effort to the contrary, the fact is that many Ikweres know deep down in their hearts that they fundamentally Igbo.

omonnakoda:
Why not say Igbo people are fundamentally Ikwerre?
The fact that Igbos are bigger today does not tell us history]Today Brazil is bigger than Portugal

What exactly is Igbo people and when did that identity start?
Such an identity did not exist during the slave trade in the same territories as today.
Aros were not identified as Igbos before Nigeria was created. They are a mix of Ibom and Ibo ancestry. They are ruled by Akamkpa kings just like Fulani rule Hausaland
Ikwerre people have been saying they are not igbo before Nigeria gained independence. That is an easily verifiable fact.

The foremost and most published linguist on Igbo language Kay Williamson declared Ikwerre to be a language(NOT DIALECT ) on its own in the same family as Igbo

jerseyboy:
There is always an outlier in a sample population. That makes her special in a sense. Take care her.

jerseyboy:
There is no dispute amonst the Okun that they are Yorubas. In fact there is unanimity. Not so amonst the Ikweres. They will never form enough consensus to be call Igbo or be in Biafra. For how long will a new nation or the Ikweres want to deal with that?

pek:
You are obsessed with Biafra that's why you keep mentioning Biafra even when the discuss is not on Biafra. You claimed the Ikweres are not Igbos cause they are found in Rivers State that is south south. Here, you have agreed that the Okuns are Yorubas even though they are in Kogi State which is north central. See how "logical":you sound?

pek:
You are obsessed with Biafra that's why you keep mentioning Biafra even when the discuss is not on Biafra. You claimed the Ikweres are not Igbos cause they are found in Rivers State that is south south. Here, you have agreed that the Okuns are Yorubas even though they are in Kogi State which is north central. See how "logical":you sound?

jerseyboy:
I'm not obsessed with Igbos. Go through my posts from years back. I love and respect Igbos. Igbos must come to terms with the opinion of others. Biafra map to Southern minorities first appear as a joke, then an insult, then panic and finally anger.

Akwamkpuruamu:
Tell us about the ancestry or origin of the Ikwerres

Nbote:
Very confused ppl. Ur culture and names are all Igbo names even though it is spelt differently but yet U want ppl to believe U are not Igbos. Wabali is Nwabali, They have replaced Nwa with Wa and Umu with Rumu

Akwamkpuruamu:
Tell us about the ancestry or origin of the Ikwerres

omonnakoda:
In 1957 the Ikwerre went to the Willink's Commission to seek protection as a minority group.

Why did they do this?

gidgiddy:
Im a bit confused here. The same Andy Wabali that said Ikwerres are Igbos in the video below? Or are there two different Andy Wabali?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdkLJoj_SAk&t=894s

spearman:
Igbo claim they have right to self determination but NigerDelta will have to go n collect the same right from God.

jerseyboy:
I'm not obsessed with Igbos. Go through my posts from years back. I love and respect Igbos. Igbos must come to terms with the opinion of others. Biafra map to Southern minorities first appear as a joke, then an insult, then panic and finally anger.

jerseyboy:
Igbo ambition in the Niger Delta is becoming a concern as surely Nigeria is breaking-up. Igbo wont let go these insane hallucinations for people's land who are beginning to have more and more HATRED of Igbos for this delusion of a map of that puts WARRI on the map of Biafra.

While on a Mid-West Movement call early May the talk was dominated on raising money to buy weapons to repel an expected Biafra invasion. I noticed it was led by 2 Anioma Bendelites.

When a handful of Ilorin clerics declared themselves Yoruba Fulanis of Northern Nigeria, Yoruba Nation agitators took Kwara out of consideration and set stiff terms as to condition under which they will be allowed into the new nation despite 95% of Kwara Yorubas wanting to be in Oduduwa. Now that's a people with pride. Not so for Igbos.

A majority Yoruba House of Assembly in the first republic voted to allow the Mid-West referendum. Only Yorubas allowed the new region promised minorities in their own region. The agitation for COR Region was just as loud as the Mid-West but an Igbo dominated regional assembly would not even allow a bill to get to the floor. Yorubas have class and honor. Igbos are becoming really scary people.

By the way Anioma recorded the highest percentage in the 1963 Mid-West Referendum with 93% for YES. The never discussed joining the East. Even when Ojukwu capture the Mid-West, he did not annex Anioma into Biafra. When on September 20, 1967 Ojukwu declared The Republic Of Benin, he did not cut Anioma out. Ojukwu obviously is wiser than many Igbo nairalanders.