Captain8:
am from Egbema kingdom that partly shared to edo state, don't let us use your benins as our fourth victim tribe,,,,,,,,,,, though, benin cannot even touch even one Ijaw chicken leaving in benin city sef

very soon we won’t only touch your chickens but we will use your skulls to drink water. Pls let’s start the war. Why rant? Just start the war already. Your deaths will be so miserable that even the earth would reject your carcasses.

Glitcher:
ask Isreal how it has survived and she will say technology. We have oil to buy weapons, what do you have. Blood thirsty and bos

You ogogoro drinkers are so funny, those poisonous drinks is really messing you guys up.

You're actually using Isreali example against Igbos? Between you guys and Igbos, which people actually share similarities with Jews?

Which people are innovative and creative?
Which people are all over the world in large numbers?

Aside our great human resources, Igboland in both SE and SS has more oil and gas resources as well as solid minerals and arable lands, which ones do you ogogoro drinkers have?

The last time you ijaws tried to fight a war, Ojukwu sent some policemen and it took them only 12 days to subdue you all and arrest your men including Boro. Now, contrast that with Igbos that against the rest of Nigeria, Britain, Russia, Egypt, Chad, Niger and Arab League yet the war lasted 3 years!!

Even in the next 1000 years, ijaws will never be our mate because you're too small.

iamuyiekpen:
very soon we won’t only touch your chickens but we will use your skulls to drink water. Pls let’s start the war. Why rant? Just start the war already. Your deaths will be so miserable that even the earth would reject your carcasses.

You are the ones who say Ijaws of Edo are strangers in their own home, so go and touch them physically first, then we the rest Ijaws, will have a good reason to burn down Benin and behead the useless and good for nothing coconut head Oba.

Go and touch the Ijaws of Edo physical.
And Ijaws of Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom etc will join forces and come and join their edo ijaws relations, and burn down tiny Bini people, to non existing.

Ebi2233:



Your frustrations will do u know good. Do you see any Yoruba in that ijaw Republic area map? The Yoruba have already told u guys fully that there is no Yoruba area in that map and una still dey lie and want to b the ones to tell Yoruba people where is their land, and where is not.
Ibo una no dey tire to lie and do 419 please change.

Am a Yoruba man, not igbo. We are pretty cool with you Ijaws but we get history of how events occur, lots of Ijaws are married to Yorubas and they made a great people to coexist with, in fact Sowore an Ijaw man stood strong for Abiola and we acknowledge his efforts. See in Ogun state Awolowo home town in Ikenne, if you get to that place, you will think you are in Effik Ibibio land, there is a massive community of Calabar people there, this are those Awolowo brought in during the civil war (Awolowo and Eyo Ita are best pals) and many have built houses and even their churches and they are permanent residence and part of us now and we love and respect them because they are wonderful people. In the whole Nigeria the only two ethic groups we don't like and we do not blend in coexisting are the Fulanis and the Igbos. The rest we have no problem you live and we live.

proeast:


You ogogoro drinkers are so funny, those poisonous drinks is really messing you guys up.

You're actually using Isreali example against Igbos? Between you guys and Igbos, which people actually share similarities with Jews?

Which people are innovative and creative?
Which people are all over the world in large numbers?

Aside our great human resources, Igboland in both SE and SS has more oil and gas resources as well as solid minerals and arable lands, which ones do you ogogoro drinkers have?

The last time you ijaws tried to fight a war, Ojukwu sent some policemen and it took them only 12 days to subdue you all and arrest your men including Boro. Now, contrast that with Igbos that against the rest of Nigeria, Britain, Russia, Egypt, Chad, Niger and Arab League yet the war lasted 3 years!!

Even in the next 1000 years, ijaws will never be our mate because you're too small.

when the time comes you'll know if the Ijaw is small. The average ibo man has a delusion of grandeur. You praise yourselves but in reality you need help. You talk like a child. You will have to face the northern Jihads and ijaws, both enemy have assess to sohisticated weapons. We have created the Niger Delta security outfit. Whether you know this or not, it was created to stop ipob from intruding. Soon you will see the strength of the Niger Delta states.

Ojukwu that was using so many South South tribes in his useless Eastern Region, to fight boro, and his village youths alone, still couldn't hold Boro and his village Youth After 12 days of serious fighting, despite all the federal support Ojukwu got.
The rest Ijaws, didn't even join hands in the fight.

JANK23H:

Till date alot of Yorubas and Northerners call non Yoruba and Hausa speaking tribes Igbos.I have been called Igbo several times by my Yoruba colleagues after having to explain several times I am not.Same thing with the Europeans,they didn't know better.

We southerners make the same mistake by lumping all Northerners as Hausa/Fulani even when there are several tribes in the North who do not even understand a word in Hausa.

Accounts by some Europeans should not be taken seriously,you should know that by now.Afterall,they told us they discovered the River Niger and the America

Unfortunately for you, it's even their own account that would be taken since they would be considered as neutral, unbiased and informed during that earlier time. Wasn't America in existence and inhabited by the Red Indians yet history still records that it was Christopher Columbus and his partner that discovered it simply because they're the ones that first documented it.

Those recorded accounts from European explorers wouldn't be presented alone, we have other hardcore evidences which includes the fact it was Ibani Igbos of Bonny that used their own dialect to translate English Bible to Igbo language. Jaja of Opobo (an Igbo man) is historically regarded as the founder of Opobo and till the present day, the inhabitants still speak Igbo language. There are other strong evidences I can list too but I will stop here.

You can draw your maps and include the whole world in it or dash membership to everyone to join your IYC cult group. However, all these would amount to nothing eventually.

jneutron4000:
Am a Yoruba man, not igbo. We are pretty cool with you Ijaws but we get history of how events occur, lots of Ijaws are married to Yorubas and they made a great people to coexist with, in fact Sowore an Ijaw man stood strong for Abiola and we acknowledge his efforts. See in Ogun state Awolowo home town in Ikenne, if you get to that place, you will think you are in Effik Ibibio land, there is a massive community of Calabar people there, this are those Awolowo brought in during the civil war (Awolowo and Eyo Ita are best pals) and many have built houses and even their churches and they are permanent residence and part of us now and we love and respect them because they are wonderful people. In the whole Nigeria the only two ethic groups we don't like and we do not blend in coexisting are the Fulanis and the Igbos. The rest we have no problem you live and we live.

the Ijaws also hate the Igbos strongly. They're are the number one reason why things are expensive in this country. They're callous and not to be trusted. I would rather be ruled by a fulani than an Igbo. The wind of change will soon blow and the Igbos will find out their feet are not strongly planted like they think.

Ebi2233:
Ojukwu that was using so many South South tribes in his useless Eastern Region, to fight boro, and his village youths alone, still couldn't hold Boro and his village Youth After 12 days of serious fighting, despite all the federal support Ojukwu got.
The rest Ijaws, didn't even join hands in the fight.

Boro had only about 50 soldiers in Kaiama. Only about 50. It's on record.

proeast:


You ogogoro drinkers are so funny, those poisonous drinks is really messing you guys up.

You're actually using Isreali example against Igbos? Between you guys and Igbos, which people actually share similarities with Jews?

Which people are innovative and creative?
Which people are all over the world in large numbers?

Aside our great human resources, Igboland in both SE and SS has more oil and gas resources as well as solid minerals and arable lands, which ones do you ogogoro drinkers have?

The last time you ijaws tried to fight a war, Ojukwu sent some policemen and it took them only 12 days to subdue you all and arrest your men including Boro. Now, contrast that with Igbos that against the rest of Nigeria, Britain, Russia, Egypt, Chad, Niger and Arab League yet the war lasted 3 years!!

Even in the next 1000 years, ijaws will never be our mate because you're too small.

Only Boro village Youths Ojukwu fought with.
Atleast we Ijaws don't use our mother and father's and brothers and sisters as money rituals like Ibo.
We don't travel round the world and do prostitution worldwide like ibos, we don't travel round the world and do 419 Worldwide like ibos.

Ijaws are more than ibos in population.
The 5 South East state will enter only Kogi state and space will still remain in Kogi state.

proeast:


Unfortunately for you, it's even their own account that would be taken since they would be considered as neutral, unbiased and informed during that earlier time. Wasn't America in existence and inhabited by the Red Indians yet history still records that it was Christopher Columbus and his partner that discovered it simply because they're the ones that first documented it.

Those recorded accounts from European explorers wouldn't be presented alone, we have other hardcore evidences which includes the fact it was Ibani Igbos of Bonny that used their own dialect to translate English Bible to Igbo language. Jaja of Opobo (an Igbo man) is historically regarded as the founder of Opobo and till the present day, the inhabitants still speak Igbo language. There are other strong evidences I can list too but I will stop here.

You can draw your maps and include the whole world in it or dash membership to everyone to join your IYC cult group. However, all these would amount to nothing eventually.

the problem wey una dey find ehn, when e come na una go run o. No bd to dey type plenty. Ijaw man like peace but go resist any form of oppression with full force. Just pray you don't get your Biafra else you Igbos will suffer so much loss

Glitcher:
when the time comes you'll know if the Ijaw is small. The average ibo man has a delusion of grandeur. You praise yourselves but in reality you need help. You talk like a child. You will have to face the northern Jihads and ijaws, both enemy have assess to sohisticated weapons. We have created the Niger Delta security outfit. Whether you know this or not, it was created to stop ipob from intruding. Soon you will see the strength of the Niger Delta states.

I'm obviously far more matured than you juvenile delinquent. Igbos are not your mate, do you think we are scared of the Northern jihardists? No! Igbos are the only reason why you ungrateful minorities are still free. Had it been we haven't been acting as buffer against the barbarian hordes from the North, all of you would have been bowing down to sultan of Sokoto.

If we can stand against those controlling the affairs of Nigeria, then who are the ijaws to challenge us? You guys want to go extinct??

As for forming Niger Delta security outfit, good for you if you think Wike will allow you ijaws to control such in Rivers State then it shows how deluded you are. Rivers people call all ijaws Bayelsans for a reason.

proeast:


Unfortunately for you, it's even their own account that would be taken since they would be considered as neutral, unbiased and informed during that earlier time. Wasn't America in existence and inhabited by the Red Indians yet history still records that it was Christopher Columbus and his partner that discovered it simply because they're the ones that first documented it.

Those recorded accounts from European explorers wouldn't be presented alone, we have other hardcore evidences which includes the fact it was Ibani Igbos of Bonny that used their own dialect to translate English Bible to Igbo language. Jaja of Opobo (an Igbo man) is historically regarded as the founder of Opobo and till the present day, the inhabitants still speak Igbo language. There are other strong evidences I can list too but I will stop here.

You can draw your maps and include the whole world in it or dash membership to everyone to join your IYC cult group. However, all these would amount to nothing eventually.

Like I said earlier,this back and forth on Nairaland is baseless.The reality on ground is totally different from what your elders told you in Igboland.

Study the Bonny history dispassionately.

Glitcher:
the Ijaws also hate the Igbos strongly. They're are the number one reason why things are expensive in this country. They're callous and not to be trusted. I would rather be ruled by a fulani than an Igbo. The wind of change will soon blow and the Igbos will find out their feet are not strongly planted like they think.

Igbo put us in this mess that we are in Nigeria. The first political alliance, Igbo when to the North because they claimed we in the South are smart, they feel the North is not smart so they can easily dominate everyone, when the North realise Igbo greediness they refused to give them power, they Azikwe signaled the Igbos in the Military to carry out the Coup.
They took over power and the first thing they did was to destroy regional government we all negotiated for at Lancaster before Independence and introduced this presidential Unitary system which was what Nnamdi Azikwe wanted in the first place.
We also know that they suppressed the Niger Delta during the 12 days war with Adaka Boro.
Now look at this recent issue concerning VAT, while other Southern governors are supporting states to be collecting the VAT and not FIRS, only Igbo leaders are support the North that FIRS should keep collecting it. They are just not honest at all

Captain8:
gelegele to benin as how? Gelegele wey we dey?

Gelegele wey Ijaws many even pas bfor,,,,,, tell your benins make dem come

1983 Supreme Court Judgment On Gelegele Community Land Dispute; —— Ijaws Solicit For Amicable Settlement.
March 20, 20212 Min Read





By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City.

The Benin Indigenes and the Ijaws in Gelegele Community in Ovia North-East local government area of Edo State met on Friday 19th, 2021 over the enforcement of the Supreme Court Judgement delivered in 1983.

There have been lingering ownership strife of the Gelegele Community between the two enthic groups in the area.



Chief Judge of Edo State, Hon. Justice Esther Edigin, used the Edo State Settlement Week for the Multi-Door Court across the State to invite the two groups for settlement.



The settlement which was initiated by the lawyers to the Ijaw settlers in Gelegele Community .


The judgement of the Supreme Court which is in favour of the Benins was presented to the Ijaws at the Edo State High Court Premises.

The Ijaws who are seeking for peaceful settlement of the Supreme Court judgment , having realise that the Oba of Benin Kingdom being the overlord of all the farmlands of the kingdom including the Gelegele Community.

In attendance at the meeting were the Benin Solidarity President, Elder Curtis Eghosa Ugbo, representatives of the Benin elders of the Gelegele Community and representatives of Elders of the Ijaw settlers in Gelegele Community.





Nigerian Post gathered that the Supreme Court Judgement of 1983 which was delivered with the survey plan was in favour of the Benin Kingdom who are the original owner of the entire farmland/forest reserve and the custodian of the Benin empire under the control of the Oba of Benin Kingdom.End.

Captain8:
oya come to Opobo to claim it like real men and not be hiding on Nairaland drag land like women

We don't make noise just pray that Nigeria doesn't break up

Glitcher:
the problem wey una dey find ehn, when e come na una go run o. No bd to dey type plenty. Ijaw man like peace but go resist any form of oppression with full force. Just pray you don't get your Biafra else you Igbos will suffer so much loss

Hahaha, look at this drunkard, if Igbos can challenge the Fulanis every other Nigerian hide from, is it a little minority group like ijaw that will pose a problem to us?

I don't think you guys are intelligent at all, if only you are, you will never dream of challenging Igbos in any fight. Igbos are currently facing antagonism in Nigeria simply because of what happened between 1966 to 1970. The government of the day just like the ones before it continues with Igbophobia as a national past time and all these tend to weigh down on us, and that's why little clans like ijaw now feel they're mates with Igbos.

An Igbo adage says; ukwu jie agu, ngbada abia ya ugwo.

It loosely means in English; when a lion is incapacitated, an antelope will come to disturb it.

Continue challenging your chi to a fight, unfortunately for you, you share geographical proximity with Igbos, so you will definitely get what you're looking for someday and I hope you all won't end up in the Atlantic ocean.

Skooltynz:
Indeed the breakup of Nigeria will be worse than Yugoslavia,hmmmmm e no go funny, even if the north frees the south the territorial battles in the south will be bloody,imagine Igbo territories ijaws are claiming.it may sound funny to the op but it's not..

Na lie
Fight no go dey

Captain8:
can igbos face these?

LMAO, what's this? Abeg go play in the sand, these are the things they show children to impress them, no adult should show these ridiculous things as evidence of strength.

Can ijaw form an army of 100,000 soldiers and arm them? Can you go to war against Igbos and last a month?

The closest you got with fighting was militancy yet odi was razed to the ground same with others yet you couldn't do anything aside destroying pipelines and polluting your lands and Rivers.

Ebi2233:

You are the ones who say Ijaws of Edo are strangers in their own home, so go and touch them physically first, then we the rest Ijaws, will have a good reason to burn down Benin and behead the useless and good for nothing coconut head Oba.

Go and touch the Ijaws of Edo physical.
And Ijaws of Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom etc will join forces and come and join their edo ijaws relations, and burn down tiny Bini people, to non existing.

No End In Sight To Benin/Ijaw Crisis Over Ownership Of Gelegele
NIGER DELTA
By Francis Onoiribholo On Nov 22, 2017

Benin – [b]There seems to be no end in sight to the crisis that is brewing between the Benin people and Ijaw over alleged plans by Ijaw traditional rulers in Bayelsa and Delta states to inaugurate Mr Edwin Ogunyenbo as the Pere of Olodiama Kingdom in Gelegele, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. Indication that the crisis is far from being resolved was given by one of the chiefs in the kingdom who crave to remain anyonymous. [/b]He disclosed to INDEPENDENT.that the Binis cannot mull over ceding the disputed area to the Ijaws. He explained that apart from subsisting courts judgements, which includes that of the Supreme Court, that there are other established and situated historical, spiritual and religious landmarks and monuments of extreme importance to the Benin people, which are to a large extent evidential to their ownership of the disputed area.

The traditional chief hinted that series of adjudication have trailed the disputed land. He said, “Let us start from the Court Judgments on Gelegele. The claim of the Ijaws over parts of Gelegele has been contested in Court up to the Supreme Court level where they lost the claim. This present state issue is only a strong-arm twisting to acquire Benin land, and it is simply unreasonable, mindlessly adventurous and our people will not let it happen.

He added noted that judgments of courts of competent jurisdiction on the ownership of Gelegele, and that one of such judgment was the one delivered in favour of Benin by Justice Ekeruche on December 22, 1978 at the High Court of Justice, Benin, in Suit No B/44/1970, expatiating that in the judgment, Justice Ekeruche held as follows:




“Finally, I enter judgment in this case as follows: for the avoidance of all doubts, argument or controversy. I hereby say unequivocally that Gelegele village and its environs and bushes are Benin land. They do not belong to the Ijaws of Gelegele as owners. The Ijaws are tenants of His Highness Akenzua II the Oba of Benin. Apart from above, the plaintiffs’ claims are dismissed in their entirety.

“Dissatisfied with the judgment, the Ijaws appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal, Benin. The Court of Appeal dismissed their appeal. The Court of Appeal judgment delivered was in favour of Benin by Justice Abdul Ganiyu Agbaje O.J. and two others on December 16, 1981. Still not satisfied, they went to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court also dismissed their appeal, upheld the judgment of the lower courts and awarded costs against them. Recorded as Suit SC.131/1982, the judgment was delivered by Muhamadu Lawai Uwais (CJN) and 4 others on August 19, 1983.

“Besides these court judgments, there are other evidences. These, he said include: – monuments and Historical Landmarks that Define Gele-Gele as Benin Land. Firstly, The Okun Shrine which was established by the Legendary Prince Ekaladerhan early in the 11th Century, AD. Secondly, the landmark monument in Ugbine marking the place where the British invaders first clashed with Oba Ovonramwen’s emissaries, which eventually led to the Benin Expedition of 1887. Thirdly, at Ughoton, Oba Ewuare 1 planted seven ‘U’ bolts (Aban Ihinron) to stop pursuing soldiers from getting to Benin. These seven Aban, planted in the 15th Century are still there. And fourthly, also at Ughoton is Oke n’alubode, the hill which was regarded as the exit route of departing souls of the dead by our people. These are very important historical and cultural monuments to the Benin people.

He buttressed that “In addition to all these, is the existence of four Traditional stools in the area and they are: The Okao of Gelegele, the Enogie of Obazuwa-Iko, The Iyase of Udo and the Enogie of Siloko.

The Benin Chief recalled that in the light of the request by the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality for additional states, a request that includes large portions of our land was vehemently resisted , we are sure that no Nigerian will expect our people to abandon four Traditional stools, our people and land in order to satisfy their yearning.

The Binis have been on their land as the most prominent Ethnic Nationality in the entire sub region before the Birth of Christ and that is why the earliest maps of our part of the world drawn in the 15th century, correctly designated most of West Africa as Benin and named the water front along West Africa coast as Bight of Benin. We cannot therefore, ignore the future and working towards its obliteration, God forbid! Those attacking us in our land are merely trying to rewrite history but this is impossible. The Benin nation will not allow it to happen” the chief who is the Odionwere of Benin declared.


It would be recalled that the above historical facts have become imperative for the fact that there has been an uneasy calm in the entire Benin Kingdom since Tuesday, November 14, 2017, the day one of the national daily newspapers, not INDEPENDENT, published a one page congratulatory advertisement, which was signed by HRM Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta state.

As conveyed by the advertisement, “We, the crown and people of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South- West Local Government Area of Delta State, truly and heartily felicitate with our brother, H.R.M. Godwin Oguyenbo, Alagbabenafa, Agadagba, Pere of Olodiama Kingdom, Ovia North=East Local Government of Edo State on the occasion of his coronation. The journey of a thousand kilometres, they say, starts with one step. His Royal Majesty has taken the first step into wealth and influence for the kingdom, in particular, and the Ijaw race in general. May his step well ordered into a prosperous reign”.

The following day, which was Wednesday, the Chief Press Secretary to the Omo N’ Oba, Comrade Desmond Agbama sent out invitations through SMS to all the media representatives in Benin City for a press briefing at the palace and was scheduled for 11am. But before 10.30 am, the palace hall was already filled with both journalists and chiefs; both invited and gatecrashers.


For the first time in the history of press conference at the Benin palace, the host chiefs arrived the venue earlier than the stipulated time, which was an indication of the criticality of the issue at stake.

At the press conference, the issue at stake was laid bare by the Iyase of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam Igbe. He said, “gentlemen of the press, the attention of the palace of the Oba and his Chiefs was drawn to the congratulatory advert of Tuesday, 14th November, 2017 purporting to congratulate one Godwin Oguyenbo on his “coronation” as “Pere of Olodiama Kingdom” in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.

“We want to state it categorically that Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State is under the authority of the Oba of Benin, who is the prescribed authority. We only have one Monarch in the whole of Edo South Senatorial District, that is the Oba.

“The title, “Pere of Olodiama Kingdom” does not exist. Gelegele is under the over lordship of the Oba of Benin and there cannot be two Monarchs in Benin.

“We would advise that anyone who recognize, purports to install or present himself to be installed as a traditional ruler outside the provision of the Edo State Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Edict of 1979, is in violation of the law, and would be arrested and prosecuted accordingly.

We are advising the Pere of Gbaramatu, Delta State, to avoid falling foul of the relevant laws of Edo State. The Ijaw people in Gelegele are free to live in the area just as any other ethnic groups that live in that axis. Any attempt to lay claim to non-existent title and community or village under any guise would be totally resisted

Nwanyiogwashi:



No End In Sight To Benin/Ijaw Crisis Over Ownership Of Gelegele
NIGER DELTA
By Francis Onoiribholo On Nov 22, 2017

Benin – [b]There seems to be no end in sight to the crisis that is brewing between the Benin people and Ijaw over alleged plans by Ijaw traditional rulers in Bayelsa and Delta states to inaugurate Mr Edwin Ogunyenbo as the Pere of Olodiama Kingdom in Gelegele, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. Indication that the crisis is far from being resolved was given by one of the chiefs in the kingdom who crave to remain anyonymous. [/b]He disclosed to INDEPENDENT.that the Binis cannot mull over ceding the disputed area to the Ijaws. He explained that apart from subsisting courts judgements, which includes that of the Supreme Court, that there are other established and situated historical, spiritual and religious landmarks and monuments of extreme importance to the Benin people, which are to a large extent evidential to their ownership of the disputed area.

The traditional chief hinted that series of adjudication have trailed the disputed land. He said, “Let us start from the Court Judgments on Gelegele. The claim of the Ijaws over parts of Gelegele has been contested in Court up to the Supreme Court level where they lost the claim. This present state issue is only a strong-arm twisting to acquire Benin land, and it is simply unreasonable, mindlessly adventurous and our people will not let it happen.

He added noted that judgments of courts of competent jurisdiction on the ownership of Gelegele, and that one of such judgment was the one delivered in favour of Benin by Justice Ekeruche on December 22, 1978 at the High Court of Justice, Benin, in Suit No B/44/1970, expatiating that in the judgment, Justice Ekeruche held as follows:




“Finally, I enter judgment in this case as follows: for the avoidance of all doubts, argument or controversy. I hereby say unequivocally that Gelegele village and its environs and bushes are Benin land. They do not belong to the Ijaws of Gelegele as owners. The Ijaws are tenants of His Highness Akenzua II the Oba of Benin. Apart from above, the plaintiffs’ claims are dismissed in their entirety.

“Dissatisfied with the judgment, the Ijaws appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal, Benin. The Court of Appeal dismissed their appeal. The Court of Appeal judgment delivered was in favour of Benin by Justice Abdul Ganiyu Agbaje O.J. and two others on December 16, 1981. Still not satisfied, they went to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court also dismissed their appeal, upheld the judgment of the lower courts and awarded costs against them. Recorded as Suit SC.131/1982, the judgment was delivered by Muhamadu Lawai Uwais (CJN) and 4 others on August 19, 1983.

“Besides these court judgments, there are other evidences. These, he said include: – monuments and Historical Landmarks that Define Gele-Gele as Benin Land. Firstly, The Okun Shrine which was established by the Legendary Prince Ekaladerhan early in the 11th Century, AD. Secondly, the landmark monument in Ugbine marking the place where the British invaders first clashed with Oba Ovonramwen’s emissaries, which eventually led to the Benin Expedition of 1887. Thirdly, at Ughoton, Oba Ewuare 1 planted seven ‘U’ bolts (Aban Ihinron) to stop pursuing soldiers from getting to Benin. These seven Aban, planted in the 15th Century are still there. And fourthly, also at Ughoton is Oke n’alubode, the hill which was regarded as the exit route of departing souls of the dead by our people. These are very important historical and cultural monuments to the Benin people.

He buttressed that “In addition to all these, is the existence of four Traditional stools in the area and they are: The Okao of Gelegele, the Enogie of Obazuwa-Iko, The Iyase of Udo and the Enogie of Siloko.

The Benin Chief recalled that in the light of the request by the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality for additional states, a request that includes large portions of our land was vehemently resisted , we are sure that no Nigerian will expect our people to abandon four Traditional stools, our people and land in order to satisfy their yearning.

The Binis have been on their land as the most prominent Ethnic Nationality in the entire sub region before the Birth of Christ and that is why the earliest maps of our part of the world drawn in the 15th century, correctly designated most of West Africa as Benin and named the water front along West Africa coast as Bight of Benin. We cannot therefore, ignore the future and working towards its obliteration, God forbid! Those attacking us in our land are merely trying to rewrite history but this is impossible. The Benin nation will not allow it to happen” the chief who is the Odionwere of Benin declared.


It would be recalled that the above historical facts have become imperative for the fact that there has been an uneasy calm in the entire Benin Kingdom since Tuesday, November 14, 2017, the day one of the national daily newspapers, not INDEPENDENT, published a one page congratulatory advertisement, which was signed by HRM Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta state.

As conveyed by the advertisement, “We, the crown and people of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South- West Local Government Area of Delta State, truly and heartily felicitate with our brother, H.R.M. Godwin Oguyenbo, Alagbabenafa, Agadagba, Pere of Olodiama Kingdom, Ovia North=East Local Government of Edo State on the occasion of his coronation. The journey of a thousand kilometres, they say, starts with one step. His Royal Majesty has taken the first step into wealth and influence for the kingdom, in particular, and the Ijaw race in general. May his step well ordered into a prosperous reign”.

The following day, which was Wednesday, the Chief Press Secretary to the Omo N’ Oba, Comrade Desmond Agbama sent out invitations through SMS to all the media representatives in Benin City for a press briefing at the palace and was scheduled for 11am. But before 10.30 am, the palace hall was already filled with both journalists and chiefs; both invited and gatecrashers.


For the first time in the history of press conference at the Benin palace, the host chiefs arrived the venue earlier than the stipulated time, which was an indication of the criticality of the issue at stake.

At the press conference, the issue at stake was laid bare by the Iyase of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam Igbe. He said, “gentlemen of the press, the attention of the palace of the Oba and his Chiefs was drawn to the congratulatory advert of Tuesday, 14th November, 2017 purporting to congratulate one Godwin Oguyenbo on his “coronation” as “Pere of Olodiama Kingdom” in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.

“We want to state it categorically that Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State is under the authority of the Oba of Benin, who is the prescribed authority. We only have one Monarch in the whole of Edo South Senatorial District, that is the Oba.

“The title, “Pere of Olodiama Kingdom” does not exist. Gelegele is under the over lordship of the Oba of Benin and there cannot be two Monarchs in Benin.

“We would advise that anyone who recognize, purports to install or present himself to be installed as a traditional ruler outside the provision of the Edo State Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Edict of 1979, is in violation of the law, and would be arrested and prosecuted accordingly.

We are advising the Pere of Gbaramatu, Delta State, to avoid falling foul of the relevant laws of Edo State. The Ijaw people in Gelegele are free to live in the area just as any other ethnic groups that live in that axis. Any attempt to lay claim to non-existent title and community or village under any guise would be totally resisted

Go and claim the Gelegelegbene physical. You will tell me whether Gelegelegbene is Bini word.
Go and claim it physical because of the oil then u know.

This your nonesense post u brought here
Which is filled with lies by Bini people, about Gelegbene is many many years ago.
Even Bini people today agree that Gelegelegbene is Ijaw occupied area.
Na bini people dey stay there? No now.
Is Gelegelegbene Bini word? No now.
All because of its oil Edo wan claim am.
Go and send d Ijaws away from their town na. So that u can go and live there.

The truth of the matter is that Ijaws can not claim anything beyond Forcados river.

Pushing it anything beyond that will give you guys SERIOUS problems.
The Entire coast is dominated by ilaje up to Ogheye eghoroke and Agogboro... {Even into parts of Ugborodo , although the itsekiris are the customary land owners there}. In Warri North the Itsekiris are the Majority.... Ilajes are also significant, followed by Ijaws. ....The Benin river estuary and the Warri Kingdom is dominated by ITSEKIRIS. The ijaws there are in enclaves and their migratory history to some of these places is well known, including those who moved up the Osse and Siluko rivers into edo forest reserves to lumber trees for making dug-out canoes business.... So tell me, how you people want to connect the whole thing and pretend like there aren't others there, and on land traditionally belong to other tribes for that matter.

To make matters worse, these expansionists are even claiming lands belonging to ibeno and Obolo that speak Benue-Congo languages related to Oron, Ibibio and Efik as Ijaws.... Ujons are jokers.

scholes0:
The truth of the matter is that Ijaws can not claim anything beyond Forcados river.

Pushing it anything beyond that will give you guys SERIOUS problems.
The Entire coast is dominated by ilaje up to Ogheye eghoroke and Agogboro... {Even into parts of Ugborodo , although the itsekiris are the customary land owners there}. In Warri North the Itsekiris are the Majority.... Ilajes are also significant, followed by Ijaws. ....The Benin river estuary and the Warri Kingdom is dominated by ITSEKIRIS. The ijaws there are in enclaves and their migratory history to some of these places is well known, including those who moved up the Osse and Siluko rivers into edo forest reserves to lumber trees fr their canoe making business.... So tell me, how you people want to connect the whole theing and pretend like there arent others there, and n land traditionally belong to other tribes for that matter.

To make matters worse, these expansionists are even claiming lands belonging to ibeno and Obolo that speak Benue-Congo languages related to Oron, Ibibio and Efik as Ijaws.... Ujons are jokers.

As youve decided to confuse yourself,
In this map posted here,which of them are not Ijaws.

scholes0:
The truth of the matter is that Ijaws can not claim anything beyond Forcados river.

Pushing it anything beyond that will give you guys SERIOUS problems.
The Entire coast is dominated by ilaje up to Ogheye eghoroke and Agogboro... {Even into parts of Ugborodo , although the itsekiris are the customary land owners there}. In Warri North the Itsekiris are the Majority.... Ilajes are also significant, followed by Ijaws. ....The Benin river estuary and the Warri Kingdom is dominated by ITSEKIRIS. The ijaws there are in enclaves and their migratory history to some of these places is well known, including those who moved up the Osse and Siluko rivers into edo forest reserves to lumber trees fr their canoe making business.... So tell me, how you people want to connect the whole thing and pretend like there aren't others there, and on land traditionally belong to other tribes for that matter.

To make matters worse, these expansionists are even claiming lands belonging to ibeno and Obolo that speak Benue-Congo languages related to Oron, Ibibio and Efik as Ijaws.... Ujons are jokers.

The present Ijaw National Affairs Commissioner Patrick Erasmus is an Obolo man from Andoni LGA. Rivers Ijaw.

The present Ijaw Youth Council President Worldwide.
Timothy Peter Igbifa is from Eastern Obolo Akwa-Ibom Ijaw, another Obolo person again.

proeast:


LMAO, what's this? Abeg go play in the sand, these are the things they show children to impress them, no adult should show these ridiculous things as evidence of strength.

Can ijaw form an army of 100,000 soldiers and arm them? Can you go to war against Igbos and last a month?

The closest you got with fighting was militancy yet odi was razed to the ground same with others yet you couldn't do anything aside destroying pipelines and polluting your lands and Rivers.

WOW,,,,, I want to remember how 2000 well trained igbo esn ugm were almost wiped out by abba kyari for just within a month,,,,,,,,

I still remember how orlu was razed to ashes by military Men,,,,,,,or should I remember how kanu the igbos general was disgraceful bundled like a goat to the country and detained him,,,,all what you earlier cheat beaters do is to cry and groan in pain, looking sympathy..............


Even Fulanis are killing igbos every day but are afraid to even touch one Ijaw child........

Ijaw is God chosen nation and at this no nation on this earth Will withstand it in war..........even if all the southern nigeria tribe unite against Ijaw,, Ijaw Will still come out victorious........

God had already given Ijaw the power to win every war

Ebi2233:


In this map which of them are not Ijaws

lol, some of those tiny tiny fishing camps and hamlets you guys are labelling as "towns"... some of them not even up to 200 people are in Itsekiri lands.... You people stylishly renamed some of those towns into Ijaw names to make them irrecognizeable. Una rename Aja igbo dudu (black forest) in itsekiri. Gbaramatus are an enclave in itsekiri, abi you didn't know that?

Una label all your Ijo camps, but how about all the settlement of others in those lands you people want to steal.... you think you can wish them out of existence because you didn't label them??

Nwanyiogwashi:


We don't make noise just pray that Nigeria doesn't break up

so it's after nigeria breakup you people will fight Ijaw to reclaimed your territory

Chai, you people really are cowards

Ebi2233:


Our Ijaw Militant forces are fully prepared and waiting for you guys.
When Ijaw vex even federal government dey beg.
Why can't Ipob do d Same?
All they know is kill fellow ibos.

Lol.
You think say you dey reason with your fellow children?
Ndo

scholes0:


lol, some of those tiny tiny fishing camps and hamlets you guys are labelling as "towns"... some of them not even up to 200 people are in Itsekiri lands.... You people stylishly renamed some of those towns into Ijaw names to make them irrecognizeable. Una rename Aja igbo dudu (black forest) in itsekiri. Gbaramatus are an enclave in itsekiri, abi you didn't know that?

Una label all your Ijo camps, but how about all the settlement of others in those lands you people want to steal.... you think you can wish them out of existence because you didn't label them??

Tompolo is from Gbaramatu go and tell him he is Itsekiri.
Deputy Governor of Delta state too,
Tell him too.

Ebi2233:


The present Ijaw National Affairs Commissioner Patrick Erasmus is an Obolo man from Andoni LGA. Rivers Ijaw.

The present Ijaw Youth Council President Worldwide.
Timothy Peter Igbifa is from Eastern Obolo Akwa-Ibom Ijaw, another Obolo person again.

Obolos are not Ijaws, talk less of Ibinos. Face the truth brah.....
Andonis are not Ijows in majority.... That is the truth.