I served in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers state. I visited Bonny then but didn't interact with the natives. This year, I spoke with a cousin that lives there and the first thing she told me is that in Bonny, they speak Igbo. Now about Opobo, when I was serving, I taught in a school where I came across a student from Opobo. His surname is Ogolo. The name didn't make sense to me because I never knew that Opobo is an Igbo town. Later, when I was working in Abuja, I met the second Opobo person. His name is Jaja. I was shocked when Mr Jaja started speaking Igbo with me. I asked and he told me that they are Ndigbo in Opobo. The difference is just that their own Igbo dialect pronounce water=mmiri as mini. Interestingly, my mom's Igbo dialect in Abia state also pronounce water as mini. So why are Ijaw claiming people that are not theirs and even trying to confuse them of their ancestry? I really think the Ijaw may actually be immigrants just like Fulani in the north. No people that truly own ancestral land in Nigeria are eager to grab what belongs to others. Ijaw cannot be grabbing Igbo land, Edo land and Yoruba land and still claim aboriginal status.

Because igbos overlooked their nonsense for a long time...

on the opobo case, I read somewhere that there was an influx of Igbos into the area. the indigenes and chiefs didn't want the Igbos to learn their own language so they resorted to learning the Igbo language so as to keep their own language away from the Igbos. I don't how credible that account is.

I read the other record that classified Ijaws as pirates lol, those guys are ancient syndicate nothing else

mariovito:
on the opobo case, I read somewhere that there was an influx of Igbos into the area. the indigenes and chiefs didn't want the Igbos to learn their own language so they resorted to learning the Igbo language so as to keep their own language away from the Igbos. I don't how credible that account is.

It is a fabrication.

My brother I don't know their problem o.

Nah wah o

Everyday Opobo this, Bonny that

You can't shave the head of the Ibanis on their behalf.

mariovito:
on the opobo case, I read somewhere that there was an influx of Igbos into the area. the indigenes and chiefs didn't want the Igbos to learn their own language so they resorted to learning the Igbo language so as to keep their own language away from the Igbos. I don't how credible that account is.

Can't you see that such is fables? When you talk like this, it makes your education to appear like a waste of resources and time. A simple historical check on Google would have giving you a reliable insight about Opobo and Bonny people being Igbos.

mariovito:
on the opobo case, I read somewhere that there was an influx of Igbos into the area. the indigenes and chiefs didn't want the Igbos to learn their own language so they resorted to learning the Igbo language so as to keep their own language away from the Igbos. I don't how credible that account is.

Hehehehehe

If you believed that tall yarn then i've got Aladdins' lamp to sell to you....and it actually works!

you missed my last sentence or you chose to ignore it or you just have a delight in being an attack dog?

PROUDIGBO:


Hehehehehe

If you believed that tall yarn then i've got Aladdins' lamp to sell to you....and it actually works!

you chose to ignore my last sentence right?

Biafrarep:


Can't you see that such is fables? When you talk like this, it makes your education to appear like a waste of resources and time. A simple historical check on Google would have giving you a reliable insight about Opobo and Bonny people being Igbos.

They used to claim ibibio and efik as ijaw lol

mariovito:
on the opobo case, I read somewhere that there was an influx of Igbos into the area. the indigenes and chiefs didn't want the Igbos to learn their own language so they resorted to learning the Igbo language so as to keep their own language away from the Igbos. I don't how credible that account is.

You read well.

Ofodirinwa:
They used to claim ibibio and efik as ijaw lol

Not surprised. They are even claiming Taraba in one of their Facebook groups

makemoneywbsite:


Not surprised. They are even claiming Taraba in one of their Facebook groups

Lol