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Maazị Ogbonnaya Okoro II

This was my response to Reno Omokri that got viral
on social media and was published on various
Newspapers and blogs. Read:
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Dear Reno Omokri,

You deleted my comment and blocked me from
commenting on your Facebook page cos I told you
that your nugget is now lacking maggi.

Why did I say that?

You boasted that Itshekiri had Igbo slaves centuries
before the British colonization.

According to you, after the British banned slavery,
your Itshekiri people were forced to set them free.
Some returned to Igbo land, others remained with
you and gradually formed a new language called
**** (you can't mention) about 200,000 of them are
still with you.

Reno, you went further as a Harvard-Oxford historian
you are to say: "I will not reveal the name of this
tribe called ****, because I do not want to offend
them, but they are in Delta State)".

You said also: if they speak, Igbo, Bini, Itshekiri and
Portuguese will understand them too. You said they
have names like Iweka, Ikenna. You claimed that is
how some of your names and also Benin went into
the Igbo lexicon.

You also said because of the sheer number of Igbo
slaves you sold at Ogidigben, the Portuguese
named the town Escravos.

Reno, I know that you know it all from politics,
religion, social life, relationship, everything about
life, God is learning from you because you know it
all, that's why you dislike dissenting opinion.

I am not here for attack, but historical reasoning.
First of all, I want to ask you questions:

What century did the Itshekiri start having Igbo as
slaves? When exactly? Oh you said centuries.

From your bogus writeup that lacks academic and
historical substance, you claimed your people
interacted with the Portuguese perhaps in the slave
business.

Reno, the first time the Portuguese came to Nigeria
was in the 15th century. They started trading brass
and copper, pepper, cloth, ivory. In the1490s a
Portuguese trader wrote that at Benin, copper
bracelets were more highly prized than brass ones.
It was later, when the slave trade became norm in
other African countries that the Portuguese involved
themselves into that. Their initial arrival was purely
for business. They did business with Igbo, Bini and
others.

Again, those captured as slaves were sent to new
world. Bonny was the settlement before taking off.
There was a Calabar shore. This was when the
British was already here. Itshekiri is out of the
picture.

I am yet to see any researcher who is afraid to
mention names of a people he is writing about
because he doesn't want to offend them.

You claimed that Igbo slaves the Itshekiri had
formed their own language. According to you, the
name of the language is *****. I know you are well
educated and read more than everyone in the world,
since when has name of a language turned to *****?
Why are you afraid of mentioning the name of the
language they formed while living in Itshekiri, after
being freed as slaves? That is the height of your
intellectual dishonesty. If you really know what you
are saying, you will not shy away from mentioning
the name.

I studied Linguistics, and historical linguistics is
one of my best areas of interest. New language
cannot just be formed like that. That leads us to
one of the macro Linguistics known as
sociolinguistics. There must be language contact.
Interaction with people around will affect the
language of the people. If really they were Igbo
slaves freed by the Itshekiris according to your
soured nuggets gbara ụka, why are they not
speaking Itshekiri but had to form their language
which is not Igbo, but a different language entirely?

In your second claim, you said about 200,000 are
still with you. The question is, where are they
located in Itshekiri land? Who are they? You can't
tell us, Mr. I Know All. You are using *****

Reno, the Igbo in Equitorial Guinea still retain some
aspect of Igbo culture and language despite the
influence of the tribes around them, how come the
Igbo slaves in Itshekiri here, not up to 4 hours from
Asaba had forgotten everything about their
Igbonness despite having Igbo scattered everywhere
and doing businesses in Delta? Isn't that laughable?

Reno, you said you are not going to mention names
of the tribe of Igbo who were Itshekiri ex-slave
because you don't want to offend them.

Haba...Every society has dark age. What are you
hiding? Because you know you just talk many times
without thinking or carry out research cos you know
that many you can deceive with your unmaggi
nugget will think you are saying the truth without
knowing that your nugget has lacked intellectual
nutrients. Call the name of the Igbo tribe in Delta or
anywhere in Igbo land that was Itshekiri ex-slave,
you guys freed them after the abolition of slave
trade.

From those posts of yours, you claimed that Jaja of
Opobo was bought by the Ijaw and they made him
king.

Really?

Should I burst your bubble?

It was Obua Ajukwu of Oguta who took Jaja from
Ụmụduruọha, Amaigbo now in Imo State to Bonny
when he was 12. The slavery he was taken to was
apprenticeship type. He earned his way out of it. He
rolled with the Ijaw and was enculturated according
to the Ijaw rituals and subsequently rose to head
the Anna Pepple House merchant fraction of Bonny
Island.

As he was leading, they took over the trade in the
Bonny region until there was a dispute with the
Manilla Pepple House led by Oko Jumbo.
In 1869, he formed Opobo which was later known
as a Kingdom trading the highest palm oil courtesy
of Jaja. This brought attention of the British
government to enlist it under their British Territory.
He blocked access for the British to monopolize the
market. Berlin Conference of 1884 forcefully
designated Opobo as British territory.

Dear Reno, Ijaw did not make Jaja of Opobo king
neither did they buy him as slave as you claimed.
He formed a kingdom of Opobo about 26 miles
away from east of Bonny.

I am back to hear the name of the Igbo tribe in
Delta that was ex-slave to the Itshekiri. Is it
Ọgwashị Ukwu—the progenitor was of Nshi (Nri). Is
it Igboụzọ— the progenitor was of Isuama Igbo.

Before you respond, go read up about the pre-
colonial Igbo society from the notable world
renowned historians—Professor Elizabeth Isichei,
Professor Ọnwụejeọgwụ, Professor Kenneth Dike,
Professor A. Afigbo and many more.

You don't trust Nigerian authors right?

Then go read up "Among the Ibos of Nigeria", by.
G.T. Basden. Professor Elizabeth Isichei is a white
woman, married to Igbo. Professor Kenneth is the
first Professor of history in Nigeria and the first
black Vice Chancellor of the University College,
Ibadan.

Reno, I ask again, when has a name of people and
language turn to *****?

You think history is about PDP and APC where you
can use any propaganda to pass anything. You think
it is about a political and societal criticism. You
think it's about giving daily Bible quotes and
unsolicited relationship and marriage advice with
your insulting attitudes.

Dear Reno, I have cleared my conscience. You can
now go ahead and block me on Twitter just as you
did on Facebook. That is how intellectual co.wards
behave. If you wish to, I am ready for open debate
on pre-colonial Igbo history. Let's do this.

This is not about noisemaking. You wake up every
morning to have opinion over what you know and
what you don't know. I am not taking this personal.
Not because you blocked me. But because I want
to clear the air and state obviously that if you are
not mentioning the names of the so called Igbo ex-
Itshekiri tribe who now live among you with
population of 200,000, form their own language,
live in Igbo land and Delta, then you are telling the
world how a world renowned notorious liar you are.

Block button is there, do your thing. Don't expect
silence when you decide to sell false narratives
about the Igbo. The time of silence has gone.
I am still waiting for your response. I recommend
also, buy more Maggi for your nuggets because it's
really lacking condiments.

Reno, I challenge you for open debate on this topic.
But before then, mention names of those your Igbo
ex-slaves and the language they formed. Tell us the
data you used to carry out your research that
200,000 of them still live amongst your people.

What is even the population of Itshekiri?

If you are unable to do this, I'm sorry, I can't take
you serious. I paused.
© Maazi Ogbonnaya.
Twitter handle @maazi_ogbonnaya


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jerseyboy:
THERE ARE NO IGBOS IN THE NIGER DELTA.FOLLOW THE SCIENCE OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. THOSE WHO EAT PEOPLE ARE IGBO. NO ONE WEST OF THE NIGER EATS PEOPLE. AGAIN, THERE ARE NO IGBOS IN THE NIGER DELTA.

GALAXY11:
I respect that guy before but him don de talk too much.....the worst part of it is he knows everything....so disappointed...

MANDIPUTIN:
He also blocked me on Facebook when i confronted him with facts about his stance on giving to the poor.
I pity some people who swallow everything Reno dishes out hook line and sinker. Some of his nuggets are manipulative, cunning & crafty.

jerseyboy:
THERE ARE NO IGBOS IN THE NIGER DELTA.FOLLOW THE SCIENCE OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. THOSE WHO EAT PEOPLE ARE IGBO. NO ONE WEST OF THE NIGER EATS PEOPLE. AGAIN, THERE ARE NO IGBOS IN THE NIGER DELTA.

Tonymegabush1:
Who takes Reno serious, a man that takes too much lacks integrity might give out some ideas he supposed not to..

GALAXY11:
I respect that guy before but him don de talk too much.....the worst part of it is he knows everything....so disappointed...

SarkinYarki:
That guy is worse than Buhari ..he has zero tolerance for other views

iCauseTrouble:
Reno has lost it since last week. His mental health needs to be rechecked

jerseyboy:
THERE ARE NO IGBOS IN THE NIGER DELTA.FOLLOW THE SCIENCE OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. THOSE WHO EAT PEOPLE ARE IGBO. NO ONE WEST OF THE NIGER EATS PEOPLE. AGAIN, THERE ARE NO IGBOS IN THE NIGER DELTA.

Kyase:
You respected him because he was constantly attacking buhari and APC you hated..
Na now una know say e dey talk too much...
Hypocrites

Basic123:


Because he is not attacking TINUBU


You are not different from him