₦airaland Forum

Atleast this would count for an Igbo vice presidency.

Mrexcell:
So how come a delta igbo man was able to become ohanaeze president some few years ago if what u wrote here is true? You cant judge the whole south east with ur personal encounters with some few criminal elements from there it doesn't make any sense.

My response is directed at a few people up the thread who maliciously insinuated that Okowa is now a bini man or a lesser ibo. Kudos to Ohaneze which recognizes ibo man in every geographical location they can be found in Nigeria. But ohaneze is more of a cultural group today, it has no political will power, it cannot even unite the ibos to put up a common front politically, it is politically dead. Ohaneze cannot even dictate who becomes a governor in a state. So of what use will Ohaneze be when political power and money is on the table.

There are wonderful ibos don’t get me wrong. I married an anambra woman and I am delta ibo. I simply pointed out the societal and political ills that will bedevil the ibos and stop them from having the presidency now or in the future. As well as the inherent problems other non eastern ibos will likely face in our collective patrimony.

Legendforte:
Individual opinion shaah. Majority of your brothers vehemently opine that ika is not igbo not minding dialects. I have lived in agbor, the HQ of ika nation, so i speak from experience. what about some moves and utterances of the dein of agbor in the past. most ika men will assert their benin relationship and origin than identify with igbo.

Even the King of Agbor, Ikechukwu Keagborekuzi, has an Igbo name and surname

He has to explain at what point his Edo ancestors decided to dump their Edo surname and adopt Igbo surname

redseason:
See how some people are saying it’s the GEJ format! If you fell for the GEJ Azikiwe format, that is your personal issue because how an ijaw man(ijaw is one of the largest ethnic tribes in Nigeria after after the big 3 spread across several states) metamorphosed into an ibo man is strange.

This is not a brief for Okowa, I benefit nothing from his government, that being said, while I cannot tell much about river state, I know for certain as an ukwuani man from NDOKWA west that we identify as delta ibos, an acronym for all the ibo speaking parts of delta which spans across NDOKWA west, east, some parts of ukwani LGA, Oshimili north and south, Aniocha north and south and the whole of IKA. Have you heard a terminology like “delta bini or delta edo? Did you take cognizance of the names of these people and their dialect? Even the names of their towns and communities? Their dress sense? Their culture? Their masquerades/festivals? Even their local gods? But of course we expect the across the Niger ibos to come forward today and tell us how an IKA man is a lesser ibo man, even when the urhobos, ijaw, itsekiris, isokos all class them as the ibos among them.

This is one of the reasons the average ibo man from places other than the south east should be wary of the southeastern ibos. Their oneness is when power and money is not involved. The moment money or power is introduced, you will see their inherent greed. The very reason am ibo man will never be president is because an ibo man will always sell the ibo tribe to an outside bidder.

I pity my people at the actualization of Biafra which we hope to usher a better life, because the marginalization from the east will dwarf whatever the region experiences from other parts today. You think the average eastern ibo will allow power rotate equitable? Even in delta, they allow it rotate equitable around the 3 geopolitical zones. The eastern ibo is so greedy that he would rather sell his brother than allow power stay with his neighbors. Who sold the ibos in the first republic? Who did the core ibo heavy weights campaign for in the ruling APC primaries? When the ibos had the slot of the senate presidency under obasanjo, remind me again how many times they were used to do hatchet jobs and impeach themselves? In one government, we had Emwerem, okadigbo, wabara, Anyim etc.

I graduated from Unizik in 2009 and I saw first hand how power drunk they are, every district, you have an igwe because nobody wants to be subservient to his neighbor. Igwe Nodu, Igwe okpuno, igwe nodu okpuno, igwe every single department, igwe every single faculty, igwe every single hostel, igwe every single fellowship, igwe every church, igwe anything about everything. Even the streets have igwe. These are the people that will allow power rotate to Delta or Rivers in a Biafra?

How convenient that in my country of residence, we just discovered that every count of people we have had issues with regards to betrayal and bussiness deals gone bad is an eastern ibo from imo state, save a single edo exception. 11 total cases with a whopping 10 from one eastern state.

They will never see anything wrong in themselves. I expect them to bash me and ignore the barefaced truth, it will not stop it from being the truth. And yes, presidency is far from the east until the put their greed and betrayal tendencies behind. Obi will not be president, even though he is the best man for the job. I don’t live in social media delusions.

no igbo man will reject other igbo unless we ourselves were rejected. In the hey days of biafra agitations. The eyes of south eastern igbo were opened to the feelings of other Ibos who vehemently denied us and made a mockery of the cause. Brotherhood shouldn't only exist when it is convenient. Simple because an IKA man is the VP shouldn't make us all brothers when you have repeatedly stated you aren't igbo for ages. The same feelings you have for the south eastern igbo is same as we have for your kind. Maybe that will explain why the Unizik you graduated from silently started rejecting applicants from delta

redseason:
See how some people are saying it’s the GEJ format! If you fell for the GEJ Azikiwe format, that is your personal issue because how an ijaw man(ijaw is one of the largest ethnic tribes in Nigeria after after the big 3 spread across several states) metamorphosed into an ibo man is strange.

This is not a brief for Okowa, I benefit nothing from his government, that being said, while I cannot tell much about river state, I know for certain as an ukwuani man from NDOKWA west that we identify as delta ibos, an acronym for all the ibo speaking parts of delta which spans across NDOKWA west, east, some parts of ukwani LGA, Oshimili north and south, Aniocha north and south and the whole of IKA. Have you heard a terminology like “delta bini or delta edo? Did you take cognizance of the names of these people and their dialect? Even the names of their towns and communities? Their dress sense? Their culture? Their masquerades/festivals? Even their local gods? But of course we expect the across the Niger ibos to come forward today and tell us how an IKA man is a lesser ibo man, even when the urhobos, ijaw, itsekiris, isokos all class them as the ibos among them.

This is one of the reasons the average ibo man from places other than the south east should be wary of the southeastern ibos. Their oneness is when power and money is not involved. The moment money or power is introduced, you will see their inherent greed. The very reason am ibo man will never be president is because an ibo man will always sell the ibo tribe to an outside bidder.

I pity my people at the actualization of Biafra which we hope to usher a better life, because the marginalization from the east will dwarf whatever the region experiences from other parts today. You think the average eastern ibo will allow power rotate equitable? Even in delta, they allow it rotate equitable around the 3 geopolitical zones. The eastern ibo is so greedy that he would rather sell his brother than allow power stay with his neighbors. Who sold the ibos in the first republic? Who did the core ibo heavy weights campaign for in the ruling APC primaries? When the ibos had the slot of the senate presidency under obasanjo, remind me again how many times they were used to do hatchet jobs and impeach themselves? In one government, we had Emwerem, okadigbo, wabara, Anyim etc.

I graduated from Unizik in 2009 and I saw first hand how power drunk they are, every district, you have an igwe because nobody wants to be subservient to his neighbor. Igwe Nodu, Igwe okpuno, igwe nodu okpuno, igwe every single department, igwe every single faculty, igwe every single hostel, igwe every single fellowship, igwe every church, igwe anything about everything. Even the streets have igwe. These are the people that will allow power rotate to Delta or Rivers in a Biafra?

How convenient that in my country of residence, we just discovered that every count of people we have had issues with regards to betrayal and bussiness deals gone bad is an eastern ibo from imo state, save a single edo exception. 11 total cases with a whopping 10 from one eastern state.

They will never see anything wrong in themselves. I expect them to bash me and ignore the barefaced truth, it will not stop it from being the truth. And yes, presidency is far from the east until the put their greed and betrayal tendencies behind. Obi will not be president, even though he is the best man for the job. I don’t live in social media delusions.

Trash Trash rubbish

why are you writing epistle on social media when you don't live in social media delusions..

you think we are going to read your online trashy delusions.. Nay

redseason:
My response is directed at a few people up the thread who maliciously insinuated that Okowa is now a bini man or a lesser ibo. Kudos to Ohaneze which recognizes ibo man in every geographical location they can be found in Nigeria. But ohaneze is more of a cultural group today, it has no political will power, it cannot even unite the ibos to put up a common front politically, it is politically dead. Ohaneze cannot even dictate who becomes a governor in a state. So of what use will Ohaneze be when political power and money is on the table.

There are wonderful ibos don’t get me wrong. I married an anambra woman and I am delta ibo. I simply pointed out the societal and political ills that will bedevil the ibos and stop them from having the presidency now or in the future. As well as the inherent problems other non eastern ibos will likely face in our collective patrimony.

Why do people keep thinking that the Presidency is everything? Those that have had the Presidency for many years have nothing to show for it

redseason:
See how some people are saying it’s the GEJ format! If you fell for the GEJ Azikiwe format, that is your personal issue because how an ijaw man(ijaw is one of the largest ethnic tribes in Nigeria after after the big 3 spread across several states) metamorphosed into an ibo man is strange.

This is not a brief for Okowa, I benefit nothing from his government, that being said, while I cannot tell much about river state, I know for certain as an ukwuani man from NDOKWA west that we identify as delta ibos, an acronym for all the ibo speaking parts of delta which spans across NDOKWA west, east, some parts of ukwani LGA, Oshimili north and south, Aniocha north and south and the whole of IKA. Have you heard a terminology like “delta bini or delta edo? Did you take cognizance of the names of these people and their dialect? Even the names of their towns and communities? Their dress sense? Their culture? Their masquerades/festivals? Even their local gods? But of course we expect the across the Niger ibos to come forward today and tell us how an IKA man is a lesser ibo man, even when the urhobos, ijaw, itsekiris, isokos all class them as the ibos among them.

This is one of the reasons the average ibo man from places other than the south east should be wary of the southeastern ibos. Their oneness is when power and money is not involved. The moment money or power is introduced, you will see their inherent greed. The very reason am ibo man will never be president is because an ibo man will always sell the ibo tribe to an outside bidder.

I pity my people at the actualization of Biafra which we hope to usher a better life, because the marginalization from the east will dwarf whatever the region experiences from other parts today. You think the average eastern ibo will allow power rotate equitable? Even in delta, they allow it rotate equitable around the 3 geopolitical zones. The eastern ibo is so greedy that he would rather sell his brother than allow power stay with his neighbors. Who sold the ibos in the first republic? Who did the core ibo heavy weights campaign for in the ruling APC primaries? When the ibos had the slot of the senate presidency under obasanjo, remind me again how many times they were used to do hatchet jobs and impeach themselves? In one government, we had Emwerem, okadigbo, wabara, Anyim etc.

I graduated from Unizik in 2009 and I saw first hand how power drunk they are, every district, you have an igwe because nobody wants to be subservient to his neighbor. Igwe Nodu, Igwe okpuno, igwe nodu okpuno, igwe every single department, igwe every single faculty, igwe every single hostel, igwe every single fellowship, igwe every church, igwe anything about everything. Even the streets have igwe. These are the people that will allow power rotate to Delta or Rivers in a Biafra?

How convenient that in my country of residence, we just discovered that every count of people we have had issues with regards to betrayal and bussiness deals gone bad is an eastern ibo from imo state, save a single edo exception. 11 total cases with a whopping 10 from one eastern state.

They will never see anything wrong in themselves. I expect them to bash me and ignore the barefaced truth, it will not stop it from being the truth. And yes, presidency is far from the east until the put their greed and betrayal tendencies behind. Obi will not be president, even though he is the best man for the job. I don’t live in social media delusions.

bitter truth
may God help us all

redseason:
See how some people are saying it’s the GEJ format! If you fell for the GEJ Azikiwe format, that is your personal issue because how an ijaw man(ijaw is one of the largest ethnic tribes in Nigeria after after the big 3 spread across several states) metamorphosed into an ibo man is strange.

This is not a brief for Okowa, I benefit nothing from his government, that being said, while I cannot tell much about river state, I know for certain as an ukwuani man from NDOKWA west that we identify as delta ibos, an acronym for all the ibo speaking parts of delta which spans across NDOKWA west, east, some parts of ukwani LGA, Oshimili north and south, Aniocha north and south and the whole of IKA. Have you heard a terminology like “delta bini or delta edo? Did you take cognizance of the names of these people and their dialect? Even the names of their towns and communities? Their dress sense? Their culture? Their masquerades/festivals? Even their local gods? But of course we expect the across the Niger ibos to come forward today and tell us how an IKA man is a lesser ibo man, even when the urhobos, ijaw, itsekiris, isokos all class them as the ibos among them.

This is one of the reasons the average ibo man from places other than the south east should be wary of the southeastern ibos. Their oneness is when power and money is not involved. The moment money or power is introduced, you will see their inherent greed. The very reason am ibo man will never be president is because an ibo man will always sell the ibo tribe to an outside bidder.

I pity my people at the actualization of Biafra which we hope to usher a better life, because the marginalization from the east will dwarf whatever the region experiences from other parts today. You think the average eastern ibo will allow power rotate equitable? Even in delta, they allow it rotate equitable around the 3 geopolitical zones. The eastern ibo is so greedy that he would rather sell his brother than allow power stay with his neighbors. Who sold the ibos in the first republic? Who did the core ibo heavy weights campaign for in the ruling APC primaries? When the ibos had the slot of the senate presidency under obasanjo, remind me again how many times they were used to do hatchet jobs and impeach themselves? In one government, we had Emwerem, okadigbo, wabara, Anyim etc.

I graduated from Unizik in 2009 and I saw first hand how power drunk they are, every district, you have an igwe because nobody wants to be subservient to his neighbor. Igwe Nodu, Igwe okpuno, igwe nodu okpuno, igwe every single department, igwe every single faculty, igwe every single hostel, igwe every single fellowship, igwe every church, igwe anything about everything. Even the streets have igwe. These are the people that will allow power rotate to Delta or Rivers in a Biafra?

How convenient that in my country of residence, we just discovered that every count of people we have had issues with regards to betrayal and bussiness deals gone bad is an eastern ibo from imo state, save a single edo exception. 11 total cases with a whopping 10 from one eastern state.

They will never see anything wrong in themselves. I expect them to bash me and ignore the barefaced truth, it will not stop it from being the truth. And yes, presidency is far from the east until the put their greed and betrayal tendencies behind. Obi will not be president, even though he is the best man for the job. I don’t live in social media delusions.

IGBO is Igbo my brother stop using the NIGERIAN logic, there is no difference between an OWERRI MAN and ANIOMA MAN..SO you guys shouldn't be bothered

Okowa is a nice man and Igbo's will support him fully

xynerise:
Goodluck Jonathan format


So you want us to abandon Obi for you with this format?

Did he say that you should abandon Peter Obi?His claim of being Igbo is a fact not a format.
Ifeanyichukwu Okowa can't be anything than Igbo.

His name is Ifeanyi Okowa. Wtf did you stupid Nigerians think he was before?

gidgiddy:
Even the King of Agbor, Ikechukwu Keagborekuzi, has an Igbo name and surname

He has to explain at what point his Edo ancestors decided for their Edo surname and adopt Igbo surname

They make igbos look like land grabbers and a laughing stock among fellow southern tribes.

Mrexcell:
So why do most of them still choose igbo names instead of bini names?

Go and ask them in their local communities. I am not ika but igbo from SE.

gidgiddy:
Even the King of Agbor, Ikechukwu Keagborekuzi, has an Igbo name and surname

He has to explain at what point his Edo ancestors decided for their Edo surname and adopt Igbo surname

Well I transverse this delta north route very well and I can say that these people are Igbo. Majority of them are but not all. You have the Edo element in them. The Edo element are mostly in the elite of society and monarchy. It is the Edo element that wrote most of the early history of these people. Go to Agbor, you still see people answering Osazuwa, Edobor, Ihama and so many Edo names. Another thing that affected them is their long affinity to the Edo people. The Edo people had a great influence on their culture especially the monarchy.

If you study Benin interaction with her neighbors, the Benins usually have no business with the ordinary people, they usually go for the leaders of that society. Look at almost all Delta Igbo kings, they carry out their palace style like what you have in benin. Even okowas king has an Edo name instead of Igbo name...

Nevertheless, culture is the way of life of a people, the predominant culture in Delta north is Igbo. Hence most of them are Igbos

Realdon1:
Sorry Sir. But Nigeria Youth have chosen Peter Obi. Sorry for bn disappointed.
Obi is the real guy for the job.

Which youth, speak for yourself

Oplomo:
Ifeanyi, you don't have a problem with Ndigbo. .

Big mouth Wike of Rivers refused to learn that you can't amount to anything politically outside your village, if you don't stand and identify with at least one of three major tribes and he paid a heavy price. He thought money buyeth and answereth all things.

So what did Pius Anyim and other Igbo contestants amount to?

You guys are just jesters. Wike only refused you Igbos forcing your identity on him. He is an Ikwerre (Ihwuruohna) man and nothing can change that.

xynerise:
Goodluck Jonathan format


So you want us to abandon Obi for you with this format?

He's saying the truth about his ethnicity but that does not stop the fact that we're voting for Peter (okwute) Obi .....

redseason:
See how some people are saying it’s the GEJ format! If you fell for the GEJ Azikiwe format, that is your personal issue because how an ijaw man(ijaw is one of the largest ethnic tribes in Nigeria after after the big 3 spread across several states) metamorphosed into an ibo man is strange.

This is not a brief for Okowa, I benefit nothing from his government, that b toeing said, while I cannot tell much about river state, I know for certain as an ukwuani man from NDOKWA west that we identify as delta ibos, an acronym for all the ibo speaking parts of delta which spans across NDOKWA west, east, some parts of ukwani LGA, Oshimili north and south, Aniocha north and south and the whole of IKA. Have you heard a terminology like “delta bini or delta edo? Did you take cognizance of the names of these people and their dialect? Even the names of their towns and communities? Their dress sense? Their culture? Their masquerades/festivals? Even their local gods? But of course we expect the across the Niger ibos to come forward today and tell us how an IKA man is a lesser ibo man, even when the urhobos, ijaw, itsekiris, isokos all class them as the ibos among them.

This is one of the reasons the average ibo man from places other than the south east should be wary of the southeastern ibos. Their oneness is when power and money is not involved. The moment money or power is introduced, you will see their inherent greed. The very reason am ibo man will never be president is because an ibo man will always sell the ibo tribe to an outside bidder.

I pity my people at the actualization of Biafra which we hope to usher a better life, because the marginalization from the east will dwarf whatever the region experiences from other parts today. You think the average eastern ibo will allow power rotate equitable? Even in delta, they allow it rotate equitable around the 3 geopolitical zones. The eastern ibo is so greedy that he would rather sell his brother than allow power stay with his neighbors. Who sold the ibos in the first republic? Who did the core ibo heavy weights campaign for in the ruling APC primaries? When the ibos had the slot of the senate presidency under obasanjo, remind me again how many times they were used to do hatchet jobs and impeach themselves? In one government, we had Emwerem, okadigbo, wabara, Anyim etc.

I graduated from Unizik in 2009 and I saw first hand how power drunk they are, every district, you have an igwe because nobody wants to be subservient to his neighbor. Igwe Nodu, Igwe okpuno, igwe nodu okpuno, igwe every single department, igwe every single faculty, igwe every single hostel, igwe every single fellowship, igwe every church, igwe anything about everything. Even the streets have igwe. These are the people that will allow power rotate to Delta or Rivers in a Biafra?

How convenient that in my country of residence, we just discovered that every count of people we have had issues with regards to betrayal and bussiness deals gone bad is an eastern ibo from imo state, save a single edo exception. 11 total cases with a whopping 10 from one eastern state.

They will never see anything wrong in themselves. I expect them to bash me and ignore the barefaced truth, it will not stop it from being the truth. And yes, presidency is far from the east until the put their greed and betrayal tendencies behind. Obi will not be president, even though he is the best man for the job. I don’t live in social media delusions.

Just one word to describe all what you've written:

SELF-HATE.

ComradeNap:
The thing is he never denied being Igbo before. And he has stated the truth the way it is

Okowa is not ibo. He is pressing IPOBs mumu button. Go to Ika and say that Okowa is ibo.

Rotimi Amechi also claim ibo. Can ibos comfortably go to Ikwerre and call Amechi ibo?

Ibo people wise up. Vote Jagaban for a progressive Nigeria.

We know.... No body is arguing that.


But it breaks my heart hearing many from South South saying they aren't igbo

redseason:
See how some people are saying it’s the GEJ format! If you fell for the GEJ Azikiwe format, that is your personal issue because how an ijaw man(ijaw is one of the largest ethnic tribes in Nigeria after after the big 3 spread across several states) metamorphosed into an ibo man is strange.

This is not a brief for Okowa, I benefit nothing from his government, that being said, while I cannot tell much about river state, I know for certain as an ukwuani man from NDOKWA west that we identify as delta ibos, an acronym for all the ibo speaking parts of delta which spans across NDOKWA west, east, some parts of ukwani LGA, Oshimili north and south, Aniocha north and south and the whole of IKA. Have you heard a terminology like “delta bini or delta edo? Did you take cognizance of the names of these people and their dialect? Even the names of their towns and communities? Their dress sense? Their culture? Their masquerades/festivals? Even their local gods? But of course we expect the across the Niger ibos to come forward today and tell us how an IKA man is a lesser ibo man, even when the urhobos, ijaw, itsekiris, isokos all class them as the ibos among them.

This is one of the reasons the average ibo man from places other than the south east should be wary of the southeastern ibos. Their oneness is when power and money is not involved. The moment money or power is introduced, you will see their inherent greed. The very reason am ibo man will never be president is because an ibo man will always sell the ibo tribe to an outside bidder.

I pity my people at the actualization of Biafra which we hope to usher a better life, because the marginalization from the east will dwarf whatever the region experiences from other parts today. You think the average eastern ibo will allow power rotate equitable? Even in delta, they allow it rotate equitable around the 3 geopolitical zones. The eastern ibo is so greedy that he would rather sell his brother than allow power stay with his neighbors. Who sold the ibos in the first republic? Who did the core ibo heavy weights campaign for in the ruling APC primaries? When the ibos had the slot of the senate presidency under obasanjo, remind me again how many times they were used to do hatchet jobs and impeach themselves? In one government, we had Emwerem, okadigbo, wabara, Anyim etc.

I graduated from Unizik in 2009 and I saw first hand how power drunk they are, every district, you have an igwe because nobody wants to be subservient to his neighbor. Igwe Nodu, Igwe okpuno, igwe nodu okpuno, igwe every single department, igwe every single faculty, igwe every single hostel, igwe every single fellowship, igwe every church, igwe anything about everything. Even the streets have igwe. These are the people that will allow power rotate to Delta or Rivers in a Biafra?

How convenient that in my country of residence, we just discovered that every count of people we have had issues with regards to betrayal and bussiness deals gone bad is an eastern ibo from imo state, save a single edo exception. 11 total cases with a whopping 10 from one eastern state.

They will never see anything wrong in themselves. I expect them to bash me and ignore the barefaced truth, it will not stop it from being the truth. And yes, presidency is far from the east until the put their greed and betrayal tendencies behind. Obi will not be president, even though he is the best man for the job. I don’t live in social media delusions.

silly nonsense.
It was Kaduna Nzeogwu that betrayed the igbos with his senseless coup. Where is he from?
South East igbos all agree they are Igbo and therefore can enjoy the benefits. South South igbos on the other hand only became igbos when it suits them. We say fvck em

Neatboy:
Just one word to describe all what you've written:

SELF-HATE.

Lol, self hate ooo; but it was an ibo man who had all the aces with him that sold the ibos(don’t know for how much) to the sultan and choose to be a president under a Fulani prime minister, rather than be a prime minister in a Yoruba combo. The first person to campaign for a northerner(GYB of Kogi) in this election season when it has been zoned to the south is an Anambra man; yours sincerely uwaziruike, the undisputed leader of Massob. Tell me why Umahi, Rochas, Kalu, Nwajiuba, Ngige all of APC could not come together to put a common front to actualize the ticket. Hope would rather have imo delegates vote Tinubu than Rochas, while Kalu would rather have Abia delegates vote Lawan than his fellow ibos, but somehow, it’s self hate. Something nearly all Yoruba aspirants did for Tinubu with the exception of Osinbande who ended up being booed and called a traitor. But same Kalu found it convenient to rather campaign for a Yobe man with 3 heavy weights of ibo extraction still in the race. The ibo man is the ibo man’s problem, wether you deny it will not change the facts.

Razgas:
silly nonsense.
It was Kaduna Nzeogwu that betrayed the igbos with his senseless coup. Where is he from?
South East igbos all agree they are Igbo and therefore can enjoy the benefits. South South igbos on the other hand only became igbos when it suits them. We say fvck em

Kwantinue! It was Kaduna Nzeogwu that failed to form a government with Awolowo after having an agreement with him the moment the sultan sent for him right? You guys failed to realize that the faults of today was laid in the foundations of yesterday. The faults of tomorrow are currently being laid today. Imagine if the 1960 government started with an intellectual Azikiwe with executive powers! The SS you just insulted has already seen the presidency in this 4th republic, something your hate has prevented the SE from achieving.

redseason:
See how some people are saying it’s the GEJ format! If you fell for the GEJ Azikiwe format, that is your personal issue because how an ijaw man(ijaw is one of the largest ethnic tribes in Nigeria after after the big 3 spread across several states) metamorphosed into an ibo man is strange.

This is not a brief for Okowa, I benefit nothing from his government, that being said, while I cannot tell much about river state, I know for certain as an ukwuani man from NDOKWA west that we identify as delta ibos, an acronym for all the ibo speaking parts of delta which spans across NDOKWA west, east, some parts of ukwani LGA, Oshimili north and south, Aniocha north and south and the whole of IKA. Have you heard a terminology like “delta bini or delta edo? Did you take cognizance of the names of these people and their dialect? Even the names of their towns and communities? Their dress sense? Their culture? Their masquerades/festivals? Even their local gods? But of course we expect the across the Niger ibos to come forward today and tell us how an IKA man is a lesser ibo man, even when the urhobos, ijaw, itsekiris, isokos all class them as the ibos among them.

This is one of the reasons the average ibo man from places other than the south east should be wary of the southeastern ibos. Their oneness is when power and money is not involved. The moment money or power is introduced, you will see their inherent greed. The very reason am ibo man will never be president is because an ibo man will always sell the ibo tribe to an outside bidder.

I pity my people at the actualization of Biafra which we hope to usher a better life, because the marginalization from the east will dwarf whatever the region experiences from other parts today. You think the average eastern ibo will allow power rotate equitable? Even in delta, they allow it rotate equitable around the 3 geopolitical zones. The eastern ibo is so greedy that he would rather sell his brother than allow power stay with his neighbors. Who sold the ibos in the first republic? Who did the core ibo heavy weights campaign for in the ruling APC primaries? When the ibos had the slot of the senate presidency under obasanjo, remind me again how many times they were used to do hatchet jobs and impeach themselves? In one government, we had Emwerem, okadigbo, wabara, Anyim etc.

I graduated from Unizik in 2009 and I saw first hand how power drunk they are, every district, you have an igwe because nobody wants to be subservient to his neighbor. Igwe Nodu, Igwe okpuno, igwe nodu okpuno, igwe every single department, igwe every single faculty, igwe every single hostel, igwe every single fellowship, igwe every church, igwe anything about everything. Even the streets have igwe. These are the people that will allow power rotate to Delta or Rivers in a Biafra?

How convenient that in my country of residence, we just discovered that every count of people we have had issues with regards to betrayal and bussiness deals gone bad is an eastern ibo from imo state, save a single edo exception. 11 total cases with a whopping 10 from one eastern state.

They will never see anything wrong in themselves. I expect them to bash me and ignore the barefaced truth, it will not stop it from being the truth. And yes, presidency is far from the east until the put their greed and betrayal tendencies behind. Obi will not be president, even though he is the best man for the job. I don’t live in social media delusions.

You cant even spell Igbo but you have energy for this essay

gidgiddy:
I remember when Ifeanyi Okowa was talking at the launch of "Asusu Ika". He told the audience in Igbo that his surname is actually Oke-Owa, because he is from Owa and means "great Owa", which is what it translates to in Igbo

Imagine launching a language. Dead people

Tranquill:
So what did Pius Anyim and other Igbo contestants amount to?

You guys are just jesters. Wike only refused you Igbos forcing your identity on him. He is an Ikwerre (Ihwuruohna) man and nothing can change that.

Ewedu muslim, I was waiting for flying monkeys like you to quote me with your usual bumbling buffoonery.

Anyim was former Senate president Secretary General of the Federal of the federation. Number 3 and Number 5 citizen of the country.

Ihedioha was former Deputy Speaker, number 4 citizen of the county.

Tell Wike should face his war for political relevance alone at the federal level. He has no right to come to Anambra and insult our son as a stranger that he is.

Ethnicity is major determinant in nigerian politics. He is not Igbo and he can't change that even if he wears a 100 red caps.

NATIONALPASTOR:
Hello sister Ice-Cream, can you minister to us all here how Ika (IFEANYI) Relates to Benin?

I know benin language, their names, culture etc and all those of Ika do not in any way look similar to the Binis, pls tell us magical arithmetic you did to arrive at Ika (Ifeanyi Okowa) is Benin.

Thank you and be blessed.

The language spoken in Ika is far far removed from the Igbo language. It's not even a dialect of the Igbo language. In Delta, we call them Delta Ibos because they are part of the Delta North senatorial zone. The true Igbos in Delta are those from Oshimili and part of Aniocha and UseleUku.

Daum:
Well I transverse this delta north route very well and I can say that these people are Igbo. Majority of them are but not all. You have the Edo element in them. The Edo element are mostly in the elite of society and monarchy. It is the Edo element that wrote most of the early history of these people. Go to Agbor, you still see people answering Osazuwa, Edobor, Ihama and so many Edo names. Another thing that affected them is their long affinity to the Edo people. The Edo people had a great influence on their culture especially the monarchy.

If you study Benin interaction with her neighbors, the Benins usually have no business with the ordinary people, they usually go for the leaders of that society. Look at almost all Delta Igbo kings, they carry out their palace style like what you have in benin. Even okowas king has an Edo name instead of Igbo name...

Nevertheless, culture is the way of life of a people, the predominant culture in Delta north is Igbo. Hence most of them are Igbos

I love your narration. Educative. Seems carefully researched, and recommendable for academic research.
Are you an academic? You sound more like one, sir.
I enjoyed the crisp insight.

Passionnn:
The language spoken in Ika is far far removed from the Igbo language. It's not even a dialect of the Igbo language. In Delta, we call them Delta Ibos because they are part of the Delta North senatorial zone. The true Igbos in Delta are those from Oshimili and part of Aniocha and UseleUku.

Stop writing nonsense.
The language spoken in Ika, even as far as Igbanke in Edo state is pure Igbo language.
The words are 98% Igbo and any Igbo man from SE especially from Anambra/Imo states, understand Ika easily and they understand us too.

Ika is a dialect of Igbo.

In Agbor they have one village called Oza-nogogo, those are the only Edo people in Ikaland and they speak an Edoid language totally unrelated to Igbo.

Ika can be whatever they choose to be, but the language they speak as mother tongue, is atleast 98% Igbo words.

Ofodirinwa:
You cant even spell Igbo but you have energy for this essay

Is this the best you could come up with? If you were intelligent, you would know that the word is pronounced either Igbo or Ibo, and both are acceptable. Ogbeni, you don’t win presidency on SM while your kins keep selling your lots to the highest northern bidder! Your kins have been selling your lots since 1960 and I don’t see that stopping soon. It’s inherently in you guys, more like a cultural thing. I love Peter and he is the undisputed best candidate, I was still in Unizik when both Ngige and Obi was governor. I know his pedigree, but he will not even win Anambra state. No structure, no grassroots, just SM euphoria.

IKA language and interpretation for the sake of those outside our locality who might not know how to speak our indigenous language.
*English* *IKA*
1. I did not hear. A nun nim
2. I told you. Men gwa i.
3. I didn't say so. E ku nim rira
4. I told you to go. N si i jen men.
5. You called me. Yu kpom.
6. You were there. I ri ebe ehu
7. You said that I ate it. I si ni men ri e.
8. She called him. Ya kpo a
9. He is a good person. O wu ezi ihian
10. She told me to go. O sim jen men
11. It is not true. E le ezi oku
12. He came to school. O bia ulo ekukwo
13. I did not eat food. E ri nim nnin
14. I go to work. M jen orun
15. She stop. O wuzo
16. Come. Bia
17. My mother. Nnem
18. Give me yam. Ye m gi
19. You ate my food. Yu ri nnin m
20. Agree Kweri
21. Who is here Onye ri eben
22. I am going. N lako alako
23. Amend. Donzi
24. Arise. Lihi oto
25. Assist Ye eka/Y'eka
26. Father Nedi
27. Mother. Nne
28. Children. Nmu
29. Elderly man. Diokpa
30. Welcome. A lua
31. Beat. Gbu
32. Become. Henrin/Honrin
33. Begin. Bidon
34. Bend. Hie/ hiemen
35. Bite. Ta (erun)
36. Blow fire. Fu okun
37. Break. Kpagi/Tikpo
38. Bring. Wehe
39. Build house. Tun ulo
40. Burn fire. Dun okun/ren okun
41. Choose. Hanrin
42. Catch. Nwun don/ kwondon
43. What do you think. Ke iro / kiro
44. Not as you think. E le ki ro
45. I did it. Meh me
46. Man. Okenye
47. Outside. Obodo/I wea esi
48. Motorcycle. Ono di ali gbo oso
49. Radio. E kpeti ta lo Ku
50. Spirit. Nmo
51. Spoil. Wiwi
52. Steal. Zu/zuru
53. Mad. Era
54. Swear. Kwun/cun
55. Curse. Iyi
56. Sweep. Za
57. Sweep out. Zapu
58. Take. Weri
59. Teach. Kuzi
60. Teacher. Onye nkuzi
61. Mold. E pete
62. Tear. Dowa/tika
63. Good. Orika-nma/mma
64. Rich. Odafi/ogaranyia
65. Trouble. Eku ray ku
66. King. Obi/Eze
67. Age mate. Otum
68. I forgot. Azom
69. Tell. Gwa
70. High/up. Elu.
71. Sit down Nodi ali.
72. Stand. li hii/ wuzo
73. Look here. le ebeni
74. Cook. shime
75. Don't fight. alu le ogwun
76. Share it. ke a
77. Bury. lii
78. Play. Egu
79. Dance for me. Tenim egu
80. Church. Okah
81. Market. Afia
82. Knife. Ebe ke
83. Cutlass. Opia
84. Shoe. Akpu uku
85. Plate. Afere
86. I'm coming. N'la la
87. Don't beat him. Egbu le ilii
88. Remember. yhan han
89. Run. Kpa osuo
90. It's big. O hii ogbe
91. Money. Egho
92. My friend. O whum
93. Road. Ozor
94. Farm. Ugbo/Ofia
95. Sleep. Ran hin
96. Person. Ihian
97. Thing. Ihien
98. Give it to me. Ye mhe/wea ye mhe
99. Do it well. Meme ohun ma
100. Leaders. Ndi okiki
101. Door . Ekwe

Igboid:
IKA language and interpretation for the sake of those outside our locality who might not know how to speak our indigenous language.
*English* *IKA*
1. I did not hear. A nun nim
2. I told you. Men gwa i.
3. I didn't say so. E ku nim rira
4. I told you to go. N si i jen men.
5. You called me. Yu kpom.
6. You were there. I ri ebe ehu
7. You said that I ate it. I si ni men ri e.
8. She called him. Ya kpo a
9. He is a good person. O wu ezi ihian
10. She told me to go. O sim jen men
11. It is not true. E le ezi oku
12. He came to school. O bia ulo ekukwo
13. I did not eat food. E ri nim nnin
14. I go to work. M jen orun
15. She stop. O wuzo
16. Come. Bia
17. My mother. Nnem
18. Give me yam. Ye m gi
19. You ate my food. Yu ri nnin m
20. Agree Kweri
21. Who is here Onye ri eben
22. I am going. N lako alako
23. Amend. Donzi
24. Arise. Lihi oto
25. Assist Ye eka/Y'eka
26. Father Nedi
27. Mother. Nne
28. Children. Nmu
29. Elderly man. Diokpa
30. Welcome. A lua
31. Beat. Gbu
32. Become. Henrin/Honrin
33. Begin. Bidon
34. Bend. Hie/ hiemen
35. Bite. Ta (erun)
36. Blow fire. Fu okun
37. Break. Kpagi/Tikpo
38. Bring. Wehe
39. Build house. Tun ulo
40. Burn fire. Dun okun/ren okun
41. Choose. Hanrin
42. Catch. Nwun don/ kwondon
43. What do you think. Ke iro / kiro
44. Not as you think. E le ki ro
45. I did it. Meh me
46. Man. Okenye
47. Outside. Obodo/I wea esi
48. Motorcycle. Ono di ali gbo oso
49. Radio. E kpeti ta lo Ku
50. Spirit. Nmo
51. Spoil. Wiwi
52. Steal. Zu/zuru
53. Mad. Era
54. Swear. Kwun/cun
55. Curse. Iyi
56. Sweep. Za
57. Sweep out. Zapu
58. Take. Weri
59. Teach. Kuzi
60. Teacher. Onye nkuzi
61. Mold. E pete
62. Tear. Dowa/tika
63. Good. Orika-nma/mma
64. Rich. Odafi/ogaranyia
65. Trouble. Eku ray ku
66. King. Obi/Eze
67. Age mate. Otum
68. I forgot. Azom
69. Tell. Gwa
70. High/up. Elu.
71. Sit down Nodi ali.
72. Stand. li hii/ wuzo
73. Look here. le ebeni
74. Cook. shime
75. Don't fight. alu le ogwun
76. Share it. ke a
77. Bury. lii
78. Play. Egu
79. Dance for me. Tenim egu
80. Church. Okah
81. Market. Afia
82. Knife. Ebe ke
83. Cutlass. Opia
84. Shoe. Akpu uku
85. Plate. Afere
86. I'm coming. N'la la
87. Don't beat him. Egbu le ilii
88. Remember. yhan han
89. Run. Kpa osuo
90. It's big. O hii ogbe
91. Money. Egho
92. My friend. O whum
93. Road. Ozor
94. Farm. Ugbo/Ofia
95. Sleep. Ran hin
96. Person. Ihian
97. Thing. Ihien
98. Give it to me. Ye mhe/wea ye mhe
99. Do it well. Meme ohun ma
100. Leaders. Ndi okiki
101. Door . Ekwe

This is Igbanke language.
Igbanke people are Ikas found in Edo state.
So they are the most Edo influenced Ika people.
Yet their language remain Igbo.
How can someone come and say that Ika is a mixture of Igbo and Edo or mostly Edo.
That's nonsense.
Ika as far as Language is concerned is atleast 90% Igbo at the Igbanke (Western most Ika in Edo state) and 99% Igbo at Igbodo (Eastern most Ika).
Ika have the right to claim whatever identity they want, but you see that language they speak?
It's pure Igbo language! Period!