₦airaland Forum

By Izunna Okafor, Awka

The government and people of Ebonyi State have raised concern over what they described as deliberate attempt to tarnish the corporate image of the state and its indigenes by portraying them as criminals in Anambra State, especially through the use of the social media.

Recall that a good number of Ebonyi State indigenes and other people from different parts of the country have been arrested and rearrested for one crime or the other in different parts of Anambra State. Publications and media reports about the arrests also usually identify the suspects' states of origin, among other details. It is against the backdrop of this that the government and people of Ebonyi State have started raising concern over the said profiling of their indigenes in Anambra.

The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor raised the concern when the State President Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Peter Mbam, led the group to pay him a courtesy visit in Abakaliki, the State capital on Friday.

The Commissioner made known the displeasure of the state over some viral video clips on social media portraying Ebonyi people as criminals in Anambra.

According to him, Ebonyi indigenes in all parts of the world are industrious, hardworking and law-abiding people; hence, it would be insidious to brand the entire Ebonyians as criminals due to the offences of a few miscreants from the State.

“Ebonyi indigenes in all parts of the world are industrious, hardworking and law-abiding people. So, as a government, we strongly condemn the criminal activities involving Ebonyi people and maintain that the few hoodlums cannot be used to generalize Ebonyi people as criminals,” he said.

Whild calling on Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide to intervene and stop further escalation of the issue to save the image of Ebonyi people and the Igbo in general; Commissioner Okpor further urged the Ọhaneze to continue to foster unity and progress in the southeast region, especially in line with its age-old slogan and spirit of “Onye Aghana Nwanne Ya” (Be Your Brother’s Keeper).

“No Igbo man can attain the level of sainthood by rubbishing the image of his brother,” he said.

Contributing, the Convener, Ọdịmma Ndị Ebonyi, Dr. Laz Eze, said Ebonyiphobia had now been created and worsens by the day in Anambra State, as, according to him, some landlords in Anambra are already refusing to accept Ebonyi people as tenants.

He called on the Ebonyi State Government to engage its Anambra counterpart to end the dangerous stereotyping, which, he said, might victimize more innocent Ebonyi people carrying on with their decent endeavours.

The hate and dislike an Anambra man has for an average Ebonyian is unquantifiable.
An average Anambrarian doesn't regard his Ebonyi counterpart as a human being, his treatment towards an Ebonyian is just outrightly wicked.
It seems hating an Ebonyian is indoctrinated to them at childhood and I can't wrap my head around to see why it should be so.

I was once went with my Ebonyi friend to write an exam some years ago in Onitsha and right at the joint we were having a good time an issue happened. An Edo guy had an issue with an Ebonyi guy there, all the Anambrarians attacked the Ebonyi guy while in actual sense, the guy did nothing.
Chants of 'onye wawa, onye Abakeleke' pervaded everywhere and my guy felt so bad about it.

Some few weeks ago, some robbers where caught in Owerri, the guys confessed to be Kogi indigenes but some Anambrarians still tagged them Abakeleke people. This trend is worrisome.
An Ebonyian can never be innocent in the eyes an Anambrarian, in fact, he is guilty until proven guilty. Simon Ekpa's case further worsened the situation. The ego of an Anambra man is seriously bruised, how can a wawa man, a man from Abakeleke giving orders in IPOB?
If by any means Biafra sees the light of the day, the internal war is going to linger for ages because to an average Anambrarian, an Ebonyian isn't an Igbo and the Ebonyians on their own are fast rising that they can no longer take all those insults from anyone.

Soludo and the subsequent Anambra government should put an end to this menace, there should be a re-orientation of the people. All these hates are unnecessary and uncalled for. We dey scream say dem dey marginalize Igbos for 9ja but the Igbos still dey even marginalize demselves

Soludo simply said the State of arrested criminals

It is very typical of people fighting themselves but you see those of the Jewish race according to Nnamdi Kanu, fight themselves alot and accuse each other alot of crimes that they themselves commit.

Pot calling kettle black

An average ebonyi man always Crys more than the bereaved. During the time of Willie Obiano, renamed abakaliliki street to club house, Ebonyi state government made making a press conference threatened fire and brimstone for trivial issue like that. Meanwhile another popular street was named abakaliliki street. The other day a comedian onye obodo made a video asking illustrious sons of ebonyi to help other especially those hawking on high ways to get some meaningful doing. The whole Facebook was set on fire as if what he said was out of place. In nnewi renting an ebonyian a house is very risky. He might kill u for free. Most of those guys masquerading as Simon Ekpa boys are from Thier state, kidnapping and killing people like fowl. There are good and hard working ebonyians, but the bad ones are making Thier efforts not to be notificed

all the ebonyi people I know are hardworking and calm people. Go to oyingbo mkt in lagos they are the ones selling electronic there and yes some hustle gala in lagos but not for long. Soludo is just playing the APC card of disunited Ndigbo when literally Anambra people are the problem of the entire igbo race e.g Nnamdi Azikiwe and Peter obi

They will settle it... Na family affair

Ebonyi people are the most hardworking and honest of all Ibos.

Anambra ,on the other hand, is the most criminal state in Nigeria and people from there have a way of always deflecting to others.


Anambra remains the capital of all criminality and depravity in Nigeria followed closely by Imo and Abia respectively.

This is unfortunately unfortunate

Ehen. But when they need input of ebonyi for selfish agenda, they are courted, but only for the time needed

I travelled two weeks ago to my village to tidy up my building work...two guys at my site called the Ebonyi guy out and asked him why their people like stealing?

I was surprised at that question and try to interven by saying there is no tribe that don't steal but the two guys disagreed outrightly and told me that,oga u don't know Ebonyi people oh. They can steal without u knowing and that was it and still very shocked till date.

If at all that is the way they are,let them also try and change.

AntiMarxist:
Ebonyi people are the most hardworking and honest of all Ibos.

Anambra ,on the other hand, is the most criminal state in Nigeria and people from there have a way of always deflecting to others.


Anambra remains the capital of all criminality and depravity in Nigeria followed closely by Imo and Abia respectively.

ikpu nne GI is the capital of criminality

AntiMarxist:
Ebonyi people are the most hardworking and honest of all Ibos.

Anambra ,on the other hand, is the most criminal state in Nigeria and people from there have a way of always deflecting to others.


Anambra remains the capital of all criminality and depravity in Nigeria followed closely by Imo and Abia respectively.

What will we say about ogun, oyo, osun etc?😀

43Ronin:
all the ebonyi people I know are hardworking and calm people. Go to oyingbo mktnin lagos they are the ones selling electronic there and yes some hustle gala in lahos but not for long. Soludonis just playing the APC card of disunited Ndigbo when literally Anambra people are the problem of the entire igbo race e.g Nnamdi Azikiwe and Peter obi

😄😄😄😄

benuejosh:
It is very typical of people fighting themselves but you see those of the Jewish race according to Nnamdi Kanu, fight themselves alot and accuse each other alot of crimes that they themselves commit.

Pot calling kettle black

You well so?🤣

Kingosytex:
The hate and dislike an Anambra man has for an average Ebonyian is unquantifiable.
An average Anambrarian doesn't regard his Ebonyi counterpart as a human being, his treatment towards an Ebonyian is just outrightly wicked.
It seems hating an Ebonyian is indoctrinated to them at childhood and I can't wrap my head around to see why it should be so.

I was once went with my Ebonyi friend to write an exam some years ago in Onitsha and right at the joint we were having a good time an issue happened. An Edo guy had an issue with an Ebonyi guy there, all the Anambrarians attacked the Ebonyi guy while in actual sense, the guy did nothing.
Chants of 'onye wawa, onye Abakeleke' pervaded everywhere and my guy felt so bad about it.

Some few weeks ago, some robbers where caught in Owerri, the guys confessed to be Kogi indigenes but some Anambrarians still tagged them Abakeleke people. This trend is worrisome.
An Ebonyian can never be innocent in the eyes an Anambrarian, in fact, he is guilty until proven guilty. Simon Ekpa's case further worsened the situation. The ego of an Anambra man is seriously bruised, how can a wawa man, a man from Abakeleke giving orders in IPOB?
If by any means Biafra sees the light of the day, the internal war is going to linger for ages because to an average Anambrarian, an Ebonyian isn't an Igbo and the Ebonyians on their own are fast rising that they can no longer take all those insults from anyone.

Soludo and the subsequent Anambra government should put an end to this menace, there should be a re-orientation of the people. All these hates are unnecessary and uncalled for. We dey scream say dem dey marginalize Igbos for 9ja but the Igbos still dey even marginalize demselves

This one have not eaten for days now🤣

Make Anambra matter no finally kpee you😉😝

Jcoleworld911:
This one have not eaten for days now🤣

Make Anambra matter no finally kpee you😉😝

Read wetin I type carefully. There is no where I told you that I was hungry or that I haven't eaten.
I personally have overgrown hunger, I'm very up and running.
I told you what I have witnessed and you link it to hunger, why can't you address the issues I raised?
Are any of those issues false?
Does an Anambrarian regard his Ebonyi counterpart?
Are Ebonyians not made jest of and ridiculed?
Which of these assertions is false?

Kingosytex:
Read wetin I type carefully. There is no where I told you that I was hungry or that I haven't eaten.
I personally have overgrown hunger, I'm very up and running.
I told you what I have witnessed and you link it to hunger, why can't you address the issues I raised?
Are any of those issues false?
Does an Anambrarian regard his Ebonyi counterpart?
Are Ebonyians not made jest of and ridiculed?
Which of these assertions is false?

Keep deceiving yourself 🤭

Jcoleworld911:
Keep deceiving yourself 🤭

Abeg wetin be the deceit here? Is it that an average Anambrarian doesn't treat an average Ebonyian with contempt?
Point out the deceit.

Kingosytex:
Abeg wetin be the deceit here? Is it that an average Anambrarian doesn't treat an average Ebonyian with contempt?
Point out the deceit.

It only exists in your head😏

Nice2023:
I travelled two weeks ago to my village to tidy up my building work...two guys at my site called the Ebonyi guy out and asked him why their people like stealing?

I was surprised at that question and try to interven by saying there is no tribe that don't steal but the two guys disagreed outrightly and told me that,oga u don't know Ebonyi people oh. They can steal without u knowing and that was it and still very shocked till date.

If at all that is the way they are,let them also try and change.

no wonder u igbos are always surprised someone from ondo or osun or ekiti can become a governor in lagos

U don’t even love your fellow Igbo let alone allowing them to rule u

So an anambra man hates an ebonyi man, if an anambra man can hate an ebonyi man like this I imagine how he will hate a non Igbo

I blame your parents, they didn’t raise u people with love at all

Sharpsharp00123:
no wonder u igbos are always surprised someone from ondo or osun or ekiti can become a governor in lagos

U don’t even love your fellow Igbo let alone allowing them to rule u

So an anambra man hates an ebonyi man, if an anambra man can hate an ebonyi man like this I imagine how he will hate a non Igbo

I blame your parents, they didn’t raise u people with love at all

If u are sensible u will know I don't play tribal card here.

So take ur tribalism to ur ngbtati Yoruba brothers.

Nice2023:
If u are sensible u will know I don't play tribal card here.

So take ur tribalism to ur ngbtati Yoruba brothers.

shame on u people

U hates yourself n u think others hate themselves too

No wonder u igbos always have problem with people ruling lagos, in Yoruba land no discrimination anywhere….we love ourselves n anyone can come n rule once u are Yoruba

The adelekes have Igbo mother n they are ruling
Aregbesola has a father from kogi n he ruled
Tinubu can come from osun n rule lagos
Ambode can come from ondo n rule lagos

Omo u igbos dey try ooo, imagine how u see yourselves

Na una still label some people osu among una self

Your forefathers no try at all, no wonder u find it hard to love others when u can’t even love yourself

I am sure an ebonyi man can not rule in your so called Biafra

Cc
Helinues
Moh247
Legendhero
Templelaundry
Omoawoke

Solsix:
An average ebonyi man always Crys more than the bereaved. During the time of Willie Obiano, renamed abakaliliki street to club house, Ebonyi state government made making a press conference threatened fire and brimstone for trivial issue like that. Meanwhile another popular street was named abakaliliki street. The other day a comedian onye obodo made a video asking illustrious sons of ebonyi to help other especially those hawking on high ways to get some meaningful doing. The whole Facebook was set on fire as if what he said was out of place. In nnewi renting an ebonyian a house is very risky. He might kill u for free. Most of those guys masquerading as Simon Ekpa boys are from Thier state, kidnapping and killing people like fowl. There are good and hard working ebonyians, but the bad ones are making Thier efforts not to be notificed

You wan carry this your foolishness from Facebook come Nairaland, because of the none Igbos here I will try to respect my self remember what Ezza TV said and Ebonyi Son said make I try control my fingers because of Enemies of South East

Jcoleworld911:
This one have not eaten for days now🤣

Make Anambra matter no finally kpee you😉😝

What he said is the truth

Kingosytex:
The hate and dislike an Anambra man has for an average Ebonyian is unquantifiable.
An average Anambrarian doesn't regard his Ebonyi counterpart as a human being, his treatment towards an Ebonyian is just outrightly wicked.
It seems hating an Ebonyian is indoctrinated to them at childhood and I can't wrap my head around to see why it should be so.

I was once went with my Ebonyi friend to write an exam some years ago in Onitsha and right at the joint we were having a good time an issue happened. An Edo guy had an issue with an Ebonyi guy there, all the Anambrarians attacked the Ebonyi guy while in actual sense, the guy did nothing.
Chants of 'onye wawa, onye Abakeleke' pervaded everywhere and my guy felt so bad about it.

Some few weeks ago, some robbers where caught in Owerri, the guys confessed to be Kogi indigenes but some Anambrarians still tagged them Abakeleke people. This trend is worrisome.
An Ebonyian can never be innocent in the eyes an Anambrarian, in fact, he is guilty until proven guilty. Simon Ekpa's case further worsened the situation. The ego of an Anambra man is seriously bruised, how can a wawa man, a man from Abakeleke giving orders in IPOB?
If by any means Biafra sees the light of the day, the internal war is going to linger for ages because to an average Anambrarian, an Ebonyian isn't an Igbo and the Ebonyians on their own are fast rising that they can no longer take all those insults from anyone.

Soludo and the subsequent Anambra government should put an end to this menace, there should be a re-orientation of the people. All these hates are unnecessary and uncalled for. We dey scream say dem dey marginalize Igbos for 9ja but the Igbos still dey even marginalize demselves

sorry, how is abakaliki wawa
I thought Wawa is made up of few local govt area in Enugu state like Udi, nsukka, ezeagu, etc


Also, is Wawa now a derogatory term?

shantti:
sorry, how is abakaliki wawa
I thought Wawa is made up of few local govt area in Enugu state like Udi, nsukka, ezeagu, etc


Also, is Wawa now a derogatory term?

At the bolded, may be yes.

Kingosytex:
The hate and dislike an Anambra man has for an average Ebonyian is unquantifiable.
An average Anambrarian doesn't regard his Ebonyi counterpart as a human being, his treatment towards an Ebonyian is just outrightly wicked.
It seems hating an Ebonyian is indoctrinated to them at childhood and I can't wrap my head around to see why it should be so.

I was once went with my Ebonyi friend to write an exam some years ago in Onitsha and right at the joint we were having a good time an issue happened. An Edo guy had an issue with an Ebonyi guy there, all the Anambrarians attacked the Ebonyi guy while in actual sense, the guy did nothing.
Chants of 'onye wawa, onye Abakeleke' pervaded everywhere and my guy felt so bad about it.

Some few weeks ago, some robbers where caught in Owerri, the guys confessed to be Kogi indigenes but some Anambrarians still tagged them Abakeleke people. This trend is worrisome.
An Ebonyian can never be innocent in the eyes an Anambrarian, in fact, he is guilty until proven guilty. Simon Ekpa's case further worsened the situation. The ego of an Anambra man is seriously bruised, how can a wawa man, a man from Abakeleke giving orders in IPOB?
If by any means Biafra sees the light of the day, the internal war is going to linger for ages because to an average Anambrarian, an Ebonyian isn't an Igbo and the Ebonyians on their own are fast rising that they can no longer take all those insults from anyone.

Soludo and the subsequent Anambra government should put an end to this menace, there should be a re-orientation of the people. All these hates are unnecessary and uncalled for. We dey scream say dem dey marginalize Igbos for 9ja but the Igbos still dey even marginalize demselves

Soludo, won't do anything his part of them.
Everything will be alright once Biafra is giving to Igbo

Sharpsharp00123:
no wonder u igbos are always surprised someone from ondo or osun or ekiti can become a governor in lagos

U don’t even love your fellow Igbo let alone allowing them to rule u

So an anambra man hates an ebonyi man, if an anambra man can hate an ebonyi man like this I imagine how he will hate a non Igbo

I blame your parents, they didn’t raise u people with love at all

And they want to rule Nigeria in their dreams

Sharpsharp00123:
shame on u people

U hates yourself n u think others hate themselves too

No wonder u igbos always have problem with people ruling lagos, in Yoruba land no discrimination anywhere….we love ourselves n anyone can come n rule once u are Yoruba

The adelekes have Igbo mother n they are ruling
Aregbesola has a father from kogi n he ruled
Tinubu can come from osun n rule lagos
Ambode can come from ondo n rule lagos

Omo u igbos dey try ooo, imagine how u see yourselves

Na una still label some people osu among una self

Your forefathers no try at all, no wonder u find it hard to love others when u can’t even love yourself

I am sure an ebonyi man can not rule in your so called Biafra

Cc
Helinues
Moh247
Legendhero
Templelaundry
Omoawoke

And they want to rule Nigeria in their dreams

Wetin Osu caste system dey cause..