₦airaland Forum

Godons1:
Nobody or group wants to associate themselves with Igbo. Why is it so?

Slytiger:
Ned Nwoko just wants to be governor. Lol.

Slytiger:
Ned Nwoko just wants to be governor. Lol.

Gerhards:
Ned Nwoko say Hi, mugu

DMerciful:
Why are you fighting for south south or south east? They're not even in the constitution.

Ordinary local govt areas are in the constitution but these geopolitical zones are not so why should we be fighting for what will make the creation of Anioma State impossible?

Felimax:
When it's not your fighting so why are you bordered?

DomPerignon:
But what motivated Ned to think he can decide for an entire sub region in a state without due consideration ?

Ned should be schooled on what representation means.

Being a senator does not give one fiat to decide on the future of your constituents.

Delta north should consider a recall .

If Ned so much wants to be in the SE, he should move across the Niger to Onitsha.

santopelele:
osi pained? My dear if you dont know, there is no different between south east and south south, inshort let me educate you, south south is just a name to distract the gullibles, i can bet my bores that you haven't been to either zone before, you are just online ranting like a parrot. Just endeavor to visit either zone and you will notice that their is no difference. Even the agbor you are ranting for is even more igbo than the other aniomas in delta. Pls get a brain.

9japride:
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So they prefer to be in a region that will marginalized them?

ImmaculateJOE:
Imaginary group
Imaginary names
No source of the news .

Beremx:
why aren't you comfortable adding yourselves to the SE if you claim to be Igbos? Anyways, I think you guys should just stick to SS. Let another state come strictly from SE. Joining together isn't by force

Raf4:
No, they just don't want to follow a region that will super marginalise them. They don't want to be future COR (Calabar, Ogoja, Rivers) victimised associates.

1Alex:
even if it is legit, all the names mentioned there are all Igbo names. Confused people.

DomPerignon:
Lolz.

This one dey para because they have rejected them again and is now projecting his angst on Yogubas.

Did Yorubas drag Anioma ?

Anoma group comes out to state they are committed to their own state creation with a caveat that they must remain in the SS region and here you are screaming blue murder and dragging Yorubas into your latest rejection.

Why not ask Anioma people who since modern statehood have always preferred to be referred with the qualifier of their state (Bendel Ibo, Delta Ibo) than be yoked under the general Ibo umbrella.

These are questions only the Anioma people can provide to you .

DomPerignon:
Lolz.

This one dey para because they have rejected them again and is now projecting his angst on Yogubas.

Did Yorubas drag Anioma ?

Anoma group comes out to state they are committed to their own state creation with a caveat that they must remain in the SS region and here you are screaming blue murder and dragging Yorubas into your latest rejection.

Why not ask Anioma people who since modern statehood have always preferred to be referred with the qualifier of their state (Bendel Ibo, Delta Ibo) than be yoked under the general Ibo umbrella.

These are questions only the Anioma people can provide to you .

DomPerignon:
And so?

If you check well, it is possible you took their names and culture and not the other way round.

Today, many colonised people bear European names and imbibe their culture. They also outnumber Europeans .

Old English is basically Flemish which is exactly the same as German. But do you see Germans dragging England?

Same modern English has a lot of borrowed words and names. Christian names like John , Peter and co are common among Europeans but that doesn't make Jews claim that Europeans are their people.


Dutch language is similar to German but you don't see Germans claiming Holland as Deutschland .

Peppermaster:
June 23 2024.

OPEN PROTEST TO:
THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA)
ASO VILLA
ABUJA

AND

PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
(THREE ARMS ZONE)
ABUJA


AGBOR REJECTS POLITICAL AFILIATION WITH SOUTH-EASTERN NIGERIA


IKORO-AGBOR, comprising of the youth of the entire communities of Agbor Kingdom, met recently in Imobi Agbor and after extensive deliberations on the issues raised by Senator Ned Nwoko - Senator representing Delta North in the subsisting 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - on the matter of ceding the regional affiliation of the prospective Anioma State to South-Eastern Nigeria, unanimously resolved to send to you and publish the following resolutions:

1. That Agbor Kingdom is an integral part of Delta North senatorial district, otherwise called Anioma. We State that Agbor are not in agreement with the published proposition of Senator Ned Nwoko and are therefore opposed to the political affiliation of Anioma to South-Eastern Nigeria.

2. We affirm that Senator Ned Nwoko, the senator representing the Delta North District did not consult with the people of Agbor before issuing his proposition of a prospective Anioma State joining with the South-East in a new Region in Nigeria.

3. That we are by this publication, expressing our disapproval of Senator Nwoko’s conduct of taking such far reaching and binding political decision without prior consultation with the principal stakeholders of the Anioma Region.


4. We inform you that Agbor Kingdom was firmly situated in the Old Western Region where it occupied a pride of place as our king, Obi Obika, as a high ranking Minister, represented the interests of the Anioma people in the Western Region Government.

5. That during the plebiscite that created the Midwest Region in 1964, Agbor people helped mobilize the rest Anioma Region to vote for and become an integral part of the Midwest Region.

6. That the Agbor Kingdom has had no shared history, governing commonality or association with the Igbo before or after British colonialism. While we remain fellow compatriots since the independence of Nigeria in 1960, we have had no relatable administrative experience with South-Eastern Nigeria.


7. That arising from these stated facts, IKORO-AGBOR dissociates the land and people of Agbor from the proposition of Senator Ned Nwoko which we Believe has been published to the National Assembly, the Presidency and other public institutions for consideration. We therefore by this publication declare Nwoko’s unilateral affiliation to the South-East null, void and of no binding effect on Anioma people.

8. That the mandate of Senator Ned Nwoko, representstive of Delta North in the 10th senate of the Republic of Nigeria does not include any permission to railroad or bond the Delta North or Anioma people to a political union with South Eastern Nigeria without the democratic consent of the people expressed in a plebiscite.

9. We hold that any re-arrangement in the political affiliation of the Delta North senatorial district will require a plebiscite to seek a democratic validation as was done before the creation of the Midwest Region in 1964. Agbor was an integral part of that epochal political experience.

10. That the Agbor people remain united with their Anioma brethren in the advocacy for Anioma State, following in the leadership role played by our own Dr. George Oka Orewa of blessed memory, whose pioneering leadership united the Anioma people in the quest for their own state and identity.

11. Finally, Ikoro-Agbor expresses the firm resolve of Agbor people to remain a strong advocate of a future Anioma state that will be solidly an integral part of the South-South region of Nigeria.

Signed This Day June 23 2024:

1. Johnson Imade.

2. Egbonimali Mburiche.


3. Sunday Ugbede.

4. Ehiedu Agwaze.

For And On Behalf Of IKORO-AGBOR.

DomPerignon:
And so?

If you check well, it is possible you took their names and culture and not the other way round.

Today, many colonised people bear European names and imbibe their culture. They also outnumber Europeans.

Old English is basically Flemish which is exactly the same as German. But do you see Germans dragging England?

Same modern English has a lot of borrowed words and names. Christian names like John, Peter and co are common among Europeans but that doesn't make Jews claim that Europeans are their people.


Dutch language is similar to German but you don't see Germans claiming Holland as Deutschland.

DMerciful:
Because I'm from Anioma and I do not want silly things to derail the pursuit of the creation of Anioma State

Felimax:
You call it silly because you are not taking a panoramic look at it. Look at it properly and go back history if you can place your hand on any.

We are peaceful this way because we refuse to tilt to some of their barbaric approach to issues. If not for the swift response and careful thinking most part of Delta will be on lockdown because some IPOB miscreants say so.

If created there will never be a time Anioma will be part of Southeast.

bjdon:
Every Niara you parents used to educate you was money well spent! Bless you
I keep telling Igbo people that just because people in an area answer Igbo names, that does not mean they are Igbo, it just means that they originated from the Igbo nation, but have since settled in new areas and formed new traditions and identities.
In Belgium the Wallonia region speak French and have French names, yet if you dare call a Walloon a French men, he will rain curses on you. Same with Switzerland which has French, German and Italian speaking parts. All of those people will tell you they are Swiss, not French, German or Italian.
Ethnic groups in Nigeria have been internally migrating for centuries. There's no doubt that the Agbor people would have migrated from the area that's now the SE of Nigeria, but over the centuries, they have developed their own identity. They are totally free to define their own destiny and not be railroaded into any 'Greater Igbo' nation