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| Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Kreesxxx(op): 3:42am On Jan 07, 2025 |
#FOR_THE_RECORDS IWHURUOHNA (IKWERRE) ETHNIC NATIONALITY IS NEVER A SUBGROUP OF ANY ETHNIC NATION IN NIGERIA OR ELSEWHERE Preamble: Iwhuruohna ethnicity is one of the ethnic blocs which constitutes present day Nigeria and the people are found in four local government areas in present day Rivers State. The local government areas (LGAs ) include: Ikwerre ( Kelga), Emohua (Emolga), Obio-Akpor (Obalga), and Port Harcourt City (Phalga). Iwhuruohna remains a homogeneous ethnic group with a common ancestry and paternity. In this stead, we make the following declaratory statements: Iwhuruohna people are from Rivers State and the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The people have their unique culture and traditions. Iwhuruohna share the same ancestry with the Ekpeye and the Ogba people of Rivers State. Iwhuruohna people migrated from the Ancient Benin Kingdom during the reigns of Oba Ewuare (Ogwaro) . Our paternity is traceable to a great grand ancestor - AKALAKA who left the Ancient Benin Kingdom in company of his sons which included IHRUOHA ( IWHURUOHNA). The name, Ikwerre, was an " Igbonised" version of " Akwerulem" - ' we have agreed or consented ' ( a response of a Rebisi Monarch to an Igbo translator and a Briton during the negotiations for acquisition of acres of land for Port Harcourt wharf). The theory of origins linking Iwhuruohna ethnicity to Igbo ancestry was ill- conceived as a result of the balkanization and " Igbonisation" of Iwhuruohna by Igbo merchants from Aro, Nkwere and Awka who oppressed and suppressed the aborigines in their place. The declaration of Ogbakor Ikwerre Cultural Organization during the Chukwudifu Oputa Human Rights Violation Panel 2001 that : " Ikwerre ethnic nationality is not and has never been a subgroup of any other tribe in Nigeria, including Ndi-Igbo..." would suffice here. The regionalization of Nigeria during the colonial era placed Ndi-Igbo on an advantageous position against other minority groups in the defunct Eastern Regional Government including Iwhuruohna people. Till date, there are still pockets of Igbo ( Aro) settlements in such Iwhuruohna Communities at Elele, Igwuruta, Isiokpo. They are evidently Aro compounds like Aro-Omuodu, Aro-Omuodukwu, Aro-Omuma, Aro-Ogbogbu in Igwuruta and Nmgbu Oyo at Isiokpo. 8. The earliest incursion into Ikwerre hinterland by the Igbo emboldened the proponents of Igbo expansionist theory to erroneously think or link Iwhuruohna to an Igbo ancestry. 9. During colonial era, some Igbo merchants such as Nwocha Amefula, Osondu Oyo, Amakiri Nwocha, Nwosu Okorie Ebika held positions of trust and represented Iwhuruohna people as warrant chiefs at Isiokpo, Omagwa, Ozuaha, Omademe and Ipo for seven years at the Choba division 10. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999(2010) as amended recognizes Iwhuruohna ( Ikwerre) ethnic nationality as a distinct and unique ethnic group in Nigeria. The people of Iwhuruohna frown at any attempt by some Igbo expansionists to incorporate Iwhuruohna as a subset or subgroup of any other in Nigeria or elsewhere. 11. We acknowledge some shared similarities between Iwhuruohna and her neighbours including the Igbo in terms of aspects of culture and traditions. This does not, in anyway, validate the bogus and unverified claims that Iwhuruohna is Igbo as being peddled by Igbo expansionists. 12. We call on the general public and the Governor and Government of Rivers State to be wary of the tricks and pranks of the Igbo expansionists in the nomenclature of " Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo" and their activities in Rivers State. 13. We would continue to associate with and reverence our paternity or genealogy to the Ancient Benin Kingdom in honours of our ancestors - AKALAKA & IHRUOHA (IWHURUOHNA). 14. Thanks for your rapt attention and be properly guided as we pray "CHIOKIKE" to strengthen and embolden us to always speak the truth and nothing but the truth! We do not also support any expansionist meeting(s) in Rivers State as it will cause agitation among the people of the State. Signed: His Majesty, King Amb. Sir. Leslie Nyebuchi Eke, JP, Ph.D. DCF. Eze Gbakagbaka Nyerisi Eli Woji (EzeWoji XII), Nyerisi Mbam Oro-Evo Eze Oha Evo III of Evo Kingdom Chairman, Supreme Council of Ikwerre Govt Recognized Traditional Rulers Date:6/1/2025 HRH Eze Engr. Ben O. Ugo, JP Elumoha VIII, Nyenweala Omerelu Kelga Rivers State Secretary, Supreme Council of Ikwerre Govt. Recognized Traditional Rulers 6/1/2025 #ikwerre #ikwerretv #ikwerretotheworld @seun, myndd44, lalasticlala, Dominique |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by givedemwotowoto: 3:45am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Some people’s day to day
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| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Datfunkyguy: 4:16am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Your names, culture, traditions and ways of lives are similar to your neighbors, yet you claim to migrate from a tribe that has nothing to do with you. Even the place you claimed to migrate from has constantly denied you as not one of their own. NO BE JUJU BE THAT ![]() |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Kreesxxx(op): 4:49am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Datfunkyguy:Answer this question with all sincerity: If a Bini man marries an Igbo woman and migrates to an unknown land with the Igbos wife which of their languages would their offsprings likely speak -Bini or Igbo? |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by GeneralPula: 5:19am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Datfunkyguy:They’re not claiming, they’re telling the reality.. The article is well detailed. Read slowly and you’ll understand.. |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Armaggedon: 5:21am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Fake |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by GeneralPula: 5:21am On Jan 07, 2025 |
10. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999(2010) as amended recognizes Iwhuruohna ( Ikwerre) ethnic nationality as a distinct and unique ethnic group in Nigeria. The people of Iwhuruohna frown at any attempt by some Igbo expansionists to incorporate Iwhuruohna as a subset or subgroup of any other in Nigeria or elsewhere. 11. We acknowledge some shared similarities between Iwhuruohna and her neighbours including the Igbo in terms of aspects of culture and traditions. This does not, in anyway, validate the bogus and unverified claims that Iwhuruohna is Igbo as being peddled by Igbo expansionists. 12. We call on the general public and the Governor and Government of Rivers State to be wary of the tricks and pranks of the Igbo expansionists in the nomenclature of " Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo" and their activities in Rivers State. They’re setting the coast clear. Enough of unverified claims from Radio Biafra.. |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by saddler: 5:26am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Datfunkyguy:Isnt it shameless and lack of self-worth to continuously try to claim another tribe? For a tribe that doesn't know her history to be trying to claim another tribe is the most shocking thing today. Why not let Ikwerre be? You want to swallow their land, culture and people and later marginalize them .Make una get shame. This rejection is too much |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Bulldozer90: 5:36am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Fake write up |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by UKEMY(m): 5:39am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Datfunkyguy:Are Americans British? Igbo's will be better with 5 states. |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Alphanancy: 5:48am On Jan 07, 2025 |
And the persons that signed off this document all bear the Igbo title EZE. Why not Oba or Onogie? Hmmm. Even AKALAKA is an Igbo name. Maybe Igbos actually own bini. Or some folks are just Stoopid.. |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Nanalucky: 5:52am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Why are the not bearing the Benin names...🤣😂.so they forgot their names......no one can remember their real Benin names 😂🤣 |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Sanitizedem: 5:55am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Datfunkyguy:Ikwerre and Igbo don’t share the same values, ways of life and world view. Why is it even your business to tell anyone who they are or should be? Shouldn’t you be talking about your own history? |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by adetoya234: 6:15am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Insecurity is worrying these Ikwerre folks. The Igbos no send una. Make una stop all these attention seeking gimmicks. |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by saddler: 6:20am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Alphanancy:Why are igbos wearing the traditional red cap of the Niger Delta people? Why are igbos wearing the British winter cap of the British as their traditional headwear? Why is the Obi of Onitsha using the Ada and Eben of the Benin people? and dressing like a Benin king? Maybe Benin own Onitsha kingdom. Maybe the British people own igbo people. That's how you reason.
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| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by ZombieDredd: 6:26am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Kreesxxx:No problem naa But why are ikwerre people in ohaneze ndigbo group? Someone should help us answer |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by IDFforce1: 6:27am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Fools, this division in ikwerre land is spearheaded by nyesom wike just to get back at igbos and maybe impress his praise singers from yoruba land Meanwhile, governor Fubara has thrown his weight behind Mbata, the former senator to emerge as the president of ohanaeze ndiigbo |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by ZombieDredd: 6:27am On Jan 07, 2025 |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by ZombieDredd: 6:28am On Jan 07, 2025 |
IDFforce1:Rivers state chapter of ohaneze held their meeting days ago at Nkpolu. Ikwerre people were there so I don't get this oo. Abi na for online these denial dey happen. |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by gidgiddy: 6:38am On Jan 07, 2025 |
I kind of laugh at stories like this. You claim to have been descendants of Bini migrants called 'Akalaka and Irhuoha'(Igbo names). These people are the progenitors who left ancient Bini to come to present day Rivers State many years ago,and began the Ikwerre people One might ask, where were the Etches, the Egbemas, the Ndonis, the Ndokis, the Ahoadas etc when this was happening? Now why will you say you are a migrant, claim to have many similarities in language and culture with Igbos, but claim to be distinct? How are you distinct? You are a Bini migrant who copied the language and culture of Igbos Ikwerres are free to claim to be from Japan if they want, it's the lies I hate. You cannot claim to be distinct, but at the same time claim to be a Bini migrant who just happened not to be speaking Bini language and practicing Bini culture anymore, but rather, speak the language of others, and practice their culture That one is just laughable, copy copy does not make anyone distinct |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Kreesxxx(op): 6:58am On Jan 07, 2025 |
ZombieDredd:1. Ohaneze allows those whose mothers were Igbos 2. Ohaneze like mentioned above thinks they can lure a whole constitutionally recognized ethnic group to drop their identity for a borrowed one in the 21st century 3. If you have read the above you would observed that there are still some Aro descendants in Ikwerre Land. Those Aros descendants are those who claim to be Igbos e.g Livingston Wechie, Uche Okwukwu amongst other Aro descendants. |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Bulldozer90: 7:00am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Kreesxxx:Akiko Mike ejeagha. Wike will melt after Ohaneze election. |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by franchasofficia: 7:13am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Kreesxxx:So the Igbo wife also made sure she changed the Bini man's culture, changed the name the Bini people call their kings to Igbo name, changed the Bini man's Bini market days to Igbo market day style lol, changed their tradition to Igbo, changed the Bini man's name to Igbo name, and also made sure all their kids bore Igbo names and no Bini name? This Igbo wife must be a god ![]() The power of crude oil politics, let's not worry, the era of crude oil will phase out and we all will face reality and accept who we are, we understand, na Naija wicked crude oil politics cause am ![]() |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by MasterJayJay: 7:20am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Dem go explain tire. No evidence! |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by chiagozien(m): 7:23am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Kreesxxx:Lolz answer the question yourself and also tell us the names you think their offsprings will be bearing? My own is those that are not Igbo should stop answering Igbo name so that others can distinguish them from the great Igbos. Not answering chibuike when you are not Igbo,or add R to chibuike=Rchibuike |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by chiagozien(m): 7:24am On Jan 07, 2025 |
franchasofficia: ![]() |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Kreesxxx(op): 7:36am On Jan 07, 2025 |
chiagozien:Do you have a patent on the name? Your name might be John, are you from the UK? |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by chiagozien(m): 8:15am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Kreesxxx:dumb logic. Even if my name is John,I still have my Igbo name included in my names,I still speak my native Igbo language. My name is not Joseph Jones Paul. |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Mrfeel: 8:28am On Jan 07, 2025 |
Kreesxxx:Una go explain tire |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Sanitizedem: 8:50am On Jan 07, 2025 |
gidgiddy:“Copy copy” from who? Shouldn’t you who migrated from Israel be speaking Hebrew? You can go and ask those ethnicities you mentioned and leave Ikwerre out of your madness. |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Sanitizedem: 8:56am On Jan 07, 2025 |
IDFforce1:I’m sure it’s your faada that you are calling the foool. U must be the biggest mkpurunmiri guzzler to think that Wike or even Fubara has time for whatever you deluded Igbo people are doing. The bleaching lipstick rubbing al.bino that calls himself nnah mehn has started feeding you mor.rons with lies and fabrications just as your supreme leader and prime minister did before they got captured. |
| Re: Iwhurohna Chiefs Issue A Communique Of Their Relationship With The Igbos. by Kreesxxx(op): 9:25am On Jan 07, 2025 |
chiagozien:If you vex there is court of law to seek for redress if you are in a haste hug the nearest 33kV transformer. |
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