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Wike said Funara is not an Ijaw man.

Copilot:

Nyesom Wike, the former Governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has claimed that Siminalayi Fubara, the current Governor of Rivers State, is not an Ijaw man. Wike stated that the Opobo clan, where Fubara hails from, is not considered part of the "real" Ijaw.

Wike himself is from the Ikwerre ethnic group, which is distinct from the Ijaw. The Ijaw are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Niger Delta region, while the Ikwerre are primarily found in Rivers State and are often considered part of the Igbo subgroup, though this is sometimes debated.

There's a historical argument suggesting that the Opobo people, including the founding of Opobo town by King Jaja (Jubo Jubogha), have ties to the Igbo ethnic group. King Jaja himself was of Igbo origin from the Aro Confederacy before establishing Opobo in the Niger Delta.

Over time, however, the Opobo people have developed a distinct identity, shaped by their coastal location and cultural interactions with other Niger Delta groups, including the Ijaw. This blending of identities makes the question of ethnic classification for Opobo more nuanced, as it sits at the crossroads of historical and sociopolitical contexts.

Wike is right.

ScamHunter:
Wike said Funara is not an Ijaw man.

Copilot:

Nyesom Wike, the former Governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has claimed that Siminalayi Fubara, the current Governor of Rivers State, is not an Ijaw man. Wike stated that the Opobo clan, where Fubara hails from, is not considered part of the "real" Ijaw.

Wike himself is from the Ikwerre ethnic group, which is distinct from the Ijaw. The Ijaw are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Niger Delta region, while the Ikwerre are primarily found in Rivers State and are often considered part of the Igbo subgroup, though this is sometimes debated.

There's a historical argument suggesting that the Opobo people, including the founding of Opobo town by King Jaja (Jubo Jubogha), have ties to the Igbo ethnic group. King Jaja himself was of Igbo origin from the Aro Confederacy before establishing Opobo in the Niger Delta.

Over time, however, the Opobo people have developed a distinct identity, shaped by their coastal location and cultural interactions with other Niger Delta groups, including the Ijaw. This blending of identities makes the question of ethnic classification for Opobo more nuanced, as it sits at the crossroads of historical and sociopolitical contexts.

You Igbos love causing wahala sha

Wike is always right.

I love that man. He is a true Nigerian.

Ikaeniyan0:
You Igbos love causing wahala sha

Is Wike who is causing the wahala in Rivers Igbo?

Salewa97:
Wike is always right.

I love that man. He is a true Nigerian.

You corn people love people who grab, snatch and run away with people's mandate, we know.

ScamHunter:
Is Wike who is causing the wahala in Rivers Igbo?

It's you am quoting not Wike. You guys love causing trouble where there's none. If we're to look at it, you're not from Rivers neither are you from Opobo. You might not even have any connection with Opobo.

Wike is the right man for the job.

He will make the FCT work again.

Ikaeniyan0:
You Igbos love causing wahala sha

Yoruba man love making peace
You don’t that Opobo speaks 100% Igbo,they just bear ijaw names,pick one day and travel to Opobo and see if you would hear them speaking “Asawana”

agadez007:
Yoruba man love making peace
You don’t that Opobo speaks 100% Igbo,they just bear ijaw names,pick one day and travel to Opobo and see if you would hear them speaking “Asawana”

Fubara from Opobo claimed he's Ijaw to the bone, but you from Anambra state is crying on nairaland

Ikaeniyan0:
Fubara from Opobo claimed he's Ijaw to the bone, but you from Anambra state is crying on nairaland

I am not claiming him,I am just clarifying on the language they speak over there btw Late Edwin Clark(ijaw elder) was the one who told Wike that fubara is not a real ijaw
yourbas are everywhere telling us how itshekiri,kwara,kogi are Yoruba but when una hear Igbo outside South East una small prick go dey stand,yet una claim not to be concerned about what happens outside your region

agadez007:
I am not claiming him,I am just clarifying on the language they speak over there
You yourbas are everywhere telling us how itshekiri,kwara,kogi are Yoruba but when una hear Igbo outside South East una small prick go dey stand,yet una claim not to be concerned about what happens outside your region

Just because you're writing in English does not make you an English. Leave the people of Opobo alone, face your state/village

Ikaeniyan0:
Just because you're writing in English does not make you an English. Leave the people of Opobo alone, face your state/village

I speak and write English because Nigeria was colonized by the British,same as Ghana,Congo was colonized by Belgium so they speak French,so did Igbo colonize Opobo?

I used to think Yoruba are very educated and smart,Imagine comparing orange and apples

Wike is a greedy fellow who resisted any form of Intimidation as governor but frustrating fubara. I advice fubara not to succumb to him. He's the governor. Na him time

Salewa97:
Wike is always right.

I love that man. He is a true Nigerian.

Was Wike right when he described the APC as a party inflicted with stage-four cancer?

agadez007:
I speak and write English because Nigeria was colonized by the British,same as Ghana,Congo was colonized by Belgium so they speak French,so did Igbo colonize Opobo?

I used to think Yoruba are very educated and smart,Imagine comparing orange and apples

You're speaking English language does not make you an English man.The people of Opobo are Ibani and they have a language called Ibani language. You're an Igbo man from somewhere in the south east, stop giving yourself unnecessary problem about people in far away Opobo who don't give a Bleep about you

Face your Igbo land and leave other people land alone

Ikaeniyan0:
You're speaking English language does not make you an English man.The people of Opobo are Ibani and they have a language called Ibani language. You're an Igbo man from somewhere in the south east, stop giving yourself unnecessary problem about people in far away Opobo who don't give a Bleep about you

Face your Igbo land and leave other people land alone

I almost forgot I was talking to a Yoruba man

😂😭

I must say, the behavior of the ijaws tells me they have Ibo DNA. All ego , all emotion, no strategy and the inevitable default to violence when lack of strategic action fails.

Ikaeniyan0:
You Igbos love causing wahala sha

What is the meaning of Wike in Ikwere and Edo language and what is the meaning of Wike in Igbo language.

When you answer this question you will know if Wike is a fool or not.



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Smartcitizen:
What is the meaning of Wike in Ikwere and Edo language and what is the meaning of Wike in Igbo language.

When you answer this question you will know if Wike is a fool or not.



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Opobo is not part of Igbo land

agadez007:
I almost forgot I was talking to a Yoruba man

😂😭

Face Igbo land and leave Opobo

Ikaeniyan0:
You're speaking English language does not make you an English man.The people of Opobo are Ibani and they have a language called Ibani language. You're an Igbo man from somewhere in the south east, stop giving yourself unnecessary problem about people in far away Opobo who don't give a Bleep about you

Face your Igbo land and leave other people land alone

Kemi Badenoch, born a Yoruba lady just as you are a Yoruba person, resides permanently in England, married to an English man with children, leads her political party and with the potential of becoming the Prime minister, called an English woman even with her black skin. Why have the English not called her a Yoruba person or denied her that English status?

You cannot know the land more than the people themselves. You have not faced your own tribe, yet you want to think that you know Opobo more than the people, while asking others to face their own land. While you can almost kill your self to get an American, Canadian, UK, New Zealand citizenship, you still on the other hand play the tribal card in your own country. Have the Ijaws come out to say that Opobo is not their land? When the same Wike sought an Ijaw man to make his next, did he not tell the whole world that Fubara was an Ijaw man? Why did he suddenly change his stance, if not for the simple purpose of pursuing his own personal agenda?

The Ibani language and people that you jumped in to talk about are an Ijaw ethnic group. You find them with other Ijaw speaking people in Opobo and Bonny. Those like Wike who said that Opobo people are not real Ijaw people, simply live in self deceit and delusion.

Ikaeniyan0:
You Igbos love causing wahala sha

what shocks me is how Yoruba pigs like you and the iboz just cant seem to mind your business about this rivers matter? tthe other day a corper exposed how your lagos is a dirty smelly pig pit yet you see yourba pigs all over any thread about Rivers state. Did someone curse yoruba pigs and iboz?

cant you two useless tribes mind your business? on every Rivers thread one sees you Yoruba pigs and Ibos bleating all over cant you two idiots mind your business?

Dawn91:
what shocks me is how Yoruba pigs like you and the iboz just cant seem to mind your business about this rivers matter? tthe other day a corper exposed how your lagos is a dirty smelly pig pit yet you see yourba pigs all over any thread about Rivers state. Did someone curse yoruba pigs and iboz?

cant you two useless tribes mind your business? on every Rivers thread one sees you Yoruba pigs and Ibos bleating all over cant you two idiots mind your business?

Go and eat

Dawn91:
Pigs mind your business

After eating, you will be alright.

Dawn91:
Yoruba pig mind your business!!! i am sure you are either Abiola yomi or Chinedu.

Chinedu, you left the OP and left other Igbos comment on this thread, you dey cry because of my comment Opobo is not and will never be part of Igbo land.

Ikaeniyan0:
Chinedu, you left the OP and left other Igbos comment on this thread, you dey cry because of my comment Opobo is not and will never be part of Igbo land.

Yoruba pig or ibo is what you are. You think you can deceive anyone here . Deluded animals. Go and focus on all the women being. Raped by herdsmen in enugu or the smelly Lagos that the corper was complaining about.

Dawn91:
Yoruba pig or ibo is what you are. You think you can deceive anyone here . Deluded animals. Go and focus on all the women being. Raped by herdsmen in enugu or the smelly Lagos that the corper was complaining about.

Online warrior

Go and eat chinedu

Ikaeniyan0:
Opobo is not part of Igbo land

Opobo is Yoruba. You know there are no Igbo in SS except Nzeogwu/

ScamHunter:
Opobo is Yoruba. You know there are no Igbo in SS except Nzeogwu/

Opobo is ibani land