₦airaland Forum

KEVIND:
Nawa ooo
Oba should stop forcing those who are not Benin to his kingdom.
They say they're Igbos, why forcing them to adopt Beni while they're not.

Since erosion has destroyed half of their land in the South East, that is why our blodas want grab Edo state land.

MrDoGood:
You just opened your phone to type without passing a message. Read what you wrote again.

In summary, igbos were at the short end of discrimination from the oba.

The oba of Benin cannot challenge the north or even yoruba. because they don't tolerate those types of disrespect in their indigenous land.

The oba used the opportunity that presented itself, because the igbos lost the war, so, he used that defeat, to step on the necks of the igbos, for too long, if you ask me. Igbos that bowed to him were lorded over, and in return he convinced the abokis not to worry that he got igbos in edo or former midwest, undercontrol. If the igbos try to live free, he threatened them with land seizure, death, banishment, or he will just set them up against the core north that were ruling and the sw.
Is more to it .....

gidgiddy:
This is why people who speak the same language should not be subdivided into different states with those who have a completely different language

During the creation of Edo State in the 90's, the Igbanke people were carved into Edo State when they should have been left in Delta State with their fellow Ika's

This has now caused a situation where the Oba of Bini feels these people are his subjects when they are not.

Most unfortunate.

Everyone within the geographical location of the Bini kingdom is a subject of the Oba of Bini and it doesn't matter whether it was carved in the 90s.

They have to bow to the Oba of where they reside whether in Delta or anywhere else they can be claiming autonomous whatever.

If it's not hypocrisy has the Igbos accepted all Igbos within the South east as equal to begin with? Don't they practice cast "OSU" that some Igbo are not worthy to be married with the "real" igbos? But here they are just appointing those who they claim are Igbo into just position within the Igbo association after how many years.

Stolen:
WHY DID HE NOT SUSPEND THEM DURING OBASEKE OR EVEN OSHIOMOLE.



HE AND THE CRIMINAL IN ASO ROCK TRUNCATED DEMOCRACY AND INSTALLED THEIR FELLOW CRIMINAL AS GOVERNOR AND THEN COWRADLY SUSPENED IKA KINGS IN EDO.



ALL THIS WILL NOT CHANG THEIR IKA IDENTITY.

Jagaban has conquered Obi and his illiterate blodas

Vinnie2000:
I pity Igbanke Pple Sha.

I don't know how Babangida could NOT make them be part of the Ikas in Delta state.

You will see somebody bearing Ngozi and she tells you she is from Edo state.

Married to an Edo man.

viodemus:
Have you heard the oba oppressing the north and sw people from edo state? Don't you know that all those names can get good jobs and positions, but Ngozi, isioma, chinedu, etc, means blacklisting, spotted for intimidation and shake down, and slavery supervision.

Don't you know that the slumber abi na robber of Benin, cannot try suppression and lordship on the core north people, or else, he will be summoned by an assistant emir or sultan, in a junior palace.

Did you hear them say they're not Edo State? The mentality of some people claiming to be from the east because you speak Igbo and your state of origin is Rivera is crazy. Then when filling important document, you put Rivers as your state of origin 😂


Why not put Anambra where you don't even have a land let alone a family house.

There's nothing bad in saying you're from Edo State, but my names are of Yoruba origin because of how the state was shared. And those Ika people don't even speak Igbo. They speak Agbor.

psalmsjob:
Everyone within the geographical location of the Bini kingdom is a subject of the Oba of Bini and it doesn't matter whether it was carved in the 90s.

They have to bow to the Oba of where they reside whether in Delta or anywhere else they can be claiming autonomous whatever.

If it's not hypocrisy has the Igbos accepted all Igbos within the South east as equal to begin with? Don't they practice cast "OSU" that some Igbo are not worthy to be married with the "real" igbos? But here they are just appointing those who they claim are Igbo into just position within the Igbo association after how many years.

The Bini empire is dead and gone, you guys should wake from your slumber

OfoIgbo:
Oba can suspend enigies. He cannot suspend Ezes and Obis

this pple have Edo State all their life just to stir up trouble you now ask them to claim another State if is the other way round will your pple accept it Capital No. Weather your pple accept it or not they are subject to the Oba of Benin

Bede2u:
Chai You guys are wicked.
Lord Lugard who was tasked with amalgamation was the one who as far back as 1911, when Zik was still a baby, insisted that ilorin province be part of Northern Nigeria for the mere fact that the ruler of Ilorin was a subject of Sokoto sultan.
This how you guys lied that zik refused self determination in the constitution. A shameless lie that begs the question, how can 2 region want something but one region that refuses has their way in a whiteman's democracy?
Evil people everywhere

You are the one behaving wickedly

You don't know the History admit it


Ilorin was in the Lagos Protectorate under Lord Lugard

You are free to admit your mistake and apologise


By the Way Azikiwe kept up his hostile attitude towards Kwara rejoining West after the British agreed to independence provided referendum would be held in Certain areas


So Balewa /Azikiwe held referendum for Midwest but deliberately refused to hold the referendum meant to return Kwara back to the West and the one for the Middlebelt and the one for the Eastern Minorities because their Aim was to Weaken the West and Awolowo politically

Is it a lie?!!

Christistruth02:
You are the one behaving wickedly

You don't know the History admit it


Ilorin was in the Lagos Protectorate under Lord Lugard

You are free to admit your mistake and apologise

You should know the year it is now. This is 2025. Petty lies are busted pronto with enough evidence.

The map of lagos colony clearly showed ilorin outside its borders

Bede2u:
You should know the year it is now. This is 2025. Petty lies are busted pronto with enough evidence.

The map of lagos colony clearly showed ilorin outside its borders

Fake News

Firstly Lagos Colony and Lagos Protectorate are different
You should have known that

Ok
What year was Kwara added to the North
because you sound like you have no clue.
Not to talk about the Political events leading to it


By the Way Azikiwe kept up his hostile attitude towards Kwara rejoining West after the British agreed to independence provided referendum would be held in Certain areas including Kwara


So Balewa /Azikiwe held referendum for Midwest but deliberately refused to hold the referendum meant to return Kwara back to the West and the one for the Middlebelt and the one for the Eastern Minorities because their Aim was to Weaken the West and Awolowo politically

akigbemaru:
You are a liar! The Kwarans wanted to be in the North. The British colonial master tried to force Kwara into Yoruba region but the Kwaran folks refused and that was in 1852.

Fake News Fake History

In 1852 Nigeria was not even a Colony of the British and the Kwara Yorubas outside Ilorin who were by far the Majority wanted to stay with the West.

The British took the decision to please the North and at independence insisted that Referendum was to be held for Kwara which Azikiwe and Balewa Govt refused to hold when they had Midwest referendum because they knew most of Kwara wanted to return to the West and their real aim was to weaken Awolowo and the West

Kwara was supposed to have gone to the west through referendum at same time when the Midwest was removed through Referendum but Balewa and Azikiwe wanted to decimate Awolowo's power and so refused to hold the Kwara referendum

Is it a lie?

Christistruth02:
Fake News

Firstly Lagos Colony and Lagos Protectorate are different
You should have known that

Ok
What year was Kwara added to the North
because you sound like you have no clue.
Not to talk about the Political events leading to it


By the Way Azikiwe kept up his hostile attitude towards Kwara rejoining West after the British agreed to independence provided referendum would be held in Certain areas including Kwara


So Balewa /Azikiwe held referendum for Midwest but deliberately refused to hold the referendum meant to return Kwara back to the West and the one for the Middlebelt and the one for the Eastern Minorities because their Aim was to Weaken the West and Awolowo politically

first of all there was no kwara in 1960. There was ilorin province which was part of the Northern region since before zik was born.
Second the fact that zik was president, doesn't mean he was head of government and can actively change policies of Balewa.
3rdly zik is one man. In what way does one man get his wishes over many?

Ill ignore your trash about lagos colony being different from protectorate because I'm sure you fully understand what the map i showed you was about

Ikaeniyan0:
before the arrival of the British, the land belong to the Benins. The Benins only let their slaves to settle on the land. The Oba of Benin has not overstep his boundary.

People migrate to a place and start laying claims to the ownership, that land belongs to Benin.

Goodvibes007:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/05/01/ohanaeze-council-slams-oba-benin-over-suspension-six-igbanke-monarchs-plot-annex-igbo

Is Oba of Benin normal?

He should be admonished to stop this nonsense of his historical revisionism. Igbanke people are Igbos. Not Bini.

Oba with no common sense 😭

Goodvibes007:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/05/01/ohanaeze-council-slams-oba-benin-over-suspension-six-igbanke-monarchs-plot-annex-igbo

Is Oba of Benin normal?

He should be admonished to stop this nonsense of historical revisionism. Igbanke people are Igbos. Not Bini.

Oba with no common sense 😭

Bobodee09:
Hmmmm

It not easy fighting for recognition by force oooo.

Them go soon fight benue king also.

What do you mean. The people say they're Igbos,not Bini.

So, how Igbo expansionist agenda come in?

Mtchweee 😔

Bede2u:
first of all there was no kwara in 1960. There was ilorin province which was part of the Northern region since before zik was born.
Second the fact that zik was president, doesn't mean he was head of government and can actively change policies of Balewa.
3rdly zik is one man. In what way does one man get his wishes over many?

Ill ignore your trash about lagos colony being different from protectorate because I'm sure you fully understand what the map i showed you was about

Do we have to School you?

You don't know the history

Kwara Province Ilorin division and Kabba were all in the Lagos Protectorate of Southern Nigeria

Azikiwe was the leader of the NCMC party and he was hostile towards Awolowo that was why he supported the North to have Kwara carved into it

temitope27:
they should pack their load and leave then

You see your little brain? People in their homeland should pack their bag and leave their homeland??

Maybe, delineation or Boundary adjustment should include them into Ika, Delta state.

Don't comment on issues you have scant knowledge.

Mtchweee 😔

viodemus:
In summary, igbos were at the short end of discrimination from the oba.

The oba of Benin cannot challenge the north or even yoruba. because they don't tolerate those types of disrespect in their indigenous land.

The oba used the opportunity that presented itself, because the igbos lost the war, so, he used that defeat, to step on the necks of the igbos, for too long, if you ask me. Igbos that bowed to him were lorded over, and in return he convinced the abokis not to worry that he got igbos in edo or former midwest, undercontrol. If the igbos try to live free, he threatened them with land seizure, death, banishment, or he will just set them up against the core north that were ruling and the sw.
Is more to it .....

The best balanced response would be:

There’s no concrete historical evidence that the Oba of Benin systematically oppressed Igbos or acted as an agent of the North or Yoruba after the Biafran War. While Igbos did face discrimination in many parts of Nigeria post-war, including economic and political setbacks, the Oba’s role is largely traditional, not political. The narrative may reflect deep-rooted grievances, but it isn’t fully supported by documented facts.

My take before your diversion is... You can't come from a state and you're claiming you're not from that state. It's safe and better you relocate to the place you think you're from. The Israelites said they were not Egyptian and they moved. Pharoah didn't chase them. When Bendel was shared, even some Bini speaking lands were added to delta state. Have you heard them say they're not from Delta State?
Even in Kogi State, they have the Yoruba speaking people. Does that mean they will choose a Yoruba state and fill it in their state of origin?

Christistruth02:
Do we have to School you?

You don't know the history

Kwara Province Ilorin division and Kabba were all in the Lagos Protectorate of Southern Nigeria

Azikiwe was the leader of the NCMC party and he was hostile towards Awolowo that was why he supported the North to have Kwara carved into it

any evidence?

Ikaeniyan0:
IBefore the arrival of the British, igbanke land was part of the Benin kingdom .They were never part of any Igbo republic or kingdom. The Benins let freed Igbo slaves to settle on Benin land does not mean the land does not belong to the Benins.

Igbos were never slaves to any kingdom, if the military did their job well by not carving them into Edo state and left them with their kin in Delta state I don't think you will be talking this trash. They live in their ancestral lands and are Igbos in Edo state not under the jurisdiction of any Bini Oba

viodemus:
In summary, igbos were at the short end of discrimination from the oba.

The oba of Benin cannot challenge the north or even yoruba. because they don't tolerate those types of disrespect in their indigenous land.

The oba used the opportunity that presented itself, because the igbos lost the war, so, he used that defeat, to step on the necks of the igbos, for too long, if you ask me. Igbos that bowed to him were lorded over, and in return he convinced the abokis not to worry that he got igbos in edo or former midwest, undercontrol. If the igbos try to live free, he threatened them with land seizure, death, banishment, or he will just set them up against the core north that were ruling and the sw.
Is more to it .....

This pretty much sums up what’s at play! Notice how the same pro-Tinubu/APC characters that spend all day obsessing over anything to do with Ndigbo, are the same schmucks against an indigenous set of people asserting their Igbo identity!?

I will continue to warn Ndigbo in the south-east, and those indigenous to Edo, Rivers, Delta and Benue states, that you have to be wary of these people (they know themselves)! They will tolerate you and pretend to like you only to the extent that you don’t rock the Nigerian boat, deny your Igbo heritage, and cooperate in sustaining the hegemonic alliance they have with their northern partners!

You can be shortsighted, naive or even daft enough to answer Ifeanyi and speak Igbo, yet deny your Igbo heritage just to try and curry their favour and hope they throw a few crumbs your way! But when the chips are down, and they see you as a threat to their hegemonic control of Nigeria, they will come after you with a vengeance that will shock you, and by then you’ll find yourself all alone with no one to have your back! Hope you see what Emefiele is going through at the moment!? Assuming without conceding that he’s as kwarrupt as they claim he is, you think he’s more corrupt than the likes of Tinubu, his son, Ganduje and their ilk!?

SadiqBabaSani:
Nonsense, Igbo youths should stop fighting their most probable allies

What nonsense Allies?... Allies that was against us during the civil war, we don't need fake people around us!

Bede2u:
any evidence?

Go and read the History
It is public knowledge and Azikiwe didn't hide it

Do your homework yourself

gidgiddy:
The Bini empire is dead and gone, you guys should wake from your slumber

Says who?.... He who forgets his history has no future. Bini empire lives on in present day Edo State.

Bini empire was in existence when there was never an Igbo empire they weren't a people to reckon with along side the Bini empire. The igbo were conquered group of people that were spread around at those days savaging. If not for the colonialism there wouldn't have been a group called Igbo existing today with the population they are beating chest on over people like Bini, Igala, Ebira, Tiv, Efik even Ijaw. The Igbos were not a people to reckon with in the days before the colonialism. There were like Mai Boila, like iron condemn gatherers, common thieves and bandits of those era. They couldn't form a nation-state because that's a venture too sophisticated for them to manage or actualise.

Christistruth02:
Azikiwe insisted that the Yoruba speaking Kwara belonged to the North and mustn't
be part of the west and he was so adamant he completely rejected all reasonable arguments on the matter so considering that this your argument get k-leg

Stop the lies! edo, delta & kwara were part of the western region. You should rather channel your energy to you hausa masters who took yoruba people in kwara & kogi and called them northerners so they can carve out states and continue to dominate Nigeria politically

muhammaduyusufu:
The youth are right.
You don't expect them to ignore the cry of their fellow Igbo brothers carved into Edo state.

Mumu did Edo share border with south east

gidgiddy:
This is why people who speak the same language should not be subdivided into different states with those who have a completely different language

During the creation of Edo State in the 90's, the Igbanke people were carved into Edo State when they should have been left in Delta State with their fellow Ika's

This has now caused a situation where the Oba of Bini feels these people are his subjects when they are not.

Most unfortunate.

Igbo territory ended before the bridge of Asaba