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I appreciate so much.

But the ebiras and igalas, are they related to hausa? What do they speak?

juwoonn:
Okay..let me tell you.
Kogi state shares boundaries with about seven other states as it in the central...
7 of the LGs are occupied by yorubas while the others are occupied by;
Ebiras,
Igalas
Idoma
Bassas and a few
Igbos.
It's a state of different tribes forced together by Babangida but till today all of us no gree as we no like the forced union.
It's the same way Nigeria was forced on us in 1914 and today, some wan divorce..
Seh u get?
The Yoruba speaking people of kogi shares boundaries with Ekiti, Ondo, and the Yorubas in Kwara

Love800:
Let me go and research this olukumi.

But i thought it was the delta igbos dat are in Delta-north!

The first time I found out about them was on Nairaland, back before Obidients turned the place upside down, they are a unique people indeed.

ariesbull:
many Kabba folks don't see themselves as Yoruba

How
When their name is yoruba and their last name, how then do not see themselves as yoruba?

Love800:
Okay. You are referring to the itsekiri people. You are half right though, because the itsekiris are sub-groups of yoruba.

Anyway, i appreciate.

Olukumi people are different from itsekiri people google it

Love800:
I appreciate so much.

But the ebiras and igalas, are they related to hausa? What do they speak?

You're welcome bro..
There are NO native Hausa's in Kogi State.
The Ebiras speaks Ebira language
and the Igala speaks Igala language

Ebiras and Igalas are not related to Hausa's in any way.

There are about 371 different tribes in this Nigeria o!

Omoawoke:
Those are not Yorubas and they don’t speak Yoruba

In fact, Yorubas are minority in kogi state… that’s why they never see governorship before for that state.
Kogi state is dominated by Igala and Ebira

The Okuns are the 2nd most populated tribe after the Igallas in Kogi.. The Ebiras come a distant 3rd..The reason the Ebiras got the power was because of the death of Audu.. It was similar to how the Ijaws got to presidency before the Igbos.. Does that make the Ijaws bigger than the Igbos?

And after the Ebiras got to power through Yahaya Bello, he simply used the power of incumbency to give it to another Ebira man despite not having the numbers..

Before the Ebiras got lucky, they and the Okuns have always been marginalised by the Igallas who have the numbers..

That's how the power dynamics in Kogi State worked.

chiagozien:
There's no Yorubas in kogi, Yorubas are only in 5 south west states.

Yagba east, yagba west and Kabba are yoruba speaking people. If you don't know something, try to learn

anonimi:
It must be nonsense headline truly since Tinubu’s APC strongman General Buhari did what PDP’s weak bloody civilian Jonathan failed to do- kill all terrorists, bandits and criminals.

Clap for yourself sir.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj7oFknjij0?si=0gPfhnQrckLgimkO

Is something wrong at home?

Dagrace01:
Yagba east, yagba west and Kabba are yoruba speaking people. If you don't know something, try to learn

Please ignore the guy.. He is simply employing dumb sarcasm to troll the Yorubas because I don't believe someone can be that ignorant after so many people have corrected him.

In these days of information overload on the internet and AI everywhere where you can get such information in the twinkle of an eye, I repeat, no one can be that ignorant except a jobless troll revelling in the unpaid engagements and cheap attention.

This is an advice coming from a full blooded Yoruba man whose dad is from Oke-Offin in Kabba Bunu LGA and whose mum hails from Aiyetoro Gbede in Ijumu LGA which are both situated in Kogi West..

Good for them.. Wherever islam goes the community dies..

olabrad:
My wife is from kogi state and she is Yoruba. Her family originated from the local government and still live there till today. Smart Adeyemi, a Yoruba man is an indigenes of kogi state, same with Dino Melaye, another Yoruba man.

Some people will just open their mouth and say rubbish fueled by shameless ignorance. Small time now, they will start claiming that they travel more than all other tribes. Yet, their traveling has not enlightened them enough to know that several local governments in kogi state belong to Yorubas.

Bunch of empty chest-beating noisemakers!

And in your enlightenment, you couldn't decipher that he was replaying the same diss track that Yoruba play for Igbo people at any given moment? Heck he even used the same "5 states" point, and you couldn't see it regardless.

CorrectionFLuid:
And in your enlightenment, you couldn't decipher that he was replaying the same diss track that Yoruba play for Igbo people at any given moment? Heck he even used the same "5 states" point, and you couldn't see it regardless.

I don't know about any diss track

chiagozien:
There's no Yorubas in kogi, Yorubas are only in 5 south west states.

That is why I say leave your couch travel and know your environment.
Don't live your life on Google, most of the local information there is wrong and distorted.

benzion72:
Okun people of Kogi are Yoruba people

Why are explaining to this guy, leave him alone. His bike has eaten him up.

SisterAnn:
Chiagozien, be gentle with the sarcasm. Not everyone can process sarcasm. 😆

Brother Ann (because I won't be surprised if it's an igbo man behind your profile), the poster doesn't like Yoruba. So no need for sarcasm in this delicate issue that involves people's livelihood.
Face front and mind your business.

chiagozien:
There's no Yorubas in kogi, Yorubas are only in 5 south west states.

You call yourself a Nigerian, you have no knowledge about a particular location in Nigeria why not do a research about it instead of misleading people. I'm surprised you have some likes, meaning many of you have no knowledge about this.

Do not argue when you are not sure of something, instead, you find out online. Goggle is there for you.

ugodson:
How
When their name is yoruba and their last name, how then do not see themselves as yoruba?

bearing Muhammed doesn't make you Hausa or Arab

yummy001:
This man you nor go rest.. Why don't you let our Okun folks speak for themselves? Let an Okun man with evidence come on this thread to come and tell us their ethnicity then if they are not Yoruba instead of spewing ignorance all over every thread that has to do with Okun people..

Imagine comparing Rotimi Amaechi to a full blooded Yoruba man like Dino Melaye because of their hatred for the Omoluabis..

So many low IQ people on Nairaland these days!

it's my observation and what I have seen

olabrad:
My wife is from kogi state and she is Yoruba. Her family originated from the local government and still live there till today. Smart Adeyemi, a Yoruba man is an indigenes of kogi state, same with Dino Melaye, another Yoruba man. Some people will just open their mouth and say rubbish fueled by shameless ignorance. Small time now, they will start claiming that they travel more than all other tribes. Yet, their traveling has not enlightened them enough to know that several local governments in kogi state belong to Yorubas. Bunch of empty chest-beating noisemakers!

What he meant is that since some Yorubas won't accept that there are Igbos outside the Southeast regions. Why should outsiders believe that there are Yorubas outside the Southwest?

It is aura for aura.

aswani:
Maybe if Southeastern too nor dey too carry drug for India (sic), Beerfraud nor go see anytin report.

You sef suppose reason am!

As I reason am no be only Southeasterner dey carry drugs , alot of Southwesterners n northerners dey use n carry drugs too, but na una dey see d one u wan see cus of the tribal wrapped mind una get

OneCandleAway:
Even Tinubu can't utter this statement.

Hon. Faleke is a Yoruba from kogi. He would have been the governor instead of bello had audu just remained alive to die after being sworn in.

You've got it right! Faleke would have been governor if Abubakar Audu had been declared the winner before his sudden death!

chiagozien:
Attached by Force.

Claiming other tribes

Wouldn't you love Nairaland?

Ofemannnu:
You no fit work?
Why you dey carry drug give your Mkpimiri brethren dem? You wan make del yamutu finish?Change your evil ways,biko.

Ur people no dey carry drug too, do Yahoo plus, trade in human parts, armed robbery, make them find work and stop the evil too.

Fake news by useless vanguard.

PHIPEX:
Hope this is not Ilorin 2.0 we are seeing in disguise

But this might have nothing to do with Fulani herdsmen, afterall "where are the cows"

Nigeria is a prayer point. May God have mercy on us.

kettykin:
It does look like not just illorin and the whole of kwara will be gone but South west Kogi is now under a real threat. May God help Nigeria.

May God!

juwoonn:
Werey..
My name is Juwon Tunde (how does that sound?)
I'm Yoruba from Kogi State.
Our native language is Yoruba..
We share boundaries with Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara...etc
Do you know my Origin than me?

Rotimi Amaechi is Igbo and Yoruba then,since his name two names are from Igbo and Yoruba

Segxydube:
How is kanu a terrorist?

Ar u ok?

,if there actually is a list of terrorists in Nigeria and KANU isn't there, then, the list is fraud

Yahaya Bello allowed Fulani to settle there during Buhari when they were chased out of other regions during the Ruga saga
But if you know geography it’s not just ‘Yoruba’ speaking parts that are affected. Just across from them is Niger is parts of kwara state that has been under attack, the parts of Okene road all the way to Ekoja in Edo state the road where kidnapping has been rife and across from them is the river Niger and Niger state where bandits have taken over

Benue state is the neighboring state. You know the attacks in Benue already

Nassarawa state separates plateau from Benue, plateau has been under attack. So its basically the entire middle belt and not a Yoruba part like you insinuated