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Helinuse:
The obsession that Igbos have with the word "king" is way off the mark.


With one breath, they claim that they respect no one and bow to no one.
With another breath, everyone who can have at least 2 nwa boys, one highlander, and a very plump wife (physically overweight) at home who is maltreating a househelp, will automatically coronate himself as king.

That is why no one sends their kingship. Even them sef no dey send their kingship.
If a person in the north is mistakenly turbaned as sarki, even if it is sarkin dariya, the government will immediately recognize the person and accord them the necessary honor. That is because they know what royalty is. But as for the Igbos, royalty is a joke. That is why we can have four kings on one street. Since they all have highlander, overweight wives, and abussed househelps.

So all these your long rant is just because one man calls himself a king, who is stopping you from calling yourself a king? If it's that easy as you described.

You even went as far as calling women overweight (women abuse) and some nonsense about househelp. For something you claim that is joke why did you spend so much time on knowing all about it? You waste your life and time complaining, crying and lamenting on something that you claim is a joke.. Mmmm... Your brain sure need exermining

mrvitalis:
That’s the beauty of Igbo land
We choose to have kings but the kings are mouth peace , they are not above the people

It makes things easier to have a mouthpiece to speak for us as a people

Doesn’t give him absolute power

Exactly what I am saying, bro.
You don't know what a king is.
Everyone is a king, because a king is not really a king. A king to you guys is a clown.
Only a mouthpiece, and nothing more.
He should never be taken seriously.

LordLicifer:
So all these your long rant is just because one man calls himself a king, who is stopping you from calling yourself a king? If it's that easy as you described.

You even went as far as calling women overweight (women abuse) and some nonsense about househelp. For something you claim that is joke why did you spend so much time on knowing all about it? You waste your life and time complaining, crying and lamenting on something that you claim is a joke.. Mmmm... Your brain sure need exermining

Sorry jare.
Small play, you don dey vex.

Helinuse:
Sorry jare.
Small play, you don dey vex.

Is this also supposed to make sense?

When did 1982 become ancient?

Because know this throne didn't exist until Shagari era.

Dozzywest:
Shut up your mouth, it seems you lack home training.

Long Live His Royal Majesty, Eze Chinechendo na Adazi-Ani.

I thought you Ibos said you don't have kings ?

akpumping7720:
The word 'King' is alien to them during the colonial and pre-colonial era. They practice a decentralized system of government. But after migrating to other regions and see how their kings were honoured, they introduced kingship into their system.

Ever since then, every Tom and Dick wants to be called King even outside their own region.

Funny enough, they will be on nairaland, defending that fulishness.
Take a look at what this one below said. The dude doesn't know that for a king to be a king, he must have absolute power. If he doesn't have absolute power, then he should be called a chief, clown, joker, etc.

mrvitalis:
That’s the beauty of Igbo land
We choose to have kings but the kings are mouth peace , they are not above the people

It makes things easier to have a mouthpiece to speak for us as a people

Doesn’t give him absolute power

Helinuse:
Exactly what I am saying, bro.
You don't know what a king is.
Everyone is a king, because a king is not really a king. A king to you guys is a clown.
Only a mouthpiece, and nothing more.
He should never be taken seriously.

Well that explains why we Igbos are the way we are
We speak to authorities without fear why you people used to absolute monarchies for generations fear change and fear to hold your leaders accountable


That’s how we like it
This man came from nothing , went to ph with nothing came back as one of the biggest building material dealer in Nigeria

His community begged him for 6 months to come lead them and direct the affairs

If he messes up today the would be removed

Helinuse:
What is republican about them?



When have they EVER practiced the republican system?

I mean republican in a cultural sense as opposed to monarchical in a cultural sense. I am sure you understand that.

LordLicifer:
Is this also supposed to make sense?

Ok, tell me, how do I take away your bitterness?
Because that is what I tried to achieve by saying sorry.

But it didn't work.

DeepSight:
I mean republican in a cultural sense as opposed to monarchical in a cultural sense. I am sure you understand that.

Good.
Understood.

Dozzywest:
Face your APC renewed shege. Try visit the page of the influencer, the English Alhaji, and see results of all the good works of APC from 2015.

Answer his question.

I am interested in this your fabled kingdom as well.

Helinuse:
Funny enough, they will be on nairaland, defending that fulishness.
Take a look at what this one below said. The dude doesn't know that for a king to be a king, he must have absolute power. If he doesn't have absolute power, then he should be called a chief, clown, joker, etc.

So tell me which king in Nigeria have absolute power ?

From sultan to Obi to oni to oba to emirs

Which one have anything other the ceremonial power ? Name one

Dalohad:
That man you saw there was begged for 6 months to become king.

He is G. U. Okeke, the owner of GUO motors.

Chai!

If Dangote was Ibo, he would have been crowned as a god then.

Helinuse:
The dude doesn't know that for a king to be a king, he must have absolute power. If he doesn't have absolute power, then he should be called a chief, clown, joker, etc.

Nonsense. Have you never heard of constitutional monarchies?

mrvitalis:
Well that explains why we Igbos are the way we are
We speak to authorities without fear why you people used to absolute monarchies for generations fear change and fear to hold your leaders accountable


That’s how we like it
This man came from nothing , went to ph with nothing came back as one of the biggest building material dealer in Nigeria

His community begged him for 6 months to come lead them and direct the affairs

If he messes up today the would be removed

No one is arguing with you bros.



You are saying exactly what I am saying.
But refusing to put it in the way it's supposed to be: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT KINGS ARE.
You never knew, don't know, and won't know.
This man is not a king. He is just the biggest boy in the community who wants to show off what he has accumulated in Port Harcourt.


Nothing concern una with KINGSHIP.
If this dude no play ball, no be only "removed" una go do am. Una go flog am join.

Na king be that?

mrvitalis:
So tell me which king in Nigeria have absolute power ?

From sultan to Obi to oni to oba to emirs

Which one have anything other the ceremonial power ? Name one

That statement of his was beyond ignorant.
Even in history all over the world many Kings didnt have absolute power.

mrvitalis:
That’s the beauty of Igbo land
We choose to have kings but the kings are mouth peace , they are not above the people

It makes things easier to have a mouthpiece to speak for us as a people

Doesn’t give him absolute power

Then you don't understand what a king is.

An absolute monarch is a king.

What you have is a representative spokesman

FSBoperator:
Then you don't understand what a king is.

An absolute monarch is a king.

What you have is a representative spokesman

You have come with your ignorance again.

LordLicifer:
So all these your long rant is just because one man calls himself a king, who is stopping you from calling yourself a king? If it's that easy as you described.

You even went as far as calling women overweight (women abuse) and some nonsense about househelp. For something you claim that is joke why did you spend so much time on knowing all about it? You waste your life and time complaining, crying and lamenting on something that you claim is a joke.. Mmmm... Your brain sure need exermining

You just proved him right that to be a King in Iboland, all one has to do is buy a second hand jeep, marry an obsessed bleached whale and declared oneself a king.

Helinuse:
No one is arguing with you bros.



You are saying exactly what I am saying.
But refusing to put it in the way it's supposed to be: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT KINGS ARE.
You never knew, don't know, and won't know.
This man is not a king. He is just the biggest boy in the community who wants to show off what he has accumulated in Port Harcourt.


Nothing concern una with KINGSHIP.
If this dude no play ball, no be only "removed" una go do am. Una go flog am join.

Na king be that?

Kings have been removed and killed even in history in England and France notably.

Helinuse:
The obsession that Igbos have with the word "king" is way off the mark.


With one breath, they claim that they respect no one and bow to no one.
With another breath, everyone who can have at least 2 nwa boys, one highlander, and a very plump wife (physically overweight) at home who is maltreating a househelp, will automatically coronate himself as king.

That is why no one sends their kingship. Even them sef no dey send their kingship.
If a person in the north is mistakenly turbaned as sarki, even if it is sarkin dariya, the government will immediately recognize the person and accord them the necessary honor. That is because they know what royalty is. But as for the Igbos, royalty is a joke. That is why we can have four kings on one street. Since they all have highlander, overweight wives, and abussed househelps.

See kettle calling the pot black. What are you known for on Nairaland if not for double standards?

Helinuse:
Ok, tell me, how do I take away your bitterness?
Because that is what I tried to achieve by saying sorry.

But it didn't work.

See how you are flooding the whole thread with ridiculous female sentiments. One man calls himself King and you have taken it as a job to lament and cry all over nairaland about it.

That is what i want to understand, if it pains you that much just do the same, call yourself king and i will worship you.

Bitterness? You are the one having. High BP over an the mention of King, what are you afraid of or worried about? When king is mentioned you go into an emotional melt down.

DeepSight:
Nonsense. Have you never heard of constitutional monarchies?

Same as "constitutional supreme leader."
It's a name that exists only in the lexicon, but is illogical in its totality.
In reality, a constitutional king exists only as a symbolic or traditional role.
In instances like King Charles, they preserve the TRADITION that gave birth to the state.
But tell me, which Igbo tradition ever had a KING?

LordLicifer:
See how you are flooding the whole thread with ridiculous female sentiments. One man calls himself King and you have taken it as a job to lament and cry all over nairaland about it.

That is what i want to understand, if it pains you that much just do the same, call yourself king and i will worship you.

Bitterness? You are the one having. High BP over an the mention of King, what are you afraid of or worried about? When king is mentioned you go into an emotional melt down.

This sef.


May God help us sha.

FSBoperator:
You just proved him right that to be a King in Iboland, all one has to do is buy a second hand jeep, marry an obsessed bleached whale and declared oneself a king.

Yes, so what? Who is stopping you from doing the same? it's a fee country go do the same


I am not even igbo

Helinuse:


This sef.


May God help us sha.

Anything sensible you wanna add?

Hemanwel:
See kettle calling the pot black. What are you known for on Nairaland if not for double standards?

Only double standards?
I thought it had reached quadruple standards.
Looks like you are not informed.
You are still behind. Get updated.

The double standards version of me (2.0) was way past.
I am now in the quadruple version 4.0.

DeepSight:
Kings have been removed and killed even in history in England and France notably.

But una go flog am

mrvitalis:
Well that explains why we Igbos are the way we are
We speak to authorities without fear why you people used to absolute monarchies for generations fear change and fear to hold your leaders accountable


That’s how we like it
This man came from nothing , went to ph with nothing came back as one of the biggest building material dealer in Nigeria

His community begged him for 6 months to come lead them and direct the affairs

If he messes up today the would be removed

You were not permitted to have kings because a subjugated people are a vassal to a powerful external authority.

This is the main reason you never had kings because the Bini Oba , Attah of Igala and Obong of Calabar had carved out Iboland for themselves.

The Binis raided Anambra down to present day Imo. The Bini warriors will later become the Ikwere people of today in PHC .

The Attah controlled all of Enugu , parts of Anambra and Ebonyi .

While the Ekpe cultists under the Obong of Calabar controlled most of Abia, parts of Ebonyi.

Any Ibo who dared to raise himself up as king was seen as an usurper to the three greater external authorities.

LordLicifer:
Anything sensible you wanna add?

No Sir.

Just go.

Please.

DeepSight:
Kings have been removed and killed even in history in England and France notably.

Ibobland was subjugated by the Bini, Igala and Ekpe .

You might have had semblance of what may pass as a king but after and during the centuries long subjugation, any one amongst you who rose to claim the position of king was seen as an usurper and rebel by the external powers.