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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by tonytony208(m): 9:00am On Apr 08, 2015
backtosender:
yet igboland is more develop than all the yoruba states this is why they all claim lagos.... i wonder why yoruba barbaric animals juju people....bush people that still learning how to use a sitting toilets in 21st century is still yapping about igbos SMH i blame zik for joining scavengers with igbos sad sad

You shouldn't be here then. Why haven't you relocated to the better cities in your igboland? Or do you fear the juju shrines in okija wil swallow you up alive?

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by backtosender: 9:04am On Apr 08, 2015
tonytony208:


You shouldn't be here then. Why haven't you relocated to the better cities in your igboland? Or do you fear the juju shrines in okija will swallow you up alive?
u still calling okija shrine that was destroy by ngige yrs ago if u want to talk about juju vist ibadam evil forest they sell human tongues for 50naira each over there this is how cheap it is in yorubaland

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by Chiaka(f): 9:04am On Apr 08, 2015
PentiumPro:
Why is it that all Igbo towns are mostly made up of indigenous Igbos
People will rather go to Calabar, Port Harcourt or Uyo than to stop at Onitsha which is closer.
Is it that Igbos are not friendly or there are not enough opportunities outside buying and selling in these igbo towns and cities.

Owerri is a place where people around this region travel to enjoy their weekends.....because there are lots of beautiful hotels there and its nice and peaceful and the people are very hospitable. Try visit there you will love it. Lots of my friends around PH, Aba, Akwa-Ibom etc travel to Owerri on weekends to take the heat off hustling life.
Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by zyphr(m): 9:05am On Apr 08, 2015
ArodeTsolaye:


Segun Adewole, Igbos do not live in yorubaland. Have you ever seen an Igbo man in muddy Osun forest?. Igbos go to lagos where oil money from eastern states like Imo, Abia, Rivers, Delta was used to develop. Igbos do not live in mud houses. They can't survive in your mud-built yorubaland.
Oya clap for yourself for such a sensible post. Go to the thick forest of Ise-ekiti bodering ekiti and Ondo state, you will find several over forty year old Ibo born and brought up there with some even having a cocoa and palm plantation of thier own. This Ise-ekiti story is replicated is several southwestern states. Am not a southwesterner but I will say that the yorubas are the most accomodating and peace loving set of Nigerians i have met so far. So long as you are hardworking you can stay in any part of the south west make money and acquire properties of your choice. I am not sure a yoruba man can have a plantation in Ibo land. My 1 cent.

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by backtosender: 9:07am On Apr 08, 2015
Chiaka:


Owerri is a place where people around this region travel to enjoy their weekends.....because there are lots of beautiful hotels there and its nice and peaceful and the people are very hospitable. Try visit there you will love it. Lots of my friends around PH, Aba, Akwa-Ibom etc travel to Owerri on weekends to take the heat off hustling life.
why are u troubling youurself with that tribalistic hoe?her dirty skin and ugly looks is not allow in igboland

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by Nobody: 9:07am On Apr 08, 2015
cindicandy:


Yes there are no igbos in such rural areas as ibadan and abeakuta. Osogbo is a complete forest and rocks.
Now i am sure ure just a comedian. You cant even spell 'Abeokuta'.. Shows you dont know a thing about the place.

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by Nobody: 9:07am On Apr 08, 2015
ArodeTsolaye:


Segun Adewole, Igbos do not live in yorubaland. Have you ever seen an Igbo man in muddy Osun forest?. Igbos go to lagos where oil money from eastern states like Imo, Abia, Rivers, Delta was used to develop. Igbos do not live in mud houses. They can't survive in your mud-built yorubaland.
lol...you don't know your pipu...when i was serving in Kaboji town in Niger state...i paid a visit to Mashegu...one of the most desolate settlements...linear settlement...the type we saw on maps during geography class...No gsm network, among other godforsaken reasons not to be there. But the only modern thing there was an ibo man's shop...with computer, printer and photocopying machine. People camee from kms away to patronise this guy. And you are here saying Ibo no dey 4 bush...They are even under the sea

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by italo: 9:10am On Apr 08, 2015
tonytony208:


Stop wining like a faulty ceiling fan here. How many Yoruba's are residing in igboland
? They are very few because you pple are not accommodating. So, any Yoruba that vie for elective position will surely fail because it is in the blood of Igbo's to vote based on ethnic sentiment. Lagos was developed by federal government money especially from cocoa. If you don't want anyone to claim omo onile over your land, then carry your money to alaigbo and go and buy land on your gully erosion there.

Assumption. Why don't you give me one example of Yorubas maltreated in Igboland...and one example of a Yoruba who tried running for a position and was rejected. don't blame Igbos for your laziness.

Again...it seems you have never come across the Nigerian constitution. That land I bought in Lagos belongs to me...and not to you or your drunk Oba.

Cocoa? How much is cocoa? How much cocoa is grown in Lagos? Why then did you dump cocoa for oil?

Lol.

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by christopher123(m): 9:11am On Apr 08, 2015
tonytony208:


Yeah, am staying here and eating it and enjoying it too. I am not running around like a fugitive and aimless wanderer from OSU generation. I love it in my father's land. My own people don't label me as an outcast (OSU). So, why should I run around like fugitive when I don't descend from the biblical Cain? But you, can you say that about yourself? Never. You are an OSU by birth and you descend from Cain. So, you must wander around like a fugitive.





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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by shizzleStar: 9:11am On Apr 08, 2015
phiszo:

i'm not being harrassed. it's only that you barely find other tribes here..
Whose fault is it that you dont find other tribes there? did any Yoruba man come to live there and the chased him away? You have admitted that you were never maltreated or shown prejudice, so whats your problem?

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by tonytony208(m): 9:13am On Apr 08, 2015
backtosender:
u still calling okija shrine that was destroy by ngige yrs ago if u want to talk about juju vist ibadam evil forest they sell human tongues for 50naira each over there this is how cheap it is in yorubaland

Hmmm...you seem to know the modus operandi in what you call "Ibadan evil forest". You must either be a service provider or a customer there. It seems as if you deal more in tongue-buying for you to know how much a tongue costs. OSU!!!

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by Chiaka(f): 9:13am On Apr 08, 2015
backtosender:
why are u troubling youurself with that tribalistic hoe?her dirty skin and ugly looks is not allow in igboland

Thank you.
Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by oikechukwu: 9:15am On Apr 08, 2015
tonytony208:


So, how is your gully-eroded land doing? And I must congratulate you for accepting your ill-fate and staying put in your gully eroded landlocked place of birth. Many of your flaathead blodas are not as bold as you. At least, your family won't need to dig a grave for you when you die; they will only throw your dead body in one of them natural graves (gully) and that is all.

Those living in that gully eroded land is still living better than a primitive community who still act like common day baboons. I guess someone forgot to tell una humans already evolved from monkey so no need to continue Urinating and sh1ting everywhere una see like a bunch of animals.
Even Poverty and starvation is so within it that una own government created stomach infrastructure in order to get their votes. Funny enough that worked. The people even fought themselves for common plate of jellof rice with Zero meat. CHEI. GOD IS NOT HAPPY WITH UNA.
And thank you, at least my burial is going to be when God choose, compared to you walking around daily fearing if today is the day agbero boys will kidnap and sell you to a babalowo for ritual.

Anyway How's market? Have fayose paid you yet? Also How's your flooded lands doing kwa? Have you people finally learned what a drain is?

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by shizzleStar: 9:19am On Apr 08, 2015
gmyguy:
lol...you don't know your pipu...when i was serving in Kaboji town in Niger state...i paid a visit to Mashegu...one of the most desolate settlements...linear settlement...the type we saw on maps during geography class...No gsm network, among other godforsaken reasons not to be there. But the only modern thing there was an ibo man's shop...with computer, printer and photocopying machine. People camee from kms away to patronise this guy. And you are here saying Ibo no dey 4 bush...They are even under the sea
Thats the adventurous and survival spirit of a typical Igbo man.

Tomorrow now when he makes it big, and buys a plot of land you evil people will start crying blue murder and harassing him, claiming he wants to take over your land. Meanwhile while he was busy toiling and hustling, you all sat your lazy arsses down like true yorubas and waiting for manner to fall from heaven or planning how to fleece him of his hard earned wealth.

Men i'm fvcking PROUD to be IGBO. God bless and protect umunnem wherever we are. ISEEEEEEEE!

Yoruba tufiakwa *spits*

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by tonytony208(m): 9:19am On Apr 08, 2015
italo:


Assumption. Why don't you give me one example of Yorubas maltreated in Igboland...and one example of a Yoruba who tried running for a position and was rejected. don't blame Igbos for your laziness.

Again...it seems you have never come across the Nigerian constitution. That land I bought in Lagos belongs to me...and not to you or your drunk Oba.

Cocoa? How much is cocoa? How much cocoa is grown in Lagos? Why then did you dump cocoa for oil?

Lol.

Does the oil belong to Igbo? No, it belongs to the south south. So, you have no claim on it. Yes the oba of lagos is drunk, but your empty and useless igwes in alaigbo can never reach where oba of lagos has reached or will reach in life. It is not a curse, it is reality. When next the omo onile ask for money, don't pay them, ok? And just see what will happen to you and the land you claim belong to you. OSU!!!

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by OperationIgrigi: 9:24am On Apr 08, 2015
Collynzo9:
There is no part of Igbo land where you don't have a very large Hausa population.
They are everywhere in the east, from Abakaliki to Aba.

**grins** In every Igbo state there are several garkis and ama awusas ocuppied by northerners. Even in awka with it's small population, there are 2 garkis fully inhabited by Northerners. yoruba are scared of everything under the sun, even their own farts. **Lols**

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by specco(m): 9:25am On Apr 08, 2015
Aloralord1:

Baby, Abeokuta and Ibadan are filled with mud houses? Are u a comedian? U mean Mr Chukwudi, uche and co i know are not true igbos ? U can do better than this babe! They are still there oo and more of their relatives keep coming.lol

Igbos are adventurers and enterprising. Having conquered their immediate environment, they venture out of their domain in search of more places to conquere business wise. Some centuries ago Europe and America moved out of their lands into Africa, India, Asia just for the same reason Igbos are mobile in at present. Those Igbos in Ibadan, akure, Abeokuta, etc are not there as servants. They come and exploit so many business opportunities that their hosts don't see and at times this breeds envy in the hearts some lazy people. Don't blame the Igbos, its a gift from God to take root and germinate even in desert places.

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by tonytony208(m): 9:25am On Apr 08, 2015
oikechukwu:


Those living in that gully eroded land is still living better than a primitive community who still act like common day baboons. I guess someone forgot to tell una humans already evolved from monkey so no need to continue Urinating and sh1ting everywhere una see like a bunch of animals.
Even Poverty and starvation is so within it that una own government created stomach infrastructure in order to get their votes. Funny enough that worked. The people even fought themselves for common plate of jellof rice with Zero meat. CHEI. GOD IS NOT HAPPY WITH UNA.
And thank you, at least my burial is going to be when God choose, compared to you walking around daily fearing if today is the day agbero boys will kidnap and sell you to a babalowo for ritual.

Anyway How's market? Have fayose paid you yet? Also How's your flooded lands doing kwa? Have you people finally learned what a drain is?

And I guess it is the dirt in the SW that is gumming your blodas down here in the southwest. They love the smell and the shit so much that they would rather die here than go back to gully erosion and free grave like you. The place is primitive, yet your blodas will not leave. Is it not madness and thoughtlessness that can make someone stick to shit and filth and primitive land when "cities" are waitign for him at home? Igbos must love suffering with passion. And how is your congenital body odor doing? I mean that your tribe-wide body odor that no perfume can ever eradicate?

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by BiafranPrince: 9:25am On Apr 08, 2015
tonytony208:


Does the oil belong to Igbo? No, it belongs to the south south. So, you have no claim on it. Yes the oba of lagos is drunk, but your empty and useless igwes in alaigbo can never reach where oba of lagos has reached or will reach in life. It is not a curse, it is reality. When next the omo onile ask for money, don't pay them, ok? And just see what will happen to you and the land you claim belong to you. OSU!!!

There is nothing like South South or Niger Delta.

We have only Biafra, Biafra has been there for more than 5000 years.
We only had Northern, Western and Eastern Nigeria.

Check your map.

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by PointB: 9:28am On Apr 08, 2015
PentiumPro:


Why do we have 100% indigenous Ibos in virtually all the Ngawa-land except sprinkle of non indigenes in Aba?
Why is orlu and Nnewi virtually Ibos
Why is Abakaliki and the surrounding villages a no go area for non Ibos?
Why is udi and Uga 100% indigenous Ibos?
Nobody is going to allow you to derail the thread.

Buy land, build and house and live there!

Who is stopping you apart from your fear of leaving your 'comfort' zone!

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by LagosLagoon: 9:30am On Apr 08, 2015
I heard his royal highness, Oba Akiolu's message loud and clear; and the result on Saturday shall determine my next line of action action.

The beasts from the East have desecrated me, and together with Olukun, we shall swallow them all and make amadioha dance naked in the market square. No flat head will be spared. Be warned!

Orishas bless Akiolu for speaking up and bless all Yoruba people.

Ashe.

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by Nobody: 9:32am On Apr 08, 2015
shizzleStar:
Thats the adventurous and survival spirit of a typical Igbo man.

Tomorrow now when he makes it big, and buys a plot of land you evil people will start crying blue murder and harassing him, claiming he wants to take over your land. Meanwhile while he was busy toiling and hustling, you all sat your lazy arsses down like true yorubas and waiting for manner to fall from heaven or planning how to fleece him of his hard earned wealth.

Men i'm fvcking PROUD to be IGBO. God bless and protect umunnem wherever we are. ISEEEEEEEE!

Yoruba tufiakwa *spits*
what is this one saying...please...don't come and generalise here...i'm not tribalisitic.

RACISM & TRIBALISM & XENOPHOBIA are excuses people make to justify their inadequacies. Although it exists, but please don't generalise...i didn't say anything derogatory about ibos...and am a yoruba catholic...you can do the maths

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by tonytony208(m): 9:33am On Apr 08, 2015
PointB:


Buy land, build and house and live there!

Who is stopping you apart from your fear of leaving your 'comfort' zone!

No, it is the fear of being eaten by man eaters. Don't forget that Igbo's eat human beings. I would rather stay among those who behave like human being than live among wild animals that look like human beings.

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by tonytony208(m): 9:36am On Apr 08, 2015
BiafranPrince:


There is nothing like South South or Niger Delta.

We have only Biafra, Biafra has been there for more than 5000 years.
We only had Northern, Western and Eastern Nigeria.

Check your map.

There are about five ethnic groups in eastern Nigeria and igbo is just one of them. So, oil does not belong to Igbo's. Ole!!!

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by oikechukwu: 9:36am On Apr 08, 2015
tonytony208:


And I guess it is the dirt in the SW that is gumming your blodas down here in the southwest. They love the smell and the shit so much that they would rather die here than go back to gully erosion and free grave like you. And how is your congenital body odor doing? I mean that your tribe-wide body odor that no perfume can ever eradicate?

Ha I've seen it all. A yoruba taking of body odor? Did anyone not tell you una are known as the MOST dirtiest tribe in Nigeria. Nwoke try another one or are you running out of insult? Everyone knows the dirtiest, smelliest tribe in Nigeria na yoruba. Everyone knows that. Even an Aboki mentioned it in the youtube Nigerian perspective video. Hahaha
Which igbo dey in osogbo, Ibadan, Ekiti and co? Also, why leave when we slowly Turing una into tenants in your own lands till the point even your own oba dey fear tey tey. By the time we through, Emir of illorin is going to proud how we don replicate their act. Ha!! Now go back and pay that your igbo land lord wey you owe rent!

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by italo: 9:44am On Apr 08, 2015
zyphr:

Oya clap for yourself for such a sensible post. Go to the thick forest of Ise-ekiti bodering ekiti and Ondo state, you will find several over forty year old Ibo born and brought up there with some even having a cocoa and palm plantation of thier own. This Ise-ekiti story is replicated is several southwestern states. Am not a southwesterner but I will say that the yorubas are the most accomodating and peace loving set of Nigerians i have met so far. So long as you are hardworking you can stay in any part of the south west make money and acquire properties of your choice. I am not sure a yoruba man can have a plantation in Ibo land. My 1 cent.

The bold is a compliment and testament to Igbos' industry.

Now did a Yoruba man offer money to buy a farmland in Igboland and the Igbo owner refuse him on ethnic grounds?

Or did the Yoruba man plant plantain and the Igbo man uproot it on ethnic grounds?

Are we to blame Igbos for Yoruba laziness?

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by shineeye: 9:46am On Apr 08, 2015
LagosLagoon:
I heard his royal highness, Oba Akiolu's message loud and clear; and the result on Saturday shall determine my next line of action action.

The beasts from the East have desecrated me, and together with Olukun, we shall swallow them all and make amadioha dance naked in the market square. No flat head will be spared. Be warned!

Orishas bless Akiolu for speaking up and bless all Yoruba people.

Ashe.
yoruba people are not in any way have much say in lagos even in house assembly 4 igbo candidates won and they are now the members of the house representatives in lagos.Lagos is no mans land" igbos are buying up everywhere in lagos developing the swampy lands and selling it back to other ethnic groups that can afford it specially niger delta people are buying a big chunk of properties from igbo developers..... in few yrs Oba of lagos will relocate down inside yoruba villages apparently some foreign big financial companies are backing igbos and that is the big problem illiterate Oba and his kins will face in future because those companies will do anything to protect their investment

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by Nobody: 9:47am On Apr 08, 2015
In as much as I don't appreciate what am seeing here, there is a need to tell your people to stop insulting us, to stop opening useless thread about Igbos, there is no way your people will heap insult on us that we won't give your people in double
gmyguy:
what is this one saying...please...don't come and generalise here...i'm not tribalisitic.

RACISM & TRIBALISM & XENOPHOBIA are excuses people make to justify their inadequacies. Although it exists, but please don't generalise...i didn't say anything derogatory about ibos...and am a yoruba catholic...you can do the maths

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by oikechukwu: 9:48am On Apr 08, 2015
tonytony208:


No, it is the fear of being eaten by man eaters. Don't forget that Igbo's eat human beings. I would rather stay among those who behave like human being than live among wild animals that look like human beings.

Really? The only place currently getting documented for cannabalism ritual in 21 century is your yorubaland.

We need legislation to eradicate rituals, cannibalism - Erelu Lola Ayonrinde -Raises posers on Oba Funso Adeolu's corpse

Erelu Tunwase AyonrindeErelu Tunwase of Ode-Remo, Chief Lola Ayonrinde, who is the Otun Iyalode of Shomolu and Lagos District, and also the Yeye Akinrogun of Ikeji-Ile Ijesa was twice Mayor of the London Borough of Wandsworth. She talks to AYO-LAWAL GBENOBA on her campaign against human sacrifice and cannibalism in Nigeria. Excerpts:

WHAT is your campaign all about?
The �Say No To Cannibalism In Nigeria' campaign is aimed towards eradicating the ancient and obnoxious practice of mutilating the bodies of traditional rulers after death. The rituals and sacrifices parts of the body of a dead king, especially in Western Nigeria, are used for are barbaric and a disgrace to the country in this 21st century . The movement is out to stop these evil practices which are not in consonant with the will of God and against the fundamental human rights of the affected traditional rulers. When a king dies, they say they have to give his heart to his successor on the throne to eat. They explained that it will make the new king strong and courageous but, is that not deceit? How can eating somebody's flesh give courage to another person? They mutilate the remains of these kings and engage in fetish and obnoxious activities which add no value to anybody or the society in general.


Why do you need to feed an incoming royal father with the heart of a dead one? This cannibalism started with Christopher Colombus who believed that when a king ate the heart, or some other parts of a dead ruler, some major attributes of the dead was transferred to the new king. This is sheer cannibalism and has no place with God. And, I want the chiefs, the traditional rulers themselves and other stakeholders to know that any tradition that does not recognise God is doomed. The government must put a stop to this cannibalism going on in some parts of Nigeria because, it is even against the constitution of Nigeria. [/b]Section 38 subsection 1 of the Nigerian constitution gives every citizen the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, while section 17 subsection 26 declares that the sanctity of the human person shall be recognised and human dignity shall be maintained and enhanced. Where is the sanctity of the human person in all these? Where is human dignity?


What motivated this campaign?
I was very close to the late Alaye of Ode-Remo, Oba Funso Adeolu, the popular Chief Eleyinmi of the rested Village Headmaster soap opera. Few months after his death on August 21, 2008, he started appearing to me and I had months of traumatic haunting. In his lifetime, Oba Adeolu was a Christian and he made it known that he did not partake in anything fetish during his installation as king. He explicitly, several times, demanded that when death came calling, his corpse should be handed over to his family so that he could be given a proper Christian burial. However, his corpse was not released to the family. After his death, he appeared to me several times, and kept telling me about many things. He said his corpse was handed over to the �odis' (slaves) who treated it like that of a criminal. They took bits and pieces of his remains for their own use while some parts were distributed to the four corners of the town.


[b]It was while going round that I discovered what happened and I met some chiefs who confessed what happened but asked me to forget it because there was nothing we could do about it.


All the �odus' of Ifa do not approve using human beings as sacrifice, the constitution does not approve and to crown it all, God Almighty frowns at this practice, they are doing it to appease whom? Some of the kings today are enlightened and those who are born again Christians, like Oba Adeolu, are renouncing these things. So, why hold on to an obnoxious and barbaric act? Oba Adeolu believed he would be given a decent burial and that is why his ghost has refused to rest. Even in Ijebuland, these things were abolished years ago and Ijebuland under the Awujale agreed they would bury kings according to their religion.


So, how do you hope to stop the practice?
We are canvassing that our traditional rulers should be buried whole, without being mutilated and it should be in the open. There is secrecy because of the evils attached. It is untenable scientifically that the heart is eaten for so and so reasons. To start with, let us have the installation of kings in the open, no aspect of the installation should be shrouded in secrecy. It should be a celebration of our culture so, why should it be shrouded in secrecy? When everything becomes transparent, it will even help younger ones to know more about our culture and we will be able to restore some of our societal values. Why should obas be laid to rest in a paganic manner? If a governor gives staff of office to a king, giving him recognition and authority, that king is under the governor so, why should the government condone barbarism in this age? The ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs should do something about this, if not, the government is endorsing cannibalism. True that some of the kings went through these rituals during installation but those who opted out should be given that grace of opting out of the rituals in death. They should be buried according to their faith. The practice is a disgrace to the whole of South West because it is common there.


We are appealing to the traditional rulers who were installed through cannibalism to renounce it publicly and declare they don't want their hearts to be eaten or other parts of their bodies to be used for any form of ritual. Abolition of slave trade took place years ago. So, why do we still have some people in Ode calling themselves slaves (�odis')? We need legislation to stop the barbaric act and we are appealing to our lawmakers to rise up to this task of eradicating cannibalism in Nigeria. There should be a law backing a king to opt out of fetish installation and burial and it should become an offence for anyone to tamper with the remains of a king, for whatever purpose, or to give the body to the �odi' for rituals. The penalty should be without an option of fine so that the perpetrators would know how grave the offence is. The �odi' in Ode can be given money to buy goat, ram, cow, or whatever they need for sacrifice, if they must, but there must be total abolition of human sacrifice in the country. Efforts are being made by some Ogun State traditional rulers to stop it but some feel the fetish practice must be protected. The government must detach itself from it.


Internationally, human sacrifice, cannibalism, witchcraft and sorcery are illegal so, why should it be done with impunity in Nigeria, a country that is known as the giant of Africa? Infact, politicians should begin to include the abolition of cannibalism in their campaign programmes, and party manifestos by 2010.


What efforts have you made so far to network and get people involved?
We give glory to Almighty God. I have spoken to so many kings who secretly don't want it and we are telling them that they should make an open declaration against these evil practices. The campaign would be boosted if they do because people believe they all knew and agreed to these evil practices before being installed. We now call on the royal fathers again, in the name of Almighty God, to declare publicly that they don't want these fetish practices to continue. I have carried the campaign to the international level so that Nigerians of affluence who are in diaspora would lobby the lawmakers and get a legal backing for the campaign to eradicate human sacrifice and cannibalism in Nigeria. A number of international media like the BBC have aired my interview on the campaign and some Nigerian people abroad are involved in the lobbying for a legislation to stop the obnoxious practices.


We call on the �oluwos' and �odis' in Ode to review the entrenched ill that has no value to the society. We appeal to them to accept cows and goats and allow our royal fathers to be buried according to their beliefs. Then, it was about time that the royal fathers are constituted into the House of Royals, like the House of Lords, so that they would have more power, say and patnership in governance. This would help them to contribute meaningfully to issues affecting them and the society at large.

What were you saying again?

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by Durinsday: 9:50am On Apr 08, 2015
ISpiksDaTroof:
Speaking as a neutral, I would say of all the groups in your country they are the least friendly. They are quite hostile to visitors and it's real work trying to live amongst them.

Its sad how much energy is spent breaking down Igbo-Yoruba relationships; half of that would have delivered greater prosperity for both.

Could you cite true and specific events that gave the conclusion of "least friendly & quite hostile"?

Yinka served in my village in 1993 and we gave him free accomodation in my village home in Imo. He had the other key to our gates, and his own quarters in the main house. He was given the whole space to farm whatever he liked. Very good guy, our whole kindred gave him food gifts as he was seen as a visitor. We only had to stop him from killing and eating the pythons. On finish, he planted a mango tree which we use to remember him to date.

Problem is most Yoruba people don't have as much travel appetite as Igbos and so are few in the SE. If Yinka wanted, he would have settled freely, married an Igbo girl and had land , but he went home after service.

We need understanding and not feelings of superiority. Both tribes are excellent in different matters, the Igbos are more inclined to travel and settle and develop their settlement, not really so much for Yorubas.
The Yorubas are quite accomodating as the Igbos are.

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by tonytony208(m): 9:51am On Apr 08, 2015
oikechukwu:


Ha I've seen it all. A yoruba taking of body odor? Did anyone not tell you una are known as the MOST dirtiest tribe in Nigeria. Nwoke try another one or are you running out of insult? Everyone knows the dirtiest, smelliest tribe in Nigeria na yoruba. Everyone knows that. Even an Aboki mentioned it in the youtube Nigerian perspective video. Hahaha
Which igbo dey in osogbo, Ibadan, Ekiti and co? Also, why leave when we slowly Turing una into tenants in your own lands till the point even your own oba dey fear tey tey. By the time we through, Emir of illorin is going to proud how we don replicate their act. Ha!! Now go back and pay that your igbo land lord wey you owe rent!

Ahhhh. Empty osu!! I guess you never leave your village before or you only live in ragos. Visit other southwest towns and see your people busy hawking poor standard stuffs. I dare your people not to vote for APC and see if they won't be thrown into the lagoon. They better obey quietly like ssheik amechi and alhaji okorocha are doing. Ndo OSU!

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Re: Why Are Igbo Towns 98% Indigenous? by PAINGAIN: 9:59am On Apr 08, 2015
PentiumPro:

Explore a place the indigene are running away from? You people are just irritatingly becoming over defensive
people even animals migrate all the time. Someone from nnewi is going to aba and vice versa. Are u trying to tell me that there is no one from oshogbo doing his business in akure and vice versa? Yoruba people r lazy, they know they can't go to east and stand a chance when it comes to hussling. Igbos out hussle u in ur own land where u got everything working for u let alone in our own backyard. U know u don't stand a chance. Ndi mgbu.

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