wirinet:


Juveniles without any knowledge of History would come here and start spewing rubbish. It was the Ikwerres that lost land as a result of Abandoned property. The Ikwerres lost all their properties in Portharcout to the Ijaws. many fled into Imo state without any thing but the clothes on their backs. And some mofo would came back and accuse the Ikwerres of confiscating Igbo property

During the war Ikwerre and other Rivers’ people were convinced that they would be better off if they disassociated themselves from the mainland Igbo and fought with Nigeria. They were promised that they would have the oil to themselves and would be the masters of PH. They bought into the idea, and after the war they appropriated Igbo property to the extent that not even the Yoruba or Hausa did with Igbo property in their parts of Nigeria.

They invented the term ‘Abandoned Property’.

The war is over now and the Igbo properties have now been converted into Delta property. A new day has dawned. It is time the Igbo moved on. If Ikwerre people do not want to be considered Igbo, they should be allowed to secede. So long as they do not start any thing that offends the Nigerian constitution, we should allow them be what they want to be.

Port Harcourt is growing and the percentage of Igbo in it is growing faster than the Ikwerre population. In the next 50 years a mainland Igbo would be elected as both the governor and mayor of Port Harcourt, Ikwerre’s feeling notwithstanding. At that time it would no longer matter from where one’s great, great, grand father came from for one would not know. Today a mainland Igbo son born and raised in PH can be classified as not Ikwerre. Two generations hence nobody would be able to tell.

If consensus Ikwerre people say they are not Igbo, let it be so. Let’s call them a different tribal group just as we have the Nupe, the Tiv, and Igalla. Let those who are proud to be Igbo be Igbo.

As for me and my family we shall answer Igbo when called.

Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba
Boston, Massachusetts
June 18, 2013

wirinet:

So that makes them Igbo Land right? So when you get the Biafra you are agitating for, Abuja and Lagos would be satellite Igbo states.

chamboy:
Y do Igbos always deceive demselves ehn... After Disgracing u ppl in polls una still dey talk

chamboy:
Y do Igbos always deceive demselves ehn... After Disgracing u ppl in polls una still dey talk

theSpark:


It is not Abokii land either

It's Gbagyi land majorly

ephemm:
Una don start!
When they ask u to "go and perish in the lagoon" now, U begin to get angry.
Take it or leave it:
Lagos is a Yorubaland

Abuja, Kano, Jos, Kaduna belong to the Hausas

Calabar is owned by Efik, even their closest neighbours - Ibibio know their place and don't try to claim "owners".

Warri belongs to Ijaw, Itsekiri & Urohbo

Aba & Onitsha belong to the Igbo

WisdomFlakes:


Liar. No amount of revisionist history will alter the truth. Here's what a militant igbo said about the subject:




From the writer's quoted words, it's clear that Igbos haven't learned their lesson. The writer is therein bragging about Igbos dominating Rivers and one day outnumbering the indigenes. This sort of foolish supremacist attitude and tendency is what lands them into trouble with their hosts.

from: http://chatafrik.com/articles/nigerian-affairs/ikwerre-is-is-not-igbo#.VTNWm_SjqhY

WisdomFlakes:


Liar. No amount of revisionist history will alter the truth. Here's what a militant igbo said about the subject:




From the writer's quoted words, it's clear that Igbos haven't learned their lesson. The writer is therein bragging about Igbos dominating Rivers and one day outnumbering the indigenes. This sort of foolish supremacist attitude and tendency is what lands them into trouble with their hosts.

from: http://chatafrik.com/articles/nigerian-affairs/ikwerre-is-is-not-igbo#.VTNWm_SjqhY

pazienza:



I didn't see any where in that article, where Ikwerres were accused to have masterminded the abandoned property saga. They only looked the other way, while their Igbo brother's were dispossessed of the very land they( Ikwerre) sold to the hinterlands Igbos.

Any who keeps quiet in the face of oppression is either a coward or a traitor. In the case of Ikwerres, their silence built on their desire to please the Ijaws in order to become a part of the old Rivers state, was seen as betrayal by Ndiigbo.

At that moment, Ijaws actions hurt less than the Ikwerres, cos we considered them kin, hence most Igbos rather hold Ikwerres liable for the abandoned property saga, than the distant Ijaws, they felt betrayed.

Entchidodo:
Machinery of government is pretty much useless without economic leverage to back it up....we just want to rub it in whenever the opportunity presents itself as it just did....Tis like old saying who pays the piper dictates the tune and we are saying Lagos is no man's land,deal with it..

Rawani:
Haven't the recent events in Lagos settled this issue? I think any further feathers raised on this issue is the fault of the Yoruba who still answer those who will not stop talking, despite making a clear point in the last guber polls in the State.

WisdomFlakes:


Nigga pls! Which piper do you pay? Is it your petty trading, or your fake spare parts and pirated cd businesses or Okrika business that the Lagos gov't is depending on? Heck, we have our own big businesses, industries that employ thousands and contribute more to Lagos GDP than your petty trading. How many Yorubas do your petty trading at Alaba and Okrika bizness employ? Don't flatter yourself and GTFOH.

kettykin:


Lagos and abuja were built with oil money more than any other city in nigeria , both cities are federal territories and no man's land

WisdomFlakes:


Please tell me this, coz you sound reasonable. Why would ikwerre igbos in Rivers and Agbor igbos in Delta deny their igbo-ness? I have an Agbor igbo friend who denies being igbo (even though I know he is), he would rather claim affinity with Benins.

Personally i think it's coz they detest igbo domination and supremacist tendencies.

kettykin:

That makes them federal capital cities and no man's land, go and tell a new yorker that Washington belongs to red Indians

MalcoImX:
There were other federal territories before Lagos and Abuja. Were they 'No man's land' too? And please don't start these things you're doing with Lagos to Abuja. Small small e go become argument as you don dey include Abuja in this 'no man's land' wahala.

MalcoImX:
Ichidodo, this has passed joking matter ooo! It's time you guys divest yourself and look at this issue in your best interests. This thing may not be viewed by the Lagos Yoruba lightly, as you're mistaken it. In the event of clash of interests, their brothers in the whole SW will be behind them. I tell you again – it's not in the interest of the Igbo to be SEEN working against the interest of the indigenes – to the extent that a King should lightly remind you of your positions. Remember, all these uncalled tensions in SA was started by a King who thought his people are being taken for granted.

WisdomFlakes:


I'll never forget an experience that occurred during my first ever visit to Abuja about 7yrs ago after my return from the U.S. The cab guy that drove me from the airport, an igbo guy, uttered the statement that "Abuja na no man's land o", during our conversation about the city. I didn't take it to mean anything at the time, but now I understand better.

Entchidodo:
Tis never the interest of the igbos to be intimidated and cajoled into giving up their rights especially in a one nation state Nigeria,remember they have been through hell and back to get where they at unlike the SW....What happened in SA can only happen here if the yorubas take it upon themselves to declare an Odua Republic then it can be seen that the igbos are foreigners to be kicked out but as long as the Constituition remains a valid document to both parties and there are yorubas earning their livelihood in the east then the Status quo still remains as far as Lagos being a no man's land is concerned..

codedslayer:


Are you yeeboes the only one in Lagos? The Hausa Bureau d Change have more investment in Lagos than you people but they dont chest beat nor make noise. Why not claim Kano as no man's land, why fixated on Lagos. You loudmouthed fl.atties come online to brag about non existing achievement, tell us how you develop Lagos? Is it the gala sellers or 2 by 2 yeeboe shops that build all the roads, hospital, bridge and house in Lagos. You are a disgrace to all living and dead Yeeboes. Pathetic.

MalcoImX:
Well, that was then, when they were saying it in low tones. Now, they're beginning to be vocal like Ichidido who'll ship his good to the North if the Yorubas decide on a boycott. He'd better stay in Lagos and settle with the indigenes before bringing his wahala up here. Of what use is buying his goods that they refused to buy in Lagos if tomorrow he'll begin to argue with the natives that the land does not belong to them.

ephemm:
Una don start!
When they ask u to "go and perish in the lagoon" now, U begin to get angry.
Take it or leave it:
Lagos is a Yorubaland

Abuja, Kano, Jos, Kaduna belong to the Hausas

Calabar is owned by Efik, even their closest neighbours - Ibibio know their place and don't try to claim "owners".

Warri belongs to Ijaw, Itsekiri & Urohbo

Aba & Onitsha belong to the Igbo

ibedun:


Ichidodo, see yer life? They will not buy your goods (imported by the way) up north o! Better hear am. You are trapped in Yoruba land and we shall do the needful to keep your mosquito noises silent. Remember anybody can import those silly fake things as well.