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coolitempa:
All you do is spit bitterness and abuse like the village urchin that you are....... .....the post I gave you is clearly referenced and available on many sites....google is your friend. It clearly states that Ezemu was living in satellite villages which was part of the Benin Kingdom....it also states that his family was from ife and maybe before that.....Israel..... and he was invited over by the Oba....... .........whether he believed he came from Israel is neither here nor there.....muumuu........

Those towns are part of d benin empire and before that.....from the ife empire and part of .......the oduduwa legacy......they are not ibo and that is why the people will never accept the Igbo toga u are trying to force them to wear....

This illiterate can't read. First, was written by a Yoruba, the only portion from that quote that is actually from ikemfuna and anene was the first portion, the rest are propaganda. I actually know those two actors and I've actually read their book hence the reason I stated those quote can't be found anywhere else. You copied the quote from NL, who copied it from herehttp://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-74653.html ironically, the first plave where that statement was ever made and funny enough on a yoloba discussion none the less. Based on the fact it's from a yoloba discussion, and showing the person diatorted what anene wrote inorder to include "ife" into it, it's safe to conclude na typical yoloba attache. That quote have never been referenced anywhere else but forums and ....FACT. Before you say Google, maybe you should have actually done that Google search yourself before making a f00l of yourself again. Unlike your ass, I gave you a direct quote from an anioma/ubulu writer, chudi. Secondly, since the post came from a yoloba discussion, is safe to conclude the BS story came from a yolova attache by force who desperately needed to attached yoloba in anioma. There are three origin fights of Ezemu origin and in all I've read, none of which has ever had ife in it whatsoever. I've read from Chudi, isidore okpewho, don ohadike, Chumezie Nnamdi, aguleri omobala, anene, etc and in each history, there have been two narrative of Ezemu which states he is either from NRI kingdom or he is from the neighboring ubulu-unor. Neither history buff, be it from ubulu or neighboring community ever included IFE in any of it hence I know for sure the quote came from an attache by force yoloba. If you need history books regarding ezemu written by ubulu ukwu indigenous, I'll be more than EMPHASIS on MORE THAN happy to provide you ones to read. If you need the book/author in which the person you quoted claim they got their quote from, I'll once again more than, Emphasis on MORE THAN happy provide and you can point out to me where ife ever mentioned in the entire book.
It's similar to how you monkey tried to rewrite idemuje history online claiming they descended from benin and their obi was forced to write a book debunking that rubbish

Secondly, just because i know na attache by force wrote what you provided does not mean i won't dissecr it for your limited braincell. Once again, monkey reread your quote again. It said he was popular in the all over and even in Benin kingdom, not that he is from Benin. Secondly it equally stated he migrated from isreal to I've, not that he is from Ife. Learn how to f2king read. Kim kardashian is popular worldwide and invited all over the world, in fact wasn't she invited to Niggeria several years ago, does that now make her niggerian? I moved from Nigeria to America does that bow make me an American? You're so dimwitted, it's ridiculous how dimwitted you are.

dumie:
From this thread,I noticed that only Ogwashi peep are the only ones identifying with Igbos. Don't blame them, they don't have any origin. No king for a very very long time, they kept on killing their kings meanwhile a raving madman was their original king before Ngozi okonjo father became the king. Ogwashi peep can aswell go with the Igbos. I didn't know igbos needed us this much to become their Biafra

Lmfaooooooooo. You keep giving your worthless self away. Like I said, I can bet my left balls that you don't know where or even how to get to aniomaland. I can bet my entire savings you are yoloba and this your post proves it because no anioma person will ever insult another anioma group no matter what. Even the history rewritters are never insulted nor their place of origin. I can bet every single thing I owe, including what my parents owe, that you're not one of us. Desperate attache by force monkey.

First I'm not ogwashi, I'm asaba and proud. Secondly I'm proud of the OP for not taking your bait and begin insulting other anioma group because I know that's what you attache by force ass wants

And finally
I've already did this before but let me redo it again

First of all, here is the words of asagba of Asaba aka the king of Asaba, our ruler

Prof. Edozien saying all Igbo are one, itemised seven agenda al for Igbo unity which he said for two years, Ohanaeze ndigbo could not achieve.

https://www.nairaland.com/529305/asagba-asaba-proud-igbo-son

The chairman of the lecture, Obi Edozien, re-emphasised this point: “we Igbo people are one. We must stop fighting over irrelevancies and emphasise the essential.”


This point arose out of the tendency among Igbo people to regard some groups as not “real” Igbos on basis of dialectal differences. It also exists in the form of clearly Igbo-speaking people with Igbo names and cultural patterns declaring themselves as “not Igbo” but ethnic minorities.

This is very rampant among Igbo groups in the South-South zone who believe that by so self-declaring publicly, they would be more acceptable among the real minorities and allowed to take their places as ethnic minorities.

Experience has, however, shown that this self-delusion hardly ever produces their desired results. Whenever the push comes to the shove, the real minorities remind them that they are Igbo people who are out to take what belongs to the minorities through the back door.

This phenomenon was evident in 2006 when former Governor Peter Odili of Rivers State (who loved to call himself a “Rivers man,” as if Rivers State is a tribe) was running for president. Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark openly declared Odili an Igbo man, arguing that the South-South president that the minorities have been agitating for was not meant to go to “an Igbo man.”

Given this situation, there has been an increasing shift of paradigm. Many Igbo groups, especially in Delta State, have decided no longer to play the masquerade. The Obi of Asaba, Professor Edozien, actually laid out conditions he believes will cement Igbo unity permanently.

Obi Edozien then called on the people of the South-East zone to support the creation of Anioma State and another for Igbo-speaking people of Rivers State to make for seven states, all of which will be lumped together in one zone or region.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200901261676.html

Let's move on to NOI father, Ralph umucheze, the obi of ogwashi uku, the ex president of ohaneze ndi Igbo.

"Ofili is not making an accurate statement although he is entitled to his views even when he is wrong. It is ridiculous for people who speak Igbo and who properly know their ancestral home to say they do not know their origin again or for another person to begin to give inaccurate facts," he told Saturday Independent in an interview.

"We have people in Anioma and theyform one-third of the population and that has also reflected on the number of local government areas it commands. The entire Delta may not trace their origin to the East (Igbo) it is not contestable but the people of Anioma traced their origin from the East and there is nothing bad in joining Ohanaeze Ndigbo."

Uwechue said belonging to the Ohanaeze Ndigbo would promote unity among the people, rather than focus on divisive tendencies that will not do anyone any good.

"If we do not belong to the stock they will not have given us the president-general. It is because they know. Even the present president of Aka-Ikenga, the intellectual think-tank of Ndigbo, is from Delta and all this promotes unity and a sense of belonging. I am from Ogwashi-Uku and we know our origin. That we have Ijaw people in Delta State does not mean they do not know that they belong to Bayelsa State. Ohanaeze Ndigbo is the grand umbrella for all Igbo stock, for all that have the Igbo origin including those in the Diaspora, so our inclusion is not out of place.

"What the world needs now is unity and any umbrella that will ensure that it is promoted must be encouraged. But I know that there is a deliberate effort in some quarters to tear Ndigbo apart for fear of their solid demography, which is a political force that some are not comfortable with." --- [side note: this speaks of you perfectly]

Uwechue said that identifying with your source does not make you an enemy of other people.

He added: "People like Dennis Osadebe clearly identified where we belong. And we know it, so it is not for anybody to come and re-write history. The issue is not subject to unnecessary debate because we are well informed to knowwhere we are coming from. Nobody is seeking for any relevance with the organisation because without (it) one is already relevant."

http://allafrica.com/stories/200903020908.html

This is an article from an Anioma son, ika, addressing laughing stock Charles okafor, kanrium and emeka in their effort of history distortion. I'll emphasis his origin. This is from an IKA man..this is not only for that wannabe OP but also for those SE that keep attacking ika all the time refusing to understand that community is extremely divided and needs to given space to sort themselves out rather than attacking them. One person opinion from those ppl are not always the opinion of all of them.

Anyway

In an article written by one Mr.Chris Okafor, on ARTICLES BASE, the fellow wanted to correct what he likened to a misconception by Late Amb. Ralph Uwechue the ex president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Ibo social cultural organization.

It seems Mr. Okafor wasnt aware of the fact that the later, Amb. Uechue is also from Ogwashu ukwu. But that's by the way. What I found totally strange was how a man who set out to correct what he termed a misconception eneded up dishing out more misconceptions. First, here is a quote from Mr. Okafor in his effort to correct the misconception by Uwechue: "Anioma people just like every other tribe, villages, towns or ethnic groups in Nigeria today cannot be said to come from one particular area. This is not what is at stake. What is at stake is that we, the ANIOMAS are over due for the immediate creation of our own State." My question to Mr. Okafor is how Anioma became a tribe...in what way and by whom?

It is very unfortunate that people who do not even know what Anioma stood for are usually the ones making futile efforts to make it an ethnic group. I am personally aware that Anioma is simply a coinage given to the constituent Local Governments in Delta north senatorial district in anticipation to make it a state. Anyone who isn't aware of the reasons Anioma was formed should go and read more before coming to the internet to write wishful stories.

The fact that one misinformed Proffessor Kunirum wrote that ANIOMA is now an ethnic group does not make Anioma an ethnic group, it rather makes Proffessor Kunirum a misinformed fellow. The Nigerian system had confused us all from knowing the line between literacy and intelligence and so many of us often mistook literacy for intelligence. Having read Dr Kunirum's book where he wanted for reasons best known to him to make Anioma a separate ethnic group away from the larger Ibo attachment makes me conclude that he and his likes are very literate, not intelligent. The fact that Dr Kunirum while running away while no one is chasing after him is enough to ask questions: why the run?

Furthermore, if Kunirum and his fellow confused likes form an Anioma ethnic nationality, what will be the language, I mean mother tongue of this 'new' tribe? If they chose Ibo as the mother tongue of the new ethnic nationality, wouldn't that make them silly?

True it was that there are non Ibo elements present in Anioma, but these where refugees that we, the indegenes assimilated linguistically and culturally. Do we now need to change the name of our village because two or three visitors are not comfortable bearing the name? Mr. Okafor suggested that the Ikelike people of Ogwashi were the first settlers in Ogwashiukwu, how? And how do you mean that the 'uku' in Ogwqashiuku means great in Bini? So what does the same mean in Ibo?

In as much as some of us are willing to keep deluding themselves and others without any tangible reason, it is a thing of shame that these people don't ask questions. How come the almighty Bini as you usually portray could not hold on to their languages once they are a mile away from Bini? And do you not imagine how a strong conquering people will loose their language and culture to the conquered people? What are the reasons that most of the settlements founded by these Bini wanders usually had the Umu prefix? How did a powerful Bini prince suddenly threw away his proud Oba title and picked up Obi while he and those with him are all Bini?

Lets take the history of Umunede for instance which goes thus:
 Umunede Kingdom was founded by a Benin Prince, called EDE and his wife, IYE who migrated from Benin and settled in the present location, later known as Umunede. The exact date of migration of Ede and his wife from Benin was not recorded but generally, historians put the approximate period as the Thirteenth Century A.D., during the reign of Oba Ewedo The Great (1250-1280 A.D.) Thus, the Kingdom is over seven hundred years old and many historians believed that Umunede Kingdom is one of the oldest kingdoms east of the Benin Empire.



Historians had contended that during Oba Ewedos reign, the Oba had two battles to fight: a diplomatic battle against the great nobility led by the Ediommehan and military battles against Ogiamien III in order to destroy once and for all this anti-royalist movement. As a result of these events, many princes and noble men fled with their families to different safe locations.



The second wave of migration to Umunede probably took place under Oba Ewuare The Great (1440-1485). During his reign, an attempt to eliminate members of the nobility who were threatening the monarchy gathered momentum and brought about another wave of migration out of the Benin Empire.



Historians also believe that there were other settlers before and after Ede and Iye arrived at the present location but no one was sure when those earlier settlers arrived at this same location. However, later migrations to Umunede were well documented. For example, there were other immigrants from Ishan, Benin-speaking areas and Yoruba areas of the west between the 16th and 19th centuries and their quarters are well known in Umunede. Also, there have been large number of immigrants from the Eastern Igbo-speaking area since the last quarter of the 19th century and, since the civil war; Umunede has also been witnessing a large number of immigrants from neighbouring towns and villages.



All historical accounts showed that Ede and his followers did meet a collection of people in the present location, later called Umunede. Those who were already in that location were probably not as strong and organized as Ede and his followers. Therefore, Ede was able to impose his rule and leadership upon the earlier settlers. In fact, it has never been contested that Ede brought to Umunede the type of administrative and social structures, which were already in place in the Benin Empire. Firstly, the monarchical administration, which Ede and his followers brought from Benin, was established in Umunede and hence up to today, Umunede still has traditional and hereditary kingship. Secondly, the mode and type of worship and traditional festivals correspond to the practices in the Benin kingdom. Thirdly, the mode of building houses in ancient Umunede was also that of Benin tradition.



Every available document showed that Ede and Iye had four sons in the following order of seniority: Ilege, Edware, Oba and Ile. Those four sons and their descendants constituted the original four main villages of Umunede. Available information also showed that it took some time before the kingship, as we know it today was fully established. When it was fully established, it took and Igbo title, Obi instead of Ovie or Onogie, which are the titles kings that descended directly from Benin. But, why Obi? Probably, the main reason was that in the course of centuries of living together and inter-ethnic marriages, each of the various groups living in that location started to lose its original ethnic identity, thus giving way to develop on Unumede language and culture- the language being very close to those of Ibos West of the Niger, while Unumede culture was predominantly that of Binis until the first assume that language of the dominant tribe in Umunede. History did not record and alternative title to Obi.

What is the common sense in arguing or trying to say that a man a fugitive precisely who came with his wife and four children and met a 'group' of people now becomes the founder of the village together with the people, not persons he met on ground? Could it not be better put that Ede was a Bini sent to rule the colony with the authority of the Oba who was later assimilated into the population? If that was the case, how then did the people turn around to start answering Umu Ede which translates thus as children of Ede?And how did the Bini warrior quickly took up Obi as a title instead of Oba? Common sense says that it is a more powerful and conquering culture that overshadows the weaker ones. Here, people are telling us that it was the other way round: weaker cultures dominating the stronger ones.

Then that gives us another angle that people east of the Niger also bears Ede. We should consider.
Umu Ede means children of Ede corrupted to Umunede. What was the name of the Town before Ede, his four children and wife showed up?

The story continued: "Every available document showed that Ede and Iye had four sons in the following order of seniority: Ilege, Edware, Oba and Ile. Those four sons and their descendants constituted the original four main villages of Umunede. Available information also showed that it took some time before the kingship, as we know it today was fully established. When it was fully established, it took and Igbo title, Obi instead of Ovie or Onogie, which are the titles kings that descended directly from Benin. But, why Obi?" Yes, Why Obi? Although the writer continued with a "probably" that was not well researched and therefore didn't make any sense. They wrote: "Probably, the main reason was that in the course of centuries of living together and inter-ethnic marriages, each of the various groups living in that location started to lose its original ethnic identity, thus giving way to develop on Unumede language and culture- the language being very close to those of Ibo West of the Niger, while Unumede culture was predominantly that of Binis until the first assume that language of the dominant tribe in Umunede. History did not record and alternative title to Obi." Did Ede and his children live for centuries as to change from Ovie to Obi when in the first place, they never had an Oba title?
We should learn how not to interpret mythology as history.

There was an article I read by Emeka Esobgue where the Oba of Bini was boldly claiming that Igbanke people are Edo (Idu) and not Ika. Why wouldnt he say so with pride when the people themselves choose to embrace mythology instead of conducting a research on themselves? Even Emeka Esogbue that tried to wave off Oba's assertions equally ended up along the same line of lazy history by also claiming that the Ika are from Bini. If they are from Bini, then why confront the Oba for trying to reclaim his children? The only sensible way to counter such claim is simply by writing a history based on investigations, not by rewriting a well known myth.

There is no way anyone can seperate us Anioma and Ika from the rest of Ibo.
If we are not Ibos, then no one is...for what is Ibo and who is one?

....to be continued

http://carlos-chinwendu..com/2014/12/ika-anioma-iboresolving-identity-crises.html?m=1

I'm not done yet. I'll be back

ikechu1278:
This illiterate can't read. First, was written by a Yoruba, the only portion from that quote that is actually from ikemfuna and anene was the first portion, the rest are propaganda. I actually know those two actors and I've actually read their book hence the reason I stated those quote can't be found anywhere else. You copied the quote from NL, who copied it from herehttp://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-74653.html ironically, the first plave where that statement was ever made and funny enough on a yoloba discussion none the less. Based on the fact it's from a yoloba discussion, and showing the person diatorted what anene wrote inorder to include "ife" into it, it's safe to conclude na typical yoloba attache. That quote have never been referenced anywhere else but forums and ....FACT. Before you say Google, maybe you should have actually done that Google search yourself before making a f00l of yourself again. Unlike your ass, I gave you a direct quote from an anioma/ubulu writer, chudi. Secondly, since the post came from a yoloba discussion, is safe to conclude the BS story came from a yolova attache by force who desperately needed to attached yoloba in anioma. There are three origin fights of Ezemu origin and in all I've read, none of which has ever had ife in it whatsoever. I've read from Chudi, isidore okpewho, don ohadike, Chumezie Nnamdi, aguleri omobala, anene, etc and in each history, there have been two narrative of Ezemu which states he is either from NRI kingdom or he is from the neighboring ubulu-unor. Neither history buff, be it from ubulu or neighboring community ever included IFE in any of it hence I know for sure the quote came from an attache by force yoloba. If you need history books regarding ezemu written by ubulu ukwu indigenous, I'll be more than EMPHASIS on MORE THAN happy to provide you ones to read. If you need the book/author in which the person you quoted claim they got their quote from, I'll once again more than, Emphasis on MORE THAN happy provide and you can point out to me where ife ever mentioned in the entire book.
It's similar to how you monkey tried to rewrite idemuje history online claiming they descended from benin and their obi was forced to write a book debunking that rubbish

Secondly, just because i know na attache by force wrote what you provided does not mean i won't dissecr it for your limited braincell. Once again, monkey reread your quote again. It said he was popular in the all over and even in Benin kingdom, not that he is from Benin. Secondly it equally stated he migrated from isreal to I've, not that he is from Ife. Learn how to f2king read. Kim kardashian is popular worldwide and invited all over the world, in fact wasn't she invited to Niggeria several years ago, does that now make her niggerian? I moved from Nigeria to America does that bow make me an American? You're so dimwitted, it's ridiculous how dimwitted you are.

Dear Mr. F. Guobadia, please forward this to Francis from Atani.

To: Francis (from Atani in Anambra)

Re: "The question is how can other Igbos be alien when we speak almost
exactly the same language?"

In truth Igbos do not speak "almost exactly the same language". Back in
1919, when Lugard was trying to make a language policy he wrote: "Ibo
is said to be spoken by over two millions, but its dialects differ so
greatly that for practical purposes they are separate languages, and the
attempt to create a standard Ibo has so far had little success."

Having said that, let me share some information below that will bridge
your position and that of Dr.Eweka. In those days migration patterns
were very loose and settlements were frequently made up of immigrant
groups with varying backgrounds who lived side by side peacefully. They
intermarried and their languages and cultures influenced one another
deeply. They shared the same rituals and had the same religion, which
as you rightly pointed out frequently involved shrines and rites in
Benin. It is the British that forced many mixed communities in "western
Igbo" land to make categorical and mutually exclusive choices about
"tribe" for administrative reasons. But those communities have always
known that their ancestry was mixed. You are absolutely right about the
fusion of Edo, Igala and Igbo cultures in Atani.

As another example, Prof. Anene (page 12) states that "The Ibo along the
Niger and to the west of it were absorbed into a different political
system of which Benin was the center..............dominated perhaps for
centuries by Benin, (they) trace their origin variously from Benin
itself and from localities east of the Niger. For instance, Issele-Uku
claims Benin ancestry. So do Onicha-Olona and Agbor. On the other hand
, many clans in the Asaba district believe that their ancestors
descended from an IBO woman of NTEJE across the Niger, although she also
had IGALA blood in her veins and finally married a BENIN husband (page
20)." {See also "Intelligence Report, Asaba Division (1935)", with
covering report by HFM White}

It is important not take the word "dominated" out of context. In that
era the political economy was feudal.

Before the white man came, the "Ibo" or "Igbo" of modern Nigeria had no
common name. Village groups were referred to by the name of their
ancestral founder. In fact the word `Ibo" was used condescendingly by
the Oru to describe forest dwelling hinterland Ibos. The term may also
have come from an Igala word "onigbo" meaning slave people. In fact
`Ibo' or `Heebo' first appeared in European lingo early in the slave
trade to refer to any Ibo-speaking groups. To avoid confusion the
Ibibios (who were intially classified as Ibos) were later called "kwa-
Ibo" after the river.

Based on distinctive features, according to Jones (1945) there are five
(5) main divisions:

a. Northern (Onitsha) Ibo, including Nri-Awka, Elugu, and Onitsha
proper. b. Southern (Owerri) ibo including Isu-Ama, Oratta-Ikwerri,
Ohuhu-Ngwa and Isu-Item. c. Western Ibo including Northern Ika,
southern Ika (Kwale) and riverain (scattered in Ogwashi-Uku, Onitsha,
Owerri, and Ahoada divisions). d. Eastern (Cross-River) Ibo including
Ada, Abam-Ohafia, and Aro. e. North-Eastern Ibo (Ogu Uku)

Benin influence reached its peak in the 15th and 16th centuries
extending into not only so-called "western" but also "southern" Ibo
areas. (Try asking an old man from Oguta to speak his "real" dialect).
Although 'western Ibo area' had become relatively independent in the
19th century, the centralizaing influence of Benin remained very strong
. Aboh (with a Bini ruling house) was the dominant regional trading
power on the lower Niger until the latter part of the nineteenth century
. [NB: In the 16th century Portuguese made it as far as Arochuku. ]

Bonny in particular, was a huge slave market on the coast and was
dominated by Ibos. In 1790, for example, 16,000 of the 20,000 slaves
sold there annually were Ibos. Although the British stopped trading in
Ibo slaves in 1808, slavery continued until 1841. But by 1846, palm-oil
trade had taken over as the most lucrative economic activity. Other
major slave markets were Bende, Uzuakoli and Akwete.

The first mission in the area was CMS Onitsha, established in 1856 at
the same time Macgregor Laird was opening a trading station. Bishop
Crowther was opened at Bonny in 1864. UAC opened a trading station at
Onitsha in 1879 while the Royal Niger Company did so in 1886. After the
Aro expedition of 1901-2, Bende, Owerri and Aba divisions were brought
under British control under full authority was not established until
1907. (These campaigns were coordinated with the suppression of the
Ekumeku movement on the western side of the Niger, while Oba Ovoranwen
was detained in Calabar.) Even then insurgency broke out in 1914 in Aba,
Okigwi and Bende and again in 1929 when Aba women rioted.

Government schools were not opened in Iboland until 1906 in Owerri and
Onitsha. By 1935, christian penetration of Iboland had reached over 600
,000. To provide a widely read Bible, "Union Ibo" was designed from
Bonny, Owerri, Arochuku, Ngwana and Onitsha and used by protestant
missionaries in their schools. Since it was not embraced by Catholic
schools it failed to gain wide acceptance. Another problem with it was
its artificial phonetics and grammar.

The dialects of Ibo that became prominent were `Owerri Ibo' and `Onitsha
Ibo', both used for vernacular writing. It is these dialects of Ibo
that are now called "Ibo" in modern Nigeria.

"WESTERN IBO"

Western Iboland is a hybrid with much influence and admixture from other
groups. The following table lists main village groups and their origins
:

NORTHERN IKA (Nnuani (or highland people) as they are called by Onitsha
people), for example, have many Bini features, not only in social
organization, but also vocabulary, architecture and customs.

1. Agbor - founded by Chima who migrated from Benin to Onitsha and back
to Ozarra-Agbor. 2. Abavo - Ibo origin (Eze Avo) 3. Owa - Nri (Ibo) and
Bini immigrants 4. Idumu Asa - Migrants from Ugboha in Ishan (Edo) area
5. Ute Okpu - Bini and Ibo settlers 6. Ute Ogbeji - 7. Otolokpu - Benin
8. Akumazi - Benin 9. Umunede - Benin. (Also regarded as an Agbor
offshoot) 10. Igbodo - Benin 11. Mbiri - Benin 12. Ezechima - Benin 13.
Ogwash-Uku - Oda Igbe from Nri Ibo 14. Uburuku - Kwale migrants (Obodo
and Ezemu) 15. Okpanam - migrants from Uchi in Aboh district 16. Ibusa -
Umejei of Isu (southern Ibo) and 3 brothers from Nri-Ibo 17. Akuku Atuma
- mixed ancestry (Ibo, Bini and Aboh) 18. Illah - Nteje, Idah and Benin
19. Odiani - Yoruba, Ishan. They actually speak Akua Yoruba dialect. 20
. Idumuje - founded by Bayi from Benin. Settlers from Asaba and Benin.
21. Nsukwa - Bini ancestry.


SOUTHERN IKA (KWALE) are mixed Edo and Ibo. There were three waves of
migration - wave 1 aboriginal (umuakasi-ada, abedei and umunkwata), wave
2 Benin (Orogun, Akoko and Utagba) and wave 3 Benin (Ogume). Southern
Ikas also have many Urhobo/Isoko features.

1. Umuakasiada - Bini
2. Umunkwata - Bini
3. Abedei - Bini
4. Orogun - Effe from Benin (Ute) married an Urhobo woman
5. Abbi - Effe from Benin (Ute) married an Urhobo woman
6. Amai - Effe from Benin (Ute) married an Urhobo woman
7. Akoko - Ute, Igala, Abbi and Ogwash-Uku
8. Utagba - Onitsha, Nsukwa, Okpai, Umuachi Afor
9. Onicha - Otagba Uno and Onitsha
10. Emu - Onicha
11. Ogume - late arrivals from Benin and Aboh

RIVERAIN IBO (Oru) have language, culture and ritual elements from Ijaw
and Igala. They are also of mixed descent - Bini (Aboh), Igala (Osomari
) and others.

1. Nzam - Nri-Awka, Ibo and Igala
2. Anam - Nri-Awka (Nteje) and Igala
3. Asaba - Achalla and Nteje (maternal)
4. Oko Okwe - Idah and Benin
5. Atani - Benin, Idah and Ibo
6. Osomari - Idah and Benin
7. Ossissa - Benin (part of Aboh migration)
8. Abarra - Idah, Nri-Ibo, Onitsha and Isu
9. Umuabarra Utchi - Utchi, Inyi and Onuabo
10. Okpai -
11. Aboh - Founder came from Benin through Ossissa, Ashaka and Aboh
driving away Akoi people who were the original inhabitants
12. Ndoni - predecessors of Aboh
13. Afor - Obetim and others along Ase river
14. Ase - closely linked to Isoko
15. Ashaka
16. Ibrede
17. Eight unclassified villages
18. Oguta - Trading town with 7 villages
19. Izombe
20. Awarra, Asa and Ikwerede
21. Egbema - including Okwuzi and others
22. Oba - Trading town. Egi, Osomini and Iburu subtribes.
23. Ekpeya (Ekpaffia) - peculiar dialect of uncertain origin

REFERENCES

Darryl Forde & GI Jones: The Ibo and Ibibio speaking peoples of South-
Eastern Nigeria, in 'Ethnographic Survey of Africa (Western Africa Part
III)' International African Institute, London 1950.

Anene JC: Southern Nigeria in Transition 1885-1906. Cambridge
University Press 1966

http://www.geocities.ws/lagosjump/anambra.htm.....another link debunking the lies claiming Anioma is ibo..... ...read and educate ur self.....godamnit...........

dumie:
From this thread,I noticed that only Ogwashi peep are the only ones identifying with Igbos. Don't blame them, they don't have any origin. No king for a very very long time, they kept on killing their kings meanwhile a raving madman was their original king before Ngozi okonjo father became the king. Ogwashi peep can aswell go with the Igbos. I didn't know igbos needed us this much to become their Biafra

https://i58.tinypic.com/2q8xd8k.jpg

Community Development in Owa Kingdom by Efeizomor II (Obi of Owa)
https://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=asn0TfnfJY2q8AOL_IiwBw&ct=result&id=WXouAQAAIAAJ&hl=en

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27861FW: [NdiCISA] Re: [IWA_Igbo] TRADITIONAL RULERS URGE UNITY AMONG NDIGBO Updated

Oliver Anam

Mar 21, 2010

 Attention: Fellow Anioma Indigenes.
 
Please concentrate on the event of March, 19th as detailed below.
 
[b] What an interesting REVELATION/INFORMATION from both HRM Dr. E.O. Efeizomor II OON; JP, the Obi Of OWA in Ika North LGA, who is also the incumbent Chairman, Anioma Traditional Rulers Council and HRM Prof. J.C. Edozien CFR; JP,the Azagba Of Asaba/Ahaba both in Anioma, Delta State
 
I believe that as perfect custodians of our Anioma culture and traditions, our Royal Fathers are in an advantage and better position to educate us more on our Igbo identity, rather than the  Osia's among us whose interests are PERSONAL.
 
Uninformed, unsuspecting and gullible Anioma sons and daughters, especially those in diaspora have been bamboozled by Dr. Kunirum Osia's "Trojan Horse" article on "Who We (Anioma people) Are" . This article which is found in Anioma.org website by Dr. Osia (who has abandoned and severed his relationship with the Anioma Association USA and every Anioma individual, after ending the tenure of office as the Founding Nat'l President, Anioma USA). Osia's poisonous and caustic academic exercise write-up has remained a sour source of reference by some Aniomans in diaspora who believe that whatever our great scholar Kunirum Osia, a PhD holder in Political Science dishes out must be "swallowed"
 
I Remain a Proud Igboman
 
Anam/OO
President,CISA   [/b]

[side note:CISA stands for council of Igbo states in America and yes, an anioma is the president]
 

 
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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:36:06 -0700
Subject: [NdiCISA] Re: [IWA_Igbo] TRADITIONAL RULERS URGE UNITY AMONG NDIGBO Updated



TRADITIONAL RULERS URGE UNITY AMONG NDIGBO

 

 Sunday March 17, 2010.

 

            On arrival at Sam Mbakwe Airport , Owerri members of Igbo World Assmbly, IWA, ASA World, Council of Igbo States of America , CISA, and European Igbo Council, EIC, drove straight to the residence of the Chairman of South East Traditional Rulers Council,Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, the Obi of Obinugwu..

 

            Eze Ilomuanya and members of the delegation led by Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze exchanged views on how Ndigbo associations in the diaspora could be more effective in projecting Ndi-Igbo affairs.

 

            To this end, the delegation and the traditional ruler agreed to reinforce the special communication channel earlier established between the two groups.

 

            Eze Ilomuanya enjoined Ndigbo associations in the diaspora to continue to work for peace and unity among Ndigbo at home and in the diaspora.

 

            The traditional Ruler observed that the two year tenure system for headship of Ndigbo associations at home and abroad was short and inadequate.

 

            He noted that before anyone could settle down in the position, the person’s tenure had run out and “the trend was militating against the ability of the person to be effective in embarking on activities to project Ndi-Igbo.

 

            The Royal Father observed that the conduct of the February 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra state was exemplary and worthy of emulation thoughout the length and breath of Nigeria .

 

            Eze Ilomuanya commended NdiAnambra for making a right choice by re-electing Mr. Obi as Governor ofAnambra State adding that Mr. Obi’s election was “akin to putting a round peg in a round hole”.

 

Thursday March 18

           

 

The delegation visited the Imeobi palace of the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, Agbogidi.

 

            The traditional ruler expressed delight at the tremendous improvement of the security situation in the state.

 

 

            Igwe Achebe, who is the Chairman of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, stressed the need for the State Government and private entrepreneurs to establish more industries in the state to provide employment for the teeming youths of the state.

 

            The Royal Father commended ASA-World and IWA for their role in fostering unity among Ndigbo.

 

Friday March 19

 

Two highly placed traditional Rulers inDelta State, the Asagba of Asaba, Professor J.C. Edozien CFR; JP., and the Obi of Owa in Ika North Local Government, Dr. E.O. Efeizomor II OON; JP., have stressed the need for Ndigbo, no matter the geopolitical location in which they are based, to be united in the quest for Ndi-Igbo to again become relevant in Nigeria in particular and the world in general.  

 

            Professor Edozien made the remarks when he granted audience to a delegation of IWA, ASA World, CISA and EIC.

 

            The traditional Ruler, a former academician, who received the delegation with a retinue of his fully attired members of cabinet, said that although Asaba people were located in the south south geopolitical zone, “most of my subjects hail from Nteje in Oyi Local Government of Anambra State”.

 

            Professor Edozien noted that "nothing could be achieved by Ndigbo unless unity prevailed among members of the ethnic group irrespective of the geopolitical zone in which they are based”.

 

            He appealed to IWA to work assiduously to resolve the crisis in World Igbo Congress, WIC, and, thereafter "IWA, WIC, ASA World, CISA, EIC and other Ndi-Igbo associations in the diaspora should pool their resources together to uplift the welfare of Ndi-Igbo”.

 

            The Asagba expressed delight over the efforts of IWA, ASA World, CISA and EIC to project, through the museum on Igbo Village to be opened on September 17, 2010 in Stanton , Virginia in the United States of America , the contributions of Ndi-Igbo to one of the major civilizations in modern history.

 

Friday March 19

 

            On his own part, the Obi of Owa in Ika North Local Government of Delta State, Dr. E.O. Efeizomor II OON; J.P., said that research had traced the origin of Ika people to the Nris of Anambra State.   

 

            Dr. Efeizomor II who has been on the throne for fifty years, said that what was significant about the research was that it was conducted by Ika intellectuals.

 

            The traditional Ruler said that although the “Ikas were making spirited efforts to identify and relate with Ndi-Igbos in the South East geopolitical zone, the efforts were not being reciprocated, hence a few Ikas have reservations over their affinity with Ndi-Igbo”.

 

            The Obi of Owa presented to members of the IWA delegation a book to buttress his assertion that Ikas were, according to him, “proud Ndi-Igbo of Nri ancestry”.

 

            Dr. Efeizomor II said that the entire Ika traditional institution was happy to participate in the Igbo Day that was held in Owerri on September 29, 2009 adding that “Ika people look forward to joining our brothers and sisters in taking part in more Ndi-Igbo activities in future”.

 

Friday March 19, 2010

 

            The traditional ruler of Agulu, HRH Innocent E. Obodowkor expressed delight that Ndigbo were beginning to be united.

 

            Eze  Obodowkor said that before the advent of Mr. Peter Obi’s government four years ago, NdiAnambra were behaving like an ethnic group that was cursed but “ I am happy that with the election of one of my subjects to the exalted office in Awka, things have started to change for the better”.

 

            The Anambra Governor is an indigene of Agulu.  

 

                                            - end -

 

Stories by Chief Tony Idigo J.P.,

Ikolo Aguleri

Once again, I'm not done. I'll be back

dumie:
From this thread,I noticed that only Ogwashi peep are the only ones identifying with Igbos. Don't blame them, they don't have any origin. No king for a very very long time, they kept on killing their kings meanwhile a raving madman was their original king before Ngozi okonjo father became the king. Ogwashi peep can aswell go with the Igbos. I didn't know igbos needed us this much to become their Biafra

Here tradition tells us that Ogele or Ogene was the patriarch of our ancestors; but whence he came from we do not know for certain. Even the Benin, who claim him as their own, confess to the mystry of his exact association with them. Better to know the man from his deeds among us, as I have recounted. We believe that early Agbors have some cultural affinity with the East Niger—Igbo people, and that the Edo people as neighbors of Agbor 



Language: Agbor spoke the ika dialect akin to other Igbo tongues, but the special vehile of the ika culture end image. It is distinct and dissimilar from Edo language and vice versa, even though some say that Agbor was once under the Oba’s rule. This was so because Benin was the first to acquire firearms from the Portuguese, and with which they terrorized the neighboring states. But this state of affairs lasted for only a short: Agbor liberated themselves before the 18th century. “Oru asuw Igbo; Igbo asuw Ika”: Agbor appears to be the credits of the Ika dialect and the citadel of Igbo heroes.


Chief A.G.Idwue
Dein of Agbor
Agbor-Obi 1979

http://ikaworld.com/books/Iduwe.History.pdf

Unfortunately I have this book in hardcover and I can't find a direct link to it online so I can copy and paste quotes therefore, I'll inform una the name Anioma: Resolving the Identity Crisis by Obi Charles Anyasi of Idumuje unor (obi of idumuje unor)  where he loudly attested that they are of Igbo descendant and not Edo as some try to pass. 

Again, I'm not done. I'll be back

Exploits Of Ezemu, Founder Of Ubulu-Uku



By Emeka Esogbue
The oral tradition which credits Ezemu with the foundation of Ubulu is well-known but what is little known about his background is the myth which affirms his grandparents as migrating from Israel and first settling in Ile-Ife of the Yorubas. The legend did not state any further the period of this migration, his genealogical history and did not also offer any more historical account regarding his kinfolk. However, it added that from Ife, Ezemu and his family moved to Afor in Ndokwa where they were to later settle . It was from Afor in Ndokwa that Ezemu, Alibo, Obodo, Aniga and Ekelie left carrying a pot of charms on their head which was prepared for them by their father with the instruction to settle wherever it dropped. This pot was to drop in Ubulu-Unor where they settled before Ezemu later moved to settle in Ubulu-Uku. Ezemu had now founded a new home now called Ubulu-Uku which means Large Ubulu in the people’s dialect.
Ezemu was said to be a powerful medicine man whose fame had now spread beyond Ubululand. He was particularly feared and respected even in Benin Empire. He was a hunter and marksman of no mean repute but it was his prowess in the preparation of charms that brought him deference. Ezemu in his life time established a great diplomatic relations between Benin Empire and Ubulu-Uku and also brokered peace between the empire and his community. He visited Benin regularly where he prepared powerful charms for the Oba to win terrifying wars. The victory of Benin over Igala was attributed to the powerful charms prepared him. Within the period, Igala rose to become the headache of Benin Empire, constantly posing threats to the existence of the empire and the Oba of Benin needed the magical prowess of Ezemu to assist him to containing the Igala people and he got it.
Tradition also credits him with preparing charms which elongated the lives of the Obas of Benin. This endeared him to the Oba and his people and brought Ubulu-Uku closer to Benin. One of Ezemu’s achievements was that he made Ubulu-Uku an actor in the affairs of Benin and Anioma, ensuring that Ubulu-Uku was indirectly involved in the war policies of Benin. He won credits for this.
Ezemu had two children he named Ijedinka-jezie (male) and Ozim (female). The name ‘Ijedinka-jezie’ sounds regretful. Whether this is a suggestion that Ezemu looked back on his travails with regret or not is a matter of interpretation for Anioma historians. Some writers are of the opinion that Ezemu historically believed to be the first Obi of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom had hoped that Ijedinka-jezie succeeded him. He therefore religiously pursued it.
Controversy trails the now popular claim that Ezemu founded Ubulu-Uku considering the fact that there were some groups of settlers he met in the present area of Ubulu-Uku. The story is told of how he discovered a smoke at a place around Abuedo Village he then went there only to find Ekei and his group of settlers.
It would appear that there were different groups that made up Ubulu-Uku before Ezemu eventually united them. It may be further argued that Ezemu united them into a single settlement for self-purpose of becoming the king of the entire settlement. Well whether he founded Ubulu-Uku or not, what now matters is that Ezemu grew so powerful above other actors so that crediting him with the foundation of Ubulu-Uku matters less. After all, he is not alone in this. In Ogwashi-Uku, the people of Ikelike said to have journeyed from Benin are believed to be the original settlers of that settlement but history now credits Odaigbo with the foundation of Ogwashi-Uku. Elsewhere in Akwukwu-Igbo, Okolie Agu the now acclaimed founder of the community was said to have also met a group of Opu people in the area still history regards him as the founder of the Kingdom.
The question is was Eze Chima the founder of Obior? Wasn’t he said to have met the people of Ovior he dispossessed but the history of the foundation of the area to Eze Chima. Ibusa presents another case, in which Umejei is seen as the founder of the town against the existence of other progenitors namely Edini, Anyalla-Obum and Omuoha. Who between Umejei and Edini was the first to arrive the present site of Ibusa? This is because of the great popularity and significance attached to the wave of migration led by Prince Umejei from Isu. In faraway America, Amerigo Vespucci discovered America and had the continents of North and South America named after him but history rather regards the more popular Italian-born Spanish navigator, Christopher Columbus as the one that discovered America. In history, it would seem that
As Anioma historians have posited, Ezemu may not be the definite founder of Ubulu-Uku because he met some groups on ground but in all credit should be given to Ezemu for laying the solid socio-political foundation that exists in Ubulu-Uku today. For one, Ubulu-Uku became so powerful that Benin accorded it the diplomatic rights and privileges it deserved as an entity and when relationship went sour it adeptly confronted the same Benin in a battle that has a place in African history. Such was the might of Ubulu-Uku the great community of Ezemu.

Another article written by an ibo man showing he was from Ile-Ife and by extension......anioma is truly Yoruba....... .....no be me write am o......

dumie:
From this thread,I noticed that only Ogwashi peep are the only ones identifying with Igbos. Don't blame them, they don't have any origin. No king for a very very long time, they kept on killing their kings meanwhile a raving madman was their original king before Ngozi okonjo father became the king. Ogwashi peep can aswell go with the Igbos. I didn't know igbos needed us this much to become their Biafra

Sunday, 25 November 2012

EKUMEKU WAR, WARRIORS AND CENOTAPH.

History

Resistance was strong in western Igboland where a series of wars were waged against the British. The Ekumeku, who were well organized and whose leaders were joined in secrecy oaths, effectively utilized guerrilla tactics to attack the British. Their forces, which were drawn from thousands of Igbo youth from all parts of igboland, created many problems for the British, but the British used forceful tactics and heavy armaments (destroying homes, farms, and roads) to prevail. The Ekumeku, however, became a great source of Igbo nationalism.
The Ekumeku Movement is unique in Igbo history for two reasons. First, the length of time the movement endured, comprising Military campaigns over a period of thirty one years. Secondly it is the outstanding example in Igbo Civilization of an attempt to unite previously disunited states to resist the invader. You have seen that one crucial reason for Igbo defeat was the great discrepancy of scale between the average Igbo community and the colonial invader. The British decided on a preemptive strike, and in December, 1902 sent a powerful expedition which systematically destroyed a number of towns and imprisoned their leaders. This, it was assumed, was the end of the Ekumeku.."the Ekumeku and other secret societies have been completely broken".
In 1904, the Ekumeku rose again. This time the changed their tactics, mistakenly, it would seem in retrospect, abandoning the united guerilla warfare of 1898 for the individual defense of each town. The last act of the Eureka drama began in late 1909. The occasion was a succession dispute in Ogwashi-Uku. One of the claimants, Nzekwe, the son of the last Obi, feared that the British would deprive him of his throne, and decided to fight for his inheritance.
On November 2, 1909, the British sent an expedition to Ogwashi-Uku to kill everyone in Ogwashi-Uku but they failed in the expedition. The British perceived, in the whole Asaba hinterland, a sympathy with the Ekumeku, and a disposition to throw off government authority. In 1911, there was a final round-up of Ekumeku leaders in various towns that was followed, once more, by imprisonments.
The acting lieutenant-governor of the southern provinces sent an agitated telegram to Lagos: "Whole country is above area...is the state of rebellion." Reinforcements arrived from Lokoja, and the British proceeded to a confrontation at Akegbe. We quote both the contemporary British accounts of the battle at Nkwo market.


The war

With the invasion of Ndoni in 1870 and bombardment of Onicha-Ado (Onitsha) on November 2, 1897, the stage was set for the Ekumeku war that engulfed the whole of western Igbo region. The Royal Niger Company (RNC) commandered by Major Festing engaged Ibusa in 1898, and in 1904 it was the people of Owa/Ukwunzu against the British in a war that W. E. B. Crawford Coupland requested for more arms to crush the western Igbo communities. Owa would once again engage the British in 1906 in battle that S. O. Crewe lost his own life. On November 2, 1909, it was finally the turn of Ogwashi-Ukwu who matched the British. In this war the British sustained many casualties with the death of H. C. Chapman.

Aftermath

Although the Ekumeku failed in 1914, but the western Igbo treasure their memory as imperishable legacy. Heroes included Dunkwu Isus of Onicha-Olona, Nwabuzo Iyogolo of Ogwashi-Ukwu, Awuno Ugbo, Obi of Akumazi, Agbambu Oshue of Igbuzo, Idabor of Issele-Ukwu, Ochei Nwayazia of Onicha-Olona, Abuzu of Idumuje-Unor, Idegwu Otokpoike of Ubulu-Ukwu are still remembered in Western Igboland. The Ekemeku War is one of the greatest resistances to the British empire and inspired later rebellions such as the Mau Mau of Kenya.

http://ndokwavoice..com/2012/11/ekumeku-war-warriors-and-cenotaph.html?m=1

Albeit this is about ekumeku war, pay attention to what he called the fighters. And BTW, I already know tour attache by force do not know what Ekumeku war is. Ekumeku war is one of the biggest war fought in Aniomaland and the longest resistance against British colonization in Nigeria

I'm still not done yet.

The truth will set you free...... ....when Biafra is formed....we will expel you into your hinterland from whence you bigots came..... ...namely....anambra and Enugu....shikena....

coolitempa:
Dumie is right...........anioma is Benin and not SE......read your history or speak to d real indigenes.....

And how does that help your miserable life?

dumie:
From this thread,I noticed that only Ogwashi peep are the only ones identifying with Igbos. Don't blame them, they don't have any origin. No king for a very very long time, they kept on killing their kings meanwhile a raving madman was their original king before Ngozi okonjo father became the king. Ogwashi peep can aswell go with the Igbos. I didn't know igbos needed us this much to become their Biafra

Argumentatively one can rightly say we are Igbos. In Nigeria, it is linguistic that is used to classify a nation of people. For example in Yoruba land, you have the Egba, Ijebu, Remo, Ondo and Oyo ethnic groups with different dialects of the Yoruba language. These ethnic groups have strong distinct dialects but are still called the Yorubas. Anioma like the Egba or Ijebu in the Yoruba land is a distinct sub-ethnic nationality of the loose Igbo nation

http://www.aniomahouston.com/anioma_history.html

A little side note: majority of the members of Anioma: Houston chapter are predominately ika and ukwuani. The president is in fact oshmili. The vice is the ika

coolitempa:
Another article written by an ibo man showing he was from Ile-Ife and by extension......anioma is truly Yoruba....... .....no be me write am o......

[img]http://media./media/3i7zenReaUuI0/giphy-facebook_s.jpg[/img]

Emeka Esogbue is this nigga source. The shame of Aniomaland. The biggest rewriter of anioma history and equally the laughing stock of anioma right now. LMFAOOOO You might as well used kanuirum, ofili or okafor as your source

While I'm at it, Emeka Esogbue is from Ibusa, not ubulu uku.

The name of the book of anene and co is called sociology of ubulu-uku, I'll once again ask you to provide a quote from that book where ife was ever mentioned. In addition, Anioma:a social history of western Igbo by don ohadike. Once again provide one quote from that book with Ife in it. BTW: this two books are from ubulu sons. One of which is where the book your quote referenced. I'll be waiting and next time don't make me laugh directing me to Emeka Esogbue.

coolitempa:
Another article written by an ibo man showing he was from Ile-Ife and by extension......anioma is truly Yoruba....... .....no be me write am o......

Go to Asaba and rename it Atanda. Come back with your head still on your neck.

dumie:
From this thread,I noticed that only Ogwashi peep are the only ones identifying with Igbos. Don't blame them, they don't have any origin. No king for a very very long time, they kept on killing their kings meanwhile a raving madman was their original king before Ngozi okonjo father became the king. Ogwashi peep can aswell go with the Igbos. I didn't know igbos needed us this much to become their Biafra

I am of the Igbo stock from UkalaOkpunor in Oshimili North LGA of Delta State. I am 61 years of age and have from late 1965, during my undergraduate days at Downing College, Cambridge, England, been fascinated by my people, the Igbo, and specifically by what makes them such a pulsating enigma of a people

http://ndiuwaoma..com/2009/04/igbo.html?m=1

I'm still not done with you.

Ikechu1278, and Ugumba,

I appreciate the works you guys are doing, but I think it is high time you guys stopped replying coolitempa. Mehn that girl is a bit.ch, and doesn't need to be given attention. The idea that Anioma is not Ibo only EXISTS on nairaland. Myself I'm from Asaba, and I have been to Anioma several times and have many friends from there, to them its even an anathema to suggest that they are not Ibos' let alone saying it. Infact one of the things that seriously provoke an Anioma person (and I am speaking from experience) is to suggest that he/she has an identity crises.

Please let this matter slide (die), thankfully, no amount of e-bashing or e-posturing can erase history, as Aniomas are fully aware of their origin. I believe that replying coolitempa and the likes is really a way to help them out of their south wastelands of frustrations. We should instead channel this strength and energy into something that will benefit the Igbos' and not something that will massage the ego of frustrations and bone-headed cowardice of the ofe-mmanus'.

We can create another thread to continue with our Biafran struggle, because its a struggle we should all be involved in!

dumie:
From this thread,I noticed that only Ogwashi peep are the only ones identifying with Igbos. Don't blame them, they don't have any origin. No king for a very very long time, they kept on killing their kings meanwhile a raving madman was their original king before Ngozi okonjo father became the king. Ogwashi peep can aswell go with the Igbos. I didn't know igbos needed us this much to become their Biafra

In 1999, Mr. Peter Okocha { from Ibusa} contributed financially and campaigned vigorously for the OBJ/ Atiku ticket. In 2003, as a PDP party loyalist, he did exactly the same, supporting the duo. There was an unwritten agreement that after James Ibori, the governorship would be zoned to the Delta Igbo senatorial district. All eyes were on Peter Okocha who belonged to the Atiku camp to clinch that ticket.

Thus when the war of ‘attrition’ between OBJ and his Deputy started, Peter Okocha, rather than following the much hackneyed principles that in politics, there is no permanent friend but permanent interest, remained loyal to Atiku. That, became his undoing. He probably thought he was still doing business. So, OBJ mobilized the state apparatus to make sure that he did not clinch the ticket. Okocha decided to go under AC to contest. Prof. Maurice Iwu’s INEC did another abracadabra on him. He was ‘disqualified’. His case is still pending in the electoral appeal court- to be determined by only God knows when, by a seemingly compromised section of the judiciary.

Chief Ibori, who benefited from Peter Okocha’s electoral largesse and support throughout his stay as governor, did a u-turn and stabbed Okocha on the back. Overnight before the 2007 charade called election, a decision was taken that the PDP governorship race should be zoned to the other senatorial district while Delta Igbos were to make do with state Chairman of the party. That was how Mr. Peter Nwaoboshi became the state PDP Chairman. The Urhobos, Itsekiris, Izons, Ijaws, and Isokos, aptly supported by OBJ, ganged up and executed that coup against us. They rounded it up with the puerile logic that since we have the state capital, we should not produce the next governor.

Again in the 2007 election, as a prelude to that charade, Prof. Pat Utomi { from Ibusa}, whose wife is from the East, went to OHANAEZE to solicit for support for his presidential ambition. Chief Orji Uzor Kalu also went to solicit for his too. A section of OHANAEZE that rejected Pat Utomi, gave me a terrible food for thought. One of them, according to some daily Nigerian newspapers’ reports, hankered abject adroitly : “Is he really a proper Igbo man? Look at him, he cannot even speak Igbo properly.” Others even insinuated that his name did not sound Igbo. I was shocked to the bone marrow. I couldn’t believe what I was reading from prominent Igbo citizens.

Instead of asking the two candidates to present their programmes and manifestoes, they were busy hankering on whether one of them is a “proper Igbo” or not. I was shocked of words. If any Igbo person does not know the meaning of Utomi, then that person should take a suicidal dive into the river Niger.

I guess some Igbos will ask of the true meaning of my surname – ADINLOFU. An Igbo man ones asked me in London whether I am a Yoruba man, that my surname looks like one. I just laughed { even though my spouse is Yoruba} and politely asked the man to pronounce my name. He ended up pronouncing it with all the Igbo-ness and accent which goes with it. While he was slowly pronouncing it, the meaning was unfolding before his eyes. He simply laughed and laughed himself to scorn.

Besides, it is a historical fact writes Emma Okocha of Izu-Anioma, that when Ojukwu even declared the Biafran Republic, he never had us in mind. Ojukwu’s Biafran and its boundary ended at Onitsha, living his kiths and kin – Midwestern Igbos – to their destiny. And yet during that pogrom of 1966, most Delta Igbo officers ran, not to Mid -West or to the West but to their kiths and kin in the East. The Chief of Biafran Navy, the late Captain W. A. Anuku, was from Agbor.

Ojukwu went further to choose Col. Banjo against the overwhelming preference of Nzeogwu {a then Mid-Western Igbo officer}, to lead that tactical assault on Midwest and on to Lagos. Most writers call it tactical because, the choice of Banjo and his subsequent antics {Read WHY WE STRUCK 1983 by Ademoyega} changed and swung the war to the advantage of the Federal troops. In that assault, Col. Banjo, who was then assisted by Lt. Col Igboba { from Ibusa}, got his assistant locked up in Benin prison over disagreements on tactics and the way and manner the invasion was being compromised.

However, while the Biafran soldiers were retreating from the Federal counter attack, Banjo, Ademoyega, and coy deliberately left Lt. Col Igboba behind at the Benin prisons only for the invading ‘British troops’ called Federal forces under the command of Lt. Col. Murtala Muhammed to stroll casually into Benin prison, locate Igboba and had him beheaded. That was the same Igboba who helped General Ironsi to quell Nzeogwu’s coup in Lagos.

Even in their genuine demand for more Igbo states, the East never count the Igbos in Delta state as worthy. Their request ought to always incorporate the demand of our people for the creation of Anioma State out of the present amorphous Delta State. After all, it will still be another seemingly full fledged Igbo State. However, I still remembered quite vividly that the late Dr. Chuba Okadigbo ones in while, had requested that the Igbos of Delta State should be given appropriate hearing in their quest for Anioma State which would have extricated and freed us from the strangle-hold of the Urhobos. But that was a lone support in the wilderness.

There is a need for the Igbos in the East to reach out to their brothers and sisters across the river Niger. This is not to say that we cannot stand on our own. The point here is that there is strength in number-“Igwe-buike”. The Igbos in the East should always seize the initiative because of their strength. They should make it their statutory duty to come to us and embrace us.

http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/igbos-of-delta-state-and-crisis-of-identity-conclusion/

Lastly I'll leave this article here. Many anioma sons and daughters celebrated and honored as Igbo pride professional. Neither SE or SS Igbo had any problem with anioma included in the honor therefore OP, try your divide and rule tactics with others. 
http://www.cp-africa.com/2013/04/16/okonjo-iweala-pat-utomi-stella-okoli-honoured-as-igbo-professionals-celebrate-their-global-best-at-ola-ndi-igbo-event/

Just like una are currently failing miserably in your divide and rule tactics between SS and SE. U people would equally fail miserably in your divide and rule tactics between us and SE. We know who we are and don't need an aaaboki coward telling us who the f2k we are.

Now that I'm done with that.
Wtf where you saying about ogwashi uku again? The history of ogwashi uku is vast and well known dimwit. Their migration origin in we'll documented and even included in most anioma history so wtf did you just say about ogwashi uku people again?

Attache by force yoloba monkey. This is why I despise you people with every fiber of my begin.

Tkester:
Ikechu1278, and Ugumba,

I appreciate the works you guys are doing, but I think it is high time you guys stopped replying coolitempa. Mehn that girl is a bit.ch, and doesn't need to be given attention. The idea that Anioma is not Ibo only EXISTS on nairaland. Myself I'm from Asaba, and I have been to Anioma several times and have many friends from there, to them its even an anathema to suggest that they are not Ibos' let alone saying it. Infact one of the things that seriously provoke an Anioma person (and I am speaking from experience) is to suggest that he/she has an identity crises.

Please let this matter slide (die), thankfully, no amount of e-bashing or e-posturing can erase history, as Aniomas are fully aware of their origin. I believe that replying coolitempa and the likes is really a way to help them out of their south wastelands of frustrations. We should instead channel this strength and energy into something that will benefit the Igbos' and not something that will massage the ego of frustrations and bone-headed cowardice of the ofe-mmanus'.

We can create another thread to continue with our Biafran struggle, because its a struggle we should all be involved in!

I know. Why you think I despise the yoloba lately. They come on NL and try to create problems for anioma. Who else does stuff like that but a satanic, devilish, group. I spit on them. Personally, I would ignore them but those illiterate and irritating the heck out of me.

ikechu1278:
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Emeka Esogbue is this nigga source. The shame of Aniomaland. The biggest rewriter of anioma history and equally the laughing stock of anioma right now. LMFAOOOO You might as well used kanuirum, ofili or okafor as your source

While I'm at it, Emeka Esogbue is from Ibusa, not ubulu uku.

The name of the book of anene and co is called sociology of ubulu-uku, I'll once again ask you to provide a quote from that book where ife was ever mentioned. In addition, Anioma:a social history of western Igbo by don ohadike. Once again provide one quote from that book with Ife in it. BTW: this two books are from ubulu sons. One of which is where the book your quote referenced. I'll be waiting and next time don't make me laugh directing me to Emeka Esogbue.

You can twist it as much as you want...... ...I have given u enuff references....written by ibos stating the clear truth that anioma is benin.....even dumie another anioma sister has said the same.. .......BTW....I never stated where Emeka is from.... .....even the king of agbor has said the same.....nnamdi azikiwe has said the same....but u anambra flat'heads will be coming here to twist history

may you live long...the advent of internet is making the world to know their types and lies peddled so do not worry...but what I just cant get is why they are always scared of IGBO unity.....the whole thing is disturbing


you will see a non igbo telling an igbo man that a man from igbo akiri in edo state that his name is Obinna Oliseh is not an igbo man you will just look at him imn amazement and ask if the man is okay


WE ARE HAPPY FOR INTERNET AND THANK LORD FOR THOSE THAT INVENTED THE INTERNET INCLUDING THE IGBO MAN PHILIP EMEAGWALI...Do you know the kind of fallacious report they did on that Igbo man philip...do you know what they did to Ngozi Okonjo when Mit GAVE HER award few months ago


ndi ofe di egwu really#

what agbor speak is igbo dialect called ika it is same with owerri dialect just like ukwuani and oguta speaks same dialect and Asaba with Onitsha and Abatete areas speak same dialect just like Ohaji and Ikwerre speaking same dialect


I wonder how these non igbo will understand this?


chukwu gozie igbo nine ebe obuna anyi noo

RepEnugu:
no need to argue with the yorobumbum bastards....anioma peeps are fucking igbos....there was this agbor family in my area in anambra that year,though their dialect is hard to understand but they speak the igbo language,got igbo names e.t.c like their two children whom they named onyekachukwu and chinedum respectively with their surname 'olisaemeka'....those folks will lynch any yorubumbum or bini idiot that tell them that they are not igbo...
do yorubas even know that their are igbos in benue state?
ogenyi onazi is an igboman from benue state....my surname is ogenyi but am from enugu state....our brothers were carved into benue state.

OK LET US AGREE THAT ANIOMA IS BENIN, WHICH IS VERY FOOLISH TO ADMIT, HOW COME THEY SPEAK IGBO, HOW COME THEY BEAR IGBO NAMES, HOW COME THEIR MARKET DAYS ARE EKE , AFOR AND NKWO AND ORIE. HOW COME THEIR IS OFOR AND OGU , HOW COME ANIOMA IS WHAT THEY ARE CALLED JUST LIKE ENUANI AND UKWUANI..WHY NOT ONE FUNNY BENIN NAME LIKE OGIDA, OLIHA ETC


DID IGBO COLONISE THE ANIOMA TO CHANGE THEIR LANGUAGE TO IGBO, EVEN IF THE IGBO COLONISED THEM WHY DID THEY NOT REMEMBER TO NAME THEIR NAMES ORIGINAL BENIN NAMES...IGBO MUST BE A SUPER RACE TO MAKE THE ANIOMA CHANGE ALL THEIR NUANCES IN LESS THAT A DECADE



SO YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUR LOGIC IS ILOGICAL AND SOUND VERY CRAZY AND BIZZARE...I THINK A PSYCHO ANALYSIS WILL BE GREAT FOR YOU...ID CRISIS IS TERRIBLE

coolitempa:
You can twist it as much as you want...... ...I have given u enuff references....written by ibos stating the clear truth that anioma is benin.....even dumie another anioma sister has said the same.. .......BTW....I never stated where Emeka is from.... .....even the king of agbor has said the same.....nnamdi azikiwe has said the same....but u anambra flat'heads will be coming here to twist history

Nwanne biko welu aka...iga ala mmanu enu

nna yi mulu gi ofuma

ibu nwafor


olisa dube yi

Tkester:
Ikechu1278, and Ugumba,

I appreciate the works you guys are doing, but I think it is high time you guys stopped replying coolitempa. Mehn that girl is a bit.ch, and doesn't need to be given attention. The idea that Anioma is not Ibo only EXISTS on nairaland. Myself I'm from Asaba, and I have been to Anioma several times and have many friends from there, to them its even an anathema to suggest that they are not Ibos' let alone saying it. Infact one of the things that seriously provoke an Anioma person (and I am speaking from experience) is to suggest that he/she has an identity crises.

Please let this matter slide (die), thankfully, no amount of e-bashing or e-posturing can erase history, as Aniomas are fully aware of their origin. I believe that replying coolitempa and the likes is really a way to help them out of their south wastelands of frustrations. We should instead channel this strength and energy into something that will benefit the Igbos' and not something that will massage the ego of frustrations and bone-headed cowardice of the ofe-mmanus'.

We can create another thread to continue with our Biafran struggle, because its a struggle we should all be involved in!

you must have not been seeing your mensis and that is why you seems to be like this


bia nwanyi ifele mee gi, mee onye na ala gi ikpu mezie onye mulu yi

#

coolitempa:
The truth will set you free...... ....when Biafra is formed....we will expel you into your hinterland from whence you bigots came..... ...namely....anambra and Enugu....shikena....

I took time to read coolitemper post and history post..that enfant terrible has a high degree of igbophobic in him, I think she must have been dumped by an igbo dude..well I can console with her that is if this igbophobic tendency doesnt rest her in peace....she is having post traumatic disorder

this is her post history...if I lie please click on her link

https://www.nairaland.com/coolitempa/posts/7



she has igbophobia and this is as a result of heartbreak by an igbo dude...i pity her sorry soul


umunne chefuo nu agalacha nwanyi ahu, anyi na akpo udi ndi dika ya ...oku enu

tonychristopher:
you must have not been seeing your mensis and that is why you seems to be like this


bia nwanyi ifele mee gi, mee onye na ala gi ikpu mezie onye mulu yi

#

I am sure there are rules against speaking bush languages...... ...this man should be banned..

NNA BIKO CHEFUO ONYE ALA AHU BIKO

ikechu1278:
This illiterate can't read. First, was written by a Yoruba, the only portion from that quote that is actually from ikemfuna and anene was the first portion, the rest are propaganda. I actually know those two actors and I've actually read their book hence the reason I stated those quote can't be found anywhere else. You copied the quote from NL, who copied it from herehttp://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-74653.html ironically, the first plave where that statement was ever made and funny enough on a yoloba discussion none the less. Based on the fact it's from a yoloba discussion, and showing the person diatorted what anene wrote inorder to include "ife" into it, it's safe to conclude na typical yoloba attache. That quote have never been referenced anywhere else but forums and ....FACT. Before you say Google, maybe you should have actually done that Google search yourself before making a f00l of yourself again. Unlike your ass, I gave you a direct quote from an anioma/ubulu writer, chudi. Secondly, since the post came from a yoloba discussion, is safe to conclude the BS story came from a yolova attache by force who desperately needed to attached yoloba in anioma. There are three origin fights of Ezemu origin and in all I've read, none of which has ever had ife in it whatsoever. I've read from Chudi, isidore okpewho, don ohadike, Chumezie Nnamdi, aguleri omobala, anene, etc and in each history, there have been two narrative of Ezemu which states he is either from NRI kingdom or he is from the neighboring ubulu-unor. Neither history buff, be it from ubulu or neighboring community ever included IFE in any of it hence I know for sure the quote came from an attache by force yoloba. If you need history books regarding ezemu written by ubulu ukwu indigenous, I'll be more than EMPHASIS on MORE THAN happy to provide you ones to read. If you need the book/author in which the person you quoted claim they got their quote from, I'll once again more than, Emphasis on MORE THAN happy provide and you can point out to me where ife ever mentioned in the entire book.
It's similar to how you monkey tried to rewrite idemuje history online claiming they descended from benin and their obi was forced to write a book debunking that rubbish

Secondly, just because i know na attache by force wrote what you provided does not mean i won't dissecr it for your limited braincell. Once again, monkey reread your quote again. It said he was popular in the all over and even in Benin kingdom, not that he is from Benin. Secondly it equally stated he migrated from isreal to I've, not that he is from Ife. Learn how to f2king read. Kim kardashian is popular worldwide and invited all over the world, in fact wasn't she invited to Niggeria several years ago, does that now make her niggerian? I moved from Nigeria to America does that bow make me an American? You're so dimwitted, it's ridiculous how dimwitted you are.

Enwude go m ya


i have confirmed this



she fell for it



onye ala...akwunakwuna

coolitempa:
I am sure there are rules against speaking bush languages...... ...this man should be banned..

tonychristopher:
OK LET US AGREE THAT ANIOMA IS BENIN, WHICH IS VERY FOOLISH TO ADMIT, HOW COME THEY SPEAK IGBO, HOW COME THEY BEAR IGBO NAMES, HOW COME THEIR MARKET DAYS ARE EKE , AFOR AND NKWO AND ORIE. HOW COME THEIR IS OFOR AND OGU , HOW COME ANIOMA IS WHAT THEY ARE CALLED JUST LIKE ENUANI AND UKWUANI..WHY NOT ONE FUNNY BENIN NAME LIKE OGIDA, OLIHA ETC


DID IGBO COLONISE THE ANIOMA TO CHANGE THEIR LANGUAGE TO IGBO, EVEN IF THE IGBO COLONISED THEM WHY DID THEY NOT REMEMBER TO NAME THEIR NAMES ORIGINAL BENIN NAMES...IGBO MUST BE A SUPER RACE TO MAKE THE ANIOMA CHANGE ALL THEIR NUANCES IN LESS THAT A DECADE



SO YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUR LOGIC IS ILOGICAL AND SOUND VERY CRAZY AND BIZZARE...I THINK A PSYCHO ANALYSIS WILL BE GREAT FOR YOU...ID CRISIS IS TERRIBLE

I am not azikiwe....not keshi.....not oliseh.....not oba of agbor....not anioma.....all claim they are not igbos......all claim to be from benin.....their market days are not Igbo market days....stop lying....some have ibo names but they also have their native names....and their language is different from urs...

tonychristopher:
NNA BIKO CHEFUO ONYE ALA AHU BIKO

back to sender.......

tonychristopher:
may you live long...the advent of internet is making the world to know their types and lies peddled so do not worry...but what I just cant get is why they are always scared of IGBO unity.....the whole thing is disturbing


you will see a non igbo telling an igbo man that a man from igbo akiri in edo state that his name is Obinna Oliseh is not an igbo man you will just look at him imn amazement and ask if the man is okay


WE ARE HAPPY FOR INTERNET AND THANK LORD FOR THOSE THAT INVENTED THE INTERNET INCLUDING THE IGBO MAN PHILIP EMEAGWALI...Do you know the kind of fallacious report they did on that Igbo man philip...do you know what they did to Ngozi Okonjo when Mit GAVE HER award few months ago


ndi ofe di egwu really#

what agbor speak is igbo dialect called ika it is same with owerri dialect just like ukwuani and oguta speaks same dialect and Asaba with Onitsha and Abatete areas speak same dialect just like Ohaji and Ikwerre speaking same dialect


I wonder how these non igbo will understand this?


chukwu gozie igbo nine ebe obuna anyi noo

please stop lying....Philip emeagwali did not invent the internet...... .....he only won the gordon bell award for improving the speed of supercomputers...... ...a feat accomplished before him and after him.... ....the award itself is not even one of the highest in his field....u Igbos lie too much and leave for fraud...

coolitempa:
please stop lying....Philip emeagwali did not invent the internet...... .....he only won the golden bell award for improving the speed of supercomputers...... ...a feat accomplished before him and after him.... ....the award itself is not even one of the highest in his field....u Igbos lie too much and leave for fraud...

I think that you have a serious challenge in comprehension and mental assimilation...ok let us assume that he did not invent it but your father can not compete with him...oh

The noted black inventor received acclaim based, at least in part, on his study of nature, specifically bees. Emeagwali saw an inherent efficiency in the way bees construct and work with honeycomb and determined computers that emulate this process could be the most efficient and powerful. In 1989, emulating the bees' honeycomb construction, Emeagwali used 65,000 processors to invent the world's fastest computer, which performs computations at 3.1 billion calculations per second.

http://www.black-inventor.com/Dr-Philip-Emeagwali.asp

now i know that you lack the capacity to read...giving you these links is like giving a pig a roll on...its just pointless and useless but pls tell anybody near you to check this link out...they are credible links internationally

http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/afrikan-world-news/44467-phillip-emeagwali-father-internet.html

tell me their market days, you are talking to a man that lived in delta for years and married a delta north woman...pls nne ewu tell us the market days

coolitempa:
I am not azikiwe....not keshi.....not oliseh.....not oba of agbor....not anioma.....all claim they are not igbos......all claim to be from benin.....their market days are not Igbo market days....stop lying....some have ibo names but they also have their native names....and their language is different from urs...

tonychristopher:
I think that you have a serious challenge in comprehension and mental assimilation...ok let us assume that he did not invent it but your father can not compete with him...oh

The noted black inventor received acclaim based, at least in part, on his study of nature, specifically bees. Emeagwali saw an inherent efficiency in the way bees construct and work with honeycomb and determined computers that emulate this process could be the most efficient and powerful. In 1989, emulating the bees' honeycomb construction, Emeagwali used 65,000 processors to invent the world's fastest computer, which performs computations at 3.1 billion calculations per second.

http://www.black-inventor.com/Dr-Philip-Emeagwali.asp

now i know that you lack the capacity to read...giving you these links is like giving a pig a roll on...its just pointless and useless but pls tell anybody near you to check this link out...they are credible links internationally

http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/afrikan-world-news/44467-phillip-emeagwali-father-internet.html

Let me destroy this ibo lie one more time...... .....http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/history/emeagwali.html.......boutell.com..... is an authoritative website recognised as a leader on workings of the worldwide web.....

[b]
2007-02-23: No. Philip Emeagwali was never a "father of the Internet" and made no significant contributions to the Internet's development. Philip Emeagwali did not invent the Internet.
Philip Emeagwali did work in supercomputing in the eighties, making improvements to the "Connection Machine" parallel supercomputer design. But supercomputing and the Internet are very different areas. And Emeagwali did not contribute to even one of the hundreds of Internet standards, or RFCs (Requests For Comments), that were created in the early decades of the Internet— an open process that anyone could participate in. His supercomputing research was completely unrelated to the Internet.

Unfortunately, Emeagwali has promoted himself as a "father of the Internet." This is based on Emeagwali's claim that "the Supercomputer is the father of the Internet," because both are networks of computers working together.

The biggest problem with this is that Emeagwali did his work in the late eighties, and the core standards for communication on the Internet already existed by then. Yes, further improvements to the Internet have certainly been made since then— but Emeagwali did not make them. His research simply wasn't relevant to the Internet's growth.

A secondary problem is that Emeagwali's contributions to supercomputing just weren't all that significant. He didn't invent the Connection Machine, and he didn't build the fastest supercomputer constructed in the year in which he won the Gordon Bell Prize— not even the fastest based on the Connection Machine. His machine was only the second fastest. Normally, the prize was given out both to the fastest overall supercomputer and to the most cost-effective. In that year, however, the fastest computer was built by a team at Mobil... and that computer was also the most cost-effective. The judges decided not to award both prizes to the same computer. So Emeagwali won for his second-place entry.

I won't mince words here: Emeagwali has no credibility as a "father of the Internet," and his ongoing public claims to that effect don't do him any credit. They only serve to damage the credibility of those groups and individuals who take his claims seriously. [/b]

can you rest in peace now






Agbor is an Igbo town in Delta state, Nigeria. The indigenes of Agbor town are of Ika descent, an Igbo-speaking group with some Bini influence. The people of Agbor were affiliated with the Kingdom of Nri and may have been founded by settlers from there; the Nze na Ozo titles exist among them as well as other Nri cultural connections.[1] The people of Agbor have traditionally relied on farming and fishing for their food and commerce. Its history is dominated by the many warriors it has produced. Agbor was once affiliated with the Benin Empire before the British conquered Benin, although the idea of Agbor being a colony of Benin is disputed.[2]

According to Mr. Egwabor Iduwe, oral tradition says that “Ogele was the patriarch of the earliest native inhabitants of Agbor land.” Mr. Iduwe elaborates, “Ika was Ogele’s wife the first lady of our land to whom we owe the dialect we speak as the mother tongue. Her four children were named Eke, Orie, Afo and Nkwo, traditionally immortalized as the names of the four market days in the native four day week.”[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agbor

coolitempa:
I am not azikiwe....not keshi.....not oliseh.....not oba of agbor....not anioma.....all claim they are not igbos......all claim to be from benin.....their market days are not Igbo market days....stop lying....some have ibo names but they also have their native names....and their language is different from urs...