Igbos trade
(1 Likes)
Chief Dennis Eje Onoja expresses no small delight as he
recalls old memories of the harmonious relationship which
has existed between his people of Ai-Aroga community in
Owukpa district of Ogbadigbo Local Government Area in
Benue State, and the people of Obollo-Eke in Enugu state,
who share a common border.
His very small Idoma village which is not quite a mile to the
next Igbo community have everything in common except
dialectical differences , arising from the fact that one speaks
Idoma ,while the other belongs to the Igbo language.
a Auto Me... ... Brescia Auto VOL...
800 €
Scopri
Truly, for a novice, it would be hard to demarcate the thin
line between the Idoma and Igbo communities at the fringes
of Benue, Enugu and Ebonyi states, considering the loads of
mixing evident in these locations.
The climate which is an average temperature reminds any
visitor that he or she is neither in the sultry air of the north
or completely in the wet south savannah region of the
country, especially with the typical grassland forest which
characterize the vicinity.
While many villages in Owukpa kingdom and Orokam
districts of Ogabdigbo local government area border the
Igbos of Enugu state, the people of Agila, as well as part of
Igumale districts in Ado local government area of Benue
state, are bordered by the neighbouring Ebonyi and Enugu
states respectively.
Basically, the people have shared a lot in common just more
than the margin or geographical closeness to each other,
long before and after the Nigerian civil war. The peculiarities
abound in inseparable relationships built among the natives
over the centuries, except for simulated barrier spelt out
between them as a result of geopolitical division.
Although, the Agila natives and their neighbouring Ngbo
communities in Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi
state, lost their peace at some point, and have been at each
other’s throat ever since following perennial border
disputes, however, those of Owukpa in the estimation of
Chief Onoja have continued to enjoy harmonious
relationship.
“In many decades of co-habiting together with the Igbos at
this rural backwater of the border, it feels so good.
Everyone goes around cheerfully, be it markets or farms,”
Onoja enthused.
Apart from doing things together, both communities of
Owukpa and Obollo unarguably have the best palm wine.My
hired motorcycle rider stated in a pidgin English as he
waved his both hands to illustrate that the many palm trees
dotting the lonely dusty path between the villages, were
perhaps the finest in the entire South-East region.
The people found around the area share a lot of familiar
names and even speak each others tongue fluently for
purposes of communication, but none of the languages
dominates as a primary means of communication.
According to Chief Onoja, from time immemorial, many
other communities of Ogwurute, Ai-Aroga, Itabono in
Owukpa among others and Orokam districts, share a walk
able distance border between the Igbos of Obollo-Eke,
Amala, Ikem and Obollo-Afor in Enugu State.
“We also bear the same names such as Ugwu, Chukwu,
Enyanu, Ada, Ngozi Onyekachi, Okute, among others, and
there are huge cultural similarities. There are so many
intermarriages with the Igbos at the border here. The Igbo
people are well-behaved. We understand and speak Igbo
very well, just like they also understand and speak Idoma.
Besides, we buy and sell at the same markets such as the
Ukwo-Owukpa and Obollo-Eke,” he said.
Onoja, a retired headmaster also noted that the two tribes at
the neigbouring border have some universal way of life
which is depicted in their masquerades’, dances, attires,
cuisines and beliefs, just as there are semblances of
traditional titles.
As a matter of fact, Onoja’s paternal grandmother, Une, is
an Igbo woman from Ikem, and he speaks both languages
fluently as he boasted of enjoying genuine friendship with
relatives of the Igbo ethnic stock.
For Victor Amuta Oche whose gran

Source

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/weekend-mag/ties-between-idoma-igbo-border-communities/123971.html

yes when we talk about the rising sun to set

some yorubas children of backwardness talk about land grabbing

and the SUN will surely set!

let it be known!

Idoma identifying with the Igbo...
Meanwhile am aware of the similarities so ain't surprised but it worth the news....

I believe The zombies and Yorubas won't like this...
Or are the idoma land grabbers?? Hahaha...

I thought the Igbos are landgrabbers or has Idoma started grabbing land too? Well we thank God for the radio that opened the eyes of the people and brought about great unity between between all igboid community which was divided with Yoruba propaganda lagos/ibadan express media nd hausa/fulani oligarchy

I am an Igala boy and I know fully well that the Igbos are my brothers. It's only those that don't know their culture and those Igalas that are Muslims that would deny this fact.

Igodometusalah:
I am an Igala boy and I know fully well that the Igbos are my brothers. It's only those that don't know their culture and those Igalas that are Muslims that would deny this fact.

Nwanne dalu rinne( thanks abunch)

Meanwhile watch as this hated souls will label you Igbo.

Igodometusalah:
I am an Igala boy and I know fully well that the Igbos are my brothers. It's only those that don't know their culture and those Igalas that are Muslims that would deny this fact.

I recorgnize a matured man wen I see one..kudos man

2baba, david mark,Terry g, blackface ,endia and of course me,all repin the great idoma nation.. We rock yo!!

God bless our worthy neighbours, the Idomas.

bamite:
2baba, david mark,Terry g, blackface ,endia and of course me,all repin the great idoma nation.. We rock yo!!

EasternActivist:
Idoma identifying with the Igbo...
Meanwhile am aware of the similarities so ain't surprised but it worth the news....

I believe The zombies and Yorubas won't like this...
Or are the idoma land grabbers?? Hahaha...

Some of my yoruba brothers will claim 'Ibos are land-grabbers', 'Ibos want Idoma oil'. lol

I cudn't complete d scripture up there..

But d op is correct.

And those saying igbo are landgrabbers trying to grab idoma land,
Let me let u know that d communities bordering each usually stay alert about each other.

Igodometusalah:
I am an Igala boy and I know fully well that the Igbos are my brothers. It's only those that don't know their culture and those Igalas that are Muslims that would deny this fact.

God bless u my brother

I want to know more about Benue state.

[b]. We have similar market days and names; like my surname, Amuta, Nwaka, Onuche, Eze, Eje,” Oche added.
Interestingly, Oche who says his middle name, “Amuta” is an Igbo coinage...
He opined that there were no distinguishable similarities between the Idoma dialect and that of the Igbos...
While in the eyes of Benjamin Eje, also a youth from Ai-Aroga, both tribes have through cultural evolution influenced each other, which informs why they celebrate new yam festival just like their neigbouring community, even as farming, which is the major occupation of the people, has been practised in the same method.
According to him, even the surname, Eje, is an adulteration of the Igbo version of Eze, as he explained further that a clear depiction of these customs and traditions include the Igbo people’s visual art, music and dance forms, as well as their attire and cuisine which is similar to that of the Idomas of the region.
For instance, Chief Onoja elucidated that the celebration of the new yam festival which is done mostly in September every year, has become popular among the Idoma and Igbos within the vicinity before anyone from these communities would begin to feed his family with the crop
Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/weekend-mag/ties-between-idoma-igbo-border-communities/123971.html#MiYZzDIUkfrD3BdQ.99[/b]

Interesting!