The Itsekiri National Youths Council (INYC) has called on the ijaws to stop presenting erroneous Population Figures to suit their claim of being majority in the Niger Delta region, noting that the 2006 National Population Census data is in the public domain.

INYC in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary Mr. Joseph Uwawah , described the recent presentation made by the factional President of IYC, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, Esq that the Ijaws occupies three homogeneous Local Government Area in Delta State as an insult to the Isoko Nation and the Urhobo Nation that have autonomous communities in Patani, Bomadi and Burutu.

Mr Joseph Uwawah The statement read, “The Ijaws coexist with other ethnic nationalities in Patani, Bomadi and Burutu, in some cases speak the same languages interchangeably. The IYC President is aware that this same heterogeneous scenario is what is obtainable even in Bayelsa State where they claim entirely as homogeneous Ijaw State.

We commend Garba Shehu, the spokesman of the Presidency for putting the records straight in the public sphere, that the Itsekiris in Delta State are more than the Ijaws, conscious of the fact that besides the three Warri local government areas, there are indigenous Itsekiri communities in Uvwie, Udu, Okpe, Sapele, Ethiope West local government areas respectively. ”It is totally an aberration that Ijaws can even think, talk less claim dominance in population in two out of the three Warri local government area of Delta State. We state categorically that the Itsekiris remains majority in the three Warri local government areas as shown in the 2006 National Population Census which is in the public domain.

‘’According to the 2006 National Population Census data the Itsekiris have more population than the Ijaws in Delta State. This is the rationale behind the confidence that the Itsekiri has, that they will always defeat the Ijaws in any electoral contest except there are political arrangements to give minority tribes opportunity to govern. “Besides the Itsekiris in Edo and Ondo State, the Itsekiri people exist in more than seven local government areas in Delta but predominantly in three Local government areas.

We have autonomous Itsekiri Communities in Sapele, Ethiope West, Uvwie, Udu and Ukwuani LGA. The Ijaws have turned fishing camps into Communities/settlement.

The Ijaws are fond of fabricating history which is built on quick sand; we challenge the ijaws of Delta State to provide verifiable documents to substantiate their claims.

“The Ijaws have continued to benefit from direct disregard for the rule of law, some of which include the arbitrary relocation of Warri South West Local Government headquarters from Ogidigben to Ogbe-Ijoh against the legally recognized place and the purported acquisition of maritime University land, among others”.

CooperJay:
I can't help but notice thier attire , Please is Itshekiri an Edo Clan?

SicilianMafia:


Yes they are descendants of Edo's

CooperJay:


Its very obvious Edo descendants are the majority in south south , in fact Edo is the Unifying factor among all groups except this ijaw ppl.


Baba God Pls I beg of you give Ijaw Wisdom to know thier mates

Vessi:
ijaws always constituting nuisance everywhere they go.

those fishermen need to be flushed back to their tiny bayelsa creek where they'll do what they know best.
-drinking ogogoro and fishing.

uncleiykeman:
So Na who go rule Niger Delta republic?

Datazone:
Thanks Sicilian mafia...

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Miscellaneous:
Ijaws are known to falsify figures as we can all confirm. Ijaws are not up to 2million in Nigeria. I can swear it! Forget those stupid figures u see on Wikipedia they were written by paid writers(who is evidently hungry and probably Ijaw). Let us analyse it ourselves..... How many ijaws have u seen? I can tell u that everyone in Nairaland has seen more urhobo than Ijaws yet urhobos are not up to 3million.... So how come they keep saying ijaws are 14million? Stop this rubbish! Anyone who can contact Wikipedia or CIa Should please do so that we can edit those figures for future purpose ..... Enough of the deceit!

Don't mess with itsekiri & don't mess with the binis too!

Afam4eva:
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To be fair, i'll say Ijaws are somewhere between 2.5 and 3 million.

Miscellaneous:
Ijaws are known to falsify figures as we can all confirm. Ijaws are not up to 2million in Nigeria. I can swear it! Forget those stupid figures u see on Wikipedia they were written by paid writers(who is evidently hungry and probably Ijaw). Let us analyse it ourselves..... How many ijaws have u seen? I can tell u that everyone in Nairaland has seen more urhobo than Ijaws yet urhobos are not up to 3million.... So how come they keep saying ijaws are 14million? Stop this rubbish! Anyone who can contact Wikipedia or CIa Should please do so that we can edit those figures for future purpose ..... Enough of the deceit!

Don't mess with itsekiri & don't mess with the binis too!

SicilianMafia:


Yes they are descendants of Edo's

Vessi:
ijaws always constituting nuisance everywhere they go.

those fishermen need to be flushed back to their tiny bayelsa creek where they'll do what they know best.
-drinking ogogoro and fishing.

CooperJay:

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Its very obvious Edo descendants are the majority in south south , in fact Edo is the Unifying factor among all groups except this ijaw ppl.


Baba God Pls I beg of you give Ijaw Wisdom to know thier mates [/s]