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Greyworld:
Do you read? if you do, do you understand? and most importantly do you look into the cause of a problem before your verdict?

I simply stated what might have happened decades ago and its still in play uptil this time. something i think is wrong.

Nothing is wrong until delta and anioma takes responsibility of their actions......It was never an Igbo coup......why then should over 300 Igbo officers be killed coz of a coup led by an a man of anioma ethnic extraction.

Greyworld:
I like you style of reasoning. see something you cant come to effrurun and say delta is ibo, if you check the 5 core ibo states, despite their dialectical difference, the language is understood by almost all, in delta, only the northern part has that similarity with Ibos.

It ll be unfair to called the ijaws, Urhobos, itsekiris, etc in the state as ibos.

If only you say part. fine.

Nobody is calling ijaws and the rest Igbo

I get your point..you can't say delta is Igbo in places like effurun or warri... the urhobos go vex

same way you can't come to my part of delta and say delta is not Igbo

Juliusmalema:
very wrong....history has eroded u.

keep ranting

obynzo:
It's kind of sad that the Anioma people allow themselves most especially their elder to fall into the divide and rule system where they are being told that they are not Igbos. There is a british colonial officer in the 40s classed the igbos into three areas based on their locations. The coastal igbos(The ikwerre, Andoni and Aro-Ikwerre), The south central( Onitsha, Afikpo, Arochukwu, Owerri etc) and the Midwestern Igbos( Kwale, Agbor, Anioma).
All this hullabaloo is a fall out of the Biafra war, and the sad path is that we are still seeing the after effects today. My father told me that places in Portharcourt like Oyigbo, Rumuokoro, Rumuokwuta and co were known by their Ibo names Obigbo, Umuokoro, Umuokwuta etc. Even Portharcourt was originally an igbo farm settlement known as Igweocha. The Coup by Nzeogwu was a very big mistake because it set about the chain of events that allowed us the north to fully cement their hold onto power in this country. There was time people from Agbor down to Asaba were known as Midwestern Igbo. Even the former name for the the Dein of Agbor was called Obi of Agbor, and the funny part is that most elders now alter history just to prove that they are not Igbos.

It is high time all Igbos unite we are all igbo irrespective of your dialect where you come from( Niger delta, SS or SE)

The Igbo People - Origins & History



By[b] Katharine Slattery[/b]



This project was completed under the direction of Dr Leon Litvack as a requirement

for the MA degree in Modern Literary Studies in the School of English at the Queen's University of Belfast.



Igboland is the home of the Igbo people and it covers most of Southeast Nigeria. This area is divided by the Niger River into two unequal sections – the eastern region (which is the largest) and the midwestern region. The river, however, has not acted as a barrier to cultural unity; rather it has provided an easy means of communication in an area where many settlements claim different origins. The Igbos are also surrounded on all sides by other tribes (the Bini, Warri, Ijaw, Ogoni, Igala, Tiv, Yako and Ibibio).



The origins of the Igbo people has been the subject of much speculation, and it is only in the last fifty years that any real work has been carried out in this subject: like any group of people, they are anxious to discover their origin and reconstruct how they came to be how they are. ...their experiences under colonialsim and since Nigeria’s Independence have emphasized for them the reality of their group identity which they want to anchor into authenticated history. (Afigbo, A.E.. ‘Prolegomena to the study of the culture history of the Igbo-Speaking Peoples of Nigeria’, Igbo Language and Culture, Oxford University Press, 1975. 28.). Also see Catherine Acholonu).



Analysis of the sources that are available (fragmentary oral traditions and correlation of cultural traits) have led to the belief that there exists a core area of Igboland, and that waves of immigrant communities from the north and west planted themselves on the border of this core area as early as the ninth century. This core area – Owerri, Orlu and Okigwi – forms a belt, and the people in this area have no tradition of coming from anywhere else. Migration from this area in the recent past tended to be in all directions, and in this way the Igbo culture gradually became homogenized. In addition to this pattern of migration from this core area, other people also entered the Igbo territory in about the fourteenth or fifteenth centuries. Many of these people still exhibit different characteristics from that of the traditional Igbos – for example geographical marginality, the institution of kingship, a hierarchical title system and the amosu tradition (witchcraft). For some time some Igbo-speaking peoples claimed that they were not Igbo – the word was used as a term of abuse for “less cultured” neighbours. The word is now used in three senses, to describe Igbo territory, domestic speakers of the language and the language spoken by them.(see (A.E. Afigbo,1981: Ropes of Sand, Caxton Press,Ibadan. and T. Shaw:1970; "Igbo Ukwu: An Account of Archaeological Discoveries in Eastern Nigeria", Faber and Faber, pp. 268-285).



The first contact between Igboland and Europe came in the mid-fifteenth century with the arrival of the Portuguese. From 1434-1807 the Niger coast acted as a contact point between African and European traders, beginning with the Portuguese, then the Dutch and finally the English. At this stage there was an emphasis on trade rather than empire building, in this case the trade consisting primarily of Igbo slaves. With the abolition of the slave trade in 1807 came a new trading era, concentrating on industry (palm products, timber, elephant tusks and spices). At this point the British began to combine aggressive trading with aggressive imperialism. They saw the hinterland as productive, and refused to be confined to the coast. In 1900 the area that had been administered by the British Niger Company became the Protectorate on Southern Nigeria, also incorporating what had been called the Niger Coast Protectorate. Control of this area then passed from the British Foreign Office to the Colonial Office. Long before it had officially been conquered, Igboland was being treated as a British colony. Between 1900 and 1914 (when Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated) there had been twenty-one British military expeditions into Igboland. In 1928 for the first time in their history, Igbo men were made to pay tax – they were a subject people.



This attempt to take over political control of Igboland met with resistance and cultural protest in the early decades of the twentieth century. A nativistic religious movement sprang up (the ekumeku) which inspired short-lived but feverish messianic enthusiasm. The rumours that the Igbo women were being assessed for taxation, sparked off the 1929 Aba Riots, a massive revolt of women never encountered before in Igbo history. However, the engine of imperialism could not be stopped, and once it had begun, Igbo culture would never be the same again.

aniomafirstson:
one love bro
After okowa's tenure the struggle for anioma state to be included in SE begins again

That will never happen.....

There are more states to be created inside SE than outside SE or across river niger....

u just dreaming.

Greyworld:
I like you style of reasoning. see something you cant come to effrurun and say delta is ibo, if you check the 5 core ibo states, despite their dialectical difference, the language is understood by almost all, in delta, only the northern part has that similarity with Ibos.

It ll be unfair to called the ijaws, Urhobos, itsekiris, etc in the state as ibos.

If only you say part. fine.

please park the northern part join una side afterall una be one state....

These guys are creating issues and problems for us over here....

They won't allow us be and they won't allow us go.....

Delta north is a big headache to us....

Greyworld:
I like you style of reasoning. see something you cant come to effrurun and say delta is ibo, if you check the 5 core ibo states, despite their dialectical difference, the language is understood by almost all, in delta, only the northern part has that similarity with Ibos.

It ll be unfair to called the ijaws, Urhobos, itsekiris, etc in the state as ibos.

If only you say part. fine.

This twitter posts summaries it all
We in delta know our lane
The urhobos,ijaws etc don't see us as part of them and we also don't see them as part of us

Hope you get my point

From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_people

The Igbo people (English: /ˈɪɡboʊ/; also Ibo,[3][4] formerly also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe,[5] Eboans,[6] Heebo;[7] natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò [ìɡ͡bò] (About this sound listen)[citation needed]) are an ethnic group native to the present-day south-central and southeastern Nigeria. Geographically, the Igbo homeland is divided into two unequal sections by the Niger River – an eastern (which is the larger of the two) and a western section.[8][9] The Igbo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.[10]

The Igbo language is divided into numerous regional dialects, and somewhat mutually intelligible with the larger "Igboid" cluster.[11] The Igbo homeland straddles the lower Niger River, east and south of the Edoid and Idomoid groups, and west of the Ibibioid (Cross River) cluster.

Also Note Igboid classification
Ekpeye Ezza Igbo Ika Ikwerre Ikwo Izii Mgbo Ogba

Juliusmalema:
I don't where u get ur history from.....There is no Igbo man in Delta state.....they are not igbos but anioma.....

That's the mistake u guys have been making for ages.....they are anioma ethnic group not Igbo ethnic origin.....


If u see any of them ask them if they are igbos.....

It is the same mistake you people down there make by refering to everybody who is from north and is a muslim Hausa-Fulani.
But that not withstand, every fact checked then and now have proved the following hypotheses:
-that the coup was planned, plotted and executed by Nigerians of Igbo extraction;
-that insignificant numbers of non Igbo were recruited into the coup;
-that those targetted, affected, or executed by the coupees were non Igbo especially of northern and western extraction;
-that insignifant number of persons of Igbo extraction were targetted, affected or executed;
-that significant number of soldiers of Igbo extraction were aware of and gave unalloyed support to, and participated in the coup;
-that insignificant number of soldiers of non Ibgo extraction were aware of and gave unalloyed suport to, and participated in the coup;
- and so on.
Thus, no amount of denial will erase these basic facts.

gtown:
It is the same mistake you people down there make by refering to everybody who is from north and is a muslim Hausa-Fulani.
But that not withstand, every fact checked then and now have proved the following hypotheses:
-that the coup was planned, plotted and executed by Nigerians of Igbo extraction;
-that insignificant numbers of non Igbo were recruited into the coup;
-that those targetted, affected, or executed by the coupees were non Igbo especially of northern and western extraction;
-that insignifant number of persons of Igbo extraction were targetted, affected or executed;
-that significant number of soldiers of Igbo extraction were aware of and gave unalloyed support to, and participated in the coup;
-that insignificant number of soldiers of non Ibgo extraction were aware of and gave unalloyed suport to, and participated in the coup;
- and so on.
Thus, no amount of denial will erase these basic facts.

OK I have read it.....go and do ur morning chores.

Can u please explain to me the reason(s) why that revenge coup took place??

raumdeuter:
Now, let us look at a few historical facts and one or two more Igbo ”firsts’ that many may not be familiar with to buttress the point. The Igbo people were the FIRST to carry out a failed coup on the night of Jan 15th, 1966 under the leadership of Major Emmanuel Ifejuna, Major Chukuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, Major Christian Anuforo, Capt. Ben Gbulie, Major Timothy Onwatuegwu, Major Donatus Okafor, Capt. Ude, Capt. Emmanuel Nwobosi, Captain Udeaja, Lt. Okafor, Lt. Okocha, Lt. Anyafulu, Lt. Okaka, Lt. EzedIgbo, Lt. Amunchenwa, Lt. Nwokedi, 2nd Lt. J.C. Ojukwu, 2nd Lt. Ngwuluka, 2nd Lt. Ejiofor, 2nd Lt. Egbikor, 2nd Lt. Igweze, 2nd Lt. Onyefuru, 2nd Lt. Nwokocha, 2nd Lt. Azubuogu and 2nd Lt. Nweke in which they drew FIRST blood and openly slaughtered and butchered leading politicians and army officers from EVERY single zone in the country except their own.

I should also mention that even though this was clearly an Igbo coup there was one Yoruba officer who was amongst the ringleaders by the name of Major Adewale Ademoyega. It was a very bloody night indeed. Amongst those killed were the Prime Minister, Sir Tafawa Balewa, the Premier of the Western Region, Chief S.L. Akintola, the Premier of the Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Federal Minister of Finance, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, Brigadier Zakari Maimalari, Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun, Colonel Ralph Shodeinde, Lt . Colonel James Yakubu Pam, Lt. Colonel Abogo Largema and numerous others.

They did not just kill these revered and respected leaders but in some cases they mocked, tortured and maimed them before doing so, took pictures of their dead and mutilated bodies and killed their wives and children as well. For weeks after these horrific acts were carried out, the Igbo people rejoiced and celebrated them in the streets and markets of the north, openly displaying pictures and posters of the Saurdana’s mutilated body with Nzeogwu’s boot on his neck, loudly playing a famous and deeply offensive anti-northern song in which northerners were compared to goats and listening to it on their radios, jubilating that they had brought an end to what they described as ”northern rule and Islamic domination” and openly boasting that they themselves would now ”rule Nigeria forever”. Though the first coup failed the matter did not end there.

this is why we need people like you to teach these children history..

And educate Yorubas how to fear these disgusting flat heads.

aniomafirstson:
Nobody is calling ijaws and the rest Igbo

I get your point..you can't say delta is Igbo in places like effurun or warri... the urhobos go vex

same way you can't come to my part of delta and say delta is not Igbo

who trained you invested wisely.

Okoyeebos:
It is very very easy to deceive an Igbo man. Just look at how FFK a relapsing lunatic is toying with the destiny of the entire Igbo tribe.

Whenever I'm ready, I'll make millions from the foolishness of Igbos just for the heck of it. The business plan is still in my laptop

I love some good business.

Fill me in

Iblad0994:
Tbh I don’t care if your Igbo or not. I’m just tying to pint out what they did wrong that provoked the counter coup. Why will the Igbo fame the ember of discord by killing ethnic leaders and not expect retaliation. It’s just nature that came into play and they should get over that singular act.

Don't mind them,If Nzeogwu is no more part of them,what of Ifeajuna who deliberately spare Ironsi? Nzeogwu even behave like a good soldier by carried out the instruction as planned.Am convinced that if he was the one that covered Lagos and West,Ironsi would have been killed that day.
Even after been spared,what did he Ironsi do with the power,was he able to punish the coupist?
It was even Ironsi actions after the coup that instigated the Northerners more to revenge.
FFK should go and sit down.Had it been NCNC join forces with AG in the first republic,we would not be in this mess now but they prefer NPC for Ceremonial President.Second republic,NPP aligned with NPN against UPN.
What are they talking about.They should go and learn how to play politics.
Notherners are not good but you keep on following them.Some leaders float a party,you all rejected it because of personal ego.
FFK will not help you,neither will PDP.Go back to APGA. Let APGA controll all your states and see how it will change the political atmosphere of your region as well as the nation.

Patrioticooduan:
It was an Ibo coup because the leaders that were killed were non Ibos. Even an 8 months old pregnant Yoruba woman and her soldier husband were killed by three Ibo coupers.
It was an Ibo coup.

not "coupers" but coupists.

Tyrant on the Throne . One thing I know is that people like Buhari die miserably.
Check history before you quote me.

D only apology we will accept is he should recognise biafra as sovereign state

You are talking about a military era when the goverment system was very dangerous for anyone to join ane everyone is after what will benefit him and if the decease has put him among his crew he will be the one acting as a protector with other guards

Okoyeebos:
Are you blind or you didn't see the Anioma girl denying Igbos on the first page and disgracing them?

Everyone is ashamed of being Igbo

shut up you dont know anything.



Am igbo
igbo amaka

Iblad0994:
You can tell that to the gods. He will and will be an Igbo man Caz he’s from the eastern region then. Ask yourself why he spared the Igbo leaders and killed majorly the leaders of both North and South. We need to face the truth here, that coup is an Igbo coup.

As I said, the killing of 300 Igbo officers wouldn’t have happened if Nzeogwu had killed the Eastern region leaders too. Remember all is fair in coup and war. It’s just a revenge play and you guys should get over it because it was your doing and the Northerners served it back to you hot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHNFfNTHRJA&t=14s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko5_kZEAwBc

Stop the hate! The first coup wasn't about tribe and region. Besides it was more than 50 years ago... Let us forge ahead.
Watch the videos i posted above starting from the second.

nku5:
You are making sense my brother. If this young generation misses it then this country is finally finished

The likes of Buhari and Danjuma inherited their own hate and tribalism from the likes of Ahmadu Bello. The generation of Buhari were in charge when the bigotry and hate developed into lawlessness and violence with militias and Boko haram. I cant imagine what this younger generation can do if they also inherit the hate

God bless you bro. many pple re born today and have inherited or learnt to hate their neighbours without any first hand contact with them.

An Ibo boy must learn that a Yoruba man is a betrayer, never to be trusted. The Yoruba boy has no Ibo frnd yet he goes about saying the Ibos are tight fisted or stingy.


We re in need of re-orientation. A life without unnecessary hate.

aniomafirstson:
I now understand bro I was in a hurry to bash her cos I hate seeing posts like that
accept my apologies cc: Loveth360

apologies accepted.

Juliusmalema:
Can u now go and sleep.

Your argumenta are always weak. Southerner wannabe......

Juliusmalema:
Can u now go and sleep.

Your arguments are always weak. Its shows more where u belong.
Southerner wannabe......

I have told you to leave southerners alone, We can sort ourselves out. Face your desert north this poor amajiri.

Juliusmalema:
you are not well informed about history.

what do you mean by history? I learned the first hand story of the coup from an elderly Igbo man, he was right there when the incidence happened, it was an Igbo coup, the man in his 70s, proclaimed. I have so many Igbo friends, but the characters I read on this forum differ from the igbos I use to meet on a daily basis.

Mind you, I'm not into this politics thing, you can read my previous comments to confirm this, I'm always far from politics on this forum, but when I see the truth being denied, I'll speak up, I'm an advocate of truth. if the incidence that's so significant in the history of Nigeria is being denied, the incidence that plunged Nigeria into long decades of military coups, you can't expect me to keep quite. So that's my take, don't rewrite history.

Butterflyle0:
My brother I have not seen a party playing very divisive and hateful religiously and ethnically bigoted politics like PDP blood suckers party.

Yet in their party they still have northerners and southerners and Muslims and Christians in it and they all laugh and eat together yet they are pushing Nigerians to hatred of each other all because want votes from certain regions.

PDP is brutally wicked and Satanic

...u got it spot on broda...its out of desperation...thief FFK is afraid of what he will face for the money he stole if PMB is re-elected...

bintnuur:
Tyrant on the Throne . One thing I know is that people like Buhari die miserably.
Check history before you quote me.

...wrong use of history due to poor education provided by your PDP looters...go back to school ...NOW NOW...

cyrilamx:
not "coupers" but coupists.

...this is the net,,,not English Language class...he can add chinese and urhobo to his statement sef...

Greyworld:
God bless you bro. many pple re born today and have inherited or learnt to hate their neighbours without any first hand contact with them.

An Ibo boy must learn that a Yoruba man is a betrayer, never to be trusted. The Yoruba boy has no Ibo frnd yet he goes about saying the Ibos are tight fisted or stingy.


We re in need of re-orientation. A life without unnecessary hate.

...the useless examples u gave themselves show why Nigeria has problems...

aniomafirstson:
lol she should come and explain herself o

She's Ibo... Most of her comments are sarcastic, if you don't read it twice, you won't understand.