dukeprince50:
have you ever been to ND? If you haven't, I won't want to discuss this any further. U can take it or leave it.
If those tribes that destroy the image of Nigeria outside the countryare not ashamed to call tribe, what gave you the impression that a ND will be ashamed?

sparkyJ:
Niger Delta comprises 9 states: Akwa ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Rivers, & Abia, Imo, Ondo.

You can see the first six states are d South South while d others are in Southeast & South West. However, they are all classified as Niger Delta bc they are oil producing states. In fact, d 9 oil producing states in the federation.

So, it will be very wrong for anyone to want to portray anything dat has to do with the 9 states outside its name (ND). It is only when an event does not warrant the inclusion of the other 3 (Abia, Imo, & Ondo) that they regard dat gathering/Forum as SS. Example if the forum is strictly geopolitical.

Also, tribalism is not really common in ND bc inter marriage amongst its divers ethnicity have established a solid cultural diffusion. Hence, you see a child whose father is Urhobo (Delta) while the mother Andoni (Rivers). Many of us Niger Deltans are having such background including myself; even down to my great grand parents. As it stands, i am related to almost all 9 ND states by blood lineage.

WE ARE NOT INFERIOR & WE WILL NEVER BE INFERIOR TO ANYBODY. As a people, we have embraced our diversity in tongues & culture in good fate thus we depict our solidarity by calling ourselves by our very own surname NIGER-DELTA.

dukeprince50:
im from the ND region, I feel reluctant calling my tribe on NL here though sometimes I call it, it's not inferiority complex, we are just trained that way, we just felt we should identify ourselves wen it's serious otherwise we choose to be addressed by ND boys or ph boy or Bonny guy, proud Deltan etc

okpalaAnambra:

You said you're from rivers, and most likely a lazy ikwerre cultist

sparkyJ:
Niger Delta comprises 9 states: Akwa ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Rivers, & Abia, Imo, Ondo.

You can see the first six states are d South South while d others are in Southeast & South West. However, they are all classified as Niger Delta bc they are oil producing states. In fact, d 9 oil producing states in the federation.

So, it will be very wrong for anyone to want to portray anything dat has to do with the 9 states outside its name (ND). It is only when an event does not warrant the inclusion of the other 3 (Abia, Imo, & Ondo) that they regard dat gathering/Forum as SS. Example if the forum is strictly geopolitical.

Also, tribalism is not really common in ND bc inter marriage amongst its divers ethnicity have established a solid cultural diffusion. Hence, you see a child whose father is Urhobo (Delta) while the mother Andoni (Rivers). Many of us Niger Deltans are having such background including myself; even down to my great grand parents. As it stands, i am related to almost all 9 ND states by blood lineage.

WE ARE NOT INFERIOR & WE WILL NEVER BE INFERIOR TO ANYBODY. As a people, we have embraced our diversity in tongues & culture in good fate thus we depict our solidarity by calling ourselves by our very own surname NIGER-DELTA.

dukeprince50:
There

dukeprince50:
There was a thread created here on NL by a moniker okpalaAnambra.
He was asking if South south people have inferiority complex lol.
I'm just gonna explain things so we understand the south south people very well.
South southtribes unlike Igbos, Hausa or Yoruba does not actually go around telling people about their tribe, it's not something you find here in South south.
While the Igbos claim they own SE, Yoruba claim they own SW and Hausa is N, no tribe here claims SS and they are reluctant to mention individual tribe, it's different from inferiority complex
Just to confirm, Take a tour to port Harcourt and ask any port Harcourt born who owns portharcourt, trust me that person will be confused and most answer you will get is nobody own portharcourt but there are different part of the city that are populated by a specific tribe. I am sure 80% of NL don't know that GEJ is not an Ijaw man, but even if you call him Ijaw he won't reject.
This is one reason why a greater part of Rivers State have rejected to align with the Igbos cos u hear them saying Igbos is Rivers and Rivers is Igbo. SS tribe does not reason like that and will rather want a ND republic instead of Biafra.
Most chest beaters in SS will tell you "you know me? I be Niger Deltan boy o" or "I be ph boy o"
You hear musicians saying portharcourt firstson bla bla they hardly call tribe,
There are musicians like Dorcan mighty, Timaya etc, I tell you, most people don't know their tribe.
People like Gentle Jack, Agbani, Taribo west etc, except you are a ND, you won't know what part of ND they come from, though we have people that still talk about tribe here but they are few and can even be counted.
Therefore Ilegend was not ashamed of his tribe when he said ND. Don't get it twisted

Osagyefo98:




How did you conduct this research because you ended up saying nothing.


Still inferiority complex..




Moreover the scenario is mostly among delta, Bayelsa and rivers..

others I doubt.

gwafaeziokwu:


That guy is not Igbo at all. Beware of impostors who are hell bent on causing division among brothers.

Enough said

Psalmy2cute:

I've seen igbos in lagos saying I be lagos boy.. is that also inferiority complex..?? if you've grown up in a multi ethnic community you'll realise fast that tribe dont matter.. what matters are those around you..

stop trying to force your misinformation on others..

Osagyefo98:



Even others say I am an anambra boy, Imo boy and the rest...This is state and not tribe...even many use am delta boy, Benin boy..and so..

So using such term is a whole lot of Inferiority complex....


PS: I support Niger delta republic...today tomorrow....They have our support.

Noccerino:
You haven't made a single sense

Noccerino:
You haven't made a single sense

Ykc2:
even cross river and akwa ibom dont see eye to eye even though
their language is almost same ,what of uhrobo and itshekiri those ones slaughter each others like no tomorrow,south south is not a tribe ,so thus your post dont add up

Blackking98:
you're talking trash. CRS and aks don't see eye to eye, I laugh. I have an Akwa Ibom father and a Cross riverian mom, I've lived in Calabar all my life, atleasr three Akwa ibomites are currently commissioners in CRS now and are members of the state excos talkless of countless Akwa ibomites holding other low-key offices here and others doing business etc. So I wonder where you have your stupid don't see eye to eye talk from. I can't speak for Delta regards to what u said about urhobo but I'm sure a Deltan will put you in your place. Keep your tribal bashing and war to una Igbo hausa and Yoruba and don't drag us into your madness.

okpalaAnambra:

See this one, except if the Niger Delta is in the Atlantic Ocean...last time I checked even Abia and imo are part of it... if u mean south south areas of uyo, Calabar pH , Asaba of which pH and Asaba are Igbos...besides I know more of south south more than u


Wait oo, I hope you're not an Edo boy I'm quoting because if so you're more of a Yoruba boy..thank u

dukeprince50:
hide my state, we don't do that here and I'm a portharcourt boy.
I'm done with u, u really have a thick skull, nothing gets inside lol.
Stay safe

Ykc2:
so which tribe you belong to ?

dukeprince50:
There was a thread created here on NL by a moniker okpalaAnambra.
He was asking if South south people have inferiority complex lol.
I'm just gonna explain things so we understand the south south people very well.
South southtribes unlike Igbos, Hausa or Yoruba does not actually go around telling people about their tribe, it's not something you find here in South south.
While the Igbos claim they own SE, Yoruba claim they own SW and Hausa is N, no tribe here claims SS and they are reluctant to mention individual tribe, it's different from inferiority complex
Just to confirm, Take a tour to port Harcourt and ask any port Harcourt born who owns portharcourt, trust me that person will be confused and most answer you will get is nobody own portharcourt but there are different part of the city that are populated by a specific tribe. I am sure 80% of NL don't know that GEJ is not an Ijaw man, but even if you call him Ijaw he won't reject.
This is one reason why a greater part of Rivers State have rejected to align with the Igbos cos u hear them saying Igbos is Rivers and Rivers is Igbo. SS tribe does not reason like that and will rather want a ND republic instead of Biafra.
Most chest beaters in SS will tell you "you know me? I be Niger Deltan boy o" or "I be ph boy o"
You hear musicians saying portharcourt firstson bla bla they hardly call tribe,
There are musicians like Dorcan mighty, Timaya etc, I tell you, most people don't know their tribe.
People like Gentle Jack, Agbani, Taribo west etc, except you are a ND, you won't know what part of ND they come from, though we have people that still talk about tribe here but they are few and can even be counted.
Therefore Ilegend was not ashamed of his tribe when he said ND. Don't get it twisted

Blackking98:
you're talking trash. CRS and aks don't see eye to eye, I laugh. I have an Akwa Ibom father and a Cross riverian mom, I've lived in Calabar all my life, atleasr three Akwa ibomites are currently commissioners in CRS now and are members of the state excos talkless of countless Akwa ibomites holding other low-key offices here and others doing business etc. So I wonder where you have your stupid don't see eye to eye talk from. I can't speak for Delta regards to what u said about urhobo but I'm sure a Deltan will put you in your place. Keep your tribal bashing and war to una Igbo hausa and Yoruba and don't drag us into your madness.

Akponmfet:
Da,don't waste your time and energy ye ndito Uneghe. Niger Delta Republic is our mission.

Blackking98:
honestly it's funny. I wonder if the igbos here on nl are the same igbos I have as best friends, the ones here can't go a day without getting into one tribal conflict or another, imagine waking up this morning maybe they didn't see any Yoruba or hausa to fight with they now gathered and decided to drag Niger Delta. We might not exactly Love each other here in the Niger Delta but one thing that is certain is that we do not engage in the show of shame the ones that don't have inferiority complex engage in here everyday, if it's not Igbo vs Yoruba it's hausa vs Yoruba or Igbo vs hausa. We no get that kind time here, they should leave us and look elsewhere for fight, just Igbo hausa and Yoruba see how they're fighting up and down without inferiority complex. Imagine a region like ours with more than 10 major ethnic groups mentioning I'm ibibio or I'm ijaw or I'm urhobo etc we'll just be engaging in the show of shame this igbos and the other two big tribes engage in. We like calling ourselves Niger Delta or south south or pH boy or warri boy or Calabar boy etc it's our business mbok

gaddafe:

What you have said is the absolute truth. Another thing you probably forgot is that pigin English originated from the Niger delta as a way of reducing the tribalism in the region. Since many of them spoke different dialect. Anyone in doubt that pidgin originated from ND should quotee me and I will school you. Pidgin entered Lagos in the early 90's but was already a lingua franca in ND in the 60's