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pazienza:
Lol! Aboh was a strong Kingdom, it covered the whole of the Ukwuani area in the height of her glory.

Aboh was a ruthless kingdom, your Isoko stood no chance of taking any land from her via conquest.

You were only accommodated in Ndokwa lands as refugees, just as Europe is currently accommodating Arabs.

The Isoko speaking people in Ndokwaland are descendants of these Isoko refugees, And most of them are Bilingual now, speaking both Isoko and Ukwuani.


When the time is right, they would have the option to become fully "Ukwuanized" or simply migrate back to Isokoland, the land of their ancestors.

The Igbide an Originally Igbo speaking people who migrated into Isoko lands had since "Isokonized", your Isoko cousins in Ndokwalands in the end will have to "Ukwuanize" or simply migrate back to where ever they came from


By the way, the opening article of this thread was written by an Igbo of Anioma extraction, ie he is Deltan but also proudly Igbo.

It was culled from the facebook group, " proudly Anioma, proudly Igbo". The admin of that Facebook group is an Ukwuani man, you can join us there if you wish, I am sure that you will be better schooled by Ndokwas/ Ukwuanis themselves.

pazienza:
Most part of this thread was culled from Osita Mordi's write up in Proudly Anioma proudly Igbo thread in Facebook, and was inspired by this thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/2603525/open-appeal-all-tribal-bigots/2#38094331
The aim is to show how Ndiigbo( Ukwuani-Anioma) accommodated and Assimilated Isoko elements in the past.

victor1464:
itsekiri r of Yoruba origin which makes dem Yoruba. Itsekiri is not an ethnic group

pazienza:
[b] 2)IGBUKU-There is also this claim Igbuku is an Isoko community in Ndokwa East. It was never in the past and cannot be the situation. Both Isoko and Aboh(Igbo) are spoken but the community was founded by a group of migrants from Afor, an ancient town in Ndokwa East in about 1800. They first settled near the black-colored Ebe lake where they moved over the Ase Creek to the present site. Thereafter, a group of Ijaw people from Ondoni, a town in Bayelsa State came to join them. These Ijaw people within a generation were assimilated as Aboh people. Then in about 1870, some Isoko people mainly from Ellu led by one Onabuke came to join them. These Ellu people were followed by other Isoko and even Ukwuani people. Thus Igbuku has a diverse origin when compared to Ibrede though its smaller. There is little or nothing in Igbuku to suggest its an Isoko clan. There are cults of masquerades which is not a feature of the culture in Isoko and it abounds in Igbuku. The ruler of Igbuku is titled “OZU” and the present occupant is HRH, Eze Blessing Chukuka Omem. His royal greeting is AGBADOGU. Apart from Igbuku town , Igbuku villages include Ovara, Oko, Oka, Ughelli, Edoni, Ogbelogbo and Ogbe. In Igbuku town are quarters like Ogbasaba, Ogbeomoku, Obikwele, Uriede, Ogbeuku, Umia and Igala.
3)ONOGBOKOR-This little settlement tuck somewhere between Umuolu and Akarai clans was recently recognized by the Delta State government as a clan with Akporeha I as its Odionlogbo. They arrived from Okpe-Isoko sometime in about 1870 and settled in Umuolu territory. The founder was one Edo. Onogbokor has three villages namely Ushie, Ogbe-Ekpako and Ove. In addition to Isoko, they also speak Aboh dialects.
4)AWA and ANYAMA
These two settlements lie along the Ase river axis. Tradition holds that Awa and Anyama were founded by two brothers namely Ozegbe and Oza in about 1830. They first settled at Awa but due to constant Ijaw raiders , Ozegbe moved over to a new site across the river to have a better view of the river and have a fore-knowledge of any possible Ijaw attack. This settlement he named Anyama. The meaning is self-explanatory in Igbo. Later , a large group of Iyede refugees led by one Isume arrived in about 1870. It is apparent that it was the same reason that drove the earlier Iyede refugees which were squatted at Ibrede, that drove this group to Awa. They arrived in about 1860 and were received by Oza who was the ruling elder in Awa. Soon the descendants of the Iyede people outnumbered the descendants of Oza or the Aboh people and for this reason, Awa soon transformed into an Isoko speaking community. The originality of Anyama is still intact. It remains Igbo speaking. Ogige , a settlement with which acted as an old trading settlement with European traders especially trade in palm-oil belongs to Anyama. An Okpala-Uku from Anyama and Oza family of Awa I in charge of this clan. [/b]

victor1464:
itsekiri r of Yoruba origin which makes dem Yoruba. Itsekiri is not an ethnic group

darfay:
Lots have changed since you opened this thread. The igbuku community now has odionloogbo, o really wonder in what direction the assimilation is taking place,?

Hope you are good BTW?

pazienza:
All Ukwuani need is call a 45million SE back up and you will be pushed back.

For now, we are observing them from sidelines.
If Isokos ransack them from their communities because of their folly of subscribing to minority politics, then we can only offer pity to them.

darfay:
~ibrede: is an igbide town not iyede(nd dat tree stuff is abig joke was is supposed to be funny coz it's not) nd having madqurades is no suprise coz their parent community has one of the most rigorous masqurade dance nd ibrede is entirely isoko now cc BensonAKW


~igbuku; is a town belonging to ellu clan .the daily language of communication but ukwale names are common. A frend of my dad was from ther



~onogbokor; 100% irri,100% isoko no customary rubbish


~Anya,Anyama,ogige; these are all isoko towns though anyama might min sometin else in igbo it is till an isoko town so go hang urself



~iyede ame nd lagos iyede; these are towns belonging to the iyede clan.even azagba,ibedeni speaks isoko language wella



~osafo; 100% isoko



~itebiege,rgbeme,warri irri,umuti are also 100% isoko towns


~osekwenike; are no customary tenant ,it is the HQ of okugbe isoko kingdom nd isoko. communities in bayelsa with the exception of anibaze. It is also the seat of the ovie of okugbe isoko kingom