peacekante:
The Governor was asked by Dele MOMODU if he is igbo and he gave a blunt reply. "I am not" . He later went on to clarify the misunderstanding about his name and also the ikwere people link to igbo.

Watch video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ANmx2mhOU

LET HIM KEEP TALKING AS HE LIKES. WHAT IS HIS ORIGIN? WHERE ARE D IKWERRES AND ETCHE PEOPLE FROM, PLS? IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW..

Loveurneighbour:
Why are the Igbo people forcing Wike to announce his tribe as IGBO?

Which Igbo people? Only foolish ones would do that

PreyingMantis:
Your comprehension of written English Language seems to be very poor. I can't help you

How do I comprehend with your poor
application of punctuations and poor writing style?

chrisxxx:

You have gathered too many likes by this comment. However, let me educate you. There was a time the Aro people migrated to Ikwerre and wielded so much power. During the war most of them fled. Some were unable to leave either because of weakness or inability to locate their homeland. Those that remained were adopted by many communities in Ikwerre land. Though there is this segregation and resentment about them till date. Those whose ancestors are Aros always want to be identified as Igbos and every Ikwerre as Igbos to close that gap of discrimination.
Amaechi married an Igbo lady. He may claim Igbo by marriage. There is need also to investigate his family background.
In Ikwerre land we call Igbos Isuoma. This is a class difference between the Diali and the Igbos.
When next you see Amaechi call him Nye Isuoma. If he does not rebuke him come back to me and ask me for apology.

This shows that the identity crisis that has engulfed the Ikwerre people is worse than I thought. So Amaechi may have claimed to be Igbo because his wife is Igbo? Is that what Ikwerre men do? So if Amaechi had married a Yoruba woman, by now he would have been claiming to be Yoruba? I think that Ikwerres have been influenced by Aros, Binis, Ijaws and others so much so that they no longer know who they are.

Thats why you will an Ikwerre man, he will tell you he is Igbo. You meet another Ikwerre man, he tells you he is Bini. The third Ikwerre man will tell you he is Iwhuruoha, while the 4th Ikwerre man will tell you he is his wifes ethnic group. Confusion every where

Ikwerres should go sort out this identity crisis amongst because if care is not taken, the next generation of Ikwerres will claim to be Japanese.

FYI, this thing about Isuoma is not new. Wawa people of Enugu state call people from Onitsha axis Agbaenu. People from Onitsha axis call people from Asaba diokpa. Yet they are all Igbos

Numismatic:


Seriously? You are saying it's the igbos that copied the ikweres? Nothing Musa no go see for gate o

That's a typical dubious yoruba muslim nincompoop for you, he is trying to change the narrative because he has a 'score to settle with Ibos, he know the truth but by his yoruba nature he must lie to himself in order to score points against the 'Ibos'.

Did Awolowo not dubiously attempt to deceive everyone in a court when he defended a ritualistic yoruba king who murdered a little innocent girl and butchered her carcass like a goat? Even when he knew the truth?

Know the yorubas very well and make peace with their intrinsically devious and dubious nature which will never change in a million years.

aribisala0:
The Ijaw people know very well what is Ikwere and Etche . What patronizing nonsense

You folk think everyone is foolish and you are the only ones with sense

Ijaws consider Ikwerre and Etche as Igbo, Edo people don't even see any link with them in terms of culture, language, name or identity.

Tonalphs:
person say I nor b, u dey force am make him b.
are u him? is he u? lol. please y'all should free the guy joor. most Ikwere people I know do not agree that they're Igbo's. it's just a societal mix up.
it's like saying Nembe people are Ijaw people. We accept that if we're outside. but we don't accept that when we're in Bayelsa. our languages may be similar. but we've chosen our path.
Wike isn't Igbo. make una rest.

Can specifically name any worthy Igbo son/daughter whom at any time forced Wike to accept that he is Igbo?

Can you show us the link.

We have too many high achievers that it will be an insult to claim that Igbos are forcing Wike of all people to become one of them.

What is so special about Ikwerre? Who knows them? What are they known for?

Grandmeister:

I know it doesn’t make sense, logically, common sensically it doesn’t make sense but let them be! It’s just like how they tagged the 66 coup as igbo coup because of nzeogwu but after the war the place were nzeogwu hails from is called SS or Niger deltan...it is one of those travesties that happened( and still happens) in Nigeria....but again I say to you, let them be.

When they commit crimes other Nigerians will tag them as Igbo but when it's good and okay the same Nigerians will tag them non igbos and they will foolishly dance to it. Mtchew

I have never seen such foolishness

post=95970210:

Dumbo Igbos are proud of their cities, as big as Rivers state is they get their goods from Onitsha and Aba, how many billionaires from Igbo extraction came from Ikwere, tell me one Ikwere man or woman making wave across the world, Wike silly ranting recently is targeted at Amaechi who is trying to unify with the Igbos, we will see how far Wike will go in his quest.

Summary... YOU ARE AN IDIOT...

TecM0:



More like most disrespected by everyone

You can only disrespect online. Fact!

Obi1kenobi:
I don't quite get Dele Momodu's line of questioning. Who are the "they" he's referring to that are angry Wike is denying his Igboness? Random social media accounts? Should that be a basis for substantive discourse? It seems many outsiders like Momodu and all those mastuurbating on this thread love to fan this conflict between Igbos and Igboid groups in the SS. And our SS Igboid brethren never fail to disappoint in taking the bait to express their well-cultivated Igbophobia - making themselves useful idiots to the agenda of those who would seek to divide us from pursuing common interests. Many Igbos also act like idiots and take the bait everytime these topics come on. Why do you care whether Ikwerres or Ukwuanis or Ikas or whoever assert their independence? Why choose to attract their resentment and Igbophobic insults by engaging in the pettiness?

I agree.... This is a more intelligent angle.

Let us get an Igbo president in 2023 and watch as all these freaks begin to speak Igbo and wear Igbo custom.

If you remind Nyesom of his interview in 2020 with Fat Dele he will reply that he was misquoted.

Awon were.

Igbo Amaka!

Tell him to fck off. We are better off without a scum called Wike. The guy is a wicked soul. His name truly befit him.

gidgiddy:


This shows that the identity crisis that has engulfed the Ikwerre people is worse than I thought. So Amaechi may have claimed to be Igbo because his wife is Igbo? Is that what Ikwerre men do? So if Amaechi had married a Yoruba woman, by now he would have been claiming to be Yoruba? I think that Ikwerres have been influenced by Aros, Binis, Ijaws and others so much so that they no longer know who they are.

Thats why you will an Ikwerre man, he will tell you he is Igbo. You meet another Ikwerre man, he tells you he is Bini. The third Ikwerre man will tell you he is Iwhuruoha, while the 4th Ikwerre man will tell you he is his wifes ethnic group. Confusion every where

Ikwerres should go sort out this identity crisis amongst because if care is not taken, the next generation of Ikwerres will claim to be Japanese.

FYI, this thing about Isuoma is not new. Wawa people of Enugu state call people from Onitsha axis Agbaenu. People from Onitsha axis call people from Asaba diokpa. Yet they are all Igbos

If I had married an American, I would claim American citizenship. Pls don't confuse us. Dey your own. This new trend of Ikwerre is Igbo just started with your demented London based albino.

Dpharisee:


Ijaws consider Ikwerre and Etche as Igbo, Edo people don't even see any link with them in terms of culture, language, name or identity.

That is your opinion . That does not make it true

Ijaw sold Igbos as slave for centuries .They know the difference

Why are you joining Ikwerre and Etche ? Are they the same?

obyrich:
Do you mean that Rotimi Amechi does not know that Rivers state is not in the south east? How will he benefit from APCs zoning the presidency to the south east by claiming to be Igbo?

Worked for goodluck Jonathan

post=95970210:

Dumbo Igbos are proud of their cities, as big as Rivers state is they get their goods from Onitsha and Aba, how many billionaires from Igbo extraction came from Ikwere, tell me one Ikwere man or woman making wave across the world, Wike silly ranting recently is targeted at Amaechi who is trying to unify with the Igbos, we will see how far Wike will go in his quest.

Maybe we should claim Rotimi Amaechi as Yoruba since his first name is Yoruba lol such pettiness... The love of Crude oil and geographical advantage is the beginning of this tribe is this that tribe is not

Racoon:
Governor Wike have the right to his ethnic identity but must never forget that hating on the Igbo tribe does not in any way make us less Igbos.Ken Saro-Wiwa & the Ogonis made the same mistake but till today they are regretting it.

We must not agree in all things but there are some things that intersect all of us-oppression & marginalization by a common enemy

Whatever He Claims to be in 2020, Who are d Ikwerres/Etche People and What is their ORIGIN REALLY?

Seriously, Where did the Ikwerre Migrate from,Pls?

Before State Creation,What is d Source?

Historians Should Add Flesh,Pls.

That's Wike's opinion. Now ask Duncan Mighty if he's Igbo.

osarog:
For the fact that my language sounds like Igbo language doesn't mean I'm Igbo. People should understand this.

Ikwerres are not Igbo.

Can u hear yourself speak?? More like saying because Nsukka sounds like igbo but they aren't igbo. U bear igbo names, and speak an igboid lingua yet u claim not igbo. I pity Igbo people shaa with the way their brothers are denying them

mbaise1000:


ikwere language? what's the meaning of that name in igbo language and what is the meaning of ikwere in ikwere language and in igbo language? people will not seize to amaze, anyways I don't see what is important in wike being igbo or not, people like JONATHAN who is more important and more intelligent and more matured and more recognized all over the world and more valuable is not igbo but identified with the igbo to the extent of adopting an an igbo name for himself, compare him to some igbos that are denying their identity for pots of porridge like one thing in abuja and another thing in lagos and the difference is very clear.
you won't see people like okonja iweala do that. that wike is being applauded by a particular set of people who are insulting him a few weeks ago but see him as their hero today, because he is killing igbos will tell any sane person why IPOB seen to be the best option now

Your reasoning is superb
I would like to link up with you in either Facebook or Twitter
My username is Stanley ChukwuJekewu

chrisxxx:

If I had married an American, I would claim American citizenship. Pls don't confuse us. Dey your own. This new trend of Ikwerre is Igbo just started with your demented London based albino.

STOP reasoning this way. Tribe and naturalization is remarkably different. You don't become an Hausa man because you married an Hausa woman but you can become a Nigerian by marrying a Nigerian.

Mikel Obi has naturalized in England but he is not English by tribe. He is an Igbo man, period!

Am ibo and am very happy to hear wike come clear on this matter.
I blame kanu who wants to bring these people into biafra project.
The coastal people are even the reason biafra is having difficulty to be realized.
Let them be,our 5 states is ok,5 is sacred in igbo.
We have access to the ocean by azumili.
By the way, ikweres have entitlement attitude,they believe they will be paid for just being ikweres while ibibios have more oil and the ibibios aren't as stupid as ikweres.
If we have these riverine people in biafra,they are faultlines our enemies will use in the future.
Let them be.
In the future, anyone who wants assylum can be granted assylum.

Ogbuu101:

They have such short memories.
I don't know what they think they can bargain with their 3 local govts.
They're falling right into the trap of the hausa/Fulani again and again and have refused to learn from the experience of Isaac Boro, Ken Saro Wiwa etc.
The oil that is confusing their head ,is it not Hausa/Fulani that have been enjoying it and own all the oil wells?
Have Igbo ppl not been doing well without the Ikweres?

Don't lie... �... �... Igbos wants to enjoy it also... FOOLISHNESS in the high places is a big sin in the eyes of the gods...

engrchykae:
Am ibo and am very happy to hear wike come clear on this matter.
I blame kanu who wants to bring these people into biafra project.
The coastal people are even the reason biafra is having difficulty to be realized.
Let them be,our 5 states is ok,5 is sacred in igbo.
We have access to the ocean by azumili.
By the way, ikweres have entitlement attitude,they believe they will be paid for just being ikweres while ibibios have more oil and the ibibios aren't as stupid as ikweres.
If we have these riverine people in biafra,they are faultlines our enemies will use in the future.
Let them be.
In the future, anyone who wants assylum can be granted assylum.

Are the Ibibios Igbos too? asking for a friend ����

chrisxxx:

If I had married an American, I would claim American citizenship. Pls don't confuse us. Dey your own. This new trend of Ikwerre is Igbo just started with your demented London based albino.

Except that America is not an ethnic group

PreyingMantis:
I met an Etche man sometime ago in Yenagoa. He needed a favor from me and he identified himself as Igbo from Etche. Somehow I could tell from his countenance that he didn't really believe I would accept him as an Igbo man... Probably because of the continuous denial they're known for. Truth is most times when they're in foreign territory, they choose to identify as Igbos because it serves their interest and gives them a sense of belonging. The Ijaw people in Bayelsa do not know what is Ikwerre or what is Etche. ALL OF THEM ARE IGBOS... Kapish!

An Etche man makes less of an issue with the Igbo tag than Ikwerre man. In fact Etche does not deny Igbo heritage like Ikwerre

Igboid:


Don't get it confused

Uche Okwukwu and other opportunistic Ikwerres are all part of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo because Ohanaeze is a useless organization that is obsolete and not in sync with modernity which exactly why the organization has no grassroot support in Igbo land.

Even as UK pulled out of EU, if the EU leaders are stupid enough to make an opportunistic English man claiming to be anti Brexit the Secretary general of EU with the pay package and power that comes with it,do you think such British will decline? The answer is No.
But does EU making an English man the Secretary general of EU change the fact that the British back home have no interest in being part of EU.

That Uche Okwukwu an Ikwerre man is even allowed to be part of Ohanaeze let alone rise to post of Secretary general is a testament to how useless Ohanaeze Ndiigbo is as an organization.
No Ikwerre or any one whose majority of his people are Igbophobic should be part of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo if the organization is a serious one.

So you IPOB should stop quoting this Uche Okwukwu,because you are only underlying the failure of Igbo leadership as epitomized by Ohanaeze when you use Uche Okwukwu as example of Ikwerre being Igbo.

Thanks for insight Pls. Can You throw Light for Better Knowledge?

Seriously, Where did the Ikwerres Migrate from,Pls?

Before State Creation,What is d Source?

Historians Should Add Flesh,Pls.

gidgiddy:
Ikwerre not being Igbo all depends on the Ikwerre you meet. An Ikwerre man and former Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, will tell the whole world that he is an Igbo man. Another Ikwerre Governor like Wike will say he is not Igbo


Meanwhile, an Ikwerre man called Uche Okwukwu is Ohanaeze Secretary general while another Ikwerre man called Elechi Amadi wrote a book to say Ikwerres are not Igbos

Its for Ikwerres to go and sort out whatever ethnic crisis that has engulfed them

May your wisdom never cease

Myhusband:
wike shut up there, you must be Igbo be fire by force



we Igbo established Ikwerre land and made it what's it today.



any Ikwerre not identifying with Igbo is doing themselves dangerous things because when director Descend on you people, you will join Igbo by fire by force


I actually don't see different between Fulani and Igbo, the only thing is one is a Muslim extremist while the latter is a Christian extremist. they're both religious intolerant miscreants and land grabbers

Yes you are right
Don't you see how igbos go about killing people, take their lands and build shops for business
Don't you see how indigenes negotiate with the igbos before they are allowed into their farmlands to cultivate and harvest crops.

Don't you see how igbos take over villages and rename them after making the indegenes to relocate to IDP camp or be killed
Don't you see the igbo water resources bill?
Or you haven't heard of RUGA for the igbos?
Or have you not heard of how igbos conquered afonja and we now have "Eze of ilorin" can't you see? Even all over the north, don't you see our ezes as the life chairman of the traditional rulers council everywhere?

You igbo haters will never make heaven

YungMillionaire:
Wike saying he is not Igbo because he is from River state, is like Dele Momodu saying he is not Yoruba because he is from Edo state.

Only the wise will grasp this.

Is momodu Benin or yoruba name?

fof1:



Whatever He Claims to be in 2020, Who are d Ikwerres/Etche People and What is their ORIGIN REALLY?

Seriously, Where did the Ikwerre Migrate from,Pls?

Before State Creation,What is d Source?

Historians Should Add Flesh,Pls.

Etche and Ikwerre are different people. Etche settled much earlier than Ikwerre and in fact hosted Ikwerre and gave Ikwerre their 1st settlement in Rivers State when Arochukwu people brought them from Ebonyi State following their escape from Ikwo.

osarog:
For the fact that my language sounds like Igbo language doesn't mean I'm Igbo. People should understand this.

Ikwerres are not Igbo.

See how they took away your brain