goodlife4every1:


They really oppress us... They filterated our language here in Rivers State... That can never happen again even with this their stupid Biafra...

You never had a language
If you had it's you that would have infiltrated them with yours

danuzochukwu:
Being Igbo is actually not by force. Governor Wike is old enough to identify his tribe, but that does not mean that, other Ikwerres can not identify with Igbo.

Wike says he is a Rivers man, a Nigerdeltan, but not most Ikwerres will be foolish enough to describe themselves with two names Rivers and Nigerdelta coined and imposed on them by those who exploit the resources from their land, abandon the land polluted by oil exploitation. Wike is poorly educated, even watching him speak shows it.


I don’t thing I have seen many people from Ikwerre engaging in this argument started by Wike for his personal political career.

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and other opportunistic Ikwerres are all part of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo because Ohanaeze is a useless organization that is obsolete and not in sync with modernity which exactly why the organization has no grassroot support in Igbo land.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

Dis one na big mumu

seunmsg:
Very interesting interview. Apart from emphatically declaring that he’s not Igbo, I like the part where he claimed that the head of ipob is one small boy whose name he can’t remember . I’m also glad he acknowledged the cosmopolitan nature of Rivers state and rubbished the claim by ipob that they made him governor.

At least, those always doing attache by force can now give it a rest. Ikwerres are not Igbos and so be it. They are a distinct ethnic group in Nigeria. We should all respect who they are instead of forcing another identity on them.

Ikwerres and majority of Rivers people are suffering from identity crisis.
E go clear their eyes when oil go finish

ebenezer202l:
but he is speaking the truth.
He is Ikwere and Ikwere is a tribe and ethnic group on its own.
Please be guided.
LZAA Imhotep

Hmnm, you try wella

You mean a tribe and ethnic group that speaks igbo and bear igbo names and culture

Coneheadyutes:
Wike, the almighty saviour and god of all yorubs.

Please !!!!

Donno what you meant bro!!!

Can you please explain?

if your brother, from same parents, wakes up one day and says he is not your brother anymore, changes his name to an english name, and claims to be of a different family, he has every right to do so and you have to respect his wishes. you cant force someone to be what he doesnt want to identify with.

Though DNA may show he is your brother, but he no want na. .. . . period.

Ikwerres are Igbos . . . but . . . . . . . . . . if they say they are not Igbos. . . . . . then the Ikwerres are not Igbos. . .

I have seen people from egbema which is near oguta in Imo state but some parts of egbema was carved into River state, and I have seen people from that part of Egbema carved into rivers state claiming that they are not igbos

even though the rest of Egbema are igbos o

Anyways, if they say they are not igbos then they are not igbos. . . .no be force

collins6381:

let me ask you this..
What would be the benefits if Ikweres decides to indentify with Igbos?

Eg, in 2023,Igbos will be agitating for the presidency from the major political parties since GEJ and Obj have both taken turns for SS and SW. (Personally,me I no send zoo presidency).
Now, if an Ikwere man like Odili, Amaechi or foolish Wike with their 3 local govt should decide to vie for d same post, no Igbo man will oppose him cos it will be like discriminating against your own brother even though SS has had their turn viz GEJ.
2:Unfortunately,tribe is still an issue in black Africa and we tend to overlook when it doesn't concern our tribe.
Now, imagine if a character like buhari starts persecuting a 3 local govt Ikwere tribe like he did with IPOB and Shias?
It will be resisted more if they're identified as Igbo cos d whole Igbo race home and abroad will make noise on their behalf.
Shebi you saw the sustained pressure on buhari and Justice Bhaji when Nnamdi Kanu was locked up against court orders.
Who will speak for a 3 local govt Ikwere if such occurs ?
3:Igbo ppl live in large numbers in Rivers state and this has helped the Igbo speaking parts in terms of political power.
All 4 governors they've had since 1999 are from the Igbo speaking parts with Amaechi, Omehia and Wike all being Ikweres.
The riverine/none Igbo speaking parts already feel suppressed by this foolish Wike and his brothers.
Now imagine if Igbos both the migrant and the indigenous(those who identify as Igbos) like d etches,Omokus,Obigbo,etc withdraw support from Wike and his 3 local govt Ikweres?

Wike is dishonest. He is denying is ancestry, while some of his kinsmen close to me admit Igbo ancestry. Ikwerre, where he comes from is simply a subethnic Igbo such as Nsukka, Abakaliki, Abiriba, Ndoki, Egbema, Ukwuani, etc. I honestly can't figure out what Wike and his ilks stand to lose or gain with this barefaced lies and denials since the war has ended. Why are Igbo's not appropriating Ogoni's, Ijaws, Urhobos, etc as of the same ancestry? This false narration was what they sold to Nigerian soldiers when they invaded Rivers during the civil war, just to be spared from annihilation, since they lacked courage to fight and they must have to maintain it. Sometimes, a number of Ika (Igbo) people reacts the same way for the same reason. Cowardice is a bastard!

bigfish3k:

Hmnm, you try wella

You mean a tribe and ethnic group that speaks igbo and bear igbo names and culture

Just as Asaba is a tribe.

samuk:


Where did Ikwerre is not Igbo mean calling for Hausa domination, you see why groups such as Ikwerre should be careful about replacing one dominant political group with another.

So the Igbo interest in Ikwerre is for political domination, good thing people like Wike saw the handwriting on the wall and kicked against it.

Even if it's for domination as you are thinking

Is it not better for the educated igbos to dominate you instead of some uneducated almajiris from the sahel.

Mtchew I pity you peoples reasoning

kwerejoe:




Just as Asaba is a tribe.

Asaba is the name of a place and not a tribe

Igbo is a tribe spread widely across several places and not restricted to the name of a place

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

Ogonis and ken Saro Wiwa made no mistake at all. They read the hand writing your Igbo fore fathers wrote on the wall and decided to chart their own course.

Edo and Itsekiri people have Yoruba names, does that make them Yoruba?
Nigerian Muslims bear Arab names, does that make them Arabs?
Nigerians bear English names, does that make them English?
Use your certificate plaese!

Davash222:
Nwaike =. Child of strength.


What’s the meaning of Nwike in ikwere language?

Edo and Itsekiri people have Yoruba names, does that make them Yoruba?
Nigerian Muslims bear Arab names, does that make them Arabs?
Nigerians bear English names, does that make them English?
Use your certificate please!

Davash222:
Nwaike =. Child of strength.


What’s the meaning of Nwike in ikwere language?

iddonla:


where will all this take us to?

One million question

samuk:


There's the Eze family in Benin with various branches. They goes by the morning greetings Lavi-Eze. All established Benin families have morning greetings that identify them and also have chiefs that represents them in the Palace. Why single out two names from the list I gave you.

The people that left Benin took with them names and cultures you guys are now claiming, including the names of your market days and titles of some of Obi of Onitsha chiefs, including the Obi's title himself, Agboghidi, his sceptre are all Benin in origin.

Some have argued that Chime was actually Ikhimwin which the Igbos they met in their new land pronounced Chime. The Igbonization of Benin names and words are not peculiar to the eastern expansion of the old Benin empire, most Benin original names and settlements in Lagos were also Yorubanized.

"It may interest you to know that some of the names considered Igbo names today such as, Amadin, ugo, Eze, Okoro and the name of Onitsha must revered shrine Udo were all ancient Benin names, people and places still bear these names in Benin." [/b]


Isi gini ? Look at those names properly, you should have just written; Amadinosa, Ugosa, Ezebor, Okhoro, Udowhimin to make your point valid. looool.

[b]"Some have argued that Chime was actually Ikhimwin which the Igbos they met in their new land pronounced Chime".

All I can do is laugh at your wishful thinking. Onye nzuzu !

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

IPOB is the worst thing that's happened to the Igbo tribe...
And bulk of the blame should go to their leadership under Kanu...
How can a single individual be this vulgar, undiplomatic, myopic and yet stubborn?
He talks carelessly like a kid...no respect for people and culture... what moral justification does he have against Wike when he's just another tyrant in the making.
Imagine coming up with no referendum..no election. how does that help anybody?
You don't want presidency or any form of political leadership yet complain when a stranger comes in to intimidate you.
Then how have insults and hate on other tribes helped his Biafran struggle?You even insult the UK & the British...call them unprintable names...yet you hide in there and then expect them to give you Biafra.
And finally placing a bounty on a sitting Gov.
Do this guy think at all? Even if some ipob fool now makes good his bounty and shoots Wike dead..how well does this place the rest innocent Igbos in the state..

Ogbuu101:

Some groups in Igbo actually pronounce nwa without the 'n'.
Eg some groups in Ezza north of Ebonyi state and some parts of Imo state.

The word is meaningless without the "n"

Juliusmalema:
Wike just earned our respect.
Stand on what you believe in and stick to it.
Ikwerres are not igbos and so be it.
Case closed

I swear na ur comment I deh find Good morning

na wa o, If Wike says he isn't ibo, just let him be na, all these Ipob doing forceful attachment doesn't help

bigfish3k:

Hmnm, you try wella

You mean a tribe and ethnic group that speaks igbo and bear igbo names and culture

na wa o, have some shame abeg, I really feel bad for Igbo's cos of u Ipob lots

TheLionofLasigi:
Igbo, Bini, Ijaw, Yoruba, Ikwere, Muslim, christain or whatever, as long as you're a southerner living in the north, we the riot breaks out, the fulani isn't ready to know whether you're Igbo or ikwere or Afonja or ijaw...he hardly understands English and his only aim is for him to use his bugashi to disbowel you and rape your wives and daughters....I grew up in Jos during the 2000-2001 religious riots and southerners in the area were I was staying, formed a vigilante group to protect our neighborhood from attacks, nobody cared about tribes as long as you were a southerner....

The two enemies of the southern man is the enemy within and the enemy from north. Know this and know peace.

Lol

Ikwerres will still find a way to deny being southerners.

Tribalists everywhere

chrysso83:

Dis one na big mumu

Na you actually mumu pass, check am well.

Coldsteel:

IPOB is the worst thing that's happened to the Igbo tribe...
And bulk of the blame should go to their leadership under Kanu...
How can a single individual be this vulgar, undiplomatic, myopic and yet stubborn?
He talks carelessly like a kid...no respect for people and culture... what moral justification does he have against Wike when he's just another tyrant in the making.
Imagine coming up with no referendum..no election. how does that help anybody?
You don't want presidency or any form of political leadership yet complain when a stranger comes in to intimidate you.
Then how have insults and hate on other tribes helped his Biafran struggle?You even insult the UK & the British...call them unprintable names...yet you hide in there and then expect them to give you Biafra.
And finally placing a bounty on a sitting Gov.
Do this guy think at all? Even if some ipob fool now makes good his bounty and shoots Wike dead..how well does this place the rest innocent Igbos in the state..

Start you own struggle, let others see your own infallable modus operandi instead of hiding in your mother's bedroom like a coward and typing long sanctimonous English.

Ogbuu101:

Get well soon bro

Tell your father to get well, you foul dog

Tzar:
Edo and Itsekiri people have Yoruba names, does that make them Yoruba?
Nigerian Muslims bear Arab names, does that make them Arabs?
Nigerians bear English names, does that make them English?
Use your certificate plaese!

See this one putting mouth in what he don’t know,Edo, Itsekiri, Arabs, English people all have their native spoken languages while Ikwere have no native language except the Igbo language they are speaking and bearing of Igbo names.

If they are not Igbos what is their original mother tongue

You should be the one to use your certificate.

Did anybody ask him?
He is awusa then.

ebenezer202l:
what language do Etche people speak?
plain Igbo or ikwerre?

Just like Ikwerre is a dialect of the Igbo language, so also is the Etche dialect. Etche people aren't in any way Ikwerre

LegendHero Wike is not the mouth piece of Ikwere people, he may claimed not to be Igbo while Chibuike Amaechi never denied being Igbo, three years ago Oba of Ijebu land told the world that his people are not Yoruba that they are from Wanda Sudan, and you people are still claiming Ijebu sons and daughters like Adenuga and Co, Oba of Lagos once said Lagos is not a Yoruba land, and you guys started insulting him even when he didn't recognise and disrespect the Oni of Ife, you can see you guys are hypocrisy, worst is happening to your tribe but you guys are after Igbos affairs.

Who's forcing him to be ibo?