Nnamdi Kanu Leader Of The Indigenous People Of Biafra IPOB, has made a claim that Oyigbo ought to be called Obigbo.

Nnamdi Kanu Posted On His Official Page saying that “It is #OBIGBO not Oyigbo. Britain may have gotten away with planting the fake name Port Harcourt in our brains in place of the rightful name #IGWEOCHA

This time around we will not allow a bunch of badly educated people, full of self hate, to change a name that has been in existence for over 5000 years.

Igbo people never changed the name of anybody's town or village, therefore, nobody has the right to come to our land to give us a name that has no meaning.

The fact European Bible wrongly referred to it as #Jerusalem does not mean the original name #Yerushalayim is an attempt at land grab by the Jews of Israel but a reflection of historical reality.

You may call it #Rome but to Italians the proper name is #Roma and that is what they call it to this day. You call it #Munich but the Bavarian owners of the land know and call it #Munchen.

To us the owners of the land in Igweocha, the correct name is OBIGBO, foreigners are free to call it Oyigbo if they like, it won't change the identity of the people or originality of the name.
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This is what you call stupidity in it's purest form

I nor wan laugh

Lagosians still call Lagos Eko.

Why not Ikwerre call port Harcourt Igweocha.

A case of giving a dog a bad name to hang it. Ever since Calabar was changed from Akwa-Akpa to Calabar, they denied their Akwa ibom brothers.

There is something in a name.

Wike has kukuma told IPOB members he will never negotiate with them. They should shah thread carefully.

Still on this matter? Nnamdi Kaun and his followers have destroyed the remaining respect south south have for igbo. It's now official that south south doesn't want to associate with igbo. All the whole world are envy igbos achievements.

What Nnamdi Kanu said is true, for those who care about history

The place was called Obigbo untill 1976 when they carved it out of Imo state, lumped it into Rivers State, and renamed it one ridiculous name called "Oyigbo"

The area known "Portharcourt ", what is Portharcourt? Portharcourt is simply a Seaport that was built on a land known as "Igwuocha". For those who do not know, Igwuocha and Obumotu were the farmlands of Ikwerre people that was used to build the port. Many Ikwerres still call Portharcourt 'Igwuocha'. It should have been called 'Portigwuocha'. But the British named the port after 'Vernon Harcourt', the then British secretary of colonies.

I support a place to be called by its ancestral name, not an imposed name.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is right on this..

What MNK said is true but he is not from Obigbo,only the aborigines of Obigbo have the right to protest against any changes in the name of their town.

Kanu might be right but I think he should leave the people to decide what they should be called. If they want to be called portharcourt, then let them be.

Ojiofor:
What MNK said is true but he is not from Obigbo,only the aborigines of Obigbo have the right to protest against any changes in the name of their town.

Simple logic IPOB cannot understand.

Its not in place for MNK from far away Ibeku Umuahia to fight for Obiigbo or Ikwerre people.
It smacks of stupidity.

Common sense is to let Obiigbo people be the ones to fight for the renaming to their town to its original name and the you can lend support to their fight.

He is correct
Wether you believe or not
It doesn’t make the truth false
Meanwhile oil in the south will be useless is now everywhere

pazienza:


Simple logic IPOB cannot understand.

Its not in place for MNK from far away Ibeku Umuahia to fight for Obiigbo or Ikwerre people.
It smacks of stupidity.

Common sense is to let Obiigbo people be the ones to fight for the renaming to their town to its original name and the you can lend support to their fight.

IPOB and her leadership lacks common sense and the reason they are disgrace to great Igbo nation.
If Obigbo people are comfortable with the name change why drink panadol for their headache?

pazienza:


Simple logic IPOB cannot understand.

Its not in place for MNK from far away Ibeku Umuahia to fight for Obiigbo or Ikwerre people.
It smacks of stupidity.

Common sense is to let Obiigbo people be the ones to fight for the renaming to their town to its original name and the you can lend support to their fight.

Really? So Igbos should not fight for Igbos? So because Nnamdi Kanu is an Ibeku man, he should never fight for an Ndoki man in Obigbo even though they are all Igbos. So what is the point of being a tribe if nobody is supposed to fight for nobody?

What is the fight in this case? That people should answer their ancestral name rather than an imposed name?

I laugh in chinese

Ojiofor:


IPOB and her leadership lacks common sense and the reason they are disgrace to great Igbo nation.
If Obigbo people are comfortable with the name change why drink panadol for their headache?

Of course, who wouldnt be comfortable to have his ancestral name, that means something in his language, thrown away to replaced by a strange imposed name that means nothing.

Its part of the colonial mentality people like Nnamdi Kanu has to deal with

gidgiddy:


Really? So Igbos should not fight for Igbos? So because Nnamdi Kanu is an Ibeku man, he should never fight for an Ndoki man in Obigbo even though they are all Igbos. So what is the point of being a tribe if nobody is supposed to fight for nobody?

What is the fight in this case? That people should answer their ancestral name rather than an imposed name?

I laugh in chinese

Sometimes I wonder how some of you reason.

Obiigbo people have traditional rulers, they have leaders of thought.
Its been years the then Ijaws from Bayelsa who controlled rivers who connived with the FG to change Obiigbo to Oyiigbo were confined to Bayelsa state, thanks to Zik and Ukiwe master stroke.

If Obiigbo people want the change the town and even LGA back to its original name of Obiigbo, what stops them from writing a petition to RVSG and FG to that effect by getting Ohanaeze Ndiigbo involved?

They haven't done this. So common sense should tell you they are not bothered by outsiders bastardizing their name for them..

Why then should an Ibeku man be crying more than the bereaved?

Ndi IPOB, ike unu agwula m.

pazienza:


Sometimes I wonder how some of you reason.

Obiigbo people have traditional rulers, they have leaders of thought.
Its been years the then Ijaws from Bayelsa who controlled rivers who connived with the FG to change Obiigbo to Oyiigbo were confined to Bayelsa state, thanks to Zik and Ukiwe master stroke.

If Obiigbo people want the change the town and even LGA back to its original name of Obiigbo, what stops them from writing a petition to RVSG and FG to that effect by getting Ohanaeze Ndiigbo involved?

They haven't done this. So common sense should tell you they are not bothered by outsiders bastardizing their name for them..

Why then should an Ibeku man be crying more than the bereaved?

Ndi IPOB, ike unu agwula m.

In other words, what happens in one part of Igbo land should not concern another part of Igbo land. Everybody should fight their own battles and forget the spirit of brotherhood. An Ibeku man should not concern himself with what affects and Ndoki man despite the fact that it is outside forces that caused the issue of name change. Sorry but I cant subscribe to that divisiveness.

To be clear, nobody is fighting anything here. The only thing Nnamdi Kanu is doing is reminding Obigbo people not to forget their ancestral name for an imposed name and I think that is commendable. That the elites or traditional institutions of Obigbo have not done it does not mean that Nnamdi Kanu cannot tell them

@ 53 years, almost grandpa, this one still dey behave like a toddler

gidgiddy:
What Nnamdi Kanu said is true, for those who care about history

The place was called Obigbo untill 1976 when they carved it out of Imo state, lumped it into Rivers State, and renamed it one ridiculous name called "Oyigbo"

The area known "Portharcourt ", what is Portharcourt? Portharcourt is simply a Seaport that was built on a land known as "Igwuocha". For those who do not know, Igwuocha and Obumotu were the farmlands of Ikwerre people that was used to build the port. Many Ikwerres still call Portharcourt 'Igwuocha'. It should have been called 'Portigwuocha'. But the British named the port after 'Vernon Harcourt', the then British secretary of colonies.

I support a place to be called by its ancestral name, not an imposed name.

Are places not renamed?

Are streets not renamed?

You guys are really trouble makers

Off topic but if we where to go back in history, igbos should own akwa ibom, cross rivers and some parts of Cameron. The aros conquered these locations fair and square. The fulanis conquered kwarra, but they can still claim ownership of the state till date. Why don’t the government allow igbos for the ownership of akwa ibom and cross rivers? Did our ancestors war effort go to waste?!?!

gidgiddy:


Of course, who wouldnt be comfortable to have his ancestral name, that means something in his language, thrown away to replaced by a strange imposed name that means nothing.

Its part of the colonial mentality people like Nnamdi Kanu has to deal with

Umuahia his home town is an artificial name given to their people by strangers(Ibeku is the original name of Umuahia town) ,have he rejected it?
I repeat,If people of Obigbo are happy with their new name it is not the business of IPOB or Nnamdi Kanu to change it for them.
There are many villages and towns in Igbo land that have altered their names or changed it completely.
Oka town became Awka,Enugwu became Enugu,Onicha became Onitcha,Owere became Owerri,Ahaba became Asaba,Ogwu town became Awgu,Abakeleke became Abakiliki,Nkerefi became Umuchukwu etc..Why are you shedding so much tears for Obigbo and PH alone?
Why are you and MNK fixated on Obigbo replacing B with Y in Obigbo?
You are nothing but bunch of trouble makers and outlaws.

peacekante:
Wike has kukuma told IPOB members he will never negotiate with them. They should shah thread carefully.

Who is wike?
He only start and end in river
We are international

Y0rubakwe:
Off topic but if we where to go back in history, igbos should own akwa ibom, cross rivers and some parts of Cameron. The aros conquered these locations fair and square. The fulanis conquered kwarra, but they can still claim ownership of the state till date. Why don’t the government allow igbos for the ownership of akwa ibom and cross rivers? Did our ancestors war effort go to waste?!?!

When did Fulani claim Kwara?

Olga face you Obigbo or Oyigbo wHala and leave Kwara out of your mouth.

Balogunodua:


When did Fulani claim Kwara?

Olga face you Obigbo or Oyigbo wHala and leave Kwara out of your mouth.

All I needed to see was your profile picture to know that you are a confused illiterate

You are showing aro juju as gods miracle

My Yoruba brother, I no get your time.

I think Nnamdi Kanu is just trying to create awareness here, and that's not bad on its own. He didn't wage any war or attack anyone while doing it, so what's the fuss about?

We should as Africans start revisiting some of these gross changes that was imposed on us by the colonial rulers without seeking for our input, as well as those the military foistered on us by Fiat.

I support Nnamdi Kanu on this awareness, the people of Obigbo may even be desirous of having their name changed back to its original form that has meaning but currently lack the courage to push for it. With support from Igbos, they may eventually ask for it. Already, many of the indigenes still refer to it as Obigbo regardless of the fact that government gazetted it as Oyigbo.

Ojiofor:


Umuahia his home town is an artificial name given to their people by strangers(Ibeku is the original name of Umuahia town) ,have he rejected it?
I repeat,If people of Obigbo are happy with their new name it is not the business of IPOB or Nnamdi Kanu to change it for them.
There are many villages and towns in Igbo land that have altered their names or changed it completely.
Oka town became Awka,Enugwu became Enugu,Onicha became Onitcha,Owere became Owerri,Ahaba became Asaba,Ogwu town became Awgu,Abakeleke became Abakiliki,Nkerefi became Umuchukwu etc..Why are you shedding so much tears for Obigbo and PH alone?
Why are you and MNK fixated on Obigbo replacing B with Y in Obigbo?
You are nothing but bunch of trouble makers and outlaws.

Yep, imposed names by outsiders is always more important than the original ancestral name

Mtcheew

gidgiddy:


Yep, imposed names by outsiders is always more important than the original ancestral name

Mtcheew

When are you going to open a thread for dozens of other Igbo town that have been altered or changed their names completely?
Maybe your town is even one of them.When are starting a protest to change Anambra to Omambala,Amawbia to Amaobia,Nawfia to Nofia?
Igbos always find something to wail on.Btw,corruption of names did not happen in Igboland alone.
Fight for your town and allow others to fight for theirs.

Ojiofor:


When are you going to open a thread for dozens of other Igbo town that have been altered or changed their names completely?
Maybe your town is even one of them.When are starting a protest to change Anambra to Omambala,Amawbia to Amaobia,Nawfia to Nofia?
Igbos always find something to wail on.Btw,corruption of names did not happen in Igboland alone.
Fight for your town and allow others to fight for theirs.

Yep, the imposed name is always more important than the original ancestral name

Nice one.