VirginFinder:


So Igbos also take surnames Edo surnames for that matter

Don't mind them

EdoDefence:


Don't mind them

What happens to Nsukka people taking Igala surname,

AlexBells:

What happens to Nsukka people taking Igala surname,

Ask the Igala people

AsomughaChuks02:
If Irabor is Igbo, why then has there not been any congratulatory messages from Ohaneze Ndigbo officially or unofficially? Why is there no congratulatory messages from prominent Igbo leaders of thought and means on his appointment? Why the outburst by outgoing Ohaneze chairman on the recent appointments?


Simple answers. Irabor is not Igbo. He is Ika. Igbos are becoming too desperate in pettiness, truth be told.

Like Anioma or Ikwerre, many Ika Elders will say they are Igbo but if the younger generation don't want to be part of Igbo again, their choice.

EdoDefence:


Ask the Igala people

Good, you Edos and Igalas once fought a war, Igalas respect themselves to know their people and their boundaries, I think you guys should look up to your Senior brother Igalas in the way to deal with Igbos, Igalas don't intrude in Igbo affairs even when we inter marry,

AlexBells:

Good, you Edos and Igalas once fought a war, Igalas respect themselves to know their people and their boundaries, I think you guys should look up to your Senior brother Igalas in the way to deal with Igbos, Igalas don't intrude in Igbo affairs even when we inter marry,

We will do that when you igbos look up to your slave masters (Ijaws) for advice

EdoDefence:


We will do that when you igbos look up to your slave masters (Ijaws) for advice

Ijaws are our neighbours and if we are talking about fishing, swimming etc ofcourse we sought their advice, we are not too arrogant to think that we know it all, but you, instead of fighting to take back Lagos you are trying to intrude into Igboland, lol, what the British did will be a childs play the day Igbos have your time

AlexBells:

Ijaws are our neighbours and if we are talking about fishing, swimming etc ofcourse we sought their advice, we are not too arrogant to think that we know it all, but you, instead of fighting to take back Lagos you are trying to intrude into Igboland, lol, what the British did will be a childs play the day Igbos have your time

Ignore the idiot. In their mind they are still living in Bini Empire while everyone else has moved forward.

AlexBells:

Ijaws are our neighbours and if we are talking about fishing, swimming etc ofcourse we sought their advice, we are not too arrogant to think that we know it all, but you, instead of fighting to take back Lagos you are trying to intrude into Igboland, lol, what the British did will be a childs play the day Igbos have your time

Lol chest beaters, what the Hausas did in the Biafra war will be child's play the day you lots cross your boundaries

EdoDefence:


Lol chest beaters, what the Hausas did in the Biafra war will be child's play the day you lots cross your boundaries

Hausas did not do a thing, it was Nigeria/Biafra war not Igbo/Hausa war, I want to categorically tell you that Igbos come prepared for any tribe, you are a disgrace to the Oba of Benin, did he send you on your land grabbing mission, come to Onitisha and say any rubbish about Benin Kingdom and collect the beating you most deserve, when you bring insult to your kingdom don't get offended when we drag your crown on the floor

AlexBells:

Hausas did not do a thing, it was Nigeria/Biafra war not Igbo/Hausa war, I want to categorically tell you that Igbos come prepared for any tribe, you are a disgrace to the Oba of Benin, did he send you on your land grabbing mission, come to Onitisha and say any rubbish about Benin Kingdom and collect the beating you most deserve, when you bring insult to your kingdom don't get offended when we drag your crown on the floor

Are you that pained premier of Ibo land my foot

You are a disgrace to alaigbo

AlexBells:

Then all you said is applicable to Nsukka people then why I'm I answering Idoko and I'm still 101% Igbo, why I'm I not Igala

You can only speak for your self, you cannot speak for Irabor. Until the man speaks for himself, we have to go by what his surname tells us, that he is an Edo man. Lets forget that Agbor where he comes from has border with Edo state. He could easily be an Edo man from a border town that was unwittingly carved into Delta, and by extension, Agbor.

EdoDefence:


Are you that pained premier of Ibo land my foot

You are a disgrace to alaigbo

I won't insult my fellow traditional ruler (the oba of Benin in retaliation) when I meet him one on one, I will implore him to put his subject in order to avoid any trouble between my province and his kingdom.

VirginFinder:


Alex is an English name. We were colonised by the British.

Is Irabor an Igbo name? Why will an Igbo man bear Irabor as a surname

If an Igbo man will not bear Irabor, which is completely Nigerian, why then should an Igbo man bear Alex which is British and non Nigerian?

AlexBells:


I won't insult my fellow traditional ruler (the oba of Benin in retaliation) when I meet him one on one, I will implore him to put his subject in order to avoid any trouble between my province and his kingdom.

Lol your fellow what lol
Self acclaimed premier look here better get a job and stop day dreaming, you wan meet who You think say to meet am na like meeting one of those self acclaimed igwes lol

AlexBells:

South East is non of my business, I'm the premier of Igboland, not the premier of South East, when they commit crime they are Igbos but when they do good they are not, it does not matter to me, I'm a champion of Igboland not a champion of South East, South East Igbos have had their turn, let Across the Niger Igbos benefit, Asaba Igbos had been the most traumatised for Being Igbo, I love it when they smile too

By the way do you know that IPOB has the strongest following in Agbor? If IPOB is regarded as a liberation group for the Igbos, by some Igbos, then the organizers recognized Agbor as Igbo land in establishing it there.

EdoDefence:



Lol your fellow what lol
Self acclaimed premier look here better get a job and stop day dreaming, you wan meet who You think say to meet am na like meeting one of those self acclaimed igwes lol

Reminds me of King Jaja of Opobo, you can as well call him self acclaimed but there are many Igbos who sees me as their premier and if you mess with the traditional political institution of the Igbo people your kingdom will feel the heat, I won't tell you what will happen to you in particular, but I don't need your Kingdom to recognize me as far as my people love and accept the political institutions I leave for them it is a democracy and the premier of Igbo province is elected which means tomorrow an Ika man can be the premier of Igbo procince it is not a live political institution, deal with it my people love it, Igbo enwe eze is over

AlexBells:

Reminds of King Jaja of Opobo, you can as well call him self acclaimed but there are many Igbos who sees me as their premier and if you mess with the traditional political institution of the Igbo people your kingdom will feel the heat, I won't tell you what will happen to you in particular,

Shut the fvck up, self acclaimed premier, try and give yourself respect by 1st leaving nairaland

EdoDefence:


Shut the fvck up, self acclaimed premier, try and give yourself respect by 1st leaving nairaland

Why would I leave nairaland, I won't leave nairaland until there is no single Igbo on nairaland, I'm here because my people are here, why look down on nairaland, I watch your undiluted view of my people here and this place serves as a great info base for me, it helps me to reshape my province. For your information nairaland is one of my most reliable means of information, so I'm not leaving nairaland, so far as my people are here and so far as nairaland management don't treat me or my people bad, once again don't think that the premier of Igbo province just becuase it is a traditional democracy is your stone age kind of traditional government, look information is power and nairaland has a lot of it so I'm staying and I say Ndigbo is staying on nairaland, unless if in the future we feel otherwise

obailala:
Huh? What sort of deluded nonsense are you saying? That No Igbo man denied Irabor directly or indirectly? Are you saying Nnia Nwodo is the only one who made those statements? Is that exactly what you're saying? Are you sure you're okay or are you blind? or you're just forcefully feigning ignorance just to pass a message across?

I'm sorry I don't subscribe to your brand of self deceit; stopping smoking that thing you're smoking. If you go online on this forum, on facebook, instagram etc., there are thousands of comments from both Igbos and even sympathetic non-Igbos, echoing the same sentiments as Nnia Nwodo. Those misguided statements is exactly what I was addressing in my last comment; if you choose to feign blindness and ignorance to what's very obvious, then that's your damn business. Don't quote me again to tell me I'm saying nonsense when your head is the one churning out deluded trash

Good to see that you have not denied or provided rebuttal to my historical narratives on Nzeogwu, Chinaka of the Buhari dog saga, and Dr Okonkwo who was appointed the military governor of Midwest region but was rejected by Edos who accused Ojukwu of Imposing Igbo hegemony on them.
These are real life issues.

Nnia Nwodo spoke in isolation and probably out of ignorance, what so you expect of an Ohanaeze past president, they are not usually the brightest bulb in the Christmas tree which is why those who put them there chose him, however Ohaneze as a body had released a new statement affirming Irabor as Igbo.

AlexBells:

Why would I leave nairaland, I won't leave nairaland until there is no single Igbo on nairaland, I'm here because my people are here, why look down on nairaland, I watch your undiluted view of my people here and this place serves as a great info base for me, it helps me to reshape my province. For your information nairaland is one of my most reliable means of information, so I'm not leaving nairaland, so far as my people are here and so far as nairaland management don't treat me or my people bad, once again don't think that the premier of Igbo province just becuase it is a traditional democracy is your stone age kind of traditional government, look information is power and nairaland has a lot of it so I'm staying and I say Ndigbo is staying on nairaland, unless if in the future we feel otherwise

Bros, Ignore the idiot, he is just looking for someone to argue with.

Cantonese:


If an Igbo man will not bear Irabor, which is completely Nigerian, why then should an Igbo man bear Alex which is British and non Nigerian?

Because an Igbo was colonized by the British and not the Edos...

pazienza:


Good to see that you have not denied or provided rebuttal to my historical narratives on Nzeogwu, Chinaka of the Buhari dog saga, and Dr Okonkwo who was appointed the military governor of Midwest region but was rejected by Edos who accused Ojukwu of Imposing Igbo hegemony on them.
These are real life issues.

Nnia Nwodo spoke in isolation and probably out of ignorance, what so you expect of an Ohanaeze past president, they are not usually the brightest bulb in the Christmas tree which is why those who put them there chose him, however Ohaneze as a body had released a new statement affirming Irabor as Igbo.

I was irritated by your opening sentence where you claimed Nwodo was the only one who disregarded the Igbo origins of the new CDS; and to make matters worse, you went ahead to insult me for speaking otherwise? Seriously, what sort of broad daylight delusion makes a person churn out such nonsense even in this digital information age? I didn't bother reading beyond your opening sentences cos the rest of what you wrote was an irrelevant rant which had absolutely to connection with the point I made, nor my position. Next time learn to read and understand before you jump in to reply with insults.

VirginFinder:


Because an Igbo was colonized by the British and not the Edos...

Ika was under Bini empire imperial control some while ago too.

obailala:
I was irritated by your opening sentence where you claimed Nwodo was the only one who disregarded the Igbo origins of the new CDS; and to make matters worse, you went ahead to insult me for speaking otherwise? Seriously, what sort of broad daylight delusion makes a person churn out such nonsense even in this digital information age? I didn't bother reading beyond your opening sentences cos the rest of what you wrote was an irrelevant rant which had absolutely to connection with the point I made, nor my position. Next time learn to read and understand before you jump in to reply with insults.

Lol!
Typical.
Nnia Nwodo is on his own. And considering Ika fluidity when it comes to Igbo tag, one shouldn't fail to understand why some Igbos will say they are not being Igbos,even deep in our hearts we know we consider them Igbos. We are just bored of the identity crisis.

obailala:
Hmmm... Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea Irabor, an Anioma man has just been appointed as a service chief but there're still cries in the open about PMB not appointing Igbos in the military?... Going by the current sentiments, a Delta Igbo man apparently isn't a 'proper' Igbo man...

When it's convenient, we claim all of Anioma land, Igbanke in Edo, some parts Benue and half of Rivers state as Igboland; but when it comes to politics, we thoughtlessly discriminate and ostracise these people even publicly all because they aren't from the south east zone... and we wonder why non-southeastern Igbos have sworn to never accept their Igboness?

You have stated the fact!

pazienza:


Lol!
Typical.
Nnia Nwodo is on his own. And considering Ika fluidity when it comes to Igbo tag, one shouldn't fail to understand why some Igbos will say they are not being Igbos,even deep in our hearts we know we consider them Igbos. We are just bored of the identity crisis.

I was never referring to Nwodo, I didn't mention Nwodo in my comment and i didnt even know Nwodo made any statement until you said so. I was referring to the thousands of comments from Igbos online on various platforms who have made similar statements like the one Nwodo made. My original comment was directed at those comments and the people making them.

AlexBells:

Why are you crying we say he is Igbo, Including Wike but Wike is currently an Outcast, (Osu) until we complete the investigation on his part in the crime against humanity in Obigbo

The highest shame you can vent on an Ikwerre man is to call him Igbo. It is same as calling him a bastard.

There is this thread where my brothers from across the Niger were arguing that an Ika man is an Igbo man.
I'm surprised that now that it has come to Federal appointment, Irabor, an Ika man, is no longer an Igbo man.

VirginFinder:


Alex is an English name. We were colonised by the British.

Is Irabor an Igbo name? Why will an Igbo man bear Irabor as a surname

Actually Irabor is a Benin name.

junketer:
I am igbo but I don't know what irabor means

That is because "Irabor" is not an Igbo name but a Benin name.