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pazienza:
No colonial document supports the claim that Ijaws were the first settlers in Bonny or Opobo.
If you have any, please post it here, I would want to learn too.

So why is Bonny governed by the ruiling houses established by the Amayanabo?. Did ijaws displaced the ibos they met there and took over?

Abagworo:
Everybody in Bonny migrated from elsewhere but Igbos are majority. The reason it is considered as Ijawland is because the earliest settlers were Ijaw while Igbos populated it in bulk later either as traders, slaves, mercenaries or acculturated slaves. In answer to the bolded Igbos were always the better traders whether with Europeans or with fellow Africans and yes fishing is a predominant occupation among various Igbo groups especially the ones living near large water bodies.

While i agrees ibos traded commodities with other africans, i have not yet come across them trade commodities with europeans in any historical documents.
Modified: ibos traded palm oil with the europeans through third party traders.

Goodday90:
Do igbos live on water,what kind of a question is that?
Na so one Yoruba man see Agulu,and said it’s not igboland that there are no water bodies in Igboland,must be what they feed them as Children in Yoruba land,lol

They think igboland is desert

You only have rivers where you take bath and fetch to drink, that's different from living on water or around water. The nature of ibo is not water friendly.

gammarays:
Do you know most deep rivers in the East flows from the ocean and seas? We even have Oguta and Egbema too
There are some deep water areas in the North even Lake Chad

Badagry in the South West has access to the ocean

Ijaws shouldn't think they're the only ones surrounded by deep waters

You can't compare lakes and rivers to a sea, they are just a channel to the sea.

Goodvibes007:
That was how I went with a couple of friends (4 of us) to the abattoir to share a cow. One Yoruba guy mistakenly called an Ika man "Ibo". Omo, the Ika guy almost punched the Yoruba guy ooo saying their origin is Bini. He said Ibo migrated into their region and started influencing others, and later started thinking they can grab their land. lol.
These guys hate to be associated with ibos. To put things into perspective Jim Ovia, Emefiele, obaigbena, hanks anuku e.t.c are Ikas

Ika traced their lineage to benin. A popular sport journalist who worked in Channels tv told me they are ika and never ibo. When ibos are making these claims, many of these minority tribes just laugh at them.

Lizzysamuel:
How many times will I correct you.
Igbo and not Ibo.
Tick head

Documented history recorded it as ibo. You don't know your history.

Armaggedon:
I thought you were an adult seeking true education with facts. I should've know you're a known troll seeking an everyday interaction with Igbos to boost your inferior social identity.

If ijaws catch you, they'd slap your head. Amayanabo is ijaw originated. ibo language dominated eastern region due to their large population and migration, it was the common language used for trade and communication during slave era, just as hausa language in the north.

Armaggedon:
and the names you mentioned that literally live on water are the names of ethnic groups?

If you want to troll you have to grow beyond just being a dimwit.

You're an illiterate, i didn't say "live in water", you used the word "in" but i used "on". Take note.

Lizzysamuel:
First picture: Anambra
Second Pictrure : Ebonyi

So in your tiny brain, Igbos living in this area have all drowned or can't fish?

Look the second picture well and see a fisherman and his boat.

Yoruba travel ooo and see how things work!!

Listen, these are pictures of a river, a 5yr old can bath inside and come out. how many feet deep are they?. the rivers in the southeast, you'd be seeing the bottom just looking at it from the top.

chopnaira:
You want them to drown?

An early 20th century picture of an Ijaw man (wearing hat), and his nude Ibo sl*ves.

The man's kids are clothed while his slaves are nude. Only item of clothing are the few ichafu, piece of cloth to cover the loin area, and the Ibo ankle bracelets.

Lol.. Bro, ijaws sold them through bonny port.
i kind of pity these guys, today they are making mouth.

If ibos could swim, they could have swum to a safe place and escaped the ibo landing that claimed their lives at Dunbar creek during the slave era.

Lizzysamuel:
Oh.

When will call Lagos No Man's land you guys will start crying.

So Ijaws are also owners of Lagos.

Thanks for this update.

So because ibos dominated amuwo odofin, then they are also owners of lagos, receive sense.

Armaggedon:
you did not answer my question. Only fishes and aquatic beasts live in water.

Fishermen literally live on water, sailors, oil explorers, etc.

Armaggedon:
waited for you to answer my first question but you ran away.
Amayanabo is not an Ijaw title perse. Ijaw word for king is perekule not Amayanabo.

There are even proofs the word has ndoki origin. Again, for the records, Opobo and Bonny people are basically Ndoki Igbos. They speak Igbo and practice Igbo culture. However, riverine people of the nigerdelta be it Igbos, those in Bayelsa, Ibenos, Urhobo etc have a certain way of life peculiar to them such answering European names. Opobo and Bonny are not exceptions but that does not diminish their Igboness.

I am currently watching governor Fubara of Rivers state commissioning a road and a man called Kalabari who called the Governor an Ijaw man had to interpret the Kalabari language to governor in English. Lol

Make you no go talk say Amayanabo is not ijaw word, make dem no flog you outside. Just like haus is a trade and communication language in the north that's the same with ibo language in the eastern region.

gammarays:
So anyone living close to or on water is an Ijaw?

Why not go up north and claim those living close to water abi na only South una mouth reach?

I said a few tribes, i didn't limit it to only ijaw. And there's no ocean/sea in the north. Those rivers are just a few feet deep.

Christistruth00:
They are famous for their dread of Water and being unable to Swim
Even the ones at Onitsha on the River Niger Prefer to be Traders
It must have something to do with how the Almighty created their DNA

They dread water like.. that's why they call them a stone. they don't settle near water, they are traditionally farmers who settled in the hinterlands to survive on subsistence farming. they have never been fishermen. But in the 21st century, they suddenly love coastal water.

Lizzysamuel:
Igbos and not Ibos.
You guys are always everywhere looking for trouble.
If they reply now in same fold, you will start calling mods.

Trash!

Lizzysamuel:
Don't mind the clown

Maybe he thinks opobo is Makoko slum in Lagos, South West NIGERIA

Do you know that makoko is majorly inhabited by ijaws, anywhere there's water, those people living around and on it. Ibos are regarded as a stone because they can't swim, how can they ever survive in a costal environment?

Armaggedon:
is there any people that live on water?

Are you living under a rock?. People literally live their lives on water, there are a few tribes in niger delta that are peculiar to such lifestyle.

It's very laughable seeing ibos laying claim to Bonny and Opobo. I have lost count the number of lands they want to grab.

When do ibos start living on water?, can they swim?, do they have any history of being fishermen?. Have they ever traded with the European on the sea?, have they ever fought on water?. So why are they claiming the ocean bodies of Bonny and Opobo?.
The kings of Bonny and Opobo bear the ijaw title of Amayanabo. Jaja of Opobo was an ibo slave purchased by ijaw merchants to work as a slave. The nickname Jaja was an ijaw name given to him to embrace him into the royal house. Ibos were captured from the hinterlands and sold as slaves in Bonny, many would then settle after abolishment of slave trade while others migrated to present day bonny.

Back to campaign format in less than a year, Lol. In this life, try to not be a loser.

The Imaams gave her 72hrs to withdraw the suit and she did. The fear of fatwa is the beginning of wisdom. She goofed, she should have first done her findings before making her threats. 18-25yrs are no kids.

"Hin Tu Lie" has lied so many times, how many of his lies have you opened threads to debunk. leave Ifeanyi Ubah alone, he's learning from Bitter Obi.

Dear people, can you now see why Pastor Reno dey always flog Bitter Obi for his hypocrisy. He quickly updated the pictures of this little boy and gave a long sermon but his meeting he had at night with the structure of criminality, he has not yet updated it, Why?, Mr.Gbajue, Why?

Eyah, so Bitter Obi went to collect agbado from an agbadorian boy. By the way, the other little agbadorian boy that mobbed his convoy which he used as his poster boy during the campaign, he don use and dump the boy.

MEEVEET:
Lmaooo these APC people and ignorance sha

Obviously you dont know jack about the oil and gas industry

Oil company pay money to look for oil even

Lmaooo

Dem don use blind argument swear for una. This is nairaland not radio biafra, you can't pass around your dumbness in this forum.

MEEVEET:
Yes oga nnpc automatically owns 55% of very join ventures in the oil industry

50% in the gas sector

Nigeria owns the land and the oil NNPC is the representative Nigeria in oil and gas deals

How is this difficult to understand?

Keep quiet and stop typing dogshit from your empty head. Go and learn and cure your ignorance.

MEEVEET:
Oga any investment u make in the oil and gas sector nnpc owns 50%

They don't contribute anything

For owning the oil or gas they get 50%

Owner of oil or gas in a joint venture with exploring company...

U done learn one today oya thank u

Itibolibo, who told you NNPCL automatically owns 50% in every JV?. Secondly, if NNPCL contributes nothing, then what is the purpose of JV?. you ipob are so dumb but you like to dey open mouth to talk what you don't know.

erai30:
Another looting route has been opened by the looters club APC.

Bitter Obidient, the school loan is not by force, go inside the bush and collect ESN form.