₦airaland Forum

1shortblackboy:
if there has been a court judgment on this then everyone should obey the courts judgment and let peace reign there is too much violence and tension in this country already we no go rest ?

Peace is what everyone desire but it is clear some people are not interested in that.....about the parochial judgement, it is a discussion for another day

[quote author=EternalTruths post=63018392]The Binis should not allow the greed for oil & gas push them to try to steal the inheritance God gave to the Ijaws.


The Binis should be rest assured that disaster awaits them if they try to do so.

[b]Gelegele is not a Bini word and history never recorded that Ijaws invaded Bini lands in the past.


If history is right, then Binis must ask themselves why their Forefathers never fought the Ijaws over Gelegele land for more than 1000 years of peaceful coexistence.[/[/b]quote]
Exactly my thoughts @bold

THE COUNCIL OF TRADITIONAL RULERS OF EDO STATE NEEDS TO CAUTION THEMSELVES:

Posterity has always remained the judge and purnisher of men who comes to equity without clean hands. It is not without that that having their eyes on the benefits of the oil and gas found in the land of Ijaws in Edo State which they have been benefiting since 1963; they made the non-factual and baseless statements below however, they thought that the youths of today is as ignorant and bereft of academic capacity to investigate issues in society:

"The Council of Traditional Rulers in Central and Northern Senatorial Districts of Edo State has in solidarity thrown their weight behind the people of Benin Kingdom, the Oba and the State Government in the resurgence of the ownership claim of the oil rich and sea – side town of Gelegele by the Ijaws, and subsequent attempt to crown Godwin Ogunyiebo as ‘Pere’ of Olodiama Kingdom.

Condemning the act of the Ijaw people, the Council termed it as an aberration, abomination and unacceptable as it called on the security agents to urgently intervene, arrest and prosecute persons behind it to nip a looming anarchy in the bud. The Traditional Rulers briefed the media on Tuesday, 21 November, 2017 in Benin – City, the State capital.

The Onojie of Opoji, H.R.H Aidonojie Ehidiamen who is also vice Chairman, Council of Traditional Rulers, Edo State noted that from time immemorial, the area in contention has always been part of the Benin Kingdom. According to him, in the 14 – 15 century, the Portuguese accessed Benin through Gelegele as the only existing sea port and even built an up – stair there.

“In the old Mid – Western region, there existed two Provinces; Benin and Delta, Gelegele was part of the old Benin Province and there had never been any other Kingdom in Edo South apart from the Benin Kingdom with the Oba of Benin as the only recognized Monarch. “Eventually, the old Benin Province was transformed to the present day; Edo State with Gelegele as an integral part of it.”

Ehidiamen condemned Ijaw monarchs in Bayelsa and Delta States who allegedly were behind the attempt to crown a King in an existing Kingdom of Benin. An act he described as a misnomer and an abomination. Saying the alleged act is unacceptable, he added; “So we decided to come together to add our voice that government should not take this lightly.

“The Governors of Bayelsa, and Delta States should be contacted by Edo State Governor to talk to their People to stay in their territory.”

Now, the sophisticated ignorance of these men who has failed their generations and disgraceful to themselves is that:

(1) The Bini met the Ijaws in their current settlement when they left Ille-Ife courtesy of late Dr. Jacob U. Egharevba, an eminent traditional who him self is a benin in his book titled "A short History of benin Third Print :, 1968 page 1.

(2) there was no time that any part of Ijaw Land, Gelegelegbene inclusive has been part of Bini Kingdom because all European Explorers who visited the Binin Kingdom wrote that the Ijaws were not living under the authority of the Oba of Binin; British Consul Richard Burton wrote in his book (My Wanderings In West Africa) in 1863 that "in 20 minutes, we reached Gelegele a village of Ijaw-Men".

(3) According to the E.A. Kenyo in his book "the origin and the title of Yoruba Rulers" page 3. He wrote about: " The New people" the Bini thus" up till this time of Oba of {Benin} and his people were pure Yoruba and did not understand the language of the Aborigines who usually salute themselves and the new and the new people thus: "A Doo" "Dolo O" and wherever the Oba's people saw the Aborigines they used to call them "Ados" from were the name Edo was taken. The Adoo is an Ijaw prayer greeting from the root "UNDO" meaning"may you live long".

(4) According to prof. Allan Rider in his book "Bini and Europeans" 1485-1897, published 1967, page 27.
Which ever of the "Slave River" the portuguese frequented, the people they first met would have belonged to the Ijohs {Ijaws} which dominated the coastal belt swamp forest, extending inland to a depth of 30 to 40 mile in this region.

(5) He went further to state in page 28 thus: ""The Bini Edo lived now as they seem then, outside swamp forest area... and there are no reasons for believing that it ever extended to the coast. Nor are the Bini ever river farers or canoe men"

Thus it is cheer stupidity and the worst form of traditional perfidy for these traditional rulers with what now seem a lack of academic capacity even in advisory level to have said that the Governors of Delta and Bayelsa States should call their people to order as if Ijaws in Edo State came to take permission from them before settling there whereas they met the Ijaws in Edo State there when they came from the North-East and South-West of Nigeria respectively. Again, it is clear that they know nothing about the origin of Ijaws and so should stop making baseless statements for the interest of peace, they should know that Ijaws can be found in 6 States of Nigeria and that any attack on a single Ijaw community no matter the state it is located, is an attack on the entire Ijaw Nation and Ijaws will retaliate with maximum force!!

The outright claim by some entities that Ijaws are tenants in Edo State is not only a dangerous lie but also a slap on history and intelligence.
Peace and violence are not exclusive to one group, neither are they bound by time and geography. Massaging our fists online and throwing tantrums will not solve the impasse.

Franklin Roosevelt once said, the hottest part of hell is for those that sit on the fence with a loud mouth during the times of crises.

ashjay001:
Lol!



Show me ur friends n i'll tell u, who u are!


Fools will always surround themselves with fools! And, I hope, u're not confusing illiteracy with IQ?


U might be illiterate, yet still av high IQ! The only fools I see in pmb's clique, are that Kyari, Dauda, Babachir, Baru, Onyema.


I'm having a had job, bringing up brainiacs, from d buffoons govt Dont dare mention NOI! Maybe Adesina sha!

My brother, look beyond the limit you have set for yourself.
This is not a struggle between one & two, like you want to make it look.

Jonathan is not a template to assess Buhari's IQ, don't forget that.

Good evening

ashjay001:
Not being vindictive, but I believe, u're d one with d low IQ!



U've allowed subjectivity, to becloud ur reasoning!



He leads men like Osinbajo, Enemelah, Fashola, etc If u dont doubt their IQ, and they dont doubt their boss's IQ, what does that tell u?


This present executive shows more respect to their principal, than d past admin.


U dont av to call a dog a bad name, just so u can kill it! Just kill it, its allowed!



U can hate him, wish him death n all, but dont label him wrongly!

What you submitted above is a prehistoric mind set.

Does leading intelligent people automatically equate to the leader being intelligent? I believe no one needs to answer this for you.

Go back, read and assimilate carefully, then answer the OP's question.

Who even told you the people you mentioned above don't doubt his IQ?
Your position shows you don't have a firm grasp of how the system works.

Buhari has a low IQ

Well done
So we can provide jobs for you people through our votes, but the reverse is what the people deserve ehn??

Well done again

evansjeff:
exactly how people become unfortunate and miserable in life without even knowing. I pity you

You are very uncouth.

Happy World AIDS day
Play safe not to be late....

pascal558:
Hahahaha,try na!!!All of u wil drop ur guns and pick brooms to sweep d palace clean...na peace we need thats all,conflict is nt d way and u knw edo got d upper hand here!

very funny.....sweep you said? Ok o
Exactly the same thing they said Oba doesn't leave his palace to spite the Yoruba king in Ile Ife, now Oba is moving around.

Though I agree with you that its peace we need

BornStunner1:
I pity you and your generation to come, try any rubbish if your whole life norgo flash within your eyes. Before u join the Tilapia's and Titus inside ur tiny bayelsa state ....

You don't have respect for decorum and decency. I thought you could be reasoned with, but I was wrong.

Even though you are shameless with your choice of words and pattern of reasoning, just remember that this is a public forum

ENDTIMEgist:
What does it mean in Ijaw?
Who proposed the seaport project?

Gelegele is used to describe water current when it is fast.....e.g Gelegele bini/beni.

Who proposed the seaport? Are you really asking me that?

pascal558:
Does that word gelegele sound like an ijaw word in ur ear??What abt d next village ughoton d land of d dead,or abiala or ekewanU guys are waging war against these villages year im year out nd d former king oba erediawa was a very peaceful man,bt his son was nt pleased nd hence wat u are seeing today!!!Ijaw youths have chased all indigenes of gelegele,even police nr mind enter there!!When police go see boys with guns and charms allover............G

What is the meaning of Gelegele in your language? What is the meaning of Abiala?
This Benin Oba is just looking for trouble where there is plenty.
If he doesn't take care, we are going to claim his palace too.

AleAirHub:
Can you just take a look at your mirror....

If we were to go by tribalistic , the so called government / Governor who made it reality is a Benin man even when the issue of the proposed seaport was raised in house of Rep & was kick off immediately but Edo state Governor made it happen & you're there trying to give useless glamour to ijaw for it abi....

You need urgent brain resetting.

I thought you could be reasoned with, but for the rubbish you submitted, I don't think you deserve my attention

Amarabae:
Africans and ethnic jingoism.
But which people get the etymology of gelegele.
Bini or ijaw?

Ijaw

The Oba and his noisemakers just woke up because of the proposed seaport

Oba and his band of noisemakers

mr1759:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mosque attacked in Benin city/world-africa-16492504

this the only Edo are the ppl that has ever sent warning to Fulani herdsmen, we don't make noise like ijaw go and ask

A mosque and Islamic school have been
attacked and set alight in the southern Nigerian
city of Benin, police say.
A Nigerian Red Cross spokesman told the BBC
that five people had been killed and six injured.
It follows a separate attack on a different
mosque in the city on Monday.
In recent weeks, southerners, who are mostly
Christians or animists, have been the targets of
deadly attacks by the Islamist Boko Haram
group, which operates in the mainly Muslim
north.
A leader of the Hausa community in Benin told
the BBC's Hausa Service that 7,000 northerners
were seeking refuge in police and army barracks
in the city.
The Nigerian Red Cross confirmed to the BBC
that they were registering northerners at police
stations and army barracks.
Spiral of violence
Two cars at the centre housing the mosque and
Islamic school were also torched, police said.
The attack is the latest in a spiral of sectarian
violence that has seen many southerners living in
the north flee their homes.
The BBC's Naziru Mikailu in Abuja, Nigeria's
capital, said the latest violence started in Benin
on Monday when a group attacked a mosque,
leaving 10 people injured.
Then, in Gusau, capital of northern Zamfara
state, youths attacked a church. Police made 19
arrests, our reporter says.
Back in Benin on Tuesday, a mosque and Islamic
centre were attacked and set alight in a different
area from Monday's attack. Police told the BBC
that 10 people had been arrested.
A group of youths tried to attack a Hausa
community leader's house but it was defended
by Hausa youths and the police then intervened,
our reporter says.
Nigerian writer and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka
blamed the violence of recent months on leaders
who put their own religion above national unity.
He said the situation was not dissimilar to the
one that existed before the last civil war that
erupted in Biafra in the 1960s.
"We see the nation heading towards civil war.
We know that the civil war was preceded by
problems - serious killings on both sides of the
regional divide," he told the BBC.
"When you get a situation when a bunch of
people can go into a place of worship and open
fire through the windows you've reached a
certain dismal watershed in the life of that
nation.
"There's no question at all, whatsoever. Those
who have created this faceless army have lost
control of that army."

What purpose is the above post meant to serve? Is this an attempt to show that the Bini's are tough?
Sorry, try again

mr1759:
Edo is a kingdom and a nation check Google ,. ijaws are settlers and small community the entire ijaw race is not up to one local government in Edo land

The bold clearly shows joining issues with you is like trying to lift Mountain Everest.

Edo is a kingdom and a nation, but Ijaw is not a nation. Ijaw na church Abi?

My brother, people now better understand the self mystified stories of the Bini people. Bini history is riddled with self edification, glorification and aggrandizement. We know better now....

Where is your Oba sef? Did he leave his palace? I looked for him everywhere but can't find him in the palace.

Most blacks, and especially people like you have problem with social interaction. At one end, you blame the whites for enslaving and colonising us, at the other, you want to do the same to people who are not in any way related to your so called kingdom.

My brother, as far as Nigeria is concerned, the Ijaw nation is too big for the Bini to toy with.....

AceRoyal:
Ijaws like trouble, they have forgetten that the Benins and other tribes in Edo state are also War tribes.
In this case, there is no contest, you cannot be a visitor in another man's house and want to claim Lord over his property.
I hope this is peacefully resolved!

Do you read at all?
So in your opinion, Ijaws are visitors in Edo State because the Bini are in majority. Warp reasoning.

If you think there is no contest, then watch carefully.....just my piece of advice

OtemSapien:
And if you have a deadly pothole close to your house and you have money to mend it, will you be waiting for the government? Who is to blame if you enter the pothole and kpai?

I understand your passion to see things done correctly but you should understand too that this is not the pastor's neighbourhood for now, and he is not going to pass there, atleast for now.

Do you even know the last time he went to the village? We shouldn't be too emotional.

Good morning

God help Africa
It seems no one is exempted....

OtemSapien:
As long as mending that road wouldn't benefit the church and his pocket, he won't even give it a second thought to mend it. Investing in the life of Sinach, Frank Edward etc will generate money for him, so what are we saying here. Church is business.

My brother, it is not every blame we apportion to pastors because we generally consider them to be greedy.

That road is there to reconstruct but Godwin Obaseki is going around threatening people that install kings in their own community.

Pastors being charitable does not mean government should abandon its duties to her people

Add Bodija, in the night.....

Misguided statement from Tinubu.

I don't understand why these people are still talking about the past....

Kendrick80:
Damn....I think I heard abt dat place 1 time.
Anyways whr d chicks on point?

Locals, NO
Corpers, YES
Polytechnic girls, Average

Keneking:
But where is lalasticlala sef

If he (Buhari) sits for the test, the subject would join the endless list of awaiting result and Nigerians would have to wait forever.

Then, in the process of waiting, they will set up a panel to probe why the result of the number one citizen is still awaiting.....as if that is not enough, another committee will be set to draw up a White Paper from the probe report.

At the end, Nigerians would say, we don't need the result again. After all, we have bigger problems like corruption to concentrate our efforts on....

All these noise making politicians.

If it is about achievement and competence, then I am sure all those we know are not fit to perform the functions of Mr. President.

Nigerians have been voting based on who is less foolish among the lot....

Buhari sef, just got himself another opportunity to grow his foolishness

t00dugged:
from ripped jeans, it will be above the knee skirt or above the elbow sleeves, I just wanted to let you know how sick rapist are and not necessarily how a lady is dressed makes her to be raped,it just sheer criminal minded fellows exhibiting what's inside of them

My dear, sometimes you cannot rule out the fact that it is what the eyes are fed that corrupts the mind.

There is no justification for rape though, but it is good to always take the higher road

Kendrick80:
Damn 2bad...was ur ppa in IB?
My principal was friendly and the teachers too,I really enjoyed my stay there

Mine was not IB. It was Ibarapa East LGA, Eruwa town

Temmytea70:
2014/2015 batch C

Then, you were my younger brother....lolz
You know what I mean, when you newly arrive your PPA.

It was all fun

cutesimplycalm:
LOL... wat yr was dat?

2014 Batch B

Terrestrial level foolishness

What is happening to some Nigerians? They decided to be foolish because an uncivilized woman claimed her some has supernatural powers. Nawaa...

The pikin for quickma waka na...

cutesimplycalm:
Ajimobi guys r always troublesome probably because the is just too crowded

Troublesome you can say, but the experience was awesome perhaps the best during my service year.

AJIMOBI HALL was more than a crowd, it was a multitude....