₦airaland Forum

ujoinme: okay we will shall see. four years is not long a long time, president jonathan if elected will have 4 years to implement the recommendations of the conference, there is no need shouting i can bet you that not even one village from Akwa Ibom will be part of any new state.
in your ignorance you keep referring Akwa Ibom as efik, thats why fools like you probably think you can steal Akwa Ibom land as they did bakassi. Akwa ibom will resist any attempt to annex any part of its land.

From your ignorant rant i have concluded that you do not know what you are talking about, and you are not ijaw, but just a trouble maker. we aint going anywhere and ranting in nairaland can no state create. watch the next four years and see the ijaw expansionist wet dream remain exactly what it is.

The state of Akwa Ibom was not created by God. It was created by Politicians. The same Politicians want to create another state and some people in Akwa Ibom desire to be in the new state. No other group can stop them if they are so willing. In the meantime, They own their land and if you are not one of them, you can not be part of them period.. Stop ranting like a slowpoke. When they created Kwara state, different tribes were brought together and the tribes were willing. If the Obolo Ijaws want to be part of Rivers state or another new Oil Rivers state, No EFIK OBONG OR OKON can stop them . So stop typing nonsense cos you are not an OBOLO IJAW..

ujoinme: You only remember they are ijaws when you want to annex their lands, but when it involves issues that count like sharing the booties like the Presidential amnesty program they are excluded. Can you name just two eastern Obolo people that benefited from the amnesty program?
You think that Akwa Ibom people are stupid? we can all see through the facade of the oil rivers politics and how our people will be treated in an ijaw majority state and hence we dont want a part of it. we are comfortable in AKS as is.

I was part of the negotiating team from the riverine /oil bearing communities from Akwa Ibom during the presidential amnesty program. and what transpired during that negotiation left a sour taste in the mouths of Akwa Ibom contingent. we saw firsthand how our ijaw brothers view us from Akwa Ibom and what a union with them will entail. that why we dont want a part of the so called oil rivers state. We wish the ijaws Goodluck in creating as many states as they want including the so called oil rivers but no part of present Akwa Ibom state will be a part of it.

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They are the ones that are willing to join their brothers to form a state. Why do you want to hold them down ? Why do you want them to remain in Akwa Ibom and suffer. They are not Efik so let them go . Amnesty is for ex militants and every recognized militant camp benefits from it. Amnesty is not for every Ijaw youth but for those who were involved in some form of militancy. You are not an Ijaw man and you are not an Obolo Ijaw . The Obolo Ijaw people want to join another state and you can not stop it. It is called human right. Any other group in that same Akwa Ibom can also decide to join Cross River if they want. This is human right. You can not stop Obolo Ijaw from being part of an OIL RIVERS state if the government is creating it. So stop wasting your time and be proud of your EFIK self and leave the Obolo Ijaws alone.

ujoinme: If you were on ground you would have known that the so called ijaws in Eastern obolo are a minority in that LGA just as we have minority ijaw settlers from the Atlantic coast of Akwa ibom to the cross river banks of the state. settling in Akwa Ibom territory does not make any of that land to be ijawland and the majority of the people of eastern obolo are not of ijaw ethnic group. Even among the obolos only few families will agree that they are of ijaw ancestry especially the Obolos of Akwa Ibom.

When people like you speak of a place that they lack knowledge of, your naivety oozes.

Its no longer the military era where people were partitioned into states without their consent by military fiat, Now there is a constitutional provision on how states can be created in Nigeria, go read the constitution and familiarize your self with it especially the aspects of state creation and not be carried away by the recommendation of a conference which is nothing but a recommendation! which if it ever were to be implemented will still be subject to the constitutional legislative provisions.

Because the president is Ijaw, Whom we Akwa Ibomites love and support anyways does not give the ijaw expansionist the right to arbitrarily arrogate undue powers to themselves, especially that of state creation which is a pure legislative affair in this democratic dispensation.

Even states where a majority of people(aborigines) are asking for will never see the light of the day not to talk of the so called oil rivers which is just a figment of imagination of ijaw expansionist that lacks the backing of the majority aborigines of the area.
an oil rivers state that include any parts of present day Akwa Ibom state will remain a wet dream of fringe groups like the one whose propaganda you espouse.

We are talking about the Ijaw minorities of Akwa Ibom. They need to join their brothers to form a state to be free from that minority status . How is that a problem ?

careytommy: lol. you guys can continue in your e-delusions. the people of ibeno and obollo have already come out to publicly denounce being party to any new state. they have publicly stated they are very comfortable in akwa ibom.

Senseless man, read their publication and see if they made sense. They did not deny the existence of the Obolo. They are only saying they own the land and not the Obolos. How can Onitsha people own Asaba land where Asaba people live. The Obolo people are not Efiks but Ijaws period and their farm land and fishing land belong to them. It is already part of the Oil Rivers proposed state so Efik people can cry blood if they want.

onyeokwu: the dearth that want to kill a bog does not allow the dog to smell shit
continue claiming other peoples territory till the day of reckoning
see your mouth ijaws are reday to defend ijaw lnad which land? the one in bayelsa or where? even bayelsa is not even entirely ijawland
since anyland that has oil is synonimous to ijaw na greediness go kill you people
just wait for the day of reckoning is fast approaching
we will know the owners of the land and the fisher men that came to settle
whats the different between Ibeno in ebonyi and the ibeno found in ibom? i will not be supprise if oil is found in ibeno land in ebonyi tomorrow you guys will start claiming them been ijaw
whats the different between obollo and obulu that are found in all igbo areas even in anioma
but we are not dragging this people with ibom because we consider ibom people as a branch of ibo people and they are good neighbor and best ally to ibos
but you ijaw people trying to claim what does not belong to you, you will meet the mighty wrath of ibos and ibom people this time around

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Idiot. It is the people that say they are Ijaws based on their history. No one has disputed that and even the Efiks understand this so shut up. That is how the Igbos keep talking about Kalabari are not Ijaw. Fucking ants. We claim the Obolos cos they belong to us.

Obolo , Kalabari, Ibani, Engenni are the Eastern Ijaw clans gearing up to be natives of the proposed OIL Rivers State. No Efik, Ibibio, Annang, Igbo or any devil can stand on our way unless there' ll not be any form of state creation in Nigeria. No inch of Ijaw land would remain in Akwa Ibom state. Obolo is an Ijaw clan and Obolo land is an Ijaw land. The good non Ijaws that migrated to OBOLO land to live with / among the Obolo Ijaws should not take the good hospitality of the Obolo Ijaw natives for weakness any more because the entire Ijaw nation and especially the eastern Ijaws are now ready to defend the lives of every Obolo Ijaw and their land . Enough is Enough. The Ijaw nation also deserves to be a united nation just as every other Tribe.

steryc: People just come and expose their ignorance ,who told u that Eastern Obolo was neva consulted ,u think giving out your promiscuous daughters, sisters to us , will make stay behind in Akwa ibom at the expense of our mineral resources, God go punish ona well well oooo. Enough of these marginalization .Am proudly Eastern obolo n it has been our dream to unite with our brothers. Attah thought I can stop us in d confab.God punish him and his people , poor widower

Thank you very much.. Our Oil Rivers State creation is unstoppable.

onyeokwu: when did ijaw start bearing Okoro and ete who are the people answering okoro and ete as their last name?
it seems anywhere oil is found is synonymous to Ijaw
you are claiming binin land ondo land because of oil
now you guys have shifted to ibomland to do the same thing
i know you guys are siting and occupying some parts of igboland but we kept quiet because the owners of the land are fool and delusional beside we dont care about that black curse shit we believe in hard working with brain
if you guys want to do the same thing you guys did during military era as a willing tools in hausa funali and yoruba media propaganda hands, i will advice you to wake up and smell the coffee , because this time we will throw you guys in the atlantic with your allies
mark my words
just keep on pushing
you hands will got burnt soonest

Ijaw people allowed those ete and Okoro bearing people to settle among them. Tell me between Hausa and Fulani who owns Kano . Between Fulani and Yoruba who owns Illorin ? The natives of Obolo land are Ijaws and the natives are still there. Migrants who came to live among them can not lay claim to their land..

ijawcitizen: God bless you my Ijaw brother from obolo. BUT pls, despite ur grieviances which are genuine, pls don't throw insults on ur neighbours. The Ijaw nation is solidly behind you and all the ibibio/oron/annang political puppets from ibeno can not stop us. Ibeno will be part of our new state and all those ibeno sabboteurs masquerading as "political leaders" will be sent packing and deported to ibibioland where they'd continue their servitude to ibibios in eternal slavery.

I' ve not been here for a long time.

b1327: dis are d type of pple wo want nigeria 2 seperate because of their own selfishness but y is it tat asari-dokubo cover d whole of is letter wit is history and ijaw own (wo cares to no ur history) and any wher he made mention of d yorubas or hausas either is insultin or critizing dem(is now usin style to attach ibos to himself because dat is d only place to get support but d other 2 he knws no way for him) i can blame him because dis is polities.d abusin yorubas and hausas today we still b d 1 supportin dem tomorrow and still go back to go against ibos.i still cant blame him now because gej is still d reignin team now and he got is money wealth from gej regime y did u think he we nt support him.if na u sey u go go against wher ur money dey com 4rm or against am b sincere dont lie(yes or no)

LOL Mad funny... Typical Ijebu/Ibadan Yoruba English... hahahaha..

nayeb: Shota, stop writing nonsense, and stop writing false knowledge. Just stop showing up your ignorance about Kalabari.

What then is Benebo ? Tell the young man who asked the question if you think I am wrong.. Be constructive.

In Kalabari.. FeniBENE Fenibene is Friday..... A male child born on this Day is called BENEBO... FeniBene is the market day before Saturday.. FE NI Be ENE... ( market day )

funmise: Thank you all for your enlightenment but could someone please help me with the meaning BENEBO, I believe it is a Kalabari name.

Will really appreciate your responses.

Many thanks.

BENEBO=== Some one BORN on Friday.. BeNE means the day before the market day of Saturday.

nayeb: Ok, Ok, I recognize that a "fool is not teachable". Then, of course, this "shota", an alterego of Tom Taraalaapuye Alabaraba, is a fool.

Now his confusion is obvious .MR MAN. KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE KULA, MINAMA , IFOKO , ANGULAMA , KE , SOKU , KORO AME , AKIALA AME , IGODO AME , BUKO AME , AMABIBI AME and others before you can write the history of KALABARI . KALABARI is not just Ende ame . CONFUSED old man . I am not Tom Alabraba

nayeb: Why am I not surprised, even as the "Student Companion" teaches: "He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, don't waste your time with him"?

Modicum of education in Nigeria, generally exposes students to the idioms in the "Student Companion" but not this one, who writes without an iota of understanding of rejoinders.

Regards,
Opubo

Your definition of Kalabari covers only the Ende group without including the other 6 wards of Elem ama which was TORUSARAMA PIRI . What about KE ,MINAMA ,KULA , SOKU, ANGULAMA , IFOKO , MINAMA and the rest . IF they are not part of the Kalabari kingdom pls define the geography of the ENDE .Now you see that your Ende family does not even constitute 5% of the Kalabari kingdom .

nayeb: If this is not Tom Alabaraba writing under a new name -- may be because the owners of the forum got tired of his rot and deactivated his account.

Well, would it not have been better to write a book, of your own since you know so much? Let me assure what I would do to your book if you ever wrote one under your real name -- assuming that you are not afraid of your shadows--- I will even read the book, and critique it page by page, line by line, until I have reached the end of the book. I will then make yet another book out of my so detailed critique of your book, and sell that too and make even more money.

Really, it is not your ability to write revisionist history that is your short fall in these matters; you are just not well-educated to understand the matters of evolutionary dynamics. Try reading the book "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking; and then you will appreciate that you are just running circles about yourself. Here is the hint: the Kuro-ame are not speaking Kalabari Language, because the Kalabari Language is their language and the modern day Kalabari peoples are speaking the Kuro-ame language. Now this the riddle for you with respect to time and the Kalabari language: What comes first, the chicken or the egg?

The more you contemplate the question, the more you will, closer and closer, come to realize that you have locked yourself up in a Catch-22, operating at the limited scope of education and erudition that is your lot.

Oh! One more thing: you are befuddled by your lack of understanding of the word "Reflexivity", the moment you get a full-conceptual understanding of the word, you will appreciate the issue of "New Calabar, Old Calabar, and Calabar" that has got you all fogged up all these years.

Regards,
Opubo

Hahaha He has nothing to write about .

nayeb: The Claims of the Reigns of Kalabari Kings

Kalabari Kings: Ancient & Modern
http://kengema.tripod.com/id25.html

The demarcation of Ancient and Modern Kings in this website is rather curious as the information is wholly inaccurate.

First the list of ancient Kings does not even include Ende by whose name the Kalabari families have most often been referred: The Ende-ame, yet the material is said to be developed by the Erudite: Mr. Daboikiabo Jack. Also there has never been a King Owoume in Kalabari the name Owoume is not part of the Kalabari History. rather there was King Awome, a Bantu Chieftain of a splinter group from the Bantu group around Duke Town near Calabar.

Also interesting is the date of the fallacious reign of Amachree (viz-a-viz Amakiri) ◙ 1669 --1757; the problem with this is that Amakiri confesses in his drum-name that he came out from the Kalagbaa household: http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/articles/3277/1/Critical-Review-of-Some-Assertions-by-Dr-Tamunoemi-David-West-II/Page1.html but the date of 1669 used for the start of the fallacious reign predates even the birth of King Kalagbaa who was born at about 1700 and became King at about 1751/1755. Just as specious is the assertion that Amachree died in 1757 when King Kalagbaa himself died in 1770 yet Amachree through his drum-name confessed to coming out of the household of Kalagbaa. Yet the information provided as Kalabari History by the erudite but fictitious Daboikiabo Jack has a reign assigned to Amachree without checking for alignment with well-known public events. Further consider that the dates have been disproved since 02/09/2009 (http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/articles/3277/1/Critical-Review-of-Some-Assertions-by-Dr-Tamunoemi-David-West-II/Page1.html) and yet the wrong odorous information remains online, and it has not occurred to the erudite Daboikiabo Jack to amend his falsehood that is online and tarnishes his reputation.

The lies told by this Pastor Dawari Braide of Buguma --the owner of the website, are just mind boggling!

King Awome said to be from a splinter group spoke the same language with the ende ame people.The name Awome is a typical name of the Ende ame group as well. They were the KALABARI people documented as Calabar by the Portuguese and CALABAR was a proper spelling any Portuguese would give to any one calling himself KALABARI since in Portuguese the last consonant R is always pronounced.

Some facts of history dunces are not always able to put down is the history of OBU AMAFA where the Ende ame came from. Their father was Perebo KALABARI who was born in OBU AMAFA . Was Perebo KALABARI the only man in Obu AMAFA ? Who were the people of Obu amafa and what language did they speak ? What language was even the name PEREBO KALABARI ? who were his people and what language did he speak with his people ? How many children did he born ? Was ENDE his only child ? .. Some answers... THE PEOPLE OF OBU AMAFA were KALABARI people who spoke KALABARI dialect. The Perebo KALABARI phrase was not a name but a title. A title given to a wealthy KALABARI man whose father was a man from MEIN KINGDOM ( MEIN OWEI ). The Title PERE OF THE KALABARI in OBU AMAFA was shortened to PEREBO KALABARI. His name was not known.. Besides, the Kalabari people of OBU AMAFA, There were KALABARI people in other fishing settlements and the people met near Duke town were some KALABARI fishing group led by Owuere ye Daba who were documented as CALABAR people. Their neighbors were the Efik who were known as MBOKO at that time. Owuere ye Daba UTILIZED tHE RIVER CALABAR as his fishing creek and eventually met the AROCHUKWU IGBOS at the source of the River. He became the middle man supplying ARochukwu Igbos to the Portuguese where the ARO CHUKWU long juju cult played some part. The Portuguese were only interested in slaves and so they never even settled on land. The arrival of the Dutch made things ugly for the Owuere ye Daba group . They Owuere ye Daba group then abandoned the area and moved back to their traditional home land. The same people founded settlements like Nkoro and the Obolo Ijaws. The Nkoro were some of the Koro ame whose name was dulterated to be Nkoro by the AROCHUKWU IGBOS among them .The Obolos were some of the Koro ame who decided to settle among Ibibio fishing parties. The same people met the ANDONI who they called IDONI and the ANYA APU who were the AYAMA Andonis. Many of them also settled in Okoloma settlement while the rest managed to get to Elem KALABARi that was called TORUSARAMA PIRI At Torusarama piri were different Ijaw groups who were living along wards where each wARD WAS MADE UP OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT IJAW SETTLEMENTS like KE, BILLE, ABISSE, IFOKO and so on.. The Ende ame did not found Torusarama piri. They went and met other Ijaws living along wards and became part of them. So the ENDE AME met an organized settlement . The Koro ame led by Owuere ye daba brought the AMAYANABO system and the EKINE cult to the place . The SELEYE FUBARA was a priest of the EKINE cult and a member of the Koro ame. It is the same Seleye fubara that gave birth to JACK RICH whose mother was a Bille woman said to be a daughter of the Bille leader at that time.. AMAKIRI became king at the time the ENGLISH were about to start the indirect rule colonization system in the later 1600s. The same time King Perekule of Bonny was also appointed. The various clans were assigned by the English to the new kings for administartive purpose. All the clans EAST of the river KALABARI was to be under King Perekule While all the CLANS West of the river was to be under King Amakiri. In essence it was the English that established the various kingdoms of Bonny and KALABARI for administrative purpose. The refusal of Perekule to accept the demarcation led to the wars as Perekule chose to use force to take some Territories from Amakiri .

That was why all the clans like IFOKO, KE, ABISSE, KULA et all that speak the same dialect easily became under AMAKIRI while Bille refused.

You ll understand that even in BONNY kingdom, all the settlements are not of one source. The Finima were existing as Nyakpo before the Okoloma led by ALAGBARIGHA was founded by the Alagbarigha people who lived at Orupiri within the same geography.. The Orupiri people themselves may even be part of the OBU AMAFA Ijaws that had left earlier . Parts of Ancient Ifoko and Ke founded the ancient now Ibani settlements of Fibiri and Kuruama that are seen by the Ibanis as ancient historical settlements.

Amakiri came out from the Kalagbea house-hold quite , correct but the Kalagbea had taken over leadership from the Koroame because more than 60% of the Koroame had been annihilated by the Okrikas during the invasion of Old CALABARI ( Kalabari ) by the Okrikas that also resulted in the death of the King . That was what led to the end of the Owuere ye Daba dynasty of which King Awome was part of. During when the ENGLISH WANTED A LEADER FROM TORUSARAMA PRI. The Koro ame house contested believing they were the bona fide people to produce the leadership since they started it on arrival . But the Ende ame group insisted they would produce the leader and so there was a tussle and a contest supervised by the ENGLISH.. It is said Seleye Fubara was too young to represent the Koroame at that time so an elder from the Koroame house called Ogborigbo was selected . Amakiri beat him and his neck was cut off during the contest. The cutting off of Ogborigbo's head is still performed in form of a display to prove victory during the selection of a new AMAYANABO till today. But a Goat is used in place of a human being to perform the SIBI PELE ( cutting off of Ogborigbo's head ) . Amakiri was chosen and he became the new leader of the Ijaws of that axis. the ADOPTION OF KALABARI to call the entire axis was accepted by all the leaders of the various clan .

ibiso1986: true talk brother.. And na the kalabari ladies worse pass

Is Port Harcourt the only place in Rivers State ?

DeCleff: Typical Ijaw man who never believes there's anything good thing in others.

Who told u that there is no oil wells in Elelenwo?
If ur claims is true, can u tell me wat brought Shell to Elelenwo?

Lazy Rivers man pls go and get ur facts right.

There is just shell housing estate for junior workers in Elelenwa..The naming of oil wells is most times political so oil wells might be in Obigbo forest but named after Elelenwa and so on. Just so as you know, the whole of Rivers state is an OIL FIELD but wells are dug only at certain places for easy forwarding to a depot . The community of Elelenwa does not have oil wells . That is not to say it is not an Oil field . Oil pipe lines run through Elelenwa from Ogba Egbema to the refinery in Elele. Just as pipe lines run through Igbo land to Kaduna.

I am from Rivers state and I ve lived in Elenwa before. Where are the oil wells in that densely populated congested neighborhood ? I lived at Rumubekwe and Elelenwa. Well unless you are talking about another Elelenwa.. You Igbos that only buy Chinese used goods and sell. Punk. You are struggling to be a Rivers man since you were born shame on you.

1 shortblackboy: ^^^^ oya abagworo sorry o I apologise. We are all igbo, all d people of southern Nigeria are all igbo we and all our ancestors I hope u are now happy and I hope u will now rest and put an end to this ur hobby of opening igbo expansionist thread now that u have finally conquerd all ethnic groups....on the internet. Abagworo d'alu o !

Igbo people will now hold a big party at Onitsha for this . hahahaha . Ok Igbo people.. make una begin teach us Igbo make we learn..LOL.

DeCleff: Can u also tell us the true owners of waterfront been occupied by criminals in ph and why u guys want to crucify Ameachi for trying to demolish and reconstruct d place?

The true owners were compensated. and they were not Igbos. And its not given to any Igbo community. They are still controlled by Ijaws. Idiot. Amaechi simply exhibited the IGBO type of stupidity thinking he is going to be in power for ever.. WATCH OUT WHAT AN IJAW GOVERNOR will do after AMAECHI.. The Igbos started it and trust me the entire IGBOS will suffer it.

DeCleff: U ijaws are the worst people on earth to associate with. U guys are very greedy and ready to kill people over what is rightfully theirs.
If not for the sake religion, i can boldly say d hausas are far better than u guys.

Can u tell us why u guys are killing people in Delta, Edo and Rivers? U guys are busy fighting Eleme and ogoni people over their lands becos they allowed u guys to sojourn there.

LeAVE RIVERS STATE alone you IGBO monkey.. FACE YOUR igbo problems and leave Rivers state alone.

DeCleff: See them displaying their die-hard hatred for igbos.
I pity my fellow igbos who are ready to die in defence of the ijaws because ijaw's hatred for the igbos is unfathomable.

Tell me what did Rufus Ada George and co did in Elelenwo community with over 30 oil wells and 3 heavily built pipeliness?

Answer me and i'll tell u wat ameachi did.


Animalistic bigot

There is no one single oil well in ELELENWA and ELELENWA is a farm land and not even a town.30 oil wells in Elelenwa would make the place a no go area so get your facts right. I am a RIVERS MAN TO THE CORE . Talking about ADA GEORGE is a different ball game. If people couldnt correct or spell out the rubbish of ADA GEORGE does not mean in my time I should take the rubbish of AMAECHI. I was not even aware of ADA GEORGE . tHIS IS MY TIME AND I am talking about what I am experiencing as a RIVERS BOY.. SINCE ODILI days till today RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT has not done any thing in THE IJAW area of RIVERS STATE. no one single road was constructed. IDIOT. go and face the proble of your own state.... What is the name of the elelenwa OIL FIELD ?? TELL THE WORLD..

Abagworo: Go through this thread and you'll notice that the issue of affiliating with Ijaw is not here as we all seem to acknowledge that in recent years that affiliation seems to have been solidified by oil politics and some other factors but the people that comprise Opobo were not basically Ijaw as they comprised of a group led by a man of Igbo roots and later got swelled by further influx of Igbos, Ijaws and Ibibios. The land Opobo itself was occupied by Aro/Ibibio groups before Jaja's entourage. Some people are trying to lie and twist history that Opobo were speaking another language then Igbos came and changed it.

Here is an Opobo guy's blog

http://cookeyforchange..com/2009/07/my-home-town-opobo.html?m=1

Anyone interested can contact him on more about Opobians and what they believe.

ABAGWORO ,You have been on about Ijaw issue for the past 15 years trying to make the world believe that Part of Ijaw land is actually Igbo or Efik. Why.. ? You are not even from that part of the world so why the interest ? Are you sponsored by Pro Biafra group ? The meaning of OPOBO is OPUBO. Now is OPUBO an Igbo word ? Was King JAJA the only member of the OPUBO HOUSE ? King JAJA was even an adopted member of the House and KING JAJA accepted the name JAJA which means JUWO JUWO-AA ( JUWO-JUWOGHA ) meaning Somebody can not be another person or simply Another person can not be Another person. If he didnt accept to be Ijaw just as Thousands of Igbos accept to be AMERICANS , He would not accept the name. He Lost his Igbo name and took on the IJAW name and became IJAW. Emeka the IGBO MAN THAT PLAYED basket ball for America did not play for Igbo but AMERICA. King JAJA did not become an IGBO KING BUT AN IJAW king. He Led Ijaw people. The Igbos among the Ijaws accepted to be Ijaw as they were all adopted by Ijaws. Please mind your business and leave Ijaw people alone...The land of OPOBO is shared with the NKORO Ijaws. The NKORO were the ancient DEFAKA IJAWS. On the same land we have the ANDONI people. There is no EFIK there. An EFIK LAND WAS ONCE MISTAKENLY CALLED opobo AND that land is IKOT ABASI. Its the IKOT ABASI people referred to as OPOBO ON EFIK land. Stop confusing yourself...

The website you posted was probably writen by a high school student cos although, it makes sense ,the story is wrong in many ways. First, JAJA does not mean JUGBOJUGBOARI..( This does not mean anything in IBANI IJAW )..Secondly, the meaning of OPOBO is not my big BROTHER. OPOBO is the adulterated way of saying OPUBO which means great person... And you read from the website that JAJA was brought as a slave to the IBANI town of BONNY where he was given freedom. WOULD A BLACK AFRICAN SLAVE IN ARAB LAND TURN ARAB LAND TO BE african LAND ?. IJAW people bought him and gave him freedom. So if he had been taken to JAMAICA you d say JAMAICA is IGBO LAND right ? For your information, he was actually taken to the Grenada where he died and was burried .. So I think GRENADA is an IGBO land too.

Joedrealguy: Let's not argue here or call ourselves names. As an Opobian from the Dapu (Dappa's) war-canoe house in precise. Let me say Opobo is a complex kingdom that cannot be claim by one tribe only. Yes, some of our great-great-grandmothers, great-grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers and even wives were/are Igbos. I can also say same for Akwa-Ibom, Ogoni, Andoni,Okrika,Kalabari and the Native Bonny. All these tribes I mentioned contributed to the existence of our race (Opobo). For example, my great grandmother was an Akwa- Ibom, from Abak local government of Anaang tribe.[/size][/color][/size]

Listen. No ethnic group on earth today is homogenous at this time. Opobo is an Ijaw town period and it stands on Ijaw land. The nearest Igbo land to it is miles away across Ogoni and Efik territory so I don't even know where this Igbo issue is coming from. Would a few Fulani men who marry Igbo women to make some mixed breed of people make the Fulani land an Igbo land ? The Founders of OPOBO were Ijaw people and the land at that time was already an Ijaw land owned by the ANDONI IJAWS. The JAJA led IBANI Ijaw group only left one part of Ijaw land in BONNY to another part of Ijaw land in ANDONI.

DeCleff: I never wanted to comment on this thread rather i chose only to read the comments of others.

So u mean Ameachi didn't fight for Rivers oil revenue?

First, i'll want to explain to u what Tinubu meant when he said Ameachi fought for Rivers oil & revenue.
U'll have to understand that there be more revenue allocation to the state if the state owned oil well are intact; u would also believe that the state will receive lesser revenue allocation if it loses its oil well to other states.

Secondly, Ameachi did his best to protect the state oil wells which the King of Kalabari, commended him (Ameachi) for defending the people and land of Kalabari when the FG tried to hand over 60 oil wells in Degema to Bayelsa state.

So, if Ameachi was able to stop the ceeding over 60 oil wells to Bayelsa, he (Ameachi) ought to be celebrated by every Rivers indigiene becos he saved the state from losing its wealth.

Don't forget that over 40 wells were ceeded to Abia state, a good number of oil wells were also ceeded to Akwa Ibom state. Yet GEJ want to ceed more oil wells to Bayelsa and Imo states.

Why is the FG trying to cripple Rivers state economy because of political sentiments? Can u mention any other project in Rivers state being funded by the FG except the east-west road and the scam at port harcourt int'l airport?

So if we( i said we because am from Rivers state and Obalga to be precise) lose all these oil wells which amounts to huge sum of money, how will the present & future state govt be able to develop Rivers state?

Am never in support of Ameachi fighting GEJ, after all the fight is for their own political interest. But GEJ shouldn't cripple Rivers economy because of the political disagreement between him and Ameachi because both of them won't be in power forever but Rivers State and her people will continue to exist. So why play politics with our future and of generations unborn?







SO U CAN NOW SEE THAT TINUBU WAS RIGHT?

Bros.. Amaechi fought for KALABARI oil wells cos that's where he needs money to develop Ikwere land. Kalabari oil wells better develop Ijaw land than develop Igbo land. Tell me what meaningful thing AMAECHI HAS ever done for KALABARI. Tell me one road Amaechi constructed for KALABARI. Kalabari are Ijaw and infact the Soku oil wells are shared by Nembe and KALABARI cos the villages there are intertwined and all the villages there have both Nembe and KALABARI natives .

Now before you also misinform the world , you should know the Amayanabo of KALABARI played no part / role over the matter and he is not even expected to make any comment over it so his comment was nothing. I hope you were aware of how ABONNEMA chiefs marched to Amaechi,s office and also to Abuja . Did you see the Amayanabo of Kalabari among them ? Amaechi HATES IJAW people and this is shown in how he rules Rivers state. He has done nothing in the Ijaw areas of Rivers.. So please do not use KALABARI oil wells to praise that slowpoke.

I am lost.