Redoil:
i put it to you that they are not from Yoruba land. Yoruba people know ho to re write history to make it look as if every other tribe arround them are from Yoruba.

FIDELITY24:
E be like don't mind Nigerians, they don't know how much you mean to me.

Olu317:
Odua had children and grandchildren who lived under him when he reigned as Ooni. Yet not one of them knew about Ogiso? Did Eweka even knew how his father looked? No. Did Eweka's mother knew the character of Oranmiyan and ancestors lineage? No, because Eweka was barely a year old when Oranmiyan left Bini. And his Concubine who was Eweka's mother was given to him as he was the first Oba of Bini? Someone who Ogiemie family always accused as a foreigner from ILE IFE is now an Ogiso lineage? Despite the fact that Bini history is full of distortion as regards Oranmiyan and his ancestors, the Oba Bini had no choice but to affirm to it and mentioned Oranmiyan as the first Oba in Bini and referred to himself as the 40th Oba . What a storyline?

Oba Ewuare II's quote :“The Oba in his coronation speech was reported, by the Punch newspaper (in an article titled “Oba of Benin gets staff of office, unfolds development agenda”), to have stated:
“I therefore stand before you as the 40th Oba of Benin, a direct descendant of Oranmiyan, the son of Oduduwa."


OGIAMIEN :
"The Ekokpagha treaty clearly defined the status of Ogiamien as aborigine and permanent landlord while the Oba of Benin kingdom as a permanent tenant," High Chief Monday Wehere, director of information and external affairs of the Ogiamien family said on Tuesday.
Giving details of how the treaty came into existence, the family said Erebo was the king of Igodomigodo, now known as Benin, when Oramiyan from Ile-Ife, a Yoruba town, came to invade and forcefully took occupation of a certain portion of the kingdom.
"The Ogiamien is the custodian of the 32 previous Ogisos that had ruled Igodomigodo and the aborigine Binis for over 300 years before the forceful introduction of obaship against the decision of the aborigine Binis while the Oba of Benin (the family) are descendants of the sixth Ooni of Ife, Oba Oramiyan, the son of Okanbi.
"Therefore, it would be difficult for Ogiamien to pledge allegiance to an invader - Oba of Benin - who is also a tenant," the family added.

Continue in your opinion ,which isn't true as you have claimed there are no Yoruba settlement in Edo yet names are there for people to see.

Truth is bitter but a choice you have not. So swallow it as bitter as it is.

Olu317:
And the same oba Bini said Oranmiyan brought OBA TITLE (Yoruba word for king)TO BINI.... WHO IS the one not sure of his identity?

. I therefore stand before you today as the 40th Oba of Benin, a direct descendant of Oronmiyan, the son of Oduduwa whom the Benin people of that era knew as Ekaladerhan, their self-exiled Prince who later became ruler in Ile-Ife. The Benin people recognize Oduduwa and his origin but it is not our place to force this recognition on others outside our boundaries. The history of the world is a shared one and there will certainly be unexpected connections in the future. This is thus a time for unity and not divisiveness, a time for mutual respect, recognizing that our wholeness as peoples is so much more than the sum of our parts. – “E pluribus Unum.”

reality1010:

Well I sympathize with you.Yorubas r not people u associate with and trust with ur heart.They r classified traitor and betrayals. We v heard u but we will be on d look for those inhuman attitude of d yorubas in ur people.Don't hate anyone becauae u need them for ur daily interactions and God says u should love ur neighbors but hate those characters are n them.

DarkLover:
Historyworld031 I'm not trying to spite you, also I'm not trying to elevate Ooni or reduce the influence or Power of Oba Ewuare II, I'm just trynna be objective with the documented facts and history and not fairy-tale like you called it, the point I raised you intentionally disregarded them and resulted to an awful part of argument.

Nice to know that you've got a masters from France in Maths, probably you might have some thoughtful reasoning than me like you said, its still in doubt though.

On 20th of October, 2016 after the presentation of his staff of Office to him, Oba Ewuare II himself made some remarks about the 'fairy tale' Oranmiyan, please look that up. Me and you can't know the 'actual history' more than him.



This got me laughing, you know little about Auchi bro!

Last question, what's the source of your claims? if the oral or written evidences are fairy tale?? or are you were there 500 years back?

DamiBukola:
I don't know why my Ijaw brothers could possibly stoop so low in joining issues with Itsekiri. I can never, I repeat, I can never stoop so low to have such a discourse with the Itsekiri. If they have the guts, they should go and change the name on the bill currently passing through the legislative process in the NASS.

AGF just wrote a letter and they are masturbating over it. Worst case scenario, the bill will be stood down until the Buhari government is buried come 2019 then we can have the university in place.

Itsekiri is too small to join issues with.

Noccerino:

Which igbo is aligning with ijaw interest.... Too much ogogoro is bad for ur brain.

GuidoVanRossum:
It amazes me that almost everyone on here refers to my people as being Yorubas. Is it because of the name "Akoko?".
Please, note that the major languages in Akoko Edo are:
Okpameri
Uneme
Etuno
Ososo
And a very very tiny % of Yorubas.
Akoko-Edo isn't a Yoruba land. Yes, we have Yoruba influence and it shows in our names and all that. But we very different both culturally and in terms of language.

I therefore implore you all to stop calling my people Yorubas.


PS: This does not mean we hate the Yoruba people as they are our brothers in the same geographical contraption called Nigeria.

Mynd44, Lalasticlala, please help us educate others.

THE HISTORY OF OGBIA KINGDOM

Ogbia kingdom is founded by Ogbeyan who originated from Benin. His two sons namely Okoroma and Oloi ventured into the present site of Ogbia kingdom, after the death of their father.
Later the two children hosted other immigrants namely Obutoru, Tarabiri, Oboloma, and other miscellaneous groups to constitute sic major ethnic groups in Ogbia kingdom.
There are Oloi group, Okoroma, Tarakiri, Oboloma, Obutoru, and the miscellaneous group called Odinade.
Otoi group consists of the following villages; Oloibiri, Otnabo, Otuogidi, Otabi, Otakeme, Otuogidi, Omorokeni, Emeyal I, Emeyal II, Otuaseiga, Elebele, Otuoke, Otuaba, Ewoi and also Otuedi.
On the other hand the Okoroma villages are; Otuabagi, Kolo I, Kolo II, Kolo III, Imirigi, Otuagire II, Emadike, Owoma, Otuakpein, Otnaganagu, Okiri, Ologoghe, Aidyasara, Owuebu, Otuogori, Otwagire I and Otuokpoti.
The Taraki group migrated from Diobin area in Southern Ijaw. The villages are; Okodi, Ologi, and Ayakoro.
The Oboloma group came from Oboloma in Nembe. The villages are Oruma dn Ibelebiri. The Obutoru came from the deserted town of Obutoru in Akassa Koloama area. The villages is Epebu. The Odinade group immigrated from different points to the deserted Ebela kingdom. The villages are Opunde Emakaka, Akipelai and Idema. All these groups are loyal to Ogbeyan as the founder of Ogbia kingdom.
Traditionally, the Ogbai man is an agriculturalist women are farmers practicing subsistence system of farming while the men are palm cutters. Fishing is not a major occupation of the Ogbia man. During the era of the slave trade, the Ogbia man mostly the Chiefs were capturing slaves in their respective domains and selling them to the Nembe traders who in-turn sold them to the white-men. As a result of this slave trade business, the people settle in hideout in the forest to avoid raiding of the buyers. Hence Ogbia kingdom is having scattered settlement.
With the abolition of the slave trade and establishment of the Oil trade, the Ogbia man fully participated in the trade. They were middle men between the oil producers and the whitte-men. Nembe middle men who ventured into Ogbia had serious confrontations with the Ogbia Chiefs and middlemen.
As a follow up, Ogbia middlemen also purchased canons and arms from the white-men at Bonney, Brass and Akassa. Such confrontations however led to series of wars with the Nembe middlemen. Prominent among them were the wars between the Nembe middlemen and Opume, Oloibiri, Okiki and Amyama respectively. These wars led to the desertion of towns like Otuobhuom and Otuaki. Unlike the Okoroma district unit, Ogbia kingdom was not colonized by the Nembe forces; only that Nembe influence affected some of the village in Oloibiri group.

babacletus:

As usual shifting cultivation, I asked why it is that some one that a baby born in benin city will grow up speaking Yoruba like they were born in oshogbo and your reply is that Ogbia is an Edo clan? My guy what you're suffering from doesnt have cure, but fear not I'll try to attack the root of your ignorance

So What made Ogbia an Edo clan
Is it language? Cause Ogbia is definetly not edo or even edo related its central delta

Is it their founder? Because all the Ogbia founders where Ijaw named Okoroma and Oloi

Is it their town names?
Imiringi
Elebele
Kolo 1
Kolo 2
Emeyal 1
Emeyal 2
Otuosega
Oruema
Emakalakala
Eboh
Obeduma
Akipelai
Otuagbagi
Otueke
Otakeme
Oloibiri
Abobiri
Opume
Otuogbodi
Idema

Is it their people like ? Rivers Ijaw governor Melford Okilo or Ijaw president Gej

Or is it same way you claim Onitsha Lagos or Asaba are clans?

So back to the question, why is it that baby born in benin city grows up fluent in Yoruba like someone that grew up in oshogbo