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U are not a fool but ODE! simps don't deserve my pity. Before i spend 1k on any random girl, i would've lashed u or press ur bobby tire.

Had it been i no be igbo man, i for don hang myself. Igbo amaka abeg!

When you come across the Yorùbá people, you immediately notice how united they are. At first, you might mistake their rowdiness for disunity, but on a closer look, you'd see just how knitted they are. An Egba man would never say he's different from the Awori man. The Ijesha man would never say he's different from the Epe man. Yet, these are all individual dialects of the Yorùbá language. This is why they would always be united, because they put the tribe first before anything else. No matter how rich you are, you dare not challenge the Oba of your community. They have titles that must be given to anyone by a particular Oba and the ones to be given by another Oba, and all titles would still be regarded across the entire Yorùbá land.

But today, the Ika man would tell you that he's different from the Ukwuani man. The Enuani man would tell you that he's different from the Ikwerre man. The Enugwu man would tell you he's different from the Abakeleke man. Yet these are merely dialects of the Igbo nation. Whilst our neighbours strengthen their brotherhood despite their dialects, we are busy dismantling ours over same. We highlight the difference in Igbo dialects and give room for these dialects to then claim independence.

This clearly visible disunity has allowed outsiders infiltrate our people, leading them on to further divide us. Today, the Ika people claim they're not Igbo, rather an independent nation. The Ukwuani people too are denying Igbo, claiming to be an independent nation. The Ika dialect claiming to be independent is like the Ijesha dialect claiming not to be Yorùbá simply because they speak a different dialect(that is still understood by others) unique to them.

All these identity crisis and denials you see online and offline, is the effect of decades of being lied to and being manipulated. Look at the distance from Ika to the core East. Look at the distance from Ika to Edo State. They're very close to Edo and farther from the East. So tell me how the Ika man speaks Igbo that is far from him, and not Edo that is just by the corner?
That alone should tell you that they're Igbo.

Again, look at the culture and traditions. We use the Igbo native market days and the Ọfo. We address our kings and Obi Agu and Eze. We address our people as nwannem or umunne m. We use Igbo spirituality and consciousness. Yet, the East is far away from here. We all know that Igbos are travellers and that we copy everything we see and suit it to our benefits. The Edo dresses (not Akwa ocha) most of us wear, are as a result of trading with the Edo people over the decades. Our Igbo roots are so clear that even the British referred to us as "Midwest Igbos."

Those claiming that we are Edo people who arrived here and were influenced by the Igbos should explain how we claim to have founded these places we occupy today, only for the Igbo visitors to completely wipe out our original Edo language, spirituality and consciousness. The only possible explanation, is that the Igbos already lived in this place before we arrived and since the dominating population was Igbo, they influenced us to speak Igbo. By this analogy, it means the Igbos were the original settlers here. And it means that Igbos colonised us and not Edo colonising Igbos. There's no way the Edo colonisers would end up with the identity of their s.laves instead of vice versa.

England colonised us and left every part of Nigeria with the English language and the Portuguese brought Christianity. Even with these, every tribe still retained their spirituality and culture. So you can see the imprint of Western control through the language and religion that came with it. Most of us are Christians today because of this. So how come we now claim Edo when we practice Igbo culture and traditions? If Edo colonised us, shouldn't we be speaking Edo, praying Edo and doing everything Edo? Is the Edo language so weak that the Igbos washed it off so easily?

Anioma people are majorly Igbo. With the exception of the Odiani people who are originally Akoko yoruba dialect, we are Igbos. If there are any Edo migrants amongst us, then they're in very small portions across the area. Even the Odiani people still bear Yorùbá names and practice some distinct Yorùbá Olùkùmi culture and traditions till date, which points out their original ancestry. The Edo migrants should show us theirs.

They can deny all they want and argue all they want, but unless they cease to use the Ọfọ and the Ani deity, their Igbo identity is loud and clear. Hating the Igbo nation is like hating yourselves. Inferiority complex of the highest form.

Daalụ nu.

Ok. Next...are they done marching for jagaban?

Wike is with the yorubas. No wonder! He is this uncouth and rash.

Helpout12345:
Israel and west are wrong again. They have no rights to tell Iran, she cannot have nuclear weapons while Israel and west have nuclear weapons.

Everyone, Every country had rights to defend himself, herself and itself.

The west has no rights to dictate to Iran how Iran is going to defend herself against Israelli and western nuclear weapons.

Do u know that every iran leader must swear an oat to annihilate isreal upon assumption of office.

Ogbomoso, my bae Ruth place?! Yoruba bannies are so creamy on bed.

Nigeria is a crime scene!

I use to take this fool serious before!

Is DNA test that cheap. Very nice movie script .someone should try casting this.

El rufia is the father of fct. Forget all this rubbish show off of nonsense.

300k×500fools=150m. Smart niggas

ActressAbimbola:
This woman's ugliness dey make me vomit.

She is prettier than abiku dabaru! Of diaspora.

Remi can have a breathe of fresh air before returning to her rotten region. Owo mi da people!

Tinubu iS gone just like subsidy!

IGBOPROMISE1:
That pic is DMGS roundabout, Onitsha.

Not true. That is my home. Stop spreading lies.

The northerners are just so short-sighted.

U and ur cheerleaders are not doing better than the igbos at the moment. Chill old man, u fought in vain.

Igbo!!! A yoruba man is shivering!!

As a yoruba man weh u be.

Sherriff don chop ewedu and amala, he has to be mad!

Criminal drug addicts!

Tinubu boys!