₦airaland Forum

samuk:
Why will anyone deny their heritage and then put in an effort to fabricate a history linking them to Benin. It doesn't make sense. Ikwerre can even gain more from claiming Igbo heritage in a multi ethnic state as Rivers because the millions of Igbos that resides there will always give them their political support not to talk of the wider Igbo nation.

There is no reason for Ikwerre to deny being Igbo today because they are in a different state and region, the fear of domination by other Igbo is no longer there as it were when they were part of the old eastern region.

All these denials point to one fact, that is they were forced or coerced in the past to claim Igbo identity and as soon as they got their freedom from the east, they revert back to their original identity. This is also probably the reason they changed the names of their towns to non Igbo names after Igbo lost the civil war.

Who has the right to draw up the criteria of identifying an Igbo person, what makes someone an Igbo, is it by similarities in name and language? Can former president Gooluck Jonathan pass as an English man. Can Donald Trump be regarded as an English man?

The Scottish, Irish and Welsh people all have similar name and language as the English but don't consider themselves English.

Will they listen?

I don't write epistles for these people, a Flat-Head will always remain a Flat-Head no matter how you try to re-mould his head

Na by force to be Igbo?
You Igbos are becoming beggers

Lol this IPOB is pained

Juliusmalema:
What about similarities in names and link as said by Ooni apart from olugbo?

When you live close to people you tend to share some similarities.

Some words in Yoruba are similar to Igbo does that mean you are one and the same?

You bear an English name does that make you a British?

Your moniker is Julius does that make you a Roman?

Japan was one named Edo, can we now lay claim to Japan?

Igboid:
So Chime sounds Bini to you?
What about Eze too? That sound Bini too?

Na by force to be Igbo?

Juliusmalema:
So you dissociating the link?

Apart from Ekaladeran (Oduduwa) there is no other link between Benin and Yoruba

Juliusmalema:
I can confirm that based on the way you keep pushing against my submission here.

Anyway what is your conclusion to all that ?

It's obvious, he stated the fact already. Oduduwa (Ekaladeran) could not have come down from heaven with a chain or from meca, that's preposterous.
And I believe you're a history student, you should understand we prove histories with fact and not with sentiments

Juliusmalema:
Yeah, I watched it that same day and the final question olugbo placed to yorubas but decided to keep quiet

Maybe by now you would forgotten about the matter not knowing you still remember it.

You stubborn on a serious note.

I stubborn I no go lie

Juliusmalema:
OK, let me watch and see.

Have you watched it?

samuk:
Force marriages hardly last long, it's better people buy into group classifications than being forced. Today, most people from different nations wants to move to America or western europe to become their citizens compared to moving to any other nation. These people often celebrate their citizenships in these abducted nations with prides.

It's not every tribes that are happy to be identified as Yoruba today were once classified as Yorubas but these tribes such as the Ijebus are very happy to be part of the larger Yoruba conglomerate. On the other hand, the Yorubas will want to have the Benins as part of the Yoruba nation but the Benin/Edo are too well established in history and sees itself as the father of all to want to be a part of any tribe.

Igbo should rather deploy their energy and talent towards building a nation everyone will be proud to be part of rather than this force marriages of claiming tribes that are not interested in being Igbo.

Igbos help to build others cities such as Lagos and Abuja that everyone wants to run to and associate with but you can not find any city in the east comparable to PH and you want the indigines of PH to be proud to be Igbo. You have to be a great nation to claim others or for others to claim you. The Igbo should first work on her greatness.

Whilst Igbo/Biafra is fixated on claiming Ikwerre by fire by force, there are still Igbos in the east that claims Benin, Igala, Idoma and other ancestry.

Benin is too well established to to go into another mini Nigeria again.

Wike is not Igbo, na by force to be Igbo?

Lol just onions?

Lemme go to my backyard and start planting my own.

To those arewa thinking South cannot survive without their goods, watch how south starts to get self reliant.

Nonsense na common farm produce una wan use threaten us

Creeza:
Thank you. Egua tue!!

Esan people say " Aisobo lu okpia”
literally translated to “ You cant work out a man” but properly translated as " You can never really understand what makes a man thick”

That's my problem with all these people. They just come on Nairaland and spew thrash. Leave the Edo man to do his thing, if you go over your mark you get thrown overboard.
My two cents though.

Any other mofo who quotes me stupidly your mama two left breast. Comman beat me, I dae my house.

Ọtẹmwẹn koyọ

Juliusmalema:
Habaaaaaaa

But you can't actually separate the two naaaaa. The historical ties is too much to overlook.

Remember a tree doesn't make a forest and you guys need each other.

Actually those histories are fabricated.
We are not one and the same.
Edo is bigger than most of the smallest countries in the world, we can do it alone.

Watch this video, it's loaded with facts:
https://youtu.be/oDYNOtk3xqg

Juliusmalema take your time and watch it

Juliusmalema:
Please can you let me be?

What exactly is my offence against you?

Your only offence is marginalising Ẹdo with Yoruba people.

Let us be and allow us make our choices and I would stay off your mentions

Juliusmalema:
The group are right

I have heard same story and verified such. Nnamdi Kanu family ancestry can be traced to Cameroon.

That was the first place he ran to when python invaded his compound in Abia state

You are right, but you still have to hug that transformer

Your depression needs the hug of a well powered transformer to be cured

AreaFada2:
Dude forget this your legend. No history of any war with Benin never mind conquest. The writer of what you read smoked Oshogbo weed.
Oduduwa was a Benin Prince banished from Benin.
Till today Ooni still has to slaughter 7 black cows everytime before ever traveling to Benin. It is not because of crossing 7 hills and rivers to reach Benin.

Are there no rivers and hills on the way to Abuja, Enugu, Lagos, London, America, etc? Why is he not mandated by tradition to kill black cows first?

Benin people ordinarily prefer to dey their own jeje. But you guys from Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Sky chain, and mountain all at the same time keep peddling silly legend.

Gregyboy
Valirex
Etinosa
Ghostwon

Area!!!!!!!

Juliusmalema:
Next

Lol go hug transformer .
I don dey find your post since I no know say Na here you dey hide .

Anyways I get your time proper now. I go smoke you out

Creeza:
You just poured out my mind.

Leave these Youruba people who are bent on flaming the Ambers of tribalism between Binis and their tribe. If e set, you guys will run o

Just like Oramiyan pick race and vamoose Igodomigodo. From tine immemorial, the Edo man likes doing things his own way jejely, but if you try to show him superiority be rest assured he will put you in your rightful position: which is nothingness.

I'd advise my Yoruba brothers to face their fight with Arrewa and Igbos, just leave Edo man out of your wide mouth so you don't loose the little respect we have for you guys.

A word is enough for the wise.

Exactly, with the way they always drag us they are wasting time and allowing the Fulanis and Igbos get ahead of them.

Juliusmalema:
People are talking about ethnic independence and you are yarning about one stupid non existent country

What kind of dispute that someone is rejecting from lording over them.

Oba of Bini is a Yoruboid kingship.

Lol na here you dey hide since dey spew rubbish?

How far na you never hug that transformer?

Buharidgeneral:
Pastor Chris how market?

Lol poverty is written all over you.
Well pastor Chris is busy enjoying his life and if he's tired he will leave Nigerian and you behind

grim33:
Guns can’t be legal in this country there too many unstable people in Nigeria.

Police will get shot
Politicians will get shot
Criminals will get shot

But most importantly

Innocent people will suffer greatly.

The unstable ones are already the ones with the guns,
Fulani cattle herders have guns,
Thieves have guns
Kidnappers have guns
Politicians have guns

During the #EndSARS protest a politician came out with a pump action shotgun and shot at protesters and today he's walking freely if the protesters had guns that rubbish won't happen.

Police brutality in Nigeria would have been greatly reduced to a minimal if we were all armed.

Robbery would have been reduced greatly cos the person the thieves want to rob is armed that alone strikes fear in their hearts

Bia-fraud Juzz

Edeyoung:
I would not give a straight answer but i will give reasons why it can or not possible ,


Yes the British invaded the benin empire with guns and sacked it, in the past there were no jaz to protect people from such unfamiliar weapons
But today we have such and i saw a guy Dustin bullet from his chest shot from an armored tank and i have also seen
Niger delta boys dustin bullet from air strikes, as for the bombs we have disappearing jazz for it too ,
Unlike in the past, many factors played out why benin were conquered if you base it on the military weapon alone then, you're ignorant
The then oba of benin had to surrender to British forces to save benin from further destruction

The oba of benin is invisible dont underestimate him he is the chief priest to all chief priest in the enitre acient empire he only answers to his ancestors

There is a saying in ondo that just as the oba of benin command respect and authority on earth so as their sky god commands in heaven

The British wanted to hang the oba as punishment but the benin chiefs told them that they rather all die to see that happens and even the British succeeded in hanging the oba that the British lives would be cut shut, and that they will all die mysteriously which they considered and sent him on exile unlike the treatment giving to jaja of opopo who was hanged

For mob attacking the palace it would be disastrous even if the oba had done all shade of wrongs, the oba in acient past had once done wrongs and the highest thing that occurred was anarchy which was later restored, having the intention of doing evil to the oba the moment you cross the oba palace gate with such intentions
That person will just fall and die, it is a protective jazz Found in the gate


If you hold the oba staff or crown it would be instant madness the British soldier who did that all ran mad and died mysteriously


But i believe if the people are against the oba anarchy can occur the palace can be torn apart but hurting the oba or taking his staff is no go area

I believe the vioce of the people his the voice of the gods too, but trust me people will die if they invade the oba palace things wen dem go see go make the mods run go back they shout for help

If they use bomb, the building will only collapse and no body go die

The oba is divine so forget it


AreaFada2
Sarah20A
Etinosa1234
Etrusen
Valirex
Ghostwon

They dare not, na civil war be that

Etinosa1234:
Is like the reason for ur unprovoked anger is because u have no king in the entire igboland that can compare to oba of BENIN

Don’t cry... it’s understandable

Nice one, you hit him really hard with the truth

modsfucker:
Mr. Chairman or whatever your name is, we are IPOB and we own Idoma Land...

In fact, we had a pact with the lord that we would develop everywhere in the world, so Idoma Land can never be an exception

For the records, we are behind the development you see in Malaysia, Cambodia, South Africa, Lagos Italy, Germany and India

You should therefore note that, Benue, Kogi, Edo, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Delta all belong to us.

It may interest you to know that the US VP-elect is our latest in-law in town.

Igbo kwenu

Flatin0 is this how bad it has reached
Ẹdo nor be Biafra, if them born you well go put flag for Ẹdo