spearman:

Edozien is in Edo royal outfit; the witch cried last might, the child died in the morning, everyone but Ibos can see the pattern.

All Edo lead names in the Delta and Anambra states can trace their origin back to Benin. Ask them.

spearman:

Edozien is in Edo royal outfit; the witch cried last might, the child died in the morning, everyone but Ibos can see the pattern.

All Edo lead names in the Delta and Anambra states can trace their origin back to Benin. Ask them.

spearman:

They do not eat humans (Refer to Map of Cannibalism).
They do not have OSU caste system.
They are not criminally inclined and do not carry drugs.
They are not migrant traders with apprenticeship.

Ukwuanis are not Ibos. Anthropology, culture and oral history reflects this. Ukwuanis are a distinct nationality of their own.
Ukwuani is Ukwuani.
Ibos should let others be.

mdimefields:
This is an Ikwerre man speaking. We know you hate Igbos so much that you dread their unity.
. Ndi nbu.

Mvnster:

Kwale babe done do you strong thing
Respect to my obinomba people.

ZKOSOSO:

Bros no lemme cast myself here o....
Dem babe na full options

EmperorCaesar:
I grew up with this people and know alot about them

Dem plenty for Ondo state and somehow, they never had issues with their hosts

I once asked some group of those guys why they answer Igbo names yet they arent Igbos


Azuka ask if i be Jewish wey dey bear isreali name, na so i shock

spearman:


Asagba of Asaba in Benin royal outfit. His name is Edozien. Like in EDO.

As for him saying he is Ibo, that is from a fake news Ibo gaslighting website. No credible media link to that story.

spearman:

They do not eat humans (Refer to Map of Cannibalism).
They do not have OSU caste system.
They are not criminally inclined and do not carry drugs.
They are not migrant traders with apprenticeship.

Ukwuanis are not Ibos. Anthropology, culture and oral history reflects this. Ukwuanis are a distinct nationality of their own.
Ukwuani is Ukwuani.
Ibos should let others be.

mabea:
Edozien is an Igbo word

spearman:
Ukwuani People of Anioma.

Ụkwụànì people (also called Ndokwa). Ndokwa is coined from Ndosumili and Ukwuani, the two groups that make up the Ndokwa people.) are one of the tribes in the Southern part of Nigeria in the Western part of the Niger Delta. They are found majorly in the Northern part of Delta State and in some parts of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area of Rivers State, Nigeria. Ukwuani is the second largest ethnic nationality in Delta state after the Urhobo people. It is also the largest in Delta North region which is referred to as Anioma. Ndokwa Land consists of three Local Government Areas: (Ndokwa West, Ndokwa East, and Ukwuani). There over three dozens of towns and villages in Ndokwa.

The three most popular ones are Kwale, Aboh and Obiaruku. Ukwuani land lies between latitudes 50 481 N and 50 601 N and longitudes 60 081 E and 60 321 E of Delta State. It has common boundaries in the North with Ika South and Aniocha South Local Government Areas. Isoko South
and Isoko North bound it in the south while it also has a common boundary with Ughelli North and Ethiope East Local Government Areas and Edo State as well as River Niger in the west and east, respectively. The important rivers in the region are Niger, Ethiope, Adofi, and Umu while the Ase creek is the major creek.

This assertion of aseparate identity for Ukwuani vis-à-vis Igbo, strikes at a very important note in matters of ethnicity generally and the subject in Nigeria in particular. The Ukwuanis are said to share a common ancestry with the Ogba, Ekpeye, and Ika people as majority trace their origin to the Benin kingdom. Ndokwa land is made of so many sub-groups including Umu-Akashiada, Ndoshimili- Ndoni, and Utagba people which is the largest of all. Ukwuani people speak Ukwuani language, a branch of the Volta- Niger language family with varying dialects within the Ndosumili-Aboh area. The one spoken by the majority of the people which is regarded the standard dialect is the Utagba dialect. It is easily understood by the speaker of the other dialects and it is the dialect that is used for Ukwuani language studies. Ukwuani language is also included in the list of 27 Nigerian languages approved by the Federal Government for the purpose of "mother tongue education".

The Ukwuani culture is related to several culture in the Niger-delta but have more social and cultural affinities to the Igbo speaking people of Nigeria. Ndokwa play host to several multinational oil companies such as Agip, Platform, Midwestern, and Sterling global oil companies, etc. Despite its contribution to the wealth of the Nation, the Ndokwa people like nearly other ethnic minorities of the Niger delta region
frequently complain of marginalization which makes it an underdeveloped ethnic nationality. Despite this the Ndokwa people have been very peaceful. All the youth restiveness in the Niger Delta was approached peacefully by them.

Origin
The Ukwuani people also belongs to those groups whose history was largely undocumented but from the varying accounts of the elders, three waves of migration appeared to account for present population of the Ukwuani people. <Okolugbo2004,page2> stated that the first wave are represented by the clans who claimed to have migrated from Benin Kingdom. Some of these clans include Umu-akashiada, Ebedei, and Akarai. The second waves of independent settlers are those whose ancestors migrated from Eastern Nigeria. The clans in this group settled along the bank of the River Niger and they include Umu-obarauchi, Ndoni, Onya, and Adawai. A third wave is in the form of a well organised expedition of Edo conquerors and some of this group include, Aboh, Amai, Umukwata <Okolugbo 2004,page3>. Ogbe-ani in Utagba-uno clan also claimed to migrate from acient Benin Kingdom. <Okolugbo 2004,page 4> stated that apart from these three waves of immigration, there are also mixed eastern and western Igbo origin, Edo immigrants.

Colonial History of Ndokwa
The colonial history of Ndokwa people began in 1905 with the formal establishment of colonial administrative office in Kwale. It was then known as Aboh Native Authority and later renamed Aboh Division in 1952 with headquarter in Kwale. In 1976, there was Local Government reforms and Aboh Division became Ndokwa Local Government with headquarters still in Kwale. The name Ndokwa was formed from two words; Ndoshimili and Ukwuani. They signify the two major districts of Aboh Division. Following the 1991 and 1997 Local Government creations embarked upon by the Military led Government, Ndokwa came under three Local Government Areas (LGAs) namely; Ndokwa East, Ndokwa West and Ukwuani with headquarters in Aboh, Kwale and Obiaruku respectively.

The three LGAs speak Ukwuani language and are known and recognized as distinct ethnic nationalities since pre-colonial times. In the last century, something incredible occurred in the annals of human history. The Juxtaposition of nations, cultures and peoples found an expression in the name: NIGERIA when Lord Lugard amalgamated its Northern and Southern Protectorates. Ndokwa people were a part of the nations in the Southern protectorate. Although it included the great Aboh Kingdom which, arguably, was the greatest naval force on the Niger Delta Coast for close to a century before the arrival of the Europeans, the people were subjected to British rule and would later be ruled as part of the Western region -one of the two regions carved out of the Southern protectorates.

By 1963, Mid- west region was created to include Ndokwa Land and other Non-Yoruba speaking parts of western region. Ndokwa people remained as part of Mid-West region until Ndoni people were carved out from Aboh Division to join parts of the old Eastern region to form Rivers State in May of 1967 as part of a new 12 State Federal Structure. The rest of Ndokwa Land remained in the Mid-west which was now renamed Bendel State, fusing the first three letters from the Benin Province with the first three letters of Delta Province. Ndokwa remained as part of the Mid-west Bendel configuration for 28 years until the creation of Delta State in 1991.

Society and the arts Indigenous arts include basket weaving, metalwork and sculpture (known as Okpu- Uzo). The Ụkwụànì are also widely known for their music. Their music is one of the main influences they have had over their neighbors, many of whom have adopted Ụkwụànì music as their own traditional music.

Ogochuks101:

Op you must be very stupid and I'm sure you're not from Ndokwa and you are from Edo state. Always looking for lands to grab.

We Ndokwa/ukwuani people are pure igbos or Anioma people if e pain you go commit suicide.

mabea:
His name is Edozien like in Edo indeed. Edozien is an Igbo word

spearman:


Whenever you see the "We", know it is ibo masquerading as some other tribe. Only Ibos have that speech pattern.

Fejoku:
The Edo people of Ondo State.

spearman:




The people of Onitsha are from the Benin Empire (Edo Kingdom). Obi of Onitsha.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrxQKyPh7I8

gidgiddy:


You posted this video of the Obi of Onitsha, but because you dont speak Igbo, you dont know what he said.

If you could understand what he said, you would know that Onitsha has no connection to Bini

Tranquill:


Maybe it’s a different video that you are watching.

I remember during this Obi of Onitsha’s coronation, his first trip out of Onitsha a few days later was to the palace of the then Oba of Benin and he specifically said that it was in line with their long standing tradition of connecting with their root.

gidgiddy:


What you remember the Obi of Onitsha said somewhere is not what Im asking, anyone can say that the Obi of Onitsha said this, or said that

What did the Obi of Onitsha say in the video you posted of him him talking? If you dont know, ask someone to translate for you, rather than making up a story that makes you look foolish

mdimefields:
Iganke, Igbo Akiri, in Edo State are also speaking out.


You cannot stop the unification of ndi Igbo, regardless your propaganda.
Igbo bu otu.

Tranquill:


At 0.19 secs he mentioned Benin, what was he referring to?

Bendeco2020:

You guys are so foolish. See as you're disgracing yourself

Am from Onitsha.

What Obi of Onitsha explained in that video is that Onitsha people are Igbos that traveled and settled in Ile ife years ago, on the process of migrating back. Some of them settled in yoruba land, such as Ijebu Igbo, some settled in Edo, Delta, Anambra (Onitsha Ado) while some go beyond and settled in Imo (Onitsha Mbaise), Some in Ebony (Onitsha Afikpo) even in Enugu state.

https://www.nairaland.com/7874491/eze-chima-prince-ohime-ancestor