chrisxxx:

The Ikwerres, Ogoni and others.
Don't you believe the scientific report that you people want to attach to the ikwerres by force? We are no brothers. No friends. We have nothing to do with you people. Simple.

I never ever said anything about brothers. I have nothing to proved to you. If you remember the first thing I said. I listed 3 things you must do just as you abolished new yam festival and you said we stole your language. Keep causing problem you will be remembered when your time is up.

To know how stupid the claim about Ikwerre is Igbo is, It's like the Hausa claiming that kambari are Hausas or the Yorubas claiming that Itsekiri are Yorubas.
Only the Igbos like to call other minorities Igbos. One of the many reasons they can't be trusted with power in Nigeria.

Funkyswagzz:


I never ever said anything about brothers. I have nothing to proved to you. If you remember the first thing I said. I listed 3 things you must do just as you abolished new yam festival and you said we stole your language. Keep causing problem you will be remembered when your time is up.

Ogonis celebrate New yam festival are they also Igbos?

chrisxxx:

Ogonis celebrate New yam festival are they also Igbos?

Keep dancing like a snake you will be caught one day

Funkyswagzz:


Keep dancing like a snake you will be caught one day

When you people borrow customs of others it becomes yours.

Funkyswagzz:


Keep dancing like a snake you will be caught one day

lol

chrisxxx:

When you people borrow customs of others it becomes yours.

I'm so sorry for you.

gidgiddy:
What's with all these Ikwerre threads lately?

Nd'Ikwerre noticed that Ndigbo are seriously focused on trying to grab ala Lagos like they did ala Ikwerre and are looking to wriggle out of the Ndigbo choke hold they are currently in while Ndigbo are distracted .

I jus dey play ó bifor una bring una Obidient wàhálà come again.

FOLYKAZE:


It is a general belief in Ondo south that Ikale, Ilaje and Apoi (what you call Ijaw) are from the same root.

Which Ondo south? That's how you guys come online and start saying what you don't know..

Ikale and Ilaje are Yoruba and speak a Yoruba dialect while Apoi are yorubanized Ijaw.. They're immigrants.

chrisxxx:

Ogonis celebrate New yam festival are they also Igbos?

Ibo boy , abeg rest

The other Rivers tribes know Ikwerre as Igbo till today but then also know them as fellow Rivers people. It's just like Kalabari and Ijaw whom we all know as one group but then Kalabari are Rivers people. I've noticed just like some Ikwerre people say that political rise of Ikwerre and Rivers people in national politics is often pitched on perception of their ethnicity by outsiders which is what usually leads to having their leaders choose a side between being Igbo or denying Igbo. The Amaechi, Odili, Jonathan and Wike example is enough for any interested party to study. The perception of Odili as Igbo cost him Vice Presidency as the other South-south groups argued that it was the turn of minorities and he was swapped with Jonathan.
Ikwerre is recognized in constitution as distinct ethnic group from Igbo but culturally and linguistically Ikwerre is part of the many districts of Igboland belonging to the Southern Igbo broadly called Oratta Ikwerre comprising Ikwerre, Etche, Oratta, Ngor, Okpala, Omuma and Ohaji.

Abagworo:
The other Rivers tribes know Ikwerre as Igbo till today but then also know them as fellow Rivers people. It's just like Kalabari and Ijaw whom we all know as one group but then Kalabari are Rivers people. I've noticed just like some Ikwerre people say that political rise of Ikwerre and Rivers people in national politics is often pitched on perception of their ethnicity by outsiders which is what usually leads to having their leaders choose a side between being Igbo or denying Igbo. The Amaechi, Odili, Jonathan and Wike example is enough for any interested party to study. The perception of Odili as Igbo cost him Vice Presidency as the other South-south groups argued that it was the turn of minorities and he was swapped with Jonathan.
Ikwerre is recognized in constitution as distinct ethnic group from Igbo but culturally and linguistically Ikwerre is part of the many districts of Igboland belonging to the Southern Igbo broadly called Oratta Ikwerre comprising Ikwerre, Etche, Oratta, Ngor, Okpala, Omuma and Ohaji.

Just as Igbos are Jews despite scientific evidence that they do not have any blood ties with the Jews save for some cultural practices which can be imbibed or transferred.

chrisxxx:

Una no dey learn.

You answer Ibo names like Amaechi, Elechi, Emeka and claim you are not Ibos.

When you commit crimes with those names, the Ibos bear the brunt of your criminality while you hide and laugh at them. Even some of my yoruba muslim brothers supporting you know that you are just fooling around. They just do it to spite the Ibos. You Amaechis and Emekas of Ikwerreland are all omo Ibos in their eyes.

Ibos are not arguing with you. Drop their language and customs that you borrowed. De-linguinize and de-acculturate yourself of their language, and re-linguinize yourselves with your ancestral Bini names.

Ibos have a cordial relationship with the Bini, you will still be friends but confusion about brotherhood must end.

Dalohad:


You answer Ibo names like Amaechi, Elechi, Emeka and claim you are not Ibos.

Too simplistic, is Goodluck Jonathan English?

Lots of Edo state people bear Yoruba names, from Afemai through Esan down to Benin, are they Ndi Yoruba?

Na una know sef.

Dalohad:


You answer Ibo names like Amaechi, Elechi, Emeka and claim you are not Ibos.

When you commit crimes with those names, the Ibos bear the brunt of your criminality while you hide and laugh at them. Even some of my yoruba muslim brothers supporting you know that you are just fooling around. They just do it to spite the Ibos. You Amaechis and Emekas are all omo Ibos in their eyes.

They are not arguing with you. Drop their language and customs that you borrowed. De-linguinize and de-acculturate yourself with their language, and re-linguinize yourselves with your ancestral Bini names.

Ibos have a cordial relationship with the Bini, you will still be friends but confusion about brotherhood must end.

I challenged one of you the other day to come up with a related name as you mentioned who committed a heinous crime as you people are habitually known with that is not from South East. He has not responded to date. Now I am challenging you to come with such. Help come up with an ikwerre man who has been caught with drugs, armed robbery, internet fraud, advanced fee fraud as you people are known with. I am waiting.

Ibrahimcoomasie:
To know how stupid the claim about Ikwerre is Igbo is, It's like the Hausa claiming that kambari are Hausas or the Yorubas claiming that Itsekiri are Yorubas.
Only the Igbos like to call other minorities Igbos. One of the many reasons they can't be trusted with power in Nigeria.

That's because ikwere speaks Igbo and do everything the Igbo way


Itshekiri is more distant to Yoruba language than Ikwere to Igbo itshekiri is mixed of both Yoruba, igala and edoid stuck but Ikwere is just an igbo dialect even someone from Anambra can communicate effectively with an Ikwere man


Infact oba of Benin have denied them having anything to do with them


In the North they have hundreds of indigenous languages even tho they speak hausa they still van go back to thier original language

Ikwere no other language, culture, tradition, traditional religion different from Igbos


We are not forcing them

they should stop disgracing the huge community trying to be people they're not even Benin they are claiming is rejecting them

chrisxxx:

Just as Igbos are Jews despite scientific evidence that they do not have any blood ties with the Jews save for some cultural practices which can be imbibed or transferred.

Igbos are not Jews. If you believe you are Jew that's your business but reality is that we are not Jews.

chrisxxx:

Yorubas and Hausas cum Fulani saved the minorities of the south from the high handedness of the Igbos. We lost lives during the war but it was for our liberation. Wike renamed Liberation Stadium after Gowon who led this.

Please stop using our language, names and customs. Change it to something that's a far away from Igbo as possible.

Funkyswagzz:


After this blind and cancerous arguement of yours I would like you to take time and read Henry Willink commission of 1957 and the minority question in eastern Nigeria.

Bro I will advise you right now to stop what you are doing and change course because when the time comes we will put you were you belong if you continue what you are doing.

The answer you are looking for is found in the pdf below. Read and learn stop this blind argument

https://aksujomas.org.ng/articles/17/12/the-willinks-commission-of-1957-and-the-minority-question-in-eastern-nigeria-the-ibibio-perspective/aksujomas_02_02_02.pdf

Please stop trying to educate him. We do not care about this Ikwerre matter anymore — it's tiresome.

Let them jettison their names, customs and language and adopt something that's as far away from Igbo as possible.

chrisxxx:

Just as Igbos are Jews despite scientific evidence that they do not have any blood ties with the Jews save for some cultural practices which can be imbibed or transferred.

This is a stupid example. Ikwerre people speak a dialect of Igbo, practice similar customs and hold similar titles. That is why you are being called Igbo.

Just change all of these and everyone will stop confusing you for Igbo people.

Medipharm:
Oga go and rest jooo....if they are brothers what does that tell you?

Meanwhile, I don't know why this is bringing problem especially to you people of the west. If ikweres say they are not Igbos, does it mean that Igbos don't exist? If they are denying they are not Igbos, that's their own headache, I am just seeing shear self-centeredness

Ikwerres should be left alone to chart their own course for now.....when jungle mature, they will go crying for their Igbo brethren!!

Funkyswagzz:
This argument will result to something else cos I know how children of the west love causing problem. If you are ikwerre no problem no one is taking that from you. But if you say you inherited Igbo and you don't belong to them, in my best knowledge for you not to associate with this Igbo tribe the best thing for you to do is:

1. Stop speaking there language
2. Stop practicing there culture
3. Stop answering there names.

Once you start doing these three things I listed above we can categorically say oh ikwerre's are truly not Igbo. Please stop the mumbojumbo it's very annoying instead do these three things listed above thank you.

since you share no ancestry with england you stop stop writing and speaking English, stop wearing English dress and stop answering English names.

If you can't stop these things it means your ancestors are British.

Bitterkola100:
since you share no ancestry with england you stop stop writing and speaking English, stop wearing English dress and stop answering English names.

If you can't stop these things it means your ancestors are British.

Now you clearly misrepresented colonialism and ethnicity. Nobody forced ikwerre people to speak igbo, nor practice there culture. You say oh we migrated from Benin so therefore we are not igbo, fine. Now the question you have to ask yourself is were there people occupying those land before you came there? How did you start speaking Igbo were you forced? This is common sense

Ok if you say you are not igbo why don't you go back to benin

chrisxxx:

The Ikwerres, Ogoni and others.
Don't you believe the scientific report that you people want to attach to the ikwerres by force? We are no brothers. No friends. We have nothing to do with you people. Simple.

Who wants lazy ikwerre to join the great igbo nation? Just dey play. Nothing will make our generation to accept you but remember nothing Like ikwerre as a group per say. You people migrated from Benin to occupy our land and will be sent back once nigeria splits. It's going to be fire for fire. Day never break woke! The Aros in aluu, iguruta and elele alimini will recover their lands. That time dey approach and you must return to Benin when the time comes. As ijaw dey hit una from east, we go hit una from north likewise ogoni will heat you guys from west. The hour is approaching.

😆 Lol...

The key question is do people migrate from the water/sea side to the hinterland or do people migrate fron the hinterland to the water? According to this video,the Ibos migrated from Ikwerre Land to their present abodes. Meaning the Ibo came out from under the Ikwerre and are therefore an off shoot of the Ikwerre nation.







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys86TSult7c?si=eCOB9zSJ-5R9ol8q

FOLYKAZE:


And Amaechi, the formal rivers state governor. How he adopted Rotimi is still mystery to me. The name is Yoruba but he has nothing to do with Yoruba

Many people love the advanced Yoruba culture, and love identifying with it. There are many northern families that I've met that gave their kids distinctively Yoruba names. The only group that hates that culture is that only group that never had culture, but stole the culture of those groups around them that were their slave masters.

gidgiddy:


Then that means 'one Nigeria' is pointless and Igbos should be allowed to go their way as Biafra and there will be no more attachments

The fool will run away from this question

chrisxxx:

I challenged one of you the other day to come up with a related name as you mentioned who committed a heinous crime as you people are habitually known with that is not from South East. He has not responded to date. Now I am challenging you to come with such. Help come up with an ikwerre man who has been caught with drugs, armed robbery, internet fraud, advanced fee fraud as you people are known with. I am waiting.

Chris Igbokwe the Ikwerre man. And why do you insist on sharing names and traditions that belong to Drugsters, Armed robbers and criminals, when you have your original Bini ancestry?

We all know why no Christian bears the name Judas.

Don't you sound daft while trying to prove a point?

Are you cursed with foolery or just confused and discombobulated?

Make it make sense.

aswani:


Too simplistic, is Goodluck Jonathan English?

Lots of Edo state people bear Yoruba names, from Afemai through Esan down to Benin, are they Ndi Yoruba?

Na una know sef.

There is nothing to difficult there.

You Ikwerre claim Ibos are a stigma, why bear their names?

No Christian bears the name Judas because it carries a stigma.

Why would you abandon your Original Bini names to bear the stigmatized Ibo name?

Why not retrace your steps and relinguinize yourselves with your ancestral Bini names? How hard is that?

Names are important cultural tools of identity. They are not trivial.

Dalohad:



Chris Igbokwe the Ikwerre man. And why do you insist on sharing names and traditions that belong to Drugsters, Armed robbers and criminals, when you have your original Bini ancestry?

We all know why no Christian bears the name Judas.

Don't you sound daft while trying to prove a point?

Are you cursed with foolery or just confused and discombobulated?

Make it make sense.

They just caught and fired nine of you in Lagos.

chrisxxx:

They just caught and fired nine of you in Lagos.

That is not the issue, why are you Ikwerres interested in bearing the names of the 'Criminal' Ibos and Iboids?

Why not abandon

Make it make sense.

Dalohad:


That is not the issue, why are you Ikwerres interested in bearing the names of the 'Criminal' Ibos and Iboids?

Why not abandon

Make it make sense.

Illiteracy of the 21st century has shifted from those who do not know how to read to those who can read but do not read.
Try and read Mutual intelligibility in linguistics.