sirade:


you have a low intelligent quocient.

England colonised Nigeria includind Igbos, that is why Igbos speak English and have English names.

now, why should Ikwerres speak Igbo and bear Igbo names like chibuike amaechi, nyesom wike, omeihe, odili, amadi, dike etc., did Igbos colonise them ?


For the topic, Ikwerres should drop Igbo names and langauge if they are serious in denying Igbo, they should stop forcing Igboness on themselves by creating unnecessary thread.




who Ikwerre help

Pidggin:


You must be an English man since you speak and write English. Now you can travel to UK without visa since speaking English has made you a British national

AjiereTuwo:

Go to abia state and see igbos answering opusunju, epelle, uranta, what have Igbos contributed to Nigeria apart from giving it a bad name, even in ghana once you tell dem you are nigerian dey will be suspicious of you because of the Igbos dat have gone to "develop" there

omonnakoda:
Others may argue that Igbos bear Ikwerre names . Your logic is incomplete. Why can't Igbos be descendants of Ikwerres?

Ojiofor:
Eastern region came into existence in 1954 and people like Elechi Amadi was born in 1934 that is 20 years before Eastern region was extablished and he was named Elechi which is obviously Igbo name by his father whose fathers name was Amadi.
Again,who forced Elechi Amadi ancestors to name their children Igbo names way before Europeans set foot in Eastern region!

omonnakoda:
That is Igbos for you always looking down on minorities. They coined the phrase Ogoni piopio and Mmongo for Ibibio people

excanny:


Dude. What are you saying? They can't. They have no other language. They are just being stupp-id with this baseless denial. I don't get their plan and objective.

sirade:


if ikwerres dont have any other langauge they should form a new one.

omonnakoda:
http://247ureports.com/beyond-chimamanda-and-the-rumu-umu-controversyby-okachikwu-dibia/

Let me educate Chimamanda that Ikwerre names were first changed by the Igbos when the latter colonized the former under the Eastern Regional Government. During this time, Ikwerre was under total social, economic and political control of the Igbo, hence it was extremely difficult then to challenge the changing of Ikwerre names by the Igbo. Who was Ikwerre to challenge Igbo maximum leadership actions in Ikwerreland? We know the indignities suffered by late Chief E. J. A. Oriji in the Eastern House of Assembly and indeed in the hands of the Eastern Region government by insisting that Ikwerre is not Igbo.

Another means through which Igbo names came into existence in Ikwerre was via other interactions between the Ikwerre and the Igbo. But note that these interactions were initially with mutual respect but later became one between a stronger culture (Igbo) and a weaker culture (Ikwerre) within a new rampaging political regime that favoured the Igbo culture aimed at becoming an absolute dominant culture in the region. For example there were names like Port Azikiwe (Igbo name) for Port Harcourt; Igirita (Igbo name) for Igwuruta; Amaweke (Igbo name) for Rumuokwuta; Obinna (Igbo name) for Ovundah; Onyemaechi (Igbo name) for Yelemaekhile etc. Take note that the non-Igbo names were there before they were changed by the Igbo into Igbo names. Natuarally, the Ikwerre did not like the changing of such names; but Ikwerre could not challenge these local colonizers.

Also recall that during the Eastern Regional Government, Igbo language was the second official language used to teach in schools throughout the region, to worship in churches and used in offices. Some Ikwerre who dared to use Ikwerre language in the church for example were punished by the Igbo who were in charge of the churches in the first place (see page 145 in my book titled: The Challenge of Ikwerre Development in Nigeria 2011).

It was in these circumstances that, especially after the creation of Rivers State, Ikwerre people got relieved and encouraged enough to change some of the Igbo-imposed names back to their original Ikwerre names. It was this second change of names that Chimamanda and indeed most Igbos see as Ikwerre’s effort at denying being Igbo. That is not true! The real reason for the second change of names was to return the names to their true and authentic Ikwerre names.

Igboid:


Eastern region came into being in 1939. But your points stands still, as Relechi Ramadi was born before 1939.

Igboid:


Eastern region came into being in 1939. But your points stands still, as Relechi Ramadi was born before 1939.

Ojiofor:




Rulers of Nigeria | Rulers of Region of Nigeria (1954-67) | States Rulers | Traditional polities

The regions gained self-rule on 1 Oct 1954. Military governors were installed after the coup of 15 Jan 1966. During the abolition of federalism 24 May - 31 Aug 1966, the regions were redesignated "groups of provinces," and the governors continued in office under the new designations. On 27 May 1967 the regions were dissolved and 12 states created instead.
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Eastern
Governors
1 Oct 1954 - 1956 Sir Clement Pleass (b. 1901 - d. 1988)
1956 - Oct 1960 Sir Robert Stapledon (b. 1909 - d. 1975)
21 Oct 1960 - 16 Jan 1966 Akanu Ibiam (b. 1906 - d. 1995)
19 Jan 1966 - 1967 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (b. 1933)
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Premiers
1 Oct 1954 - Dec 1959 Nnamdi Azikiwe (b. 1904 - d. 1996)
Jan 1960 - 16 Jan 1966 Michael Okpara (b. 1920 - d. 1984)

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Read more: http://www.onlinenigeria.com/rulers/region.asp#ixzz4LyCiQRUJ

excanny:

Dude. What are you saying? They can't. They have no other language. They are just being stupp-id with this baseless denial. I don't get their plan and objective.

Amaechi: I’m Igbo, Jonathan who says his name is Azikiwe can’t speak the language

By Fredrick Nwabufo

Rotimi Amaechi, Rivers state governor, on Friday declared that he was Igbo and could speak the language while President Goodluck Jonathan whose other name is Azikiwe could not.

Speaking before a crowd of supporters at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign in Aba, Abia state, Amaechi said: I am a bona fide Igbo man.

“My name is Amaechi, but President Jonathan who says his name is Azikiwe cannot speak the Igbo language.”

“He says his name Ebele; let him speak Igbo and let us see.”

Meanwhile, Muhammadu Buhari, who was given the title of Ogbuagu 1 by the traditional ruler of Aba, emphasised that security and the economy remained the key issues in his campaign.

He extolled the entrepreneurial abilities of the Igbo, assuring them that his government would create jobs through farming and mining for the unskilled youth while local entrepreneurs would be encouraged.

“The Igbo people ARE hardworking and my government would do everything possible to ensure that the people are empowered,” he said.

“The main concern of the APC is to make sure there are no idle Nigerian youths roaming the streets without jobs.”






http://www.thecable.ng/amaechi-im-igbo-jonathan-says-name-azikiwe-cant-speak-language

victorvezx:
In personality structure the typical Igbo has traits of paranoia, narcissism and antisocial personality. He is paranoid because aware of his lack of existential worth, and instead of accepting that reality, he masks it with pretended worth; he pretends to have fictional worth. Why do they think ikwerre people cares about them. It's not by force. Stay on ur own igbos, u are claiming ikwerre people because of oil wealth u don't have. The only natural resources ur region have is Red mud, tiny oil ,worthless coal and erosion. No wonder u want the naturally endowed south-south by claiming ikwerre people, even when they don't want u

AjiereTuwo:

Its not just the history of the Ikwerre they are rewriting but basically every tribe in the Niger delta in other to annex us into their phantom biafra

omonnakoda:
What is the origin of Igbos > We have been waiting an answer to this question on another thread. No answer still!!
https://www.nairaland.com/3149574/where-ancestral-home-all-igbos/5

BlackPikiN:


OP, this is a recent declaration by an Ikwere man called Chibuike Amaechi. He wasn't forced at gun point to say He's an Igbo man.



https://www.nairaland.com/2084723/amaechi-im-igbo-jonathan-says

Udmaster:
when Azikiwe was President, No ijaw man have gotten B.degree..
When Emeka Anyaogu was common wealth sec.gen, No ijaw man had a phd.
And what did ur GEJ do? Do that pit toilet called bayelsa have an airport or seaport?
What did he do 4 u people.
Yeye

omonnakoda:
What is the origin of Igbos > We have been waiting an answer to this question on another thread. No answer still!!
https://www.nairaland.com/3149574/where-ancestral-home-all-igbos/5

iyke649:
My man, this guys are 100% igbos who migrated to the shores of Rivers State for greener pastures a long time ago. A lot of them are descendant of IMO, Abia and Anambra. It may interest u to know that Dia is a local government in IMO state called Nkwerre . Even Etche and Ndoki have Dia bearing in Abia state. Geographical location has a way of twisting ones intonation . This is why Dia intonation is a little bit different from the general Igbo, same goes for Nsukka, Afikpo, Ngwa , Ohafia, Okposi etc. D major and only reason for the denial of their heritage is Oyel.

omonnakoda:
http://247ureports.com/beyond-chimamanda-and-the-rumu-umu-controversyby-okachikwu-dibia/


Also recall that during the Eastern Regional Government, Igbo language was the second official language used to teach in schools throughout the region, to worship in churches and used in offices. Some Ikwerre who dared to use Ikwerre language in the church for example were punished by the Igbo who were in charge of the churches in the first place (see page 145 in my book titled: The Challenge of Ikwerre Development in Nigeria 2011).

It was in these circumstances that, especially after the creation of Rivers State, Ikwerre people got relieved and encouraged enough to change some of the Igbo-imposed names back to their original Ikwerre names. It was this second change of names that Chimamanda and indeed most Igbos see as Ikwerre’s effort at denying being Igbo. That is not true! The real reason for the second change of names was to return the names to their true and authentic Ikwerre names.