Efewestern:


yes we are one, but in a situation were some of you think you can lord over everyone is not right.. same way the ijaws have oil, that's how others have, you are not better than anybody. so comments like that is the reason I responded that day.

We are one.

wadoooo

My brother that y I say its bad leadership if not Urhobos, Itsekiri , Isoko, Ijaw should be speaking with one voice and I hope we the youth can unity

AwiLand:
So AYIRI ex Militant dont become high chief...lol SMH

Chief Ayirimi Emami was never and ex-militant, and he's not an high chief in the kingdom........ Think before you talk....

CROWNWEALTH019:

You just said nothing, what's a dead man doing in that position in the first place...

Your heart is desperately wicked

To All Igbos

Efewestern:


Nobody is sidelining ijaw, no be only una they Niger Delta, the olu has always maintained a good relationship with Leaders from sw, this is not the first time they are meeting.. remember the first time osinbajo came to warri? , he visited the olu of warri Itsekiri first before doing other things.

Op next time use olu of itsekiri, olu no extend reach everywhere for waffi.

Nice outfit.

Idiot... Mind you...

OLU OF WARRI.

OVI75:
If Osibanjo Thinks He Can Be Sidelining Ijaws And Romancing Itshekiris He Better Think Again

Guy y...must tribe always cum 1st..shey una king no sabi road 2 abuja...
4get tribe n look at d growth n oneness of nigerians..

farem:


How does your mind really work?

What do you think Osinbajo should do? immediately itshekiri came knocking he should put a call to Ijaw people to come?

Are you aware some people far younger than you had been a
head of state and federal Ministers in this country before?

It is true that reasoning is not about the age!

AH!
GUY y.
y u hit d nail on his head

UnknownT:
Ayiri politicallly is all talk no action. He couldn't even deliver the last Warri South by election to APC

High time you know that the era where people delivered their constituencies was when malpractices were widespread.

If the bulk of the people in his constituency are sufficiently. enlightened, is there any way he can. force his party on them, in a fairly conducted election?
These guys and their type, is grossly overrated.

Nonetheless, the government just has to patronize some folks in other to reach their people.

KingOvoramwen1:


It is actually Edo State Traditional attire..... They are all descendants of the great Benin Empire

Benin was a kingdom, stop misleading people

MENELIK1:


Benin was a kingdom, stop misleading people

GET LOST AND STFU!!

KingOvoramwen1:



GET LOST AND STFU!!

E Pain you die!

OVI75:
If Osibanjo Thinks He Can Be Sidelining Ijaws And Romancing Itshekiris He Better Think Again

they are his cousins.
You dey vex?

ogbonti:




SHUT UP.... the costume is not entirely from Benin. Agreed, this very beaded crown has benin roots, but the clothing of the king is entirely Portuguese. Right from the reign of Sebastiao Dom Domingos, the first ever European educated PRince to become King in Africa, the Warri monarch has been wearing that silver crown, a gift from King Joao of Portugal to the itsekiri prince who was crowned Ogiame Atuwatse I in 1625

FYI, Prince Ginuwa was hated by the Benin palace chiefs, and his father Oba Olua, was worried that after his passing, Ginuwa would be murdered by his chiefs, so while he was still alive, he coordinated his (Ginuwa's) soft banishment to a coastal area where he can live the rest of his live in peace. He sent with him some slaves to help him settle when he gets to his final destination. When he arrived at the Itsekiri enclave, he was welcomed warmly, and they saw princely things with him, so they concluded he must be a king coming from the sea... since they didn't know his origin... hence the title the Olu of Warri bears today.. Ogie-Ame, meaning King of the Sea... corrupted to Ogiame

Also, before some Afonja starts claiming he is Yoruba, the name Olu, is a corrupted version of Olua. Olua was Prince Ginuwa's father.. so the title represented as Olua of Warri, which over time was corrupted to Olu.

So get the facts rights and stop distorting history here. I have benin roots, but Oba Olua did not sent his son to rule over anyone. He sent him to find safety. And because Ginuwa's was destined to be king, providence made the Itsekiris, crown him as king...they were charmed by his princely attributes and they made him king, he didn't ask for it.

This is why in Benin there is an adage that, "the head that is destined to be crowned cannot be stopped by any evil force"

Let me address the one I have knowledge of among your ranting, Afonja may claim but Yorubas don't claim, rather people trace their origin to Yorubaland even as far as tongeji (which doesn't sound Yoruba) Island in Ogun state claim descent from Oduduwa the progenitor of the Yorubas.. Your attempt to bring imaginary fence between the Yorubas and the Itsekiris is an exercise in futility so many Kings in Yorubaland Use Olu as title even the names is another pointer to a link between them for instance, Omawumi and Omowumi, Mayowa and Moyowa, Temidayo and Temidoyo among others. Like I said, Yorubas don't claim people they are sophisticated in all ramifications of life. Ajisebi Oyo laari, Oyo o sebi baba eni kankan

iokpebholo:
pls don't wish some1 father dead No matter how u hate him

do you have an idea of how many people's father's he has sent to their graves with his bad policies...the last being the pensioner that just committed suicide somewhere recently or is it federal pensioniers that die everyday after serving their country faithfully for above 30 years... Please tell us something new... his policies are killing even young fathers...

OVI75:
If Osibanjo Thinks He Can Be Sidelining Ijaws And Romancing Itshekiris He Better Think Again

Did he invite them? Why can't people like you do something to escape witchcraft wahala instead of bringing it to nairaland.

bencarson007:
do you have an idea of how many people's father's he has sent to their graves with his bad policies...the last being the pensioner that just committed suicide somewhere recently or is it federal pensioniers that die everyday after serving their country faithfully for above 30 years... Please tell us something new... his policies are killing even young fathers...

ok noted but allow God to deal with him accordingly

iokpebholo:
ok noted but allow God to deal with him accordingly

. Okay bro... Notin do u

MENELIK1:




Let me address the one I have knowledge of among your ranting, Afonja may claim but Yorubas don't claim, rather people trace their origin to Yorubaland even as far as tongeji (which doesn't sound Yoruba) Island in Ogun state claim descent from Oduduwa the progenitor of the Yorubas.. Your attempt to bring imaginary fence between the Yorubas and the Itsekiris is an exercise in futility so many Kings in Yorubaland Use Olu as title even the names is another pointer to a link between them for instance, Omawumi and Omowumi, Mayowa and Moyowa, Temidayo and Temidoyo among others. Like I said, Yorubas don't claim people they are sophisticated in all ramifications of life. Ajisebi Oyo laari, Oyo o sebi baba eni kankan

. Bros, you no give us history or facts o... U just gave similarities

Efewestern:


Nobody is sidelining ijaw, no be only una they Niger Delta, the olu has always maintained a good relationship with Leaders from sw, this is not the first time they are meeting.. remember the first time osinbajo came to warri? , he visited the olu of warri Itsekiri first before doing other things.

Op next time use olu of itsekiri, olu no extend reach everywhere for waffi.

Nice outfit.

Monarchs rule over a place
Thats why we have
1. Oba of Lagos (not Oba of Yoruba)
2. Ovie of Ughelli ( not Ovie of Urhobo)


Thank u

MENELIK1:




Let me address the one I have knowledge of among your ranting, Afonja may claim but Yorubas don't claim, rather people trace their origin to Yorubaland even as far as tongeji (which doesn't sound Yoruba) Island in Ogun state claim descent from Oduduwa the progenitor of the Yorubas.. Your attempt to bring imaginary fence between the Yorubas and the Itsekiris is an exercise in futility so many Kings in Yorubaland Use Olu as title even the names is another pointer to a link between them for instance, Omawumi and Omowumi, Mayowa and Moyowa, Temidayo and Temidoyo among others. Like I said, Yorubas don't claim people they are sophisticated in all ramifications of life. Ajisebi Oyo laari, Oyo o sebi baba eni kankan

Befre the Ginuwa party arrived in present day Ode-Itsekiri, there were existing Yoruba Aborigine communities/fishing settlements already in existence way way back but there was no central authority in form of a monarch.


That is why the Itsekiri/Yoruba language are very close and intelligible. So Itsekiri's are more like and hybrid tribe

Mixture of Yoruba Language and Benin/Portuguese etc culture

onuwaje:

Monarchs rule over a place
Thats why we have
1. Oba of Lagos (not Oba of Yoruba)
2. Ovie of Ughelli ( not Ovie of Urhobo)


Thank u

not when that territory is been shared by different tribes. I have no problem with the olu of warri title, but warri is a sensitive place, and as such everybody should play neutral.

God bless the olu of warri.

Efewestern:


not when that territory is been shared by different tribes. I have no problem with the olu of warri title, but warri is a sensitive place, and as such everybody should play neutral.

God bless the olu of warri.

Yes i agree with u. But the Itsekiri own version of Warri goes beyond one city it is more of three LGAs and satelite communities. U can also see history of how the name "Warri" came into place

Thank u

If you ask me the Ijaws are the very problem
Of Niger Delta, they are just too sentimental and violent, their man was in power for 6yrs,
he neglected other tribes in the Niger, he focused only on the Ijaws, he even went ahead to empowering Tompolo above the Nigeria Navy. Today his governor Dickson has just lamented that his tenure as the President was a waste to the Ijaws.

Things should be done in the right perspective. You drove all companies away you still want PYO to dialogue with you!!

Niger Delta is not a region

CROWNWEALTH019:

I careless... If he loves his children and grandchildren he should resign

....I think idiocracy is linked to ur lineage

preshieamadina:
....I think idiocracy is linked to ur lineage

Children

MENELIK1:




Let me address the one I have knowledge of among your ranting, Afonja may claim but Yorubas don't claim, rather people trace their origin to Yorubaland even as far as tongeji (which doesn't sound Yoruba) Island in Ogun state claim descent from Oduduwa the progenitor of the Yorubas.. Your attempt to bring imaginary fence between the Yorubas and the Itsekiris is an exercise in futility so many Kings in Yorubaland Use Olu as title even the names is another pointer to a link between them for instance, Omawumi and Omowumi, Mayowa and Moyowa, Temidayo and Temidoyo among others. Like I said, Yorubas don't claim people they are sophisticated in all ramifications of life. Ajisebi Oyo laari, Oyo o sebi baba eni kankan

Conjectures and fallacies. We are talking of the itsekiri crown, not the dialect.I am not disputing that there are linguistic similarities between itsekiri and Yoruba. I am only talking about the ITSEKIRI CROWN, KING, THE ATTIRE AND ALL that..so know what you are arguing about before u start arguing blindly