Markfemi2:
Lol

I think igbos should just lay claim to igbos in delta the way SW lay claims to Yoruba Kwara and Kogi
You don't see Yorubas lay claim to igala or ebira nupe

TonyeBarcanista:

SW did not lay claim to Yorubas in Kwara and Kogi, the people are the ones that said they are Yoruba, this is same way Ijaw indigenes in Ondo, Edo, Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta and Akwa Ibom states make pronouncements of their Ijaw heritage without a 3rd person making claim on their behalf.

It is insanity for one to be "claiming" people who said they aren't what you assume them to be.

amjoseph19:

first if all, why will some tribe "lay claim" of a region. are they property to be acquired?
Most region in River states and some delta states legitimately claim to be igbos. And you can't expect Igbos to count them out when fighting igbo struggles.

TonyeBarcanista:
Give example of the people in Rivers that claim to be Igbo? Ayam waiting

TonyeBarcanista:
Give example of the people in Rivers that claim to be Igbo? Ayam waiting

It is not by shouting on SM at the top of your voice...

hammerF:


amarabae come and see ur Okirika boyfriend have started again Ooo...

tonyebarcanista never run, wait... she dey come.

amjoseph19:

first if all, why will some tribe "lay claim" of a region. are they property to be acquired?
Most region in River states and some delta states legitimately claim to be igbos. And you can't expect Igbos to count them out when fighting igbo struggles.

hammerF:


amarabae come and see ur Okirika boyfriend have started again Ooo...

tonyebarcanista never run, wait... she dey come.

No mind am,we rejected his APDA party which was dead on arrival so the thing come they pain am

Thewrath:

Don't waste your time on him,let him go offline and sell that useless propaganda to Igbos in rivers and delta and see the result,not ranting on nairaland!

I myself am from delta state's anioma living in asaba around coca,my mom is from Binin and we speak fluent Igbo language,we are Igbos.

amjoseph19:

They always minority in all things.

Markfemi2:
Lol

I think igbos should just lay claim to igbos in delta the way SW lay claims to Yoruba Kwara and Kogi
You don't see Yorubas lay claim to igala or ebira nupe

amjoseph19:

It is so funny and blunt stupid how someone will say Anioma people are not Igbos. it is laughable.

Agbaletu:

Omoiya mi, the Yoruba parts of Kwara and Kogi see themselves as Yorubas and SW did not at any time lay any claim to them. My paternal grandmother's family and others in Jebba and Ilorin have always been seen themselves as Yorubas. Wherever we are, Yoruba is Yoruba, forget about the useless political and military boundaries.

TonyeBarcanista:

It is good that you argue intelligently and not unintelligently. You run to Wikipedia when nobody will accept it for intellectual discuss except there are facts to back up.

What does Ikwerre people talk of themselves?

The Ogbakor Ikwerre Convention, a cultural organization of Ikwerre people, in a paper presented to the Human Rights Violation Commission headed by Rtd. Justice Chukwudifu Oputa on 10 October 2001, said:“Ikwerre ethnic nationality is not and has never been a sub-group of any other tribe in Nigeria including Ndi-Igbo. There is no doubt that the advent of the British and later regionalization put Ndi-Igbo at the helm of affairs in Eastern Nigeria. This brought Ndi-Igbo into Ikwerre land. In course of time, the Igbo took advantage of their position in the then Eastern Regional Government to grab land in Ikwerre and occupy political positions such as the mayor of Port Harcourt. In the process, Ikwerre along with other minority groups were marginalized and driven to the background.”


RUMUOMASI Deceleration of Ikwerre People


" … in their meeting at Rumuomasi in 1965 the Ikwerre had, under the umbrella of a highly promising new body that was to get the Ikwerre together as a people of new and clearer vision, they had declared themselves as a people of the distinct identity of Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality - not Ibo, not Ijo, not anything else but Ikwerre, Iwhnurọhna. This was the historic Rumuomasi Declaration of 1965 (G.O.M. Tasie, 2000).


Just like Ogoni people have Ogoni Bill of Right, Ijaws have Kaiama Declaration, Urhobo have theirs same with Efik ans Ibibio, so is Ikwerre.

I'm not aware that anything has changed.

So which group in Rivers claim to be Igbo?

TonyeBarcanista:

It is good that you argue intelligently and not unintelligently. You run to Wikipedia when nobody will accept it for intellectual discuss except there are facts to back up.

What does Ikwerre people talk of themselves?

The Ogbakor Ikwerre Convention, a cultural organization of Ikwerre people, in a paper presented to the Human Rights Violation Commission headed by Rtd. Justice Chukwudifu Oputa on 10 October 2001, said:“Ikwerre ethnic nationality is not and has never been a sub-group of any other tribe in Nigeria including Ndi-Igbo. There is no doubt that the advent of the British and later regionalization put Ndi-Igbo at the helm of affairs in Eastern Nigeria. This brought Ndi-Igbo into Ikwerre land. In course of time, the Igbo took advantage of their position in the then Eastern Regional Government to grab land in Ikwerre and occupy political positions such as the mayor of Port Harcourt. In the process, Ikwerre along with other minority groups were marginalized and driven to the background.”


RUMUOMASI Deceleration of Ikwerre People


" … in their meeting at Rumuomasi in 1965 the Ikwerre had, under the umbrella of a highly promising new body that was to get the Ikwerre together as a people of new and clearer vision, they had declared themselves as a people of the distinct identity of Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality - not Ibo, not Ijo, not anything else but Ikwerre, Iwhnurọhna. This was the historic Rumuomasi Declaration of 1965 (G.O.M. Tasie, 2000).


Just like Ogoni people have Ogoni Bill of Right, Ijaws have Kaiama Declaration, Urhobo have theirs same with Efik ans Ibibio, so is Ikwerre.

I'm not aware that anything has changed.

So which group in Rivers claim to be Igbo?

TonyeBarcanista:

SW did not lay claim to Yorubas in Kwara and Kogi, the people are the ones that said they are Yoruba, this is same way Ijaw indigenes in Ondo, Edo, Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta and Akwa Ibom states make pronouncements of their Ijaw heritage without a 3rd person making claim on their behalf.

It is insanity for one to be "claiming" people who said they aren't what you assume them to be.

TonyeBarcanista:
Lol who are these people that claim Igboness? I am sure nobody will stop anybody from being what they want to be.

aniomafirstson:


sharrap why not stick to your ijaw issues

wetin concern you and ikweree

port Harcourt(igweocha) is 90% igboland

Brooklynsouth:
amaechi while addressing the senate on the exclusion southeast from the rail station

nextdoor84:
All this nonsense will come to an abrupt end in no time...All igbo and igboid communities will be united and never to be dispersed again.
Etched is Igbo
Ekpeye is Igbo
Omuma is igbo
Ndoni is igbo
Ndoki and asa are igbos
Ikwerre is igbo
Egbema is igbo
Ogba is igbo
Opobo is igbo. Cos king jaja and his descendants own it...if you are an ijaw man living there, you are just a tenant!!