EODforce:
. Victor Danladi, is like you want to cry on this thread, i have ur ugly pictures here in my laptop, if you fuccckup now, you will be e-flogged here

how is nasarawa state by the way?

Go ahead with the pictures. Borno state is fine

Daewang:




Why are you hell bent on making the Igbo race look like beggars? We are not related to Ijaws neither do we need them. Our language and racial heritage are unique, distinct and completely different from that of Ijaws. Biafra is a pure Igbo State just like Israel is a purely Jewish State. Biafra bu nke anyi.

There is no such thing as Biafra, it exists only in the minds of IPOB miscreants

GoroTango:
There is no such thing as Biafra, it exists only in the minds of IPOB miscreants

There is no such thing as one nigeria, it exists only in the minds of head slamming dullards.

GoroTango:
There is no such thing as Biafra, it exists only in the minds of IPOB miscreants

Take note that every other person here are the once mentioning Biafra and IPOB, i the OP never once mentioned either.

Daewang:



I have a problem with you making false claims and making Igbos look like beggars. Is your mother Ijaw? If not why are you so attached to Ijaws? Please stop this.

Anyway, online anybody can be hiding behind moniker and be acting.

I will not bring family into this becos then u will say, that is the influencing factor which it really is not.

Fact is Ijaws are Eastern group.

Fact is Ijaw and Igbos share linguistic similarities.

Fact is we have shared history and cultural affinities.

Further, their is the biological aspect. U got entire communities that have existed before British arrived that are IjawIgbo.

There is no where to run bro... Ijaw are your brothers.

It's only on Nairaland that I hear Igbos speaking about Ijaws. We seldom discuss them in real life.

The only thing bringung Igbos together with Ijaws, Efiks, Ibibios, Urhobos and Ogonis is that they all have a common enemy( the hausas and the yorubas) in Biafra they will be no common enemy to hold them together

I wonder where you got this ridiculous notion from... Igbo do not have any similarities with ijaws that would make an alliance successful.
In the first place, anyone that is close to both ethnic groups knows that, both are very stubborn and independent and like the saying goes "there cannot be two captains in a ship". There is no common linguistic or cultural ground that would inspire such alliance....

Ngozi123:
It's only on Nairaland that I hear Igbos speaking about Ijaws. We seldom discuss them in real life.

We must learn to forgive. Ijaws are far better than Yorubas. They are alot like us

LadyGwendolyn:
I wonder where you got this ridiculous notion from... Igbo do not have any similarities with ijaws that would make an alliance successful.
In the first place, anyone that is close to both ethnic groups knows that, both are very stubborn and independent and like the saying goes "there cannot be two captains in a ship". There is no common linguistic or cultural ground that would inspire such alliance....

U are correct, the ijaw and igbos are way too similar, not just strong head.

EODforce:
. Victor Danladi, is like you want to cry on this thread, i have ur ugly pictures here in my laptop, if you fuccckup now, you will be e-flogged here

how is nasarawa state by the way?

Oga we are still waiting for the pictures o, or are you a coward who has all of sudden developed cold feet?

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Anyway, online anybody can be hiding behind moniker and be acting.

I will not bring family into this becos then u will say, that is the influencing factor which it really is not.

Fact is Ijaws are Eastern group.

Fact is Ijaw and Igbos share linguistic similarities.

Fact is we have shared history and cultural affinities.

Further, their is the biological aspect. U got entire communities that have existed before British arrived that are IjawIgbo.

There is no where to run bro... Ijaw are your brothers.

Why do you continue to do this? You can never see Ijaws trying to attach themselves to Igbos so why should you be trying to attach Igbos to Ijaws. I don't know which of your family members is Ijaw but that will never make Igbos ans Ijaws brothers. Igbos have nothing to do with Ijaws.

Daewang:



Why do you continue to do this? You can never see Ijaws trying to attach themselves to Igbos so why should you be trying to attach Igbos to Ijaws. I don't know which of your family members is Ijaw but that will never make Igbos ans Ijaws brothers. Igbos have nothing to do with Ijaws.

U are mad, get help. I dont even know wat ur real ethnic group actually is but I am certain u are not from the east, maybe Benin.

Further, i google searched and found this topic had been thoroughly trashed on nairaland from back in 2012.

The same things i am saying here appear to be wat they were saying then.

Try to be rational and less hopelessly emotional over nothing worth anything. bye!


https://www.nairaland.com/863319/ijaws-related-igbos

Just a few comments from the said thread.

ChinenyeN(m): 4:34am On Feb 05, 2012
A historical, ancestral, economical and political relationship does/did exist between some groups, but politics in Nigeria has spurred nationalistic tendencies that basically hinders the expression of such a relationship.

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U are mad, get help. I dont even know wat ur real ethnic group actually is but I am certain u are not from the east, maybe Benin.

Further, i google searched and found this topic had been thoroughly trashed on nairaland from back in 2012.

The same things i am saying here appear to be wat they were saying then.

Try to be rational and less hopelessly emotional over nothing worth anything. bye!


https://www.nairaland.com/863319/ijaws-related-igbos

You are a stupid bastard. Go and find your Ijaw father and stop trying to attach to Igbos. Don't ever quote me again worthless mba mmiri creature.

Mr Daewang are these posters also mad?

Mind u i only just typed igbo and ijaw on google 30 mins back and saw some people had discussed this in 2012.

ezeagu(m): 1:14am On Feb 05, 2012
The Ijaw have an isolate language, just like Igbo and Yoruba are in the same language family, Ijaw has it's own language family called Ijoid (at least according to linguists), so it's not mutually intelligible, in fact some Igbo dialects are not mutually intelligible. I don't know much about Ijaw food, but I'm going to guess it wouldn't be as different as that of the Riverain Igbo. Their attire is almost indistinguishable to the riverain Igbo since its so simple, but that of the upper class differs.

Now the similarity come with the history, society and some spirituality. Much of the Ijaw have been influenced by Igbo culture, most notably the kalabari, Ibani (of Bonny island), Okrika and some other groups I don't know much about. Their dancing is the same as Igbo, and their spirituality is similar (like Egbesu and Ekwensu).

The brotherlyness comes from history, because many Ijaw communities are made up of heavy Igbo ancestry, have many Igbo rituals and some (such as Bonny, Opobo) speak Igbo only. The two ethnic groups (although they were more like ethnic groups family groups) were slowly merging along with the Cross River groups (Efik, Ibibio), and without Europeans there probably could have been some sort of nation formed out of the whole region.

By the way "Igbos" don't claim anything.

As long as some of my Igbo brother refuse to assume the Big Brother role and take the bull by the horn, igbo will remain exactly as the Yoruba want it, held back.

Ijaws are family whether the devil likes it or not.

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Mr Daewang are these posters also mad?

Mind u i only just typed igbo and ijaw on google 30 mins back and saw some people had discussed this in 2012.

Ijaw language is ijoid and Igbo language is Igboid so where is the relation? This guy stop dreaming you can never attach your Ijaw race to my Igbo race. You should quit your nonsense.

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As long as some of my Igbo brother refuse to assume the Big Brother role and take the bull by the horn, igbo will remain exactly as the Yoruba want it, held back.

Ijaws are family whether the devil likes it or not.

There's no doubt in my mind You're ijaw.

Dude igbo have NOTHING in common with ijaw.
Nada, zilch, nothing.

It's every man for himself. We are getting out of that shithole by ourselves. The rest can do whayever the Bleep they want. We are not ijaw's father, brother, cousin, sister, brother, whatever. We are not related to them at all. Infact being in the same country with ijaw is equivalent to being in the same country with fulani. They'll claim your land your lamds as there's. Go and ask iteskiri, bini, ibibio, and several other ethnicities.
Heck even with in igbo, Go and ask Ndoki and Asa people in rivers.

Abeg leave us alone. I support the whole leaving the shithole but definitely against doing so with ijaw

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Daewang:



Ijaw language is ijoid and Igbo language is Igboid so where is the relation? This guy stop dreaming you can never attach your Ijaw race to my Igbo race. You should quit your nonsense.

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quote me, wen u become a man.

Nonaira1:


There's no doubt in my mind You're ijaw.

Dude igbo have NOTHING in common with ijaw.
Nada, zilch, nothing.

It's every man for himself. We are getting out of that shithole by ourselves. The rest can do whayever the Bleep they want. We are not ijaw's father, brother, cousin, sister, brother, whatever. We are not related to them at all. Infact being in the same country with ijaw is equivalent to being in the same country with fulani. They'll claim your land your lamds as there's. Go and ask iteskiri, bini, ibibio, and several other ethnicities.
Heck even with in igbo, Go and ask Ndoki and Asa people in rivers.

Abeg leave us alone. I support the whole leaving the shithole but definitely against doing so with ijaw

This is fear talk. Love is greater than fear.

My beautiful sisters Ngozi123 and Amarabae, let us read ur wonderful contributions, biko nu!

It is a discussion not fight. Tonyebarcanista report to the dance floor.

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My beautiful sisters Ngozi123 and Amarabae, let us read ur wonderful contributions, biko nu!

It is a discussion not fight. Tonyebarcanista report to the dance floor.

You are not Igbo.
You opened this moniker newly for this stuff.
Its fishy.

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quote me, wen u become a man.

Quote me when you get a functional brain.

fero007:
The only thing bringung Igbos together with Ijaws, Efiks, Ibibios, Urhobos and Ogonis is that they all have a common enemy( the hausas and the yorubas) in Biafra they will be no common enemy to hold them together

I denounce this statement. As an Urhobo, I categorically put it to you that Urhobos feel more comfortable with Yorubas and Hausas than with Igbos. I don't care how that makes you feel but that's the truth.

I can't speak for the other minorities but I know that Edoid groups look more "Western" than "Eastern" in cosmological outlook. There are more than a million Urhobos in Yoruba and Hausa areas, especially Lagos, Jos and Ondo. On the contrary, Urhobos hardly venture towards Igboland except the Anioma region and that's because of the Asaba capital factor.

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This is fear talk. Love is greater than fear.

Then extend that love towards the Yorubas. You speak of love for the Ijaws, who share basically nothing with Igbos other than proximity, but you have reservations towards the Yorubas. How hypocritical of you!

fratermathy:


I denounce this statement. As an Urhobo, I categorically put it to you that Urhobos feel more comfortable with Yorubas and Hausas than with Igbos. I don't care how that makes you feel but that's the truth.

I can't speak for the other minorities but I know that Edoid groups look more "Western" than "Eastern" in cosmological outlook. There are more than a million Urhobos in Yoruba and Hausa areas, especially Lagos, Jos and Ondo. On the contrary, Urhobos hardly venture towards Igboland except the Anioma region and that's because of the Asaba capital factor.

And you think that Igbos give a damn whether you guys exist.
The guy you replied is a troll, so don't overrate una importance.
I have not seen more than 5urhobos in my life and am not interested in seeing them, and am sure that's the same for other Igbos.
Have a sit.

fratermathy:


I denounce this statement. As an Urhobo, I categorically put it to you that Urhobos feel more comfortable with Yorubas and Hausas than with Igbos. I don't care how that makes you feel but that's the truth.

I can't speak for the other minorities but I know that Edoid groups look more "Western" than "Eastern" in cosmological outlook. There are more than a million Urhobos in Yoruba and Hausa areas, especially Lagos, Jos and Ondo. On the contrary, Urhobos hardly venture towards Igboland except the Anioma region and that's because of the Asaba capital factor.

. fratermathy, miyeru'we..

The Urhobos re not much in Hausa land , save for kano and kaduna, i think the reason the urhobos re more in Yoruba land is because Yorubas are very accommodating and welcoming, The numbers of urhobos in Ogun alone is greater than all urhobos in SE and North, not to mention Lagos and our neighbors Ondo, in fact some towns in ondo like okitikpukpa comprises of about 50%-30% urhobos .

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KUBA1987:
I still don't understand those who keep talking about this fantaisy of igbo being related to ijaw.
The only link that ever were between ijaw and igbo is jaja who wasn't ijaw but igbo and who took over the leadership of some ijaw settlements and even organised them into a kingdom under himself. That is where it starts and ends. The ijaw have since then stolen land from igbo during the period of the civil war (when igbo couldn't defend themselves and their land). That is what you can expect from ijaw. The momment you let your guard down or turn your back, they will take over your house and never let you get in again. They are your friends only as long as you have the might to keep them in check. When they believe you no longer have that might, they will start shouting asawana like the ch*k*ls which they are. These guys are the biggest biggots I have ever seen. You will rent them a room and they will tell you that because you are not ijaw, you are not entitled to collect rent from them. According to ijaw, the owner of the house is landlord only over those in the house whom are from his tribe. The ijaw in the house should have an ijaw landlord whom they would pay the rent to. Ijaw madness. Igbo, your true brothers are the Edo. Look at Aniomas for example, they are Edo and they are Igbo, they used to be called Benin-Igbo. They have participated in every war of the Benin Kingdom under the leadership of our King. Look at Onitsha, you know it has Benin roots. Contrary to what some revisionists think, the Oba never were a tribal leader, he was ruler of a very modern nation with several ethnicities in it. A king is not a tribal leader, Kings are heads of state who rule over whomever reside in their kingdom regardless of ethnicities. WHen the british, the portuguese or any european or african came to the Benin Kingdom, they paid their respect to the King and as long as they were in his kingdom he was their King. But ijaw biggotry these days is so great that they think they can go into a kingdom and declare that not only they are not under the authority of the king but also that they will crown their own king in that kingdom. Igbo, don't associate with these ijaw, they will lead you into doom.

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Rubbish, you think Ijaws are like other ethnicities in Edo that will bow down to your miserable love-vendor of a king in our own land, shame on your ignorant soul,

from Izon otu of Niger delta

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Wrong! It is time to leave the 1960s Nigeria propaganda and forge ahead.

The historical and lingustic even Biological connectivity between the Igbos and Ijaws cannot be suppress or discarded.

It is just too blatant. So blatant that we had a President and people could not decide if he is Igbo or Ijaw.

cc: amarabae tonyebarcanista

The Ijaws are distinct from Igbos linguistically we dont belong to the same language branch even, Gej was and is an Ijaw man, there is no confusion about that, that being said why do most Igbos like to claim so much similarity with Ijaw amd other Niger delta groups, that shouldn't be the basis of our unity against a common enemy

Efewestern:


. fratermathy, miyeru'we..

The Urhobos re not much in Hausa land , save for kano and kaduna, i think the reason the urhobos re more in Yoruba land is because Yorubas are very accommodating and welcoming, The numbers of urhobos in Ogun alone is greater than all urhobos in SE and North, not to mention Lagos and our neighbors Ondo, in fact some towns in ondo like okitikpukpa comprises of about 50%-30% urhobos .

There are many Urhobos in Ekiti too. Those in my village have been totally considered indigenes. We share everything together and equal.

Agbaletu:

There are many Urhobos in Ekiti too. Those in my village have been totally considered indigenes. We share everything together and equal.

Good to know, What's the name of your village? , urhobo also marry Yoruba alot compare to the other major ethnic groups.

in all the urhobos are peace loving people, we no they cause wahala.