AdaFonju:

You're not as smart as thought initially, you acknowledged Igalas in Anambra and still claim s.e is COMPLETELY igboid,
You see how you are stylishly trying to reduce the Igala people in Anambra, so you dont know of the indigenous Idoma ppl in Enugu state or the significant Ibibio speaking people in Abia,

SlayerForever:


Oga calm down. All the non Igbo in the south east amount to <2%. Igala communities in Anambra west,Effium in border communities in Ebonyi,Ette in Enugu,still not clear if it is an Idoma or Igbo community,the two groups there are nearly indistinguishable now(in my opinion based on place names in the area,it is an Igbo town),none in Imo,fringe communities in Abia.

Sanchez01:

How you turn a thread on its head with your tribalism laced remarks is amazing.

States are 'artificial creation', yet terminologies subtly used to classify a people abound, particularly in the East, just as some other parts of the country. Or wouldn't it be better if I classify you as Wawa just to point out that you are most likely from Enugu or Ebonyi, thereby limiting the chances of your state of origin?

There is a saying mostly by the Yorubas that 'a farm cannot belong to a father and his son without defining boundaries'. States may have been artificially created, but then again, bulk of its reason is to define bothers and territories.

It might not be a big deal when an Igbo man does an exposé, claiming Igbos founded or dwelt in Southern Kaduna long before the Fulanis got into Nigeria or even before the first Hausa man was born, but it is not the same for the Urhobos/Isokos as we are not really known from running or leaving our homeland in droves. Regardless of how neighbouring the state is, it is always an area of interest for us as we are a small, though distinct group. We are not 'strollers' by nature

pazienza:

No non Igbo speaking town in Abia state.
People are quick to mention Item mba uzo people are non Igbos, but the people deny such claims and hold tight to their Igbo identity.

femolii:
See as you they fool your self here we have other tribe with them they are not the only one even with the name you call them migrant na migrant go sheck deltal n bayelsa u will find thousand of Ilajes occupered many villages.

babacletus:

Bros Ibibio speaking communities plenty for Aba, there's one in Obingwa lga at the border end and a lot of others

BininKingdom:



Shot up and stop making notice, remember you were our slaves before the Europeans came, your kings still pay homage to our Oba

babacletus:

Bros Ibibio speaking communities plenty for Aba, there's one in Obingwa lga at the border end and a lot of others

pazienza:

No non Igbo speaking town in Abia state.
People are quick to mention Item mba uzo people are non Igbos, but the people deny such claims and hold tight to their Igbo identity.

SlayerForever:


The fringe communities I was referring to are a few obscure border communities.

pazienza:


And I'm telling you that those fringe communities are at best bilingual and consider themselves Igbos of Ngwa extraction who had been influenced by their Ibibio neighbors.

cc: ChinenyeN

BininKingdom:



Shot up and stop making noise, remember you were our slaves before the Europeans came, your kings still pay homage to our Oba

WrathOfHadez:
the urhobos will claim isoko as one like Fulani claims middle beltans. But easily differentiate them when the spoils of politics is set.

Tell any urhobo man to concede political office to an isoko man and they will bluntly refuse.

Delta North (Igbos) has the highest number of local governments in delta state , urhobos are just looking desperately for alliance with their usual wayo ways.

SicilianMafia:


You are the one who is the illiterate here!

What did he say that isnt a fact !

Better read up on isoko history and language .... Unfact isoko is from the Esan stock of Edo

SicilianMafia:


Don't be dumb what is urhobo or isoko without Edo?

Who even needs your stupid dumb opinion

SicilianMafia:


Standalone but you speak Edo language ,Dress like Edo's, Bear Edo names , everything about you screams Edo and you are here typing nonsense from 3310.
Wat an Irony Dumbo your opinion is irrelevant

feldido:


They are just an extension of Eruwa a close community of Patani.
Its just the River which separated them.

babyhrt:
My only take is that Isoko language is not a branch of the Urhobo language. It neither a dialect of urhobo..its an independent language...the degree of mutual non intelligibility btw the two language is enough for my claim.

WrathOfHadez:
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Warri south belongs chiefly to the itsekiris. So it's not a homogeneous urhobo local government area.

Patani is ijaw. What's with you demons and misinformation? When last did an urhobo manelected local government chairman of Warri south local government area?

Yet you say Warri south local government is dominated by urhobo?
You were deprived bréast milk at infancy.


Ukumagba until his death was trying to carve out another local government from Warri South.

Learn to live with your bleak reality and stop trying to write fiction as history in Nairaland.

That's all you do.

Bini slave.

nowpresence:

please mention the kings that paid homage to your oba and when they did? This is how you people spread lies to make yourselves feel better.

Assuming your claim of us being slaves are even true, what is the reality today.
what is the relevant of Benin people and their oba in today Nigeria, apart from prostitution and human trafficking . You better wake up.

Instead of you to live in the present today you are still dwelling in past events that were exaggerated to boast your stinking ego.

urhobos are doing well and we can only get better.

Get off we don't need you guys and your irrelevant oba .

Gentlelord:

the bold paragraphs is a big let down, it makes you no different from the person u quoted

fratermathy:


No Edo person will talk as you do. I doubt that you are truly from Edo. If you are, you would know that Urhobos and Binis can't even communicate without an interpreter. We don't share the same worldview, dressing, culture, monarchy, etc. That we acknowledge our Edoid roots doesn't give you the liberty to hegemony.

Impostor!

GUMY:
What does the word Edo stand for ?
If you manage to answer this question then you will realize that your comments below are childish stupidity.

fratermathy:


Edo is NOT an ethnic group. It is collective socio-linguistic heritage of the Urhobos/Isokos/Binis/Owans/Afemais/Epies/etc.

If you don't know this, then your hegemonic attempt is dead on arrival. Try elsewhere.