PHijo:

The 1st question you should have asked is what political parties existed at the time? What clout did Zik have then? Who gave him his 1st political platform? When you have these questions answered 1st you will know there was no Igbo Party he could have used for his career. The North you look down on today was better poised politically than the Ndiigbo. Zik by the circumstances of his birth and career path should have been a unifier of the different regions of Nigeria but he went on to be a bridge burner. He sowed the seeds of discord and mistrust the Country is plagued with it is one thing to claim to be pan-African and another to act solely in the interest of tribe and tongue in a multiethnic Country.

EzeAro:

Brother as an Igbo I'm not exonerating my people from any war
crimes they committed even if it was far and in between. Definitely war crimes were committed by troops on BOTH sides, the Biafrans weren't saints either but if the documented files on the crimes are anything to reckon with, then the Federal soldiers definitely committed far more war crimes than the Biafrans. The Asaba massacre of more than 700 civilians alone beats any documented records on the Biafran side. Are you also trying to imply that the Nigerian
soldiers didn't kill, pillage and rape minorities that they "liberated" in places like Calabar, Uyo and Rivers? cause I have loads and loads of available facts on that... I just find it strange you are trying to paintbrush the Biafran side in a bad hue, as if the Nigerian soldiers were any better if not worse on your people.

PHijo:


What is the fake news?

PHijo:

I do not have the intention to reply all the nonsense you wrote here, but let me correct that false claim to the Ibani Islands like Bonny and other Ijaw communities like Ndoki the Igbos owned no strip of land along the Niger River. It is unfortunate people like you always need to be reminded of your history and place in Nigeria. That Ijaw Islands like Bonny and a host of other Niger-Delta Ports were vital exchange Ports in the transatlantic slave trade doesn't make them Igbo settlements. You still do not own the Americas because your forbearers were shipped over there. That is why after hundreds of years we still speak of the indigenous people of the Americas. Get it into your skull while African Americans were involuntarily resettled in the Americas Ndigbo never owned nor settled in any of the Islands, Ports or Pennisulas you are trying to claim. We Ijaws don't dream you have been dreaming Biafra since the 60s Porthacourt will become your nightmare. Shameless lowlifes that had to agitate for a country using other people's identity.

OfoIgbo:


Nah, Portharcourt is now your nightmare since it is probably no longer your state capital. Ikwerres will burn you alive if you dare claim it.

Even Senator Magnus Abe, an Eleme man know that Bonny was founded by Ndokis from Azuogu https://www.nairaland.com/2391489/even-senator-magnus-abe-knows

And if you think Ndokis are not aware of their ownership of the place, well also check this site out https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1644407672497838&set=introductory-of-bonny-ndoki-disagreement-18th-centuriesgeorge-pepple-is-nominall

Obviously, I will back the umu Ubani claims, as it is well known, and any of your territory annexation plans will come to nought. There is no way I will support any group who use any opportunity to try and rubbish the Igbo name with their shadowy friends from the SW

PHijo:


First things first, Port Harcourt is my state capital. Secondly dem no born that Ikwerre man wey wan born me alive well! No mortal man can burn me or do me any harm.

Magnus Abe is not an Eleme man, stop talking about issues you know nothing about.

Magnus Abe is not qualified to tell any of us Ijaw history. He is not Ijaw, he is not from Bonny, he his not an historian by training.

Ndoki. Is Ijaw, I won't tell you the name in full. You spin masters are looking for clues to promote your expansionist agenda. As Ijaw people we are firm and resolute in our resolve to preserve our history and heritage.

Finally, it is no coincidence that from Bonny in Rivers state to Brass in Bayelsa state, we call our monarchs Amayanabo. Please leave us alone! You've caused enough trouble already. Even Ikwerre people who share linguistic ties with you are ashamed to share the same identity with you. Let Ijaw people be abeg!

RuggedSniper:

^^^ NOTE: From the video posted here, 12,000 Bakana indigenes were deported as punishment to the enclave and a little over 7,000 came back to Bakana alive! It means approximately 5,000 Ijaws of Bakana died in rebel hands. Asaba should never have happened because they welcomed Federal troops with open arms. It was a bad error of judgement which was against the military rules of engagement laid out by the FG in 1967 and it is good that Gen. Gowon has apologised... But did Col. Ojukwu apologise for the Bakana and Mid-West invasions and killings officially... NO! First off, many Niger Deltans took very active part in the liberation of Bonny, PH, Calabar, Ikot Ekpene, and even the Mid-West Region and the core Ibo enclave. So how is it possible that the gallant Niger Delta soldiers and officers of the Nigerian Army or military would encourage attacks such as rape and killings of Ijaws, Efiks, Ikwerres, Ibibios? Col. Ogbebor, Col. Etuk, Isaac Boro, and Capt. Elechi Amadi (who was later appointed as the PH administrator during the iigerian Civil War) would have spoken against such acts. Since the early 1980s, I've read a lot of Nigerian Civil War books from both sides to gain a clearer picture, and to avoid propaganda. An Ikwerre man (in his late 60s) who I personally know told me that as a living witness, the first wave of troops who liberated PH in 1968 were hard because of the suspicion that biafra rebel moles could still be hiding within PH and environs, but other waves of Nigerian troops who came immediately after, treated the natives with kindness and there are several pictures and videos online that show many PH and even Benin City residents jubilating and welcoming Nigerian Federal troops! Last but not least, all rebel POWs were released at the end of the war... but Nigerian POWs in the rebel enclave were not and have not been accounted for till today violating international convention. Cc: PHijo, Mynd44, Lalasticlala, Sunshineg5, barcanista

PHijo:


First things first, Port Harcourt is my state capital. Secondly dem no born that Ikwerre man wey wan born me alive well! No mortal man can burn me or do me any harm.

Magnus Abe is not an Eleme man, stop talking about issues you know nothing about.

Magnus Abe is not qualified to tell any of us Ijaw history. He is not Ijaw, he is not from Bonny, he his not an historian by training.

Ndoki. Is Ijaw, I won't tell you the name in full. You spin masters are looking for clues to promote your expansionist agenda. As Ijaw people we are firm and resolute in our resolve to preserve our history and heritage.

Finally, it is no coincidence that from Bonny in Rivers state to Brass in Bayelsa state, we call our monarchs Amayanabo. Please leave us alone! You've caused enough trouble already. Even Ikwerre people who share linguistic ties with you are ashamed to share the same identity with you. Let Ijaw people be abeg!

OfoIgbo:


Magnus Abe is from Rivers state and not an Ndoki-Igbo, neither is he Ijaw, so he occupies a neutral ground in this argument. Don't discount his stipulations because he doesn't favour your land-grabbing ambitions. And by the way, he is from Eleme according to this article https://allafrica.com/stories/201908140047.html

The word OBIGBO (The Igbo Heart), clearly states what Ndokis are. That your expansionist leaders then decided to change it to OYIGBO, so that you guys can commence this latter day "Ndokis are Ijaws" crap won't wash.

Even Ken Saro Wiwa referred to them as Ndoki Igbos, and Igbo is the language that Ndokis speak, and their culture is Igbo. The former president of my Igbo youth group in the UK, was an Ndoki man. So you will have an impossible time, convincing people that Ndokis are Ijaws. I am aware your Ijaw people have been making clandestine visits to Ndoki territories seeking that they tolerate the notion that they have Ijaw affinity. Good luck with that, but Ndokis are Igbos.

So Bonny Island and Opobo are Ndoki-owned towns and are Igbo Deal with that
Ehm, well Opobo is owned by the Jaja descendants, according to a supreme court ruling

RuggedSniper:

^^^ NOTE: From the video posted here, 12,000 Bakana indigenes were deported as punishment to the enclave and a little over 7,000 came back to Bakana alive! It means approximately 5,000 Ijaws of Bakana died in rebel hands. Asaba should never have happened because they welcomed Federal troops with open arms. It was a bad error of judgement which was against the military rules of engagement laid out by the FG in 1967 and it is good that Gen. Gowon has apologised... But did Col. Ojukwu apologise for the Bakana and Mid-West invasions and killings officially... NO! First off, many Niger Deltans took very active part in the liberation of Bonny, PH, Calabar, Ikot Ekpene, and even the Mid-West Region and the core Ibo enclave. So how is it possible that the gallant Niger Delta soldiers and officers of the Nigerian Army or military would encourage attacks such as rape and killings of Ijaws, Efiks, Ikwerres, Ibibios? Col. Ogbebor, Col. Etuk, Isaac Boro, and Capt. Elechi Amadi (who was later appointed as the PH administrator during the iigerian Civil War) would have spoken against such acts. Since the early 1980s, I've read a lot of Nigerian Civil War books from both sides to gain a clearer picture, and to avoid propaganda. An Ikwerre man (in his late 60s) who I personally know told me that as a living witness, the first wave of troops who liberated PH in 1968 were hard because of the suspicion that biafra rebel moles could still be hiding within PH and environs, but other waves of Nigerian troops who came immediately after, treated the natives with kindness and there are several pictures and videos online that show many PH and even Benin City residents jubilating and welcoming Nigerian Federal troops! Last but not least, all rebel POWs were released at the end of the war... but Nigerian POWs in the rebel enclave were not and have not been accounted for till today violating international convention. Cc: PHijo, Mynd44, Lalasticlala, Sunshineg5, barcanista

OfoIgbo:


Magnus Abe is from Rivers state and not an Ndoki-Igbo, neither is he Ijaw, so he occupies a neutral ground in this argument. Don't discount his stipulations because he doesn't favour your land-grabbing ambitions. And by the way, he is from Eleme according to this article https://allafrica.com/stories/201908140047.html

The word OBIGBO (The Igbo Heart), clearly states what Ndokis are. That your expansionist leaders then decided to change it to OYIGBO, so that you guys can commence this latter day "Ndokis are Ijaws" crap won't wash.

Even Ken Saro Wiwa referred to them as Ndoki Igbos, and Igbo is the language that Ndokis speak, and their culture is Igbo. The former president of my Igbo youth group in the UK, was an Ndoki man. So you will have an impossible time, convincing people that Ndokis are Ijaws. I am aware your Ijaw people have been making clandestine visits to Ndoki territories seeking that they tolerate the notion that they have Ijaw affinity. Good luck with that, but Ndokis are Igbos.

So Bonny Island and Opobo are Ndoki-owned towns and are Igbo Deal with that
Ehm, well Opobo is owned by the Jaja descendants, according to a supreme court ruling

PHijo:


I laugh at your ignorance!
Jumbo jumbogha otherwise known as Jaja is an Ibani Ijaw just like anyone else. Oyigbo you erroneously refer to as Obigbo is Ijaw. In fact, if you are conversant with history you would know that the Ibani and Okrika clans of the Ijaw nation are deeply intertwined that the Ndoki cannot be separated from the Ibani or Okrika Okrika Ijaw. You are confused by what it means to be Ibani, Okrika, Ndoki or Oyigbo.

We Ijaws are not about to teach you revisionist Igbos our history.

The rubbish you are talking is like telling a Jew he is no Jewish because he is European or North American. Like I told you before, claim America, Brazil , Colombia or Mexico where you sold your kinfolk to. Supreme court ruling or not, Jumbo jumbogha left Bonny island for Opobo as an Ibani Ijaw. He died an Ijaw man. There is no evidence that Jaja had ever been an Igbo man. Every record of Jumbo jumbogha was in Ijawland and of him being Ijaw. Anybody can claim to come from any part of Nigeria, we know how many Igbos claim to be Saro-Wiwa 's father's sister's brother just to be given stay in foreign countries so we don't care about your union chairman. For all we care, no indigenous Oyigbo or Ndoki person would claim to be Igbo.

PHijo:


I laugh at your ignorance!
Jumbo jumbogha otherwise known as Jaja is an Ibani Ijaw just like anyone else. Oyigbo you erroneously refer to as Obigbo is Ijaw. In fact, if you are conversant with history you would know that the Ibani and Okrika clans of the Ijaw nation are deeply intertwined that the Ndoki cannot be separated from the Ibani or Okrika Okrika Ijaw. You are confused by what it means to be Ibani, Okrika, Ndoki or Oyigbo.

We Ijaws are not about to teach you revisionist Igbos our history.

The rubbish you are talking is like telling a Jew he is no Jewish because he is European or North American. Like I told you before, claim America, Brazil , Colombia or Mexico where you sold your kinfolk to. Supreme court ruling or not, Jumbo jumbogha left Bonny island for Opobo as an Ibani Ijaw. He died an Ijaw man. There is no evidence that Jaja had ever been an Igbo man. Every record of Jumbo jumbogha was in Ijawland and of him being Ijaw. Anybody can claim to come from any part of Nigeria, we know how many Igbos claim to be Saro-Wiwa 's father's sister's brother just to be given stay in foreign countries so we don't care about your union chairman. For all we care, no indigenous Oyigbo or Ndoki person would claim to be Igbo.

EzeAro:

Cc:Amarabae, Pazienza

Nne come and see what this Ijaw minority idiot is posting oooo , Ijaw wan claim Obigbo! According to the minority ogogoro drinking scum King Jaja, a proud Amaigbo son from Imo state isn't Igbo

EzeAro:

You dey mind these idiots, even their Opobo was founded by an Igbo man, we basically defined a section of their most notable part of history for them. Ndi iberibe.

OfoIgbo:


Typical expansionist. I have found you out. This is what you had in mind before you came up with that concocted video of yet another Igbo crime. But it will not work for you this time around. Igbanis are Igbanis. Ndoki Igbos are Ndoki Igbos. The date, video recording and time of the new name Oyigbo can be easily derived, and it happened during the reign of Melford Okilo. So it will never be a name like Obigbo, which is antiquated and shrouded in ancient mystery, much like the names of most places.

Jaja was from Amaigbo and his biography is well known, so this your new attempt will not even stand, when put through the test.

Search for Oyigbo (previously Obigbo) and see what language is ascribed to that LGA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_State

PHijo:


Your attempts at rewriting history won't work! Chief Harold Dappa Biriye, God bless his soul. The grand Bonny kingdom, the Ijaw nation and the Niger Delta region needs to do more in remembrance of him. He was a visionary, he saw the Igbo problem long before the rest of the society caught up with it.

The sad thing is, like your grandfathers and fathers, there is no remorse in you for the crimes you committed. Today Nnamdi Kanu makes it known to anyone who cares to listen that you will adopt same human rights abuse methods.

You keep on living in denial! Willinks report encompassed Ijaws in both the Eastern and Western region. Why is it that the Igbo were strongly against a region for the Ijaw? Willinks admitted that the Ijaws had genuine concerns due to their peculiar nature.

To their credit, the resistance from Awolowo's action group was indifferent. Azikiwe was the one who forcefully opposed Biriye.

That eventually led to Biriye leaving the NCNC to form the NDC.

PHijo:


To start with, Ijaw is NOT a minority and being a minority is not wrong neither is it a proof of if you are telling the truth or not.

In comparison to the population of Nigeria the English was a minority, yet they colonised you.

Imo is the weakest strain to lay claim of anything. Is unfortunate your history is too shameful for your fathers to tell you. The only Igbos that had history that is worthy of mention are certain parts of Anambra. That is why you barely see people from Anambra engage in the folly the likes of Nnamdi Kanu have been engaged in.

King Jaja never claimed to be Igbo and he never came limelight as an Igbo man.

If I was in your shoe I would be ashamed to claim Jaja was sold to Ijaws by NdiIgbo. It is obvious shame is a scarce word in the lexicon of Igbo like you.
I can't sink into the pit with someone that claims to be speaking on behalf of a tribe named and known for their involvement with narcotics.

I ADVICE you to focus on HISTORICALLY verifiable FACTS !

PHijo:


To start with, Ijaw is NOT a minority and being a minority is not wrong neither is it a proof of if you are telling the truth or not.

In comparison to the population of Nigeria the English was a minority, yet they colonised you.

Imo is the weakest strain to lay claim of anything. Is unfortunate your history is too shameful for your fathers to tell you. The only Igbos that had history that is worthy of mention are certain parts of Anambra. That is why you barely see people from Anambra engage in the folly the likes of Nnamdi Kanu have been engaged in.

King Jaja never claimed to be Igbo and he never came limelight as an Igbo man.

If I was in your shoe I would be ashamed to claim Jaja was sold to Ijaws by NdiIgbo. It is obvious shame is a scarce word in the lexicon of Igbo like you.
I can't sink into the pit with someone that claims to be speaking on behalf of a tribe named and known for their involvement with narcotics.

IDENNAA:


Spreading these false narratives will not help you lot. We have the facts and you are wailing. Write all the nonsense you write and we will still debunk and trash it. Senseless black ffools

OfoIgbo:


He is being exposed little by little
He partnered with SW almajiris to try and rubbish the Igbo reputation with an unverified video. He is gradually coming clean and for people to see what he was all about.

PHijo:


It has ALWAYS been Oyigbo!
No wonder you are not tolerated the North.
If not for our natural kindness, none of you would have returned after all you did during the war. This rubbish you are talking is probably what caused the pre war pogrom. Calling people thieves for what is rightfully theirs.

PHijo:

Bros what would an Igbo man with vast land grab in a waterlogged area in Bakanna, Okrika. Many Okrika are even praying to have an inch of dry land to build a small house.
All of you peddling these lies. The same way these fools of saboutour went to kill many families of Effiong in Ikotekpene because he supported Biafra and Biafra Army had to retaliate.
These lies were concocted by loyalist to Adaka Boro to gain sympathy from his struggle for fighting against his brothers.
The same Biafra was named by an Ijaw man.
All lies.
Lies!
In case you don't know. I am from one of those Ijaw clans you listed. Bakana, Abonemma, Ogu etc can't be saying the same thing about Biafran rebels and you call that lies.

The victims of the evacuation say it was a land grabbing move.

You people disrespect the memories of our loved ones you murdered in a gruesome manner by denying it.

OfoIgbo:


Nwokem stop all these your division attempts. I am from Anambra and a solidly conscious Igboman from the Nri clan that introduced much of the cultural practices that people as far as Benin, still practice. I am not an Ikwerre man you can dangle things at to force to deny his Igboness.

Harold Dappa Biriye, your god of yesterday, was fighting for MINORITY RIGHTS. Nothing wrong with being a minority.

Jaja's biography is very clear on the fact that he was from Amaigbo in Imo state

EzeAro:

Dude are you mentally re.tarded or something? Firstly you're a BLOODY minority, Ijaw nation is a minority ethnic nationality and if the Nigerian census figures are anything to reckon with, you are not even up to the Ibibios in population.

Secondly Ijaw are homeless sojourners in Nigeria just like the Fulani, even the small Bayelsa state you have was because Igbos like Ebitu Ukiwe and Zik pushed you minority Ijaw scums from dominating the politics of River state, and handed that privilege to the Ikwerre who despite their Igbo denial, are linguistically a subgroup of the Igbo nation. Are you getting my drift now? Igbos have ALWAYS put you in your little minority place where you rightfully belong, whenever you tried punch above your height.

Thirdly I have to reiterate my question about your mental status cause I can't seem to understand for the life of me what you mean by this outrageously dumb submission, "Imo[b] is the weakest strain to lay claim of anything. Is unfortunate your history is too shameful for your fathers to tell you. The only Igbos that had history that is worthy of mention are certain parts of Anambra. That is why you barely see people from Anambra engage in the folly the likes of Nnamdi Kanu have been engaged in.[/b]" like WTF does that even mean? I definitely lost some brain cells reading that inanity, please stop embarrassing yourself like this, I'm sure the Ijaws aren't there stupid.

Lastly there is nothing to even argue about, Jaja of Opobo is an Igbo man from Imo state, and his family compound can still be found in Amaigbo with all the documented facts to back it up. An Igbo man founded one of the kingdoms of your people, he have your otherwise inconsequential tribe a sense of limelight and history by establishing Opobo. We defined a very key part of your history, and that's a fact you have to live with as a minority man all your life.

OfoIgbo:


Yet again, we cannot be blackmailed. You think by rolling out an unsubstantiated video, you will get Igbos to come crawling. Keep on waiting.

This is a different set of Igbos. Unshakeable

Bonny is ours, and we will dredge the River Niger up to Kainji, and make sure the full length of the river is utilised by the people God placed at her banks. This will include the Igalas, Tivs, Hausas e.t.c

PHijo:


[s]First things first, Port Harcourt is my state capital. Secondly dem no born that Ikwerre man wey wan born me alive well! No mortal man can burn me or do me any harm.

Magnus Abe is not an Eleme man, stop talking about issues you know nothing about.

Magnus Abe is not qualified to tell any of us Ijaw history. He is not Ijaw, he is not from Bonny, he his not an historian by training.

Ndoki. Is Ijaw, I won't tell you the name in full. You spin masters are looking for clues to promote your expansionist agenda. As Ijaw people we are firm and resolute in our resolve to preserve our history and heritage.

Finally, it is no coincidence that from Bonny in Rivers state to Brass in Bayelsa state, we call our monarchs Amayanabo. Please leave us alone! You've caused enough trouble already. Even Ikwerre people who share linguistic ties with you are ashamed to share the same identity with you. Let Ijaw people be abeg![/s]

PHijo:


[s]Go and claim America!
The Ijaws and their neighbours bought your children you could not care for just save them from ending in the soup pot. Today they call it international adoption.

Jaja would never have been king if he was Igbo. Ijaws had laws and institutions. They were at par with monarchies of that era across the known world. That you had no history until 1960 does not mean what I am saying is not known facts. You will find our history in many countries across the globe. So I am not shocked that you are overwhelmed by the facts as you depend on hustlers the likes of Nnamdi Kanu for your 'history ' lessons[/s].

PHijo:


I laugh at your ignorance!
Jumbo jumbogha otherwise known as Jaja is an Ibani Ijaw just like anyone else. Oyigbo you erroneously refer to as Obigbo is Ijaw. In fact, if you are conversant with history you would know that the Ibani and Okrika clans of the Ijaw nation are deeply intertwined that the Ndoki cannot be separated from the Ibani or Okrika Okrika Ijaw. You are confused by what it means to be Ibani, Okrika, Ndoki or Oyigbo.

We Ijaws are not about to teach you revisionist Igbos our history.

The rubbish you are talking is like telling a Jew he is no Jewish because he is European or North American. Like I told you before, claim America, Brazil , Colombia or Mexico where you sold your kinfolk to. Supreme court ruling or not, Jumbo jumbogha left Bonny island for Opobo as an Ibani Ijaw. He died an Ijaw man. There is no evidence that Jaja had ever been an Igbo man. Every record of Jumbo jumbogha was in Ijawland and of him being Ijaw. Anybody can claim to come from any part of Nigeria, we know how many Igbos claim to be Saro-Wiwa 's father's sister's brother just to be given stay in foreign countries so we don't care about your union chairman. For all we care, no indigenous Oyigbo or Ndoki person would claim to be Igbo.