Spiff20:
One day we'll do roll call. If you know you align with igbos hands up if you don't, move to this side. All those that align with the Igbos will be given villages in the 5 states to choose from then the rest will just remain in Port Harcourt. Las Las na so this shit go end.

BigSarah:
I am an ikwerre indigene the only native language I speak is igbo ,my name is a typical Igbo name, my traditional attire is a typical Igbo attire.. I’ve no ancentral link to Benin either the republic or the kingdom..

“If ikwerre is Benin and Benin is Yoruba, safe to say ikwerre is Yoruba. Ikwerre speaks igbo , so igbo is Ikwerre and igbo is Yoruba”...This is ikwerrepikin logic , his account was created may 2020 to be a nuisance..

kingzizzy:


If the Ikwerre language is not Igbo, then how do Igbos understand it? How is it that all Ikwerres understand Igbo? How can two different people speak two different languages but understand each other? "Come" in Ikwerre is "Bia"

Of course some Ikwerres say they are not Igbo while others like former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi say they are Igbo. The Secretary General of Ohanaeze is an Ikwerre man called Uche Okwukwu.

Ikwerres are not distinct in any way. They all speak Igbo as their ancestral language and have Igbo surnames.

Igboid:


Stop the delusion already.

Ogini di! Ana agwo gi bu onye ibi ibi gi, ina eto afor!

Ikwerre is not Igbo. 90% of Ikwerre people will hate you the moment they realize you are Igbo.
These lots were raised from childhood by their parents with distorted falsehoods of how Igbos took over their lands before the war and tried to annihilate them during the war and how Gowon and Nigerian Army saved them from Igbos.
They were also told that Igbos are trying to take their land annihilate and replace them with Igbos in their land, if given an opportunity.

This is how every single Ikwerre man was raised. They were raised in deep Igbophobia rooted in falsehoods where Ndiigbo were projected in the image of the mythical big black wolf.

Stop being ridiculous, emotional , lazy and stupid trying to pretend there can ever be any level of genuine brotherhood between Ndiigbo and these people.

These people are very dangerous to Ndiigbo overall well being, and I blame our parents for not telling us the truth about these people. Because most of us had to experience this toxic hate first hand, and I tell you. Its a very traumatic experience you will never recover from as an Igbo.

It's worst when IPOB plays the ostrich and keep misseducating our people about these Ikwerres when most of IPOB leaders know the truth on ground.
I know Ipob and NK know the truth, because when Nnamdi Kanu claimed to have visited PH, he cunningly stuck to Obiigbo where the Ndoki and Asa indigenous are proud Igbos and not Igbophobic, while he stylishly avoided Obio Akpor LGA and all the Ikwerre Rumu villages there.
Nnamdi Kanu is a con artist for this shameless miss education of our people and exposing gullible ones to this Ikwerre hate.
He knew those Igbophobic Bini Ikwerre boys would have disgraced and stoned him to death had he attempted to cross into Ikwerre land, so he stuck to Oyiigbo. Very insincere human being. His cup will soon full.

IspitonCowards:
Bros ikwerre is not Igbo give this thing a rest, I don't understand why you are so bent on making ikwerre people become Igbo by force, is your girlfriend ikwerre? Are you in any way related to ikwerre by blood? If not please rest this ikwerre matter they don't deserve even half of this attention you are giving freely

naijanaso:


Some people are the bigger fool for letting the statement of one man make them think that every other person is that man. Amaechi like every other man can say what he wishes...that is for that person. Don't make generic assumptions bro. You cannot define another person's background. Mind you, Igbo has no history.

kingzizzy:


Its not just Amaechi. The Secretary General of Ohanaeze is an Ikwerre man called Barrister Uche Okwukwu. Famous Ikwerres in the entertainment industry like Tonto Dike, Monalisa Chinda and Duncan Okechukwu(Duncan Mighty) have all said they are Igbos

kingzizzy:


You mean like an Ikwerre man such as Chibuike Amaechi who says he is Igbo? Or an Ikwerre woman Tonto Dike who says she is Igbo? Or maybe Duncan Okechukwu(Duncan Mighty) who says he Igbo?

Remind us again which Ikwerre denied being Igbo and the one that accepted to be Igbo

Collyweed:


If Nollywood was controlled by Ikwerre, you won’t hear them claiming to be Igbo (that is if your statement is even true). They’re probably just protecting their careers.

I’m sure you’ve never met an Ikwerre man before. You just stay somewhere in Northern Igboland (or even outside Igboland) making assumptions and spewing fallacies.

They’re not Igbo. That gibberish they speak is not Igbo. They’re are only our neighbours. Why can’t you just take correction and stop embarrassing yourself and everyone else.

agadez007:
I once watched an old Award video on Youtube where Tonto dike was about to be presented an award on Stage and she corrected the Announcer that Her surname "Dike" Should be pronouced Different from the Igbo's own,that ikwere is a Distinct ethnic group from the Igbos,even your Duncan okechukwu was asked what Language his song(Jesus bu Eze) was on Youtube and he replied Ikwerre that it sounds like Igbo language but is not(the video is still there on Youtube)
Why do you guys keep deceiving yourselves that these guys are Igbo when in reality they are not,I schooled with many of them back then at Imsu,and they would always want to tell you how they are very different from Ndigbo
Better still go and search for Ikwerre groups on Facebook and see their view on Igbo
Better learn now before you come and claim betrayal tomorrow
thank you

naijanaso:


So, it pained you right? You feel you have a history and another doesn't? Amaechi is just a politician and you take his statement to represent an entire set of people. Amaechi is just like Igbokwe in Lagos who spews anything to gather crumbs from government. Is it not high time you concentrated on your issues and just allow others alone. The problems of Nigeria us bigger than this your wanting to drag people to be Igbos by force.

kingzizzy:


Did anybody force an Ikwerre man like former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to come out publicly and say he is an Igbo man? Did anyone force an Ikwerre man like Uche Okwukwu to become Secretary General of Ohanaeze? Did I force an Ikwerre girl like Tonto Dike to say she is Igbo?

So how are we all to know which Ikwerre is Igbo and which one is not?

IspitonCowards:
You really think 1% of a people cannot define them?, even this few people you mentioned only claim Igbo for their personal benefits, don't be naive.....ikwerre is not igbo, I will never be in any Igbo organisation with an ikwerre person

Chiedu4Trump:


They are truly Igbos

They have used divide & conquer against igbos for so long

They go around tell many in the Niger Delta that Igbos hate them

Well read this story urself & see

www.nairaland.com/attachments/12007243_screenshot20200727115952801com_android_chrome_jpega515151a4d6b2733f22d87cb496f8087



So they are from Edo & yet they bear igbo names, speak igbo & marry mainly igbos

See as hatred of igbos is messing u up

johnmartus:
Lol he made this statement when he was tried to split Jonathan votes in southeast.

This is purely political gimmick. I lived in port Harcourt for many years ikwerre people can kill you if call them igbo. They hate igbos .

Even warri dont want to see igbo too.

24SEVEN:
I swear down, Ikwerre is the most talked about Topic on Nairaland. After Ikwerre is Tinubu.


Well, Ikwerre speak almost same language as Igbo. But Ikwerre isn't Igbo because Ikwerres want a separate identity, and they got it in 1970.

LadyExcellency:


This is utter rubbish. You can't hate a people while your men still preoccupy themselves by marrying majorly from their women.

Majority of Ikwerre mothers are from core Igbo speaking States - Fact

Bkayyy:

That was how they worked on ohaneze ndi nzuzu around 2011 or 12 that they (ikwerre) and delta igbo are being left behind in igbo affairs that it is unbrotherly, that they are leaving them at the mercy of ijaw and urhobo and sentiment got to those old ignoramuses that they promised delta igbo Delta state governorship and undiluted support for riverine igbos.
As far as am concerned the few delta igbo towns that are acceptable in igbo land is akwukwu igbo and ogwashi ukwu, the rest are half and half

EmmaNuella77:


All ikwerres don't understand Igbo
And yes!! we are distinct

oyatz:
Excuse me sir,

What exactly is the benefy of claiming a tribe?

For instance what are the merits and demerits of Ikwerres accepting to be Igbo or be different ethnic group?

I know so many ethnic groups in Nigeria (some are even less than 30,000 people) and they are existing without this kind of claim and/denials.

Firespitter:


I thought I was the only one that watched the video.

One of our yoruba coordinator during my NYSC days was shocked when one ikwerre girl boldly told him she isn't Igbo. The man no ask am where she come from oh. She was called to do a presentation, the next thing was " like me now I am ikwerre not Igbo" since that day I come to believe truly that the idea runs deep into them. I pity Igbo people that regard ikwerre as Igbo.

LadyExcellency:


Forget it, most of those mushroom groups are subsets of the major ethnic groups.

I was listening to Delta State News broadcast in local languages but to my surprise, five or six of those languages are plain dialetes of their parent Igbo Language.

Imagine your language and culture being absent from languages acceptable to tech-world. No translator, no recognition and no propagation. It's gone.

EmmaNuella77:


All ikwerres don't understand Igbo
And yes!! we are distinct

oyatz:
When I was growing up in Lagos, we used to call anybody after Bini 'Omo Igbo' until I got to university and did NYSC that I started seeing these people telling me they aren't Igbos. One of them was my friend and classmate named P**l Omachi.

One day, i made a remark about him as an Igbo guy and I was surprised when he said he is from Benue and not an Igboman as we all assume.


In the North, they regard any southerner that's not Yoruba as Igbo , including Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

Dedetwo:


Ikwerre are Bini!!! Whether few understand Igbo is completely irrelevant.