Ikwere are Igbos, they are denying their being Igbo because of Nigeria politics.

If they are not Igbos why are they speaking Igbos and answer Igbos names

How is it possible for them to forget all the traces of their old language to Igbo.No single Bini language in their name and language

ebenezer202l:
even etche people don't identify themselves as igbos

I met an Etche man sometime ago in Yenagoa. He needed a favor from me and he identified himself as Igbo from Etche. Somehow I could tell from his countenance that he didn't really believe I would accept him as an Igbo man... Probably because of the continuous denial they're known for. Truth is most times when they're in foreign territory, they choose to identify as Igbos because it serves their interest and gives them a sense of belonging. The Ijaw people in Bayelsa do not know what is Ikwerre or what is Etche. ALL OF THEM ARE IGBOS... Kapish!

Ogbuu101:
Who cares .
Congratulations to Onyesom Ezebunwo Wike son of Nlemanya Wike and his own group among the Ikweres.
They're the first group on earth to derive their ethnicity from state creation cos b4 1976 state creation, there was no tribe known as Ikwere.
Ikweres were just a subgroup of the Igbos just like Nsukka or Abakaliki ppl.

Modified.
It is heartwarming to see Wike is suddenly the darling of yerobber Muslims.
Is awa God not a wonderful God?

The man says he's not Ibo leave him be, dumbass

How come you idiots have derogatory names for every other tribe, everywhere you go you want the locals to surrender to you. Change your style, fools.

AchalugoNwa:
lol
the earlier we Igbos dump these people the better for us

Amechi is claiming Igbo now because he thinks that if apc zones presidency to SE he'll be the one to get it.

I did my tertiary education in delta (SS) and trust me apart from aniomas that are proudly igbos there's no tribe in Nigeria that are more igbophobic than these SS minorities.
this is why I stopped supporting Kanu's agenda since because it lacks clear ideas and far from realities.

The reality is in the event of a Biafran republic the geographical location will be restricted to the 5 known Igbo states.

The Niger Delta will have their own republic .

To your tents, o ye Israel.

ipob don sufa misfortune

Theranos:


The man says he's not Ibo leave him be, dumbass

How come you idiots have derogatory names for every other tribe, everywhere you go you want the locals to surrender to you. Change your style, fools.

You sound very angry. Hunger,perhaps?
I'm not responsible for whatever you are passing thru odenni

PreyingMantis:
I met an Etche man sometime ago in Yenagoa. He needed a favor from me and he identified himself as Igbo from Etche. Somehow I could tell from his countenance that he didn't really believe I would accept him as an Igbo man... Probably because of the continuous denial they're known for. Truth is most times when they're in foreign territory, they choose to identify as Igbos because it serves their interest and gives them a sense of belonging. The Ijaw people in Bayelsa do not know what is Ikwerre or what is Etche. ALL OF THEM ARE IGBOS... Kapish!

The Ijaw people know very well what is Ikwere and Etche . What patronizing nonsense

You folk think everyone is foolish and you are the only ones with sense

Heaven is a better place i hope you all die!!!Afonjaz mof⚰️

Afamed:

That's what they know how to do best. They never stay peacefully with their hosts.

OBUKSBAYELSA:


Rotimi Amaechi acceptance of being Igbo is for the purpose of contesting the Presidential ticket of APC in 2023 While Uche Okwukwu was sponsored by Rotimi Amaechi inorder for him to claim Igbo if Apc zoned it Presidential ticket to South East. The truth is that Igbos and Ikwerre belong to the same language group but that does not suggest they are igboid. Similarly Urhobos and Isoko in Delta State looks like that but they are different ethnic nationality.
Finally in Urhobo Land they answer names like OKORO & CHILEDU are we going to say they are Igbos because of the semblance of names; No! I think the Igbo politicians should find a better way to live with thier neighbours instead of using the IPOB vehicle to appropriate areas not under thier direct control, that's why minority groups in the South/South are extremely careful in doing deals with the majority ethnic nationality most especially the Igbos.

You made a lot of sense but there is a problem with Wike's situation. A Governor from Isoko who is responsible enough will not waste his time emphasizing on not being Urhobo because they are obviously brothers with little difference.

First class Mumu,
Will you now say that the people of kogi west are not yorubas simply because they are part of kogi state?
Your hatred doesn't take anything away from us, Igbo Amaka

Don't get it confused

Uche Okwukwu and other opportunistic Ikwerres are all part of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo because Ohanaeze is a useless organization that is obsolete and not in sync with modernity which exactly why the organization has no grassroot support in Igbo land.

Even as UK pulled out of EU, if the EU leaders are stupid enough to make an opportunistic English man claiming to be anti Brexit the Secretary general of EU with the pay package and power that comes with it,do you think such British will decline? The answer is No.
But does EU making an English man the Secretary general of EU change the fact that the British back home have no interest in being part of EU.

That Uche Okwukwu an Ikwerre man is even allowed to be part of Ohanaeze let alone rise to post of Secretary general is a testament to how useless Ohanaeze Ndiigbo is as an organization.
No Ikwerre or any one whose majority of his people are Igbophobic should be part of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo if the organization is a serious one.

So you IPOB should stop quoting this Uche Okwukwu,because you are only underlying the failure of Igbo leadership as epitomized by Ohanaeze when you use Uche Okwukwu as example of Ikwerre being Igbo.[/quote]

Davash222:
Nwaike =. Child of strength.


What’s the meaning of Nwike in ikwere language?

Its Wike not Nwaike, what the f*ck is wrong with you?

Pecuman:


I get that Ikwerre don't want to be called Igbo but Ikwerre doesn't sound like Igbo, it is Igbo. There is more difference between Orlu and Umuahia Igbo than between Orlu and Ikwerre. Ikwerre language is Igbo but you can always be different ethnicity.

Language doesn't determine ancestry.

Black Americans speak in English but that doesn't make them genetically Caucasian.

aribisala0:


Ikwerre is a distinct language .This is a settled research fact. I refer you to the work of Kay Williamson


Rather than say Ikwerre steal Igbo language be honest.

Why not say Igbo stole Ikwerre language or both languages have the same origin.

Why assume that Igbo language came first

Anthropologists and Archeologists have unearthed Igbo ukwu cultural art works and carbon-dated them to back to 5,000 B.C, Igbo language is that old. Now when did the fleeing Ikwerre slave escapees land in their present region from Bini?

They have told you they are from Bini which means they are indirectly confirming to your empty yoruba skull that they lost their original language and borrowed from the Igbo ethnolinguistic system from their hosts. What other confirm do you need, this dubious yorubaman?

You know this fact, but being true to dubious self-deceitful yoruba jibiti nature, you just want to argue for arguement sake because you feel 'you must deal with Ibos/Igbos today'. Carry on with your idiocy. Eleribu!

Pecuman:


[s]I get that Ikwerre don't want to be called Igbo but Ikwerre doesn't sound like Igbo, it is Igbo. There is more difference between Orlu and Umuahia Igbo than between Orlu and Ikwerre. Ikwerre language is Igbo but you can always be different ethnicity.[/s]

oga!

IKWERRE IS NOT IGBO! PERIOD!


HABA NA!

YOU PEOPLE SHOULD STOP MAKING THESE DESCENDANT OF SLAVES FEEL VERY IMPORTANT!

THEY HAVE NEVER CONTRIBUTED ANYTHING TO THE IGBOS EXCEPT PROBLEMS!


THEY BETRAYED US DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND ALLOWED NIGERIAN SOLDIERS TO INVADE US FROM THE SOUTH!

NOW THEY ARE STILL DOING IT BY ACCEPTING TO BE FULANI STOOGES IN THE SOUTH SIMPLY BC THEY WERE PROMISED TO BE MADE THE DOMINANT PEOPLE IN SOUTH-SOUTH!



NDI IGBO PLS FREE YOURSELVES FROM SEEING IKWERRES AS BROTHERS - IKWERRES ARE NOT YOUR BROTHERS, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN YOUR BROTHERS AND THEY CAN NEVER BE YOUR BROTHERS! PERIOD!

EduBrazil1991:
First class Mumu,
Will you now say that the people of kogi west are not yorubas simply because they are part of kogi state?
Your hatred doesn't take anything away from us, Igbo Amaka

Don't get it confused

Uche Okwukwu and other opportunistic Ikwerres are all part of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo because Ohanaeze is a useless organization that is obsolete and not in sync with modernity which exactly why the organization has no grassroot support in Igbo land.

Even as UK pulled out of EU, if the EU leaders are stupid enough to make an opportunistic English man claiming to be anti Brexit the Secretary general of EU with the pay package and power that comes with it,do you think such British will decline? The answer is No.
But does EU making an English man the Secretary general of EU change the fact that the British back home have no interest in being part of EU.

That Uche Okwukwu an Ikwerre man is even allowed to be part of Ohanaeze let alone rise to post of Secretary general is a testament to how useless Ohanaeze Ndiigbo is as an organization.
No Ikwerre or any one whose majority of his people are Igbophobic should be part of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo if the organization is a serious one.

So you IPOB should stop quoting this Uche Okwukwu,because you are only underlying the failure of Igbo leadership as epitomized by Ohanaeze when you use Uche Okwukwu as example of Ikwerre being Igbo.

If the Kogi people or the Itsekiris etc say they are not Yoruba , you leave them to their convictions why argue with a tribe of people to redefine who they are.

I don't quite get Dele Momodu's line of questioning. Who are the "they" he's referring to that are angry Wike is denying his Igboness? Random social media accounts? Should that be a basis for substantive discourse? It seems many outsiders like Momodu and all those mastuurbating on this thread love to fan this conflict between Igbos and Igboid groups in the SS. And our SS Igboid brethren never fail to disappoint in taking the bait to express their well-cultivated Igbophobia - making themselves useful idiots to the agenda of those who would seek to divide us from pursuing common interests. Many Igbos also act like idiots and take the bait everytime these topics come on. Why do you care whether Ikwerres or Ukwuanis or Ikas or whoever assert their independence? Why choose to attract their resentment and Igbophobic insults by engaging in the pettiness?

AchalugoNwa:
lol
the earlier we Igbos dump these people the better for us

Amechi is claiming Igbo now because he thinks that if apc zones presidency to SE he'll be the one to get it.

I did my tertiary education in delta (SS) and trust me apart from aniomas that are proudly igbos there's no tribe in Nigeria that are more igbophobic than these SS minorities.
this is why I stopped supporting Kanu's agenda since because it lacks clear ideas and far from realities.

The only Igbos outside Southeast are Egbema and Obigbo(Asa and Ndoki) in Rivers State and Aniocha, Oshimili in Delta State. The other groups that are of Igbo origin and speak Igbo but are not Igbos are Ikwerre, Ogba, Ndoni, Etche, Omuma, Ndokwa Aboh, Ukwuani and Ika. Ahoada, Bonny and Okrika in Rivers State also speak Igbo but are not of Igbo origin and have their own languages. Opobo has mixed Igbo and Ijaw origin but speaks Igbo.

aribisala0:
The Ijaw people know very well what is Ikwere and Etche . What patronizing nonsense

You folk think everyone is foolish and you are the only ones with sense

Even the other ethnic nationalities in Rivers State regard these people as Igbos. Personally I don't see them as Igbos because they don't behave like Igbos. They're indolent, thuggish and lazy. Igbos aren't any of the above

PreyingMantis:
I met an Etche man sometime ago in Yenagoa. He needed a favor from me and he identified himself as Igbo from Etche. Somehow I could tell from his countenance that he didn't really believe I would accept him as an Igbo man... Probably because of the continuous denial they're known for. Truth is most times when they're in foreign territory, they choose to identify as Igbos because it serves their interest and gives them a sense of belonging. The Ijaw people in Bayelsa do not know what is Ikwerre or what is Etche. ALL OF THEM ARE IGBOS... Kapish!

Ijaw people are Igbo?....laugh wan kee me

Ogbuu101:

You sound very angry. Hunger,perhaps?
I'm not responsible for whatever you are passing thru odenni

Fool you insult entire tribes so casually and you're surprised when they get angry with you?

Compound fool.

I don't blame you, I blame the tragedy of this useless nation that has created such an ocean of poverty, that anyone who disagrees with his fellow human is immediately accused of being hungry or poor.

Wastrels and mental/moral defectives like yourself are the reason for Nigeria's failure, you filthy son of a syphilitic dog

ponziponzi:

Tarr! Why is he lying? Who does not know Nnamdi Kanu in Nigeria?

MNK is more popular

HAccord:


Anthropologists and Archeologists have unearthed Igbo ukwu cultural art works and carbon-dated them to back to 5,000 B.C, Igbo language is that old. Now when did the fleeing Ikwerre slave escapees land in their present region from Bini?

They have told they are from Bini which means they are indirectly confirming to your empty yoruba skull that they lost their language and borrowed from the Igbo ethnolinguistic system.

You know this fact, but being true to dubious self-deceitful yoruba jibiti nature, you just want to argue for arguement sake because you feel 'you must deal with Ibos/Igbos today'. Carry on with your idiocy. Eleribu!

You guys tell funny lies
Dated to 5000 BC Why these childish lies


In the Igbo Ukwu excavation were beads which obviously were products of transSaharan Trade

Here you want to pretend there is ONE Igbo nation. That is a fiction

You are delving into an area where your knowledge is superficial.


According to your logic The Igbos as we know them today occupied Igbo land a s we know it today in 5000 BC

do you have evidence for this?

zinizta:
Ijaw people are Igbo.....laugh wan kee me

Your comprehension of written English Language seems to be very poor. I can't help you

PreyingMantis:
[author=aribisala0 post=95973202] The Ijaw people know very well what is Ikwere and Etche . What patronizing nonsense

You folk think everyone is foolish and you are the only ones with sense Even the other ethnic nationalities in Rivers State regard these people as Igbos. Personally I don't see them as Igbos because they don't behave like Igbos. They're indolent, thuggish and lazy. Igbos aren't any of the above

That you say so does not make it so.

No one regards them as Igbos.

They know exactly what they are


Do not forget that they sold Igbo slaves for centuries.

survivor10:


Tribalism will kill you. Continue being a tribalist

I am not a tribalist. The real tribalists are the IPOB morons.

person say I nor b, u dey force am make him b.
are u him? is he u? lol. please y'all should free the guy joor. most Ikwere people I know do not agree that they're Igbo's. it's just a societal mix up.
it's like saying Nembe people are Ijaw people. We accept that if we're outside. but we don't accept that when we're in Bayelsa. our languages may be similar. but we've chosen our path.
Wike isn't Igbo. make una rest.

aribisala0:


[s]You guys tell funny lies
Dated to 5000 BC Why these childish lies


In the Igbo Ukwu excavation were beads which obviously were products of transsaharan Trade

Here you want to pretend there is ONE Igbo nation. That is a fiction

You are delving into an area where your knowledge is superficial.


According to your logic The Igbos as we know them today occupied Igbo land a s we know it today in 5000 BC

do you have evidence for this?[/s]

Aribirudeen, stop clutching at your staws like a sinking man. The Ikwerres have told you that they are from Bini, they have indirectly told you that they borrowed Igbo language. Does Bini sound like Igbo to your yoruba ears? Does Igbo have any major ethnolinguistic relationship with Bini language their original language?

Answer those questions dispassionately, and try hard not sound like an idiotic yoruba muslim baboon high on ogogoro while at it.

Obi1kenobi:
I don't quite get Dele Momodu's line of questioning. Who are the "they" he's referring to that are angry Wike is denying his Igboness? Random social media accounts? Should that be a basis for substantive discourse? It seems many outsiders like Momodu and all those mastuurbating on this thread love to fan this conflict between Igbos and Igboid groups in the SS. And our SS Igboid brethren never fail to disappoint in taking the bait to express their well-cultivated Igbophobia - making themselves useful idiots to the agenda of those who would seek to divide us from pursuing common interests. Many Igbos also act like idiots and take the bait everytime these topics come on. Why do you care whether Ikwerres or Ukwuanis or Ikas or whoever assert their independence? Why choose to attract their resentment and Igbophobic insults by engaging in the pettiness?

.

obiekunie2:


oga!

IKWERRE IS NOT IGBO! PERIOD!


HABA NA!

YOU PEOPLE SHOULD STOP MAKING THESE DESCENDANT OF SLAVES FEEL VERY IMPORTANT!

THEY HAVE NEVER CONTRIBUTED ANYTHING TO THE IGBOS EXCEPT PROBLEMS!


THEY BETRAYED US DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND ALLOWED NIGERIAN SOLDIERS TO INVADE US FROM THE SOUTH!

NOW THEY ARE STILL DOING IT BY ACCEPTING TO BE FULANI STOOGES IN THE SOUTH SIMPLY BC THEY WERE PROMISED TO BE MADE THE DOMINANT PEOPLE IN SOUTH-SOUTH!



NDI IGBO PLS FREE YOURSELVES FROM SEEING IKWERRES AS BROTHERS - IKWERRES ARE NOT YOUR BROTHERS, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN YOUR BROTHERS AND THEY CAN NEVER BE YOUR BROTHERS! PERIOD!

Ikwerres are the one begging to be Igbos when it favours them. Did you see Igbos claiming that Obaseki is Igbo?

If the idiotic Wike was caught as a drug dealer somewhere in Indonesia, you will be the first person to link him to Igbos/South east.

Duncan Mighty in his song called him "Ezeyesom wike" and today the idiot is struggling to mumble some strange words as the correct pronunciation of his name.
Wike is nowhere near to well accomplished Igbos and nobody in the entire Rivers state has achieved anything close to worthy Igbo sons and daughters.
Let us see what becomes of Wike after governorship.

kollinzgee:
Ikwerres will continue to be ikwerres not igbos until the day Nigeria splits,everybody go dey find big brother to attach himself to avoid being assimilated into the wrong nation I pray they get rejected by the larger igbo nation because they are bini..

But why speak igbo language and bear igbo names.
Ikwerres are the aggressors

Ogbeniomo:
Yes,just as kwara is not Yoruba

Oga he's right.. I'm igbo

bigfish3k:

Hear yourself
Your language sounds igbo
Your name sounds igbo
Your surname sounds igbo
Your great grandfather and grandfather name sounds igbo
Your village name sounds igbo
Your food is igbo
Your religion is of the igbos
Your looks is igbo
Your intonation sounds igbo your dressing looks igbo
Your culture is igbo
When igbos are being killed anywhere in Nigeria, you are killed along
Non igbo speaking parts of your state see you as igbo but you deny not being igbo but Benin

You are just a confused being with identity crisis Period

I know it doesn’t make sense, logically, common sensically it doesn’t make sense but let them be! It’s just like how they tagged the 66 coup as igbo coup because of nzeogwu but after the war the place were nzeogwu hails from is called SS or Niger deltan...it is one of those travesties that happened( and still happens) in Nigeria....but again I say to you, let them be.