Igboid:


Azikiwe reeled out the names of his ancestors from Ezechima to his father Chukwuemeka.
Did you see a single Bini name in that genealogy?

Moreover the Bini origin of Onitsha is a dead story now. The Onitsha royalty as represented by Igwe Achebe no longer hold that view. History is dynamic.
Onitsha are also proud Igbos today.

Igboid:


Don't be stupid.

bigfrancis21:


Exactly, if the Ikwerres want to be seen as a different ethnic group, so be it. They have a right to their self-identity. The deed is done. In the event that they find themselves in a different country as ours, we could say that the Igboid language is multi-national.

FuckThaMod:

You said ijaw is igbo and I'm going against that narrative.

Igboid:


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and other opportunistic Ikwerres are all part of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo because Ohanaeze is a useless organization that is obsolete and not in sync with modernity which exactly why the organization has no grassroot support in Igbo land.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

peacekante:
The Governor was asked by Dele MOMODU if he is igbo and he gave a blunt reply. "I am not" . He later went on to clarify the misunderstanding about his name and also the ikwere people link to igbo.

Watch video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ANmx2mhOU

AlfaSeltzer:
Even Judas said he was not a disciple.

People denying their identity because of fear is not a new thing.

FuckThaMod:

They are not igbos and yet they are far better than you igbo culture thieves that always makes noise. How can a sane person from igbo want to affiliate with you people? Abeg carry una wahala go, I've never regarded you ikweres, infact Rivers as whole. Fuckin minorities with big egos like they call in any shot at National matters. My own problem is that you people should stop bearing Igbo names.

osarog:
For the fact that my language sounds like Igbo language doesn't mean I'm Igbo. People should understand this.

Ikwerres are not Igbo.

gidgiddy:
Ikwerre not being Igbo all depends on the Ikwerre you meet. An Ikwerre man and former Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, will tell the whole world that he is an Igbo man. Another Ikwerre Governor like Wike will say he is not Igbo


Meanwhile, an Ikwerre man called Uche Okwukwu is Ohanaeze Secretary general while another Ikwerre man called Elechi Amadi wrote a book to say Ikwerres are not Igbos

Its for Ikwerres to go and sort out whatever identity crisis that has engulfed them

Pecuman:


Maybe it is because of their "bad work ethics and temperament" maybe it is because of they are in another state (on this front I have seen people try to say Anioma are not Igbo but Anioma always say they are Igbo), but before 1969 anybody that will identify Igbo as an ethnic group will include Ikwerre there. Maybe as you said they just said they were Igbo for politics but similar things have happened like in Yorubaland, Egba didn't used to be called Yoruba but now are. Maybe the reverse happened with Ikwerre.

TheLionofLasigi:
But the igbos on the other hand can be really overbearing....you stay in someone's land, he doesn't attack you or rape your wives because of tribal reasons, you do business in his land, he even sells land to you which even most SS won't even do, you even hold your traditional festivals in his land which you dare not do in places like kano, you prosper in his land but for some reason you see him as an enemy and turn around calling his land "no man's land".....

Igbos should really look inwards and refine somethings about themselves, there's a reason for the hate you get in South Africa, Ghana, Guinea and even your SS cousins...apart from this I hope they produce a credible leader come 2023 that would push for restructuring.

zinizta:



Wahala for Igbo men wey no dey tolerate of other people's disposition.

Racoon:
Governor Wike have the right to his ethnic identity but must never forget that hating on the Igbo tribe does not in any way make us less Igbos.Ken Saro-Wiwa & the Ogonis made the same mistake but till today they are regretting it.

We must not agree in all things but there are some things that intersect all of us-oppression & marginalization by a common enemy

zinizta:


Are the Ibibios Igbos too? asking for a friend ����

bigfrancis21:


Exactly, if the Ikwerres want to be seen as a different ethnic group, so be it. They have a right to their self-identity. The deed is done. In the event that they find themselves in a different country as ours, we could say that the Igboid language is multi-national.

TheLionofLasigi:
But the igbos on the other hand can be really overbearing....you stay in someone's land, he doesn't attack you or rape your wives because of tribal reasons, you do business in his land, he even sells land to you which even most SS won't even do, you even hold your traditional festivals in his land which you dare not do in places like kano, you prosper in his land but for some reason you see him as an enemy and turn around calling his land "no man's land".....

Igbos should really look inwards and refine somethings about themselves, there's a reason for the hate you get in South Africa, Ghana, Guinea and even your SS cousins...apart from this I hope they produce a credible leader come 2023 that would push for restructuring.

Sniper101:

A thousand LIKES for this statement of urs


...Ikwerres are not Igbo
...Rivers State is not Igbo land

Tangiblehandwork:
What value will wike add to Igbo people,ikwerre and Igbo are not the same thing.ikwerre are just second class Igbo minority wey no even get tangible population.the Lord will deliver wike,as a Yoruba man,na only Igbo I sabi for the whole of eastern region.the other minority are under igbo

samuk:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_odAy4rVz8

Benwosky42:


Ameachi is saying his lgbo because of his political ambition,offcause we know his trying to play smart for the lgbos to accept him.lkwerre is not lgbo,I have read so many articles about the history of the lkwerre tribe and all points to the fact that lkwerre people migrated from the ancient Benin kingdom. Their names and cultures are similar to lgbos because of the early contact with the lgbos and their fore fathers then married a lot of lgbo women.

aribisala0:
There is nothing like THE IGBOID LANGUAGE. You are being derailed by the "Igbo" in Igboid". For your information English is a Germanic language but that is another story

The point is The term "Igboid" was introduced by Kay Williamson the foremost research authority on Igbo linguistic studies before her death.
Igboid is a family of languages which include Ikwerre and several Igbo dialects according to a classification established by Kay Williamson.
By a similar token English German and Dutch are Germanic languages.

Does that make the English or Americans German?

Does it make Nigerians German?

DamnnNiggarr:
but when Igbos said they're not Nigerians, nobody wants to here that, why??

DamnnNiggarr:
and what brought about this statement??
The last time I checked, the thread was about wike.