NewStats: 3,265,496 , 8,186,967 topics. Date: Sunday, 15 June 2025 at 10:44 AM 2b4d36

ahnie:
Identify crises

Anny. U don black oo

lionshare:
Proper Ones—esteem issues is a national crisis atm!

Attache by force.. Is it by force?

An elder said he is something when he came to you for help, just to get the help from you and 10 years later the same elder came out to say he lied to you 10 years ago just to get what he wanted from you, please how do you define such an elder? Just be sincere with your answer if there is still sincerity in you... And how old is Ameachi for us to be referring to him as elder?

FreeStuffsNG:
Ndigbo Youth calling someone of his father's age mate “a shameless and treacherous character.”. Smh.

This is how they insult their elders who hold contrary views , now extending it to one of the leaders of another tribe. When Ikwerre youths now start attacking Igbo youths in Ikwerre Port Harcourt land, you will be claiming victimhood abi?

Why can't you disagree in a decent and civilized manner with non-volatile words, such that you don't cause acrimony between your Igbo people and other tribes who find it offensive for youths to insult elders?

So much for the ndigbo youth and their collective. If nobody calls these rude Ndigbo Youths to order then nobody should blame the Ikwerre people if they vent their displeasure on igbo living and doing business in PH o.

Tranquill:
When Amaechi was addressed as “Our Igbo son” in Abia State by the then Ohaneze president Joe Irukwu, during the reception in honour of Arunma Oteh, he promptly took the mic and said “I am a proud Ikwerre son and not Igbo. This was over 15 years ago. At a radio Station in Lagos when he was governor, he was asked if he was Igbo and he said No.

Igbo people continued to call him an Igbo man so when he was campaigning for Buhari against Jonathan he used that advantage to tell the crowd that he was more Igbo than Jonathan and Igbo people started cheering him. Is there any where in the world where someone would overnight say he belongs to an ethnicity that he never identified with and then you take that as indelible fact?

Only Igbo people would see someone whose mother, father, none of the siblings is Igbo but assume that person can become Igbo overnight. If this is not stupidity of the highest order then I don’t know what it is.

..... Why do u people think like this? If a person from KOGI bears Funmi Adebayo, what do u think her tribe would be?

Ikwerre people that keeps saying they are not Igbos are just plainly daft. Wether ure Ikwerre ,Ohafia,Abiriba, Ohagwu,Ukwuani,Ndokwa, Mbaise,Owerri,Nsukka,Abakaliki, The brella that covers all is Igbo language. The only difference is that we speak a variation of same Igbo language.

Just like how Lions,Tiger,Cheetah,Leopard,are all Cats. You can't classify them under Dogs.

GeneralPula:
Amaechi is just using these ones head to play Ludo.. ..

.... and Draft.

I believe everything Wike said about Rotimi Ameachi.

A man that Wike clipped his wings since 2015. The last time he won an election in Rivers State was in 2011 when Wike was his Chief of Staff.

Ever since then, he remain a failure.

I heard him saying he told Tinubu that he would not him for the 2023 election. Ameachi is obviously a very stupid and poor politician.

You contested with Tinubu for primary. You were sharing $2,500 to delegates while Tinubu gave times 4 of what you gave. It's all about the highest bidder.

And since you said you wouldn't Tinubu, he had to lobby Wike who had a better electoral value than you in the state as a sitting Gov.

So, Alhaji Rotimi Ameachi, of what effect is your lack of for Tinubu? Tinubu has never needed you and he wouldn't need you in 2027. Deliver your Ward to your coalition first to show your political relevance.

You're not a match for Tinubu in any electoral contest. As a full time politician that you're, you need to go and learn how to play politics. Politicians that remain relevant are those that understand election permutations.

ysth:
😂😂😂😂, the north respects Wike, and he was disappointed by his main man Tambuwal? Did you ask yourself why Tambuwal decided to Atiku at the dying minute, same Tambuwal, Wike gave 500million after a market fire in Sokoto. .. Ask yourself critical questions. Rivers politicians think they are smart by spending billions for the north to them but they keep running away from their own shadow.

North respect codedly but hate openly people that they can't use.

It is more honorable to deal with a loudmouth like Wike rather than Amechi, a manipulative liar. Also, Igbos should check themselves. No be by force to involve SS in your Biafra agitation. Instead of attempting to bully those who do not want them to identify as Igbos, they should contend with those who do. Sure, during the election, the mischievous ones, like Amaechi, will play pin pong with their heads.

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For where?!
By now u should know that they are experts at "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" mentality.

zero8zero:


Wonderful, so they can come back to reverence Wike?. Indeed, what God cannot do does not exist.

If this same Amaechi insults tinubu tomorrow, they'll start start singing his praises.

They have no single political ideology apart from that of hate!

jmoore:


Ogbakor Ikwerre means what?

Ogbakor means gathering in Igbo language.

They should have used Rumugbakor Ikwerre.

Guy you dey wicked Wike 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ezigbo Rumugbakor since they're wise 😂

sometimes Most times it's expedient not to interfere/dabble into igbo matters.

Are you aware that the president-general of Ohaneze is a fellow ikwerre-man just like Amaechi??

Don't let them use your head to play ball.
When it favours them they (ikwerres/nigerdelta igbos) will tell you "we are igbós", but when the narratives doesn't align with their aspirations, they'll deny their (igbo) heritage.

FreeStuffsNG:
Ndigbo Youth calling someone of his father's age mate “a shameless and treacherous character.”. Smh.

This is how they insult their elders who hold contrary views , now extending it to one of the leaders of another tribe. When Ikwerre youths now start attacking Igbo youths in Ikwerre Port Harcourt land, you will be claiming victimhood abi?

Why can't you disagree in a decent and civilized manner with non-volatile words, such that you don't cause acrimony between your Igbo people and other tribes who find it offensive for youths to insult elders?

So much for the ndigbo youth and their collective. If nobody calls these rude Ndigbo Youths to order then nobody should blame the Ikwerre people if they vent their displeasure on igbo living and doing business in PH o.

We think they are 'confused', but the contrary is the case: they are using the heads of gullible nigerians to play ball.
Their case can be likened to kwara indigenes waking up to tell the gullibles that they are not Yorubas simply bcus they were carved into north-central.

Fixed!

planetbluz:
All this long epistle because of amaechi assertion of being Ikwerre? Ohaneze ndigbo should have ignored him. Igbo people are bigger PETTIER than that.

Kc3000:
The Ohaneze youth or whatever they are called did not watch the interview for themselves. They must have read mischievous headlines and fell for the propaganda. Amaechi did not deny being Igbo.

- He said he started to assert his Igbo identity because of the political marginalization of the Igbo.

That same 'political reason' was why he distanced himself from igbós.
He - like every politically suave nigerian- knows that igbós are political liabilities. That's the main reason why he's doing what he recently did.
Is the current president-general of igbós not an ikwerre-man like he his??
Make una dey deceive unasef.

He said he did not claim Igbo because he wanted the Igbos votes.

100% lie!
He denounced his igbo ancestry because of 2027. He knows if he brandishes his igbo Identity card, he's already done!

He said one has to be Ikwerre first to be Igbo.

Fingering the brain of the naive again.
What's d difference btw 6 and half-a-dozen bikonu??

-He said many Ikwerre deny being Igbo, but he belongs to the faction that affirm their Igboness.

-He said it did not make any sense that Ikwerre has so much in common with other Igbo yet some say they are not Igbo.
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Agugbadin:
But why are Nigerians rejecting and not wanting to be identified or be associated with the Igbo tribe? can someone please tell us.

Because they are not nigerians AT HEART!!!
If there's a chance for nnamdi kanu (or any other secessionist) to have his way right now as we speak, the vast majority of igbós will go with him.

Moreover they are the most nepotistic tribe in nigeria as we speak. Their mentality is "I before others". You can't have that mentality in a multilingual and multi-tribal nation like nigeria.

Unity beggers!

aribisala0:
In Spanish Language and Portuguese Language

The following words are examples the same

English Spanish Portuguese
Eat Comer Comer
Fish Pez Pez
Shop Tienda Tenda
Water Agua Agua


Spanish and Portuguese share almost 90% of their vocabulary REPEAT 90%


Because you as an Igbo person see what sounds or looks like your vocabulary does not mean the other person is speaking your language

A banana is not a type of plantain

The fact that Ogbakor means whatever in Igbo language does not mean i cannot mean the same thing in Ikwerre language or that if Ikwerre use it they must have borrowed it from you


These is a list of Yoruba words

Iba Fever
Ejire Twins
Okuta Stone

Afefe Breeze or wind

Apoti Box

Eti Nose

Ile House

Oka Corn
Enu Mouth

Apo Bag

Ile Ground

Imu Nose


There are very similar words in Igbo

What does that prove> That our ancestors were neighnbours . You cannot claim that because a word means the same thing in two different languages that one group owns it and the other is part of them

Ewure goat

Ibudo Settlement/ Small town

Eru Slave

Ibi Place

Bo Come

bo ibi Come here
bo wa ile (bowale) come home

You are saying trash!
Name and language are the first symbols of ethnic/tribe identity.
If 90% of Spanish and Portuguese language are the same as you said,what does that tells you?
Doesn't that tells you that they are the same people from the same ancestry?
You should have asked yourself,why is the English language you compared there not the same with other two despite being in the same Europe? That shows the English people are not from the same origin with them.

Then coming back to Nigeria and to this thread proper.

If you come down to the part of S/S that I'm from, and somebody or even a child ask you, what is your name?
And you answer,my name is Nnadozie Emeka.The person wouldn't even bother to ask your ethnicity again,he/she will automatically call you an Igbo man.

But if you say,I am Balogun Adewale,the person will automatically identify you as a Yoruba.

And I strongly believe and I know so too that,if somebody go to a village in Ekiti for instance ,and mention his name as Emeka Chinedu,the first thing that will come to the Ekiti person's mind will be that the person is an Igbo man.
The same thing will happen if you go to Hausa land and say you are Ngozi Infeayi Okowa, you will automatically be identified by the Hausa man as an Igbo lady.

So in summary, your name and language is your identity.
You cannot bear Tunde Bukola Adeyemi and come from Kogi or Kwara or even Delta states and you tell us or Hausa man that you are not a Yoruba man.You will explain tire ,u no go fit convince us cos de evidence is clear.

In the same vein, you cannot bear Obi,Okowa, Amaechi,Emeka,Chukwuma,Amokachi as your surname and tell my people here or other people in Nigeria that you are not an Igbo man simply because you are from Delta or Rivers states.

So,if you don't want us to call you a Yoruba man bcuz you are from Kwara or Kogi,then stop bearing Adewale,Oyedepo, Adeyemi, Bukola as your surname and nobody will identify you with the Yoruba ethnicity again.

Also,if you are from Rivers or Delta and you want people to stop calling you an Igbo man,then stop bearing Emeka, Amaechi, Infeayi, Nyesom,Nnabueze,Okoro,Okowa ,Okocha as your surname and nobody will call you an Igbo man again.

Why are the Igbos not saying we the Effiongs,Basseys,Okons,Affiongs,Ekaettes,Ekengs, Ekpeyongs,Udofias,Akpabios,Akpans are Igbos despite being in the same S/S zone with the Ikwerres and Aniomas?
They can't cos our surnames are not the same.We can only see ourselves as brothers but from different ancestry with distinct surnames and language.

So enough of all this back and forth identity crisis from the people of that sides.
They are Igbos by names and language irrespective of their states or geopolitical zones.Else, they should stop speaking the same language of Igbo and bearing Igbo names.
Everybody should answer their Papa name.

He should change the Amechi to his language na

APCNig:
Crying babies. The guy said he just dey deceive you as he knows that you love deceit

Actually he is deceiving the ronus just to be accepted in National politics. Nothing will make Amaechi drop his igbo name, igbo language and igbo community.

He need yoruba and hausa/fulani acceptance so he's playing to gallery.

These yeye people have a lot of identity crisis 🤣😂🤣.
Confused trybe.



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It's because it's the truth!
Every "Emeka" is igbó whether he hails from awka or ph or Edo or venue!

Ikwerre-igbo relationship can be likened to kwara/kogi-yoruba relationship.
The fact that the FG 'cut' kwarans and kogi (the okuns) into north central doesn't mean they are not Yorubas.

Even if the ordinary masses are fuuled into believing that ikwerres are not igbós, the elites and the policy makers in the west and north know better.

When it pays both se and ss-igbós, they'll agree they are one, but if the narratives doesn't favour them, they'll deny themselves.
Till tmr, igbós are still denying chukwuma nzeogwu because of shame but d same igbós are dragging Amaechi.

They think they are fuuling Nigerians.

Mrexcell:
Amaechi and wike thinks by denying being igbo will automatically give them an edge over other politicians in the ss/se and make the north and west them to become nigeria's president they don't even know that they still see them as igbos in their closets. The north and west will continue to use ikwerre politicians to achieve their own long term political goals just like they have been using igbo politicians like rochas, orji kalu, ogbonna onu, soludo etc.

They should stop being gullible, always go with facts and not hearsay. They keep hurting themselves politically with this ideology of believing every thing they hear.
They always like to be in unison with their reasoning, behaviors, actions and activities. They see division as betrayal. These are the reasons they’ve not been getting developments in their region. Instead of them to blame themselves for being gullible to Amaechi claiming to be Igbo they start blaming Amaechi for saying who he is truly is.

The reason The Igbos dey where Dem dey....this so called Their Village People.....
No be una dey claim Jona na Igbo.......
Make una go hug una transformer....lite.never come.
So na now una soji....?!
Next base jare

I will rather vote for the druggie himself than to vote for Amaechi . He was part of the gang that brought this present calamity to Nigeria in 2015.

zero8zero:


https://dailypost.ng/2025/06/06/amaechis-not-igbo-comment-treacherous-ohanaeze/

Amaechi messed up with that unfortunate comment..

Many a thing aren't meant to be said/voiced out.. Such person can't be entrusted with national responsibility

Ikwerres are not Igbo but they claimed more than five Igbo communities with good deposits of oil and gas from Imo State via supreme court. Ikwerre not Igbo is all about politics, they should also it has consequences.