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We’re Not Igbo, Ikwerre Group Tells Ohanaeze Ndigbo

The Ikwerre ethnic nationality under the aegis of Iwhnurohna Progressive Union (IPO), has provoked a fresh controversy about their affiliation with the South East geo-political zone in Nigeria, saying they are not Igbo.

The ethnic group based in Rivers State was reacting to comments by a former Secretary-General of the apex South East organisation, Uche Okwukwu that Ikwerre are Igbo.

Before his death, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, had also said Ikwerre people are Igbo.

The President of IPO, Dr Okachikwu Dibia, who raised the objections during a press conference in Abuja, said they will send a petition to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun and other national and international security agencies on the threat of extermination of the Ikwerre by a former Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Uche Okwukwu.

“IPO will surely petition the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and all other national and international security agencies on the threat of extermination of the Ikwerre people issued by one Barrister Uche Okwukwu”, Dibia said.

He outlined eleven circumstances and actions by Ikwerre, including linguistic, historical and cultural differences why they should not be classified by Ohanaeze Ndigbo as Igbo.

Dibia said, “Let us make it clear here that while Ikwerre is our political name, Iwhnurohna is our native name, and both refer to the same people: Ikwerre ethnic nationality are found in Rivers State, Niger Delta, South South geopolitical region of Nigeria.

“When they say “Ikwerre is Igbo”, what do they mean? They mean that all the ancestral communities in Ikwerre originated from Igboland. This is not true; hence our reply to Iwuanyanwu, Okwukwu, Ohanaeze and all their tribe in that unholy business of Ikwerre is Igbo, is that Ikwerre is not Igbo.

“Iwuanyanwu, stressed that Iwhnurohna is Igbo because she speaks Igbo language. How did our people learn to speak Igbo language? It was basically through cultural, social, political and economic interactions before, during and after the slave trade, but deepened during Eastern Regional Government (1952-1967) when the Igbo dominated every strata of Ikwerre land.

“Uche Okwukwu alludes to a piece of history that tells him there were Igbos who settled in Ikwerre before other Ikwerre immigrants migrated into Ikwerre. He points to the year 1400 AD, quoting an English writer Talbot. That year was 15th century and from the Isiokpo and Oduoha Emohua stories, they have been established way back in the 10th and 11th centuries.

“The Ikwerre Ethnic Nationality strongly believes in one Nigeria. We also suggest that to realise this unity, the different composite ethnic groups should enjoy full self-determination and this is the meaning of unity in diversity which remains a runaway potential waiting to be optimised.”

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  • Trying to sectionalize Igboland in order to control the resources in your neck of the woods is insanely un-Igbo.
    Ikwerre leaders, who are Igbos while you are not, noted in their position paper during the Henry Wilkins Commission of 1957 that Ikwerres were Igbos.
    It was also concluded with historical & anthropological evidence that the territory stretching from PH to Onitsha is Igboland.
    The Igbos are the earliest settlers in Nigeria, anyway.
    If you deny your Igboness , & are therefore an immigrant, stick to your ethnicity without detaching any part of Igboland. It's clear, you are still promoting the Igbophobia Gowon introduced to win the war by causing disaffection, in the old east & among the Igbos. You are a crazy megalomaniac seeking attention & power by inferring about a non existent "threat of extermination of Ikwerre" from none other than Uche Okwukwu, your fellow Ikwerre/Elele man rather than accept his sincere attempt to re-educate you. FG asked groups to petition if they feel no longer wish to be part of a larger group & you are making the most of it.
    But Ndigbo will not continue to be the only tribe tolerating renegades & enemies from within. This post war syndrome must end.

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