My community in Delta State come from Nri .. Ute Okpu still ika north east , from the history that was told my my grand father that in ika land they are more Igbo than some of the igbos of the south east there are communities in ika land that come from Nsukka as well
@@IGBOAREATV like in the whole of ika land there are some people who changed their names just because they wanted to favor from the Dein of Agbor Ikechukwu Benjamin and ikechukwu Benjamin is going about destroying ika history he is giving some of ika people who have been brainwash that ika people are from Bini , Ikechukwu Benjamin was raise by the oba of Bini and he was raised up in London not even in ika land that is why he is destroying our history to make us look like bin people
@@IGBOAREATVthe one with Eze chima been the father of all Anioma is very true , after Eze chima , some brothers from Nri also enter ika land through Ogwashi ukwu and arrived Ute Okpu kingdom .. these two brothers were Ute and odogwu they were hunters and farmers , Ute was a farmer while odogwu was a hunter. They both settled at Ute and odogwu left Ute and also found different kingdoms in owa clan .
There is a crusade coming up on this matter on ikas origin and we the ika north east are working on this project for more information follow Eva kingsley kainebi page
@@evahearthellokitty I beg to ask, why is it that Ika people changed their names to non Igbo name and denied their root to the extent that new generation of Ika doesn't know their Igbo root?
@@Southernview3kI'm Ika, I really don't know about this you're saying, but down to my great grandfather both paternal and maternal, we all bear Igbo names 💯
True history is a treasure. It allows people to know who they are and where they come from. Nigeria removal of history from the school is a big mistake.
Well my contribution is that Agbor people or Ika people are pure Igbos. It could be simply say that Aniomas are Igbos. The Kwales are not excepted from Anioma as well. We are one people no matter the differences in our Ascents but same meaning.
Even if you go to Bini and later come back you are still Igbo. It is just like an Igbo traveler who went to Germany and after many decades he came back to his root which is Igbo therefore it will be stupid of him to claim he is German when everything in him says he is Igbo. Ignorant and abandoned properties has made Ikwerre to try all their best to deny their true Igbo identity yet it is showing in everything including their Igbo language, Igbo names, names of their towns and so on.
@@leonardorjioffor6683: But that won't stop us from reminding them the facts because lies cannot overshadow truth. They still have a chance to repent now and still be welcomed.
My take on this whole igbo business is, we the igbos are neither begging, recruiting nor conscripting anyone to be igbo. Without engaging in self deceit You know what you are. If you are igbo and claim you are not one, its all good and well, one day, you will need the igbos.
Thanks 🙏 nikky, I am ezechima's connected in ubulukwu family but we're claiming Igodomigodo. Your narrative is ok not strange, pls keep searching. We need more and more facts
The story is pure truth,Arochukwu has a very wide history in this regard and some people are changing things to favour them useless gains.Well the truth must be told anywhere.
Did u know that before restoring new Oba they must come to Aguleri in Obu Gad to receive blessing before the coronation my brother there are many history that were left behind that was not written anywhere what I am telling is happening tell tomorrow even this Oba on they came to Aguleri before he be came a King...but it was written in the history book
From your narrative sir what I could digress is that ezechima's influence to the bini empire can never be disputed or over looked,he contributed so immensely to the bini kingdom by being a herbelist and spiritual doctor to the oba of bini
Wow wow wow am really enjoying myself is very bad that Nigerian government band history from school that's why many people don't know there root some don't know there village or were they came from
I was thinking that onisha people in Anambara are not igbos as my mother told me, because their culture is different from Igbo culture. But now I know. They are efulefus who returned after wandering out of igboland.
Okorie Hilary Zik in his book Odyssey, pontificated that the Onitsha like him was from Benin and morally equivalent to Onini=looking down on others to which Ojukwu sparked correcting Zik, that the were more Onichas elsewhere in many Igbolands. The narrative was later changed that all Onichas were descendants of Beni and to ears a man from Onicha Nzerem, Ehime Mbano LGA, Imo State who was narrating the story, fell into a gutter because what he heard was a piece of blasphemy that got his heard spinning around in circles.
The ones you called efulefus are better than all other SE states. Check currently, No SE states is among top 10 richest except the Anambra that has Onitsha u called efulefu at number 6. All other 4, where do they fall towards? U guys keep deceiving yourselves. In 2024, Anambra that has Onitsha is the only one among top 10 at number 10 richest.
The Bini name "Ezehimweman" was corrupted to "Ezechiman". He was a Bini man. Please, note that Bini history is among the most documented history in Africa. Onisha people trace their anscetry to Bini. Obi of Onisha proudly accepts that they are from Bini. Even Nnamdi Azikiwe also wrote it in his memoir that they are from Bini.
Eze Chima is an Igbo man and he is not from Benin, there is nothing like curruption of name. He was given a chieftaincy position in Benin kingdom by his friend who was the then king, because people from other places were always given such position to help the king in those days.. Like today too, they still have Chiefs in Benin kingdom who are not originally from Benin. So, do your research very well. Anioma people are not from Benin. There might be some remnants that came from Benin but not the entire Anioma people. There are some that were always coming to Ika area, as far as to Igbodo land to cut the Igbodo leaves ( akukwor Igbodo) for the roofing of houses in Benin and there was a set of people that came and stayed refused to go back to Benin. 🤔
@@ujuokwumabua3725 You don't create history because you feel it suits you. There was no Igbo nation before the slave trade, Igbo identity started in the mid 20th century, that's why there was no Igbo kingdoms or empire in the precolonial era, and that's why Igbo don't have one anscetra home. The people we call Igbo today are people from different parts of Africa and different parts of Nigeria especially Bini and Igala. The early Europeans that came to Nigeria described today's Igbos as stateless because they were people that move from place to place looking for greener pastures, the people were not the same and never saw themselves as the one. That's why they were easily enslaved because there was no central authority to protect them. There is no single state in the South East that all Igbos trace their anscetry to because they are no the same and their languages are different. It was the British that promoted the language you call Igbo general language today. The people of Onisha, Enugwu Ezike, Ihiala local from Imo state and so many others are all Bini decendants.
@@alphabet798 Your history is base on falsehood. Igbo community are part of Benin kingdom and there are also Yoruba who're inclusively part of Benin kingdom. Benin Kingdom comprises of different tribes. Eze Chima is purely an Igbo man. The Ikwerres that often claimed they migrated from Benin are purely subgroup of Igbo descendants from Orlu, Imo State and Awka. Till date, we still have the Igbanke in Edo that speak Igbo. Are they Benin with Igbo language?
@@alphabet798 There is one Benin high chieftaincy that was interviewed sometime back. He narrated how Eze Chima came to Benin and said that he was originally not from Benin but Igbo by origin. I do not think you're vase in knowledge than such an highly respected aged chief in history.
@@Southernview3k There was no Igbo nation before the slavery era, the people you call Igbo today where people from different parts of Africa that moves from one place to another searching for greener pastures, they lived as small family units. They never saw themselves as one because they were not. That’s why the Igbos of today do not have a particular state that they trace their ancestry to and they don’t have pre colonial kingdoms. And that’s why they were easily invaded and sold into slavery because there was no central authority to protect them. When the British came they promoted what you now call the Igbo language and made it a language of communication among the South Easter people and part of South South. Most of the people that speak Igbo have their languages and if you check the names of the great grand parents of those you call Delta Igbo, the Onishas, part of Enugu, parts of IMO and most South South people you will see that they have Edo names because they migrated from Benin Empire, which was the only Empire in today’s Southern part of Nigeria when the British came.
I think this is likely to be the truth. This is why all these people say that they are from Benin. Even urhobo, Ikwere etc usually end with they are from Benin but they do not find out how and why they speak Igbo and bear Igbo names. They should ask themselves. Why do you come from Benin and how are you speaking Igbo.?
This really makes sense. I for one know that Aro people settled in most places and dats why u hv places like Aro ujalli, Aro Nike, Aro ndizuogu, Aro Ngwa etc
Please kindly give references. We understand many may want to change history to how it suits them. If you can reference back to 500 - 1000 years ago will be alright. The Ikwerre history has a direct link with ancient Benin Kingdom. As for Onitsha, not sure if Nnamdi Azikiwe made mistakes not to know his ancestry as from Benin kingdom. Please kindly make citations to buttress your points and historical accuracy.
Yes Nnamdi Azikiwe made mistakes if you are implying he believed Onitsha people certainly weren't Igbo in origin before having links to Benin kingdom, based on the perspective I understand you as coming from. This, however, doesn't mean to say that every single Onitsha person is necessarily Igbo in origin. Important to note is the fact that Nnamdi Azikiwe was a nobody when it comes to history and tradition. His relevance in any conversation comes merely from the fact that he was a pioneer politician of the Nigerian establishment, representing the East for having acquired advanced Western education when most people around him hadn't.
@Elvis, I see this avenue as an opportunity to learn with open mind. Please with respect to Ikwerre, is there any reason why there is no report of similar language between Ikwerre and Bini, similar dressing, or similar market days, or similar names? Can you elaborate more? Then why do some Ikwerre say they are Igbos and some say they are Bini? Is it true that Isiokpo people in Ikwerre visit arochukwu in Abia state yearly before commencement of their yearly traditional activities?
Elvis Obaro Can you go against the grain of anthropology which uses native languages to identify the people who belong to a specific ethnic group? The native languages spoken in Nigeria are directly correlated to each ethnic group. The nostalgia of the Benin Empire is robbing many people of many hard facts. The hard science of anthropology is devoid of these fabrications.
delta igbos is the first igbos before Nsuka but now Nsuka is real igbos than delta igbos because of Nigerians government may God help us to now our blood brothers and sisters
I am now in my 70s but when I was 5 years old we had access to Igbo books. My father was a clergy who had his own library. In one of these books I read about the quarrel between the Oba and some Igbo settlers who were then driven away to Onitsha. I thought everyone knew this.
@@taiwoajayi5042 Bedtime story but what you cannot take out from it is the fact. There are Igbo settlers in Benin for many century just as Igbos spread across Western cities in Nigeria. Till date, we still have the Igbanke in Edo that speak purely Igbo language. It's a long fact that Igbo tribe are part of Benin kingdom long before the colonial rule.
This is the real history of origin of the Ika Igbos and Onitsha people. Ethnographic evidences point irreversibly to this fact. There is no gainsaying that they are from Arochukwu courtesy of the waves of migrations of 18th and 19th centuries that hit this part of the world.
The Yoruba has distorted the history of the Benin Kingdom for so long they are now caught with their pants down. Now is the Igbo time to give their false narrative about the Great Benin Kingdom. When will this stop and start telling our children the true history. I have never seen when opinion replaces the truth. Be frank to yourself
When the white men came they wrote it how they saw it and now everybody want to change history. Why was Benin well known? And after the invasion the kingdom was never one they strip it glory and they are still striping it's Glory. The Yoruba has gotten their pound of flesh now it's the Igbo turn and very soon the igala will that it's own pound of flesh 😂😂😂 great Benin that feed other people with history and the South can't talk about their history with naming the Benin people because they are the Benin empire and capital of it empire was present day Edo state.
Azuka, Thanks for that piece of history. Now I know the origin of the tale that original Onitsha people were from Benin. If this "historical account" is factual, it will be good for all the residents of Onitsha to accept their "Igboness". Nothing to be ashamed about your ancestry.
History told pure and unadulterated is for people to know the truth, history isn't to please one person and displease another. It doesn't change your present status. That if I am told after over 45 years that the couple I call my parent actually adopted me doesn't change how I love them, or change my love for my 'adopted' siblings or will it add more life to me. History must be told, it must be taught. In fact the more we know, thr more we are exposed to how closely related we are. We are all one, all of us.
The blood connection between Edo and Igbo are from the foundation of biblical geography in the book of genesis, Edo is Edom the first son of Isaac how his Esau married to a black woman in canaan how give birth to these people ( genesis 36 ) canaan always refer has black people because they are from cush the first son of ham, ham was second son of noah in the beginning, this family from ham and cush dominate all Africa but this tried Edom till act on there culture
Nnfefe Edward Oronsaye A father and mother who gave birth to their children would communicated with them in their native tongue not an outside tongue. Speech is part of the culture of a people that is transferred from one generation to the next. Anthropology uses that to map the migration of people but if you doubt, Yoruba is spoken in Brazil, very far from the shores of Nigeria or the Malays of Malagasy 1,500 miles away from Indonesia, the land of their ancestors. Why do the whole people of Anioma and Onitsha speak Igbo but not the language of Bini where they claim to come from? After all Benin is a stone throw away.
Have you ever ask yourself while England today don't speak the Roman language. I believe you know that little Rome was once an empire yet the people Rome rule over did not speak Roman language today. Why? It is simply people Rome knew that every tribe is has right to their dialect. Most Roman soldier and people migrated to various countries Rome rule over and they become associated with their culture. Because you bear the name of a tribe does not change your identity. For example the president of Ukraine is a Jewish man by birth yet he did not bear a Jewish name but a Ukraine name. It is because over time his lineage become more attached to Ukraine culture. My fellow Nigerian time changes our nature, culture, tradition and belief. Many Nigerians today don't truly know their origin because their forefathers with time became associated with the culture they met during migration and during war time. So if a people say they are from a particular tribe, they may be right simply because their forefathers pass it down to them eventhough they bear the name of their present location of a different tribe. It is because of association with a different culture overtime.
You are teaching fallacies. Long Live the king! The king Ezechima in his inestimable knowledge stated on BBC live that his ancestor was a chief who had squabbles with his contemporary chiefs. Ezechima left Benin and sojourned eastward. Ezechima could not made it to present day Onitcha but his son.
Anioma was never part of Ani Idu, there were lots of wars fought between the Anioma people and Idu before colonial time. Any Anioma person that says he or she is from Idu must be stupid. Young men from Igbuzor (Igbo bi na uzor) fought guerilla war against the Nigerian army till 3rd quarter of 1969. I was young; I remember vividly when we ran to our farms from late 1967 to 3rd quarter of "69" when we came back to town because the Nigerian army led by Late General Murtala Ramat Muhammed was planning to give the Igbuzor people the Asaba treatment. All the Onitsha’s (Onitsha = Anambra. Onitsha Ugbo, Onitsha Olorna, Onitsha Ukwu etc. = Anioma Delta State) are descendants of Umu Eze Chime who used to inhabit part of what is known today as the Benin Kingdom. People must know their history. A good example is the town of Igbanke which used to be an Igbo town until Ogbemudia was made the governor of Then Midwestern state he added Igbanke to what is today Orhionmwon local government area because being Igbo was a crime to the Northern dominated Nigerian army.
Your last statement is what will bring good relationship to IBO because IBO people are not very welcome because of the tendency to dominate(IBO mind set) others in Nigeria we are all Black in Africa and God give everyone a landmank we should love one another and not because we give a place to stay you want to take the place as your ..if Ibo want gain friendship they should change their mind set because of their generations to come. I believe that is why Obi failed in the last election. Because every parents teach their children IBO man mindset although Edo state ## state of love try to over look . because the God they serve will avenge for them as usual in history. Thanks Enodiana Ehigie
Igbo bu Igbo ... Anioma land extent right to Bini in the place call Igbanke .. to tell that ika is pure Igbo the name igbanke was not the name of that town it was call Igbo Akiri chiedu Samuel change the name from Igbo akiri to igbanke and also change his own name from chiedu to osayibovo ogbemudia Samuel .. even the name Agbor was called ominije but was later change to Agbor...
I don't know why Igbo's are looking for all means to claim we Ika people of Delta and Edo state's in South South Region tell us why do we practice Benin festivals such as Igue festival, Osazi festival and Olokun like Yoruba and Benin and has Benin words in our language same Chieftancy titles and answer their names, why do we Ika people pay homage to the Oba of Benin instead of Igbo Kings if we are really from Igbo land also tell us why some of our communities name are Benin names instead of Igbo, stop teaching people fake history of Ika we know who we are we may come from Benin and Igbo land but now we are proudly Ika people no one can change it, those Ika people who say they are Igbo are free to join them leave the rest of us who are proudly Ika alone it's not by force to be Igbo
@@IGBOAREATV Ika is a mixture tribe both Benin, Igbo and Yoruba people found Ika some of our Ika people answer Yoruba names such as Alade, Bayo, Omoge, Wale, Omo and many more visit Ika land Expecially within Agbor, Owa, Idumuesah and Ute-Okpu clan's of Ika their Culture are 70% Benin their Culture are different from Umunede, Ute-Ogbeje and Igbodo clan's of Ika and they are the real Ika people, i can't argue that Igbo word's are not in our language but it's different from that of Igbo language you people speak in the East, Anioma you mentioned are not one Ika are there, Ukwuani and Aniocha-Oshimili our language are not the same, we Ika people are different from both Ukwuani and Aniocha-Oshimili people because our tradition claim 60% Benin while Aniocha-Oshimili people speak Igbo and practice 100% Igbo Culture, in Ika land Alifekede, Ozanogogo and some Igbanke, Ekpon, Abavo people speak Benin but they are Ika people
@@diamonddiamond5780 Abavo people speak Benin u must be drunk oyen Ara am form idumu ugbo in Abavo and you must be oyen ishi nmebi to say we speak Benin you see u every where opening ur gab spewing nonsense now I know u are not an ika person even ika communities in Edo state don't understand the Benin language.
I wonder why no research has been done to put all these postulations into perspective, sieve out and extract the truth once and for all so that we can all rest for goodness sake. But you can't be from Bini and suddenly you lose your entire language and dialect for no good reason...you were not conquered or subsumed in a war with the mainland Igbos so how come you threw away the entire Bini language cos right from the first King of Onicha Ado all their names were Igbo...from Eze Chima to Eze Oreze, to Eze Aroli to Obi Anazonwu and the 2 successive Obi Okosis to Obi Navia to Obi Chimaevi to Obi Tasia to Obi Omozele to Obi Ijelekpe to Obi Udogwu to Obi Onyejekwe to Obi Okagbu and now to Obi Achebe....it makes no sense so I will pander to this theory and it's most likely to be true.
The Anambra you called efulefu because of Benin origin is the only top 10 states from the SE among to 10 richest states in Nigeria. Anambra at number 10 in 2024.
Too many different accounts of history of lgbos, Yoruba, and other tribe's in Nigeria .All of which are embelished, half truth,and outright lies, Non of it can stand : -the test of truth. -logical consistency . -false analogy . -causal falacies. -account not supported in antiquities. -has not acconted for the convolutions of Nigeria polyglot -cannot stand the scrutiny of academia, will charr and burn in scholarship fora.
YOU SHOULD DO A DOCUMENTARY IF YOU CAN ON THE IKA PEOPLE THAT HAD TO CHANGE THEIR ANCESTRAL NAMES DURING AND AFTER THE BIAFRA WAR INFACT THE WHOLE OF ANIOMA
"Eze Chima" is not ONE word. It is made up of TWO words Eze...King and Chima...God knows....it is an Igbo name. Is it the same meaning as the Beni word "Ezehimnweman" @alph
There is no place like Anioma no matter how it repeated a million times. We have Ika Aniocha and Oshimili Ndokwa etc. People selling this snake oil are trying to rewrite history.
Una done come again, this story is only good as bedsides stories. Agbon or Agbor is one of the oldest Aka or Ika settlement it goes way back to the Ogisos the Aka people migrated from Benin. they Belong to one of the Edo Known families though the Aka people share similar language with Igbos.but they are not Igbos 400 year back Aka language was similar to the Edo language . they are Akas or Ikas . we all came from a common ancestor but we don't look at ourselves as one. if we trace back to may be 4000 years it will surprise you how close we are all connected. mostly in the Southern Nigeria. there are settlement of Edo people in Igbo land some still bear Edo names. Oral history has it that the Edo people started migrating to Igbo land even before the Ogiso kingship. there are proofs, not myth like this story you made up for bedsides stories.Just for the knowledge Ika people are not from one stock, most settlement were founded by the obas Benin. my great x4 father was an Ika man.
Please this is an outrageously wrong history. Even if it were to be close to anything true, it might be considered a story after the right history. I speak with authority. Benin was discovered by a son of Ika, the first jew son of Zebulum who migrated to Hiboland enroute Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Southern Africa into Zimbabwe, Namibia, Cameroon into Calaba and then the present South East. The said son of Ika was forced to depart from Benin where he had so established in wealth and family. This was during oduduwa conquest. He followed his brother after refusing at first. He finally settled in Obosi when his brother refused to allow his settle with him in Onitsha because of his earlier disobedience to go with him. In Benin he had places like Ubiaja, his place of sacrifices, Afuze, his special market and many other places like that. Oduduwa's conquest was what brought in the Yoruba presence, like the Orunmila which was a Yoruba deity. Pls let's be deeper with research. Benin is historically an Igboland.
urhobos/itsekiri dont have any historical relationship with the lgbos to the best of my knowledge.The anioma tribes are lgbos because they speak ibo dialets.
@@odimarioehimare4251 Igodomigodo was there before the first Oba arrived from Ife. This is the truth. Edo children of today don't know their history before the colonial era. It is what the white told about who they are that they are following.
Mad people everywhere 😂😂 I will advise you guys to go and look for something else to do with your life and stop bothering about the Great Benin kingdom before what killed your fourth-father will start visiting you one after another the other. EDO-GIA-WAERIER
Small children wey dey write history of fifteen century, whether una think say history na something of play. The igbos never fit write history of their land na Bini own dem dey after. Wetin Ojukwu wey na military officer try to claim he no fit, nahim small children wey no know history want to claim. Bini wey be say the founder of Africa know better and founder also know the history of Benin, the Benin who fought war with the British because of their history, the Benin who was the founder of Lagos and Dahomey the igbos who doesn't know their history was trying to claim. Small time una go say Esan na Igbo, there are many tribes in Benin before control by the Oba of Benin including the igbos, before splitting but they are still Benin where ever they are today.
Igueben is village in Edo state that is called Esan village today, after idah war, benin warriors coming back home saw that the Land was fertile and they decide to start a kingdom there and the oba approve, it was almost the same time onitsha was formed. But today that village or town is no longer associated with benin, but everybody knows that story has that village came about, I don't know why benin language loss in my people mouth once they move out of the benin city but to say that igueben is not ancestrally benin is to make big blunder. Stop embracing the white man's lie that they use to destroy our identity. They use the likes of bishop Ajayi Crowther to do alot of damage.
I came to realize that bishop Ajayi Crowther did alot of damage to our African history. A slave that return back by the power of the British, did alot of Evil to propagate his master bidding. The British wanted to destroy benin in totally and they placed alot of lies, another good example of good liars is obaseki that sold benin to the British is mention in this video. Bishop Ajayi Crowther did alot of damage. I advise nobody should listen to a slave.
False and fake story, none of your point is recognised in Bini history, we don't know Ezechima in Benin history, and I think that name was corrupted by the Ibos!!
There are those who claim to be the owners of the lands in the comment section that are also giving their own narratives. You may need to check them out. By the way he made some sort of reference to Ajayi Crowther but that isn't the issue now.
Lie, lie, lie. Swallow your pride and narrate the true history. I know this is an age where people are dominated by person of self seeking personality. Only the truth shall set you free.
Edward Oronsaye A father and mother who gave birth to their children would communicated with them in their native tongue not an outside tongue. Speech is part of the culture of a people that is transferred from one generation to the next. Anthropology uses that to map the migration of people but if you doubt, Yoruba is spoken in Brazil, very far from the shores of Nigeria or the Malays of Malagasy 1,500 miles away from Indonesia, the land of their ancestors. Why do the whole people of Anioma and Onitsha speak Igbo but not the language of Bini where they claim to come from? After all Benin is a stone throw away.
Mad people everywhere 😂😂 I will advise you guys to go and look for something else to do with your life and stop bothering about the Great Benin kingdom before what killed your fourth-father will start visiting you one after another the other. EDO-GIA-WAERIER
Benin Kingdom the father of everything but yet they refuse to grow 🪴 in numbers. Don't you think lots of Benin stories laying claims to be ancestors of certain people are false?!
@@IGBOAREATV But the world 🌎 recognised the Benin than the igbos. Mind you, there's no where you would talk about the History of Nigeria without mentioning the Benin history.....Even when you're still talking about your own history you're still talking about the benin history. So what does that tell you. And if you really wants to look for your lost brothers and sisters...I would advise you to look towards southern Cameroon. Because some of your people were given to Cameroon for exchange during the civil war. And stop corrupting our history because our fourth-father sacrifice their life for it. And don't undermine any ethics group base on numbers...forget about the quantity and focus on quality 👌
My community in Delta State come from Nri .. Ute Okpu still ika north east , from the history that was told my my grand father that in ika land they are more Igbo than some of the igbos of the south east there are communities in ika land that come from Nsukka as well
Dalu for telling us more about this.
@@IGBOAREATV like in the whole of ika land there are some people who changed their names just because they wanted to favor from the Dein of Agbor Ikechukwu Benjamin and ikechukwu Benjamin is going about destroying ika history he is giving some of ika people who have been brainwash that ika people are from Bini , Ikechukwu Benjamin was raise by the oba of Bini and he was raised up in London not even in ika land that is why he is destroying our history to make us look like bin people
@@IGBOAREATVthe one with Eze chima been the father of all Anioma is very true , after Eze chima , some brothers from Nri also enter ika land through Ogwashi ukwu and arrived Ute Okpu kingdom .. these two brothers were Ute and odogwu they were hunters and farmers , Ute was a farmer while odogwu was a hunter. They both settled at Ute and odogwu left Ute and also found different kingdoms in owa clan .
There is a crusade coming up on this matter on ikas origin and we the ika north east are working on this project for more information follow Eva kingsley kainebi page
This is great
As an ika man I will be foolish to deny my igbo identity
YESS oooo. As a ika woman I will never deny my igbo identify. I love being igbo and I love how diverse we all are
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I beg to ask, why is it that Ika people changed their names to non Igbo name and denied their root to the extent that new generation of Ika doesn't know their Igbo root?
@@Southernview3kI'm Ika, I really don't know about this you're saying, but down to my great grandfather both paternal and maternal, we all bear Igbo names 💯
You are more foolish to deny the history told you by your ancestors
True history is a treasure. It allows people to know who they are and where they come from. Nigeria removal of history from the school is a big mistake.
Well my contribution is that Agbor people or Ika people are pure Igbos. It could be simply say that Aniomas are Igbos. The Kwales are not excepted from Anioma as well. We are one people no matter the differences in our Ascents but same meaning.
Even if you go to Bini and later come back you are still Igbo. It is just like an Igbo traveler who went to Germany and after many decades he came back to his root which is Igbo therefore it will be stupid of him to claim he is German when everything in him says he is Igbo. Ignorant and abandoned properties has made Ikwerre to try all their best to deny their true Igbo identity yet it is showing in everything including their Igbo language, Igbo names, names of their towns and so on.
@@leonardorjioffor6683: But that won't stop us from reminding them the facts because lies cannot overshadow truth. They still have a chance to repent now and still be welcomed.
My take on this whole igbo business is, we the igbos are neither begging, recruiting nor conscripting anyone to be igbo. Without engaging in self deceit You know what you are. If you are igbo and claim you are not one, its all good and well, one day, you will need the igbos.
Thanks for the beautiful history
Thanks 🙏 nikky, I am ezechima's connected in ubulukwu family but we're claiming Igodomigodo. Your narrative is ok not strange, pls keep searching. We need more and more facts
The story is pure truth,Arochukwu has a very wide history in this regard and some people are changing things to favour them useless gains.Well the truth must be told anywhere.
The story is pure truth I am from agbor I know almost 98% of this story is true
But some ignorants didn't know it mostly the Ikwerres who are forcing themselves to Bini while Bini has rejected them.
Did u know that before restoring new Oba they must come to Aguleri in Obu Gad to receive blessing before the coronation my brother there are many history that were left behind that was not written anywhere what I am telling is happening tell tomorrow even this Oba on they came to Aguleri before he be came a King...but it was written in the history book
It's more of truth than ordinary
My community Ike onicha, onicha ukwuani came from onicha olona.
Descendants of eze chima
From your narrative sir what I could digress is that ezechima's influence to the bini empire can never be disputed or over looked,he contributed so immensely to the bini kingdom by being a herbelist and spiritual doctor to the oba of bini
Wow wow wow am really enjoying myself is very bad that Nigerian government band history from school that's why many people don't know there root some don't know there village or were they came from
I was thinking that onisha people in Anambara are not igbos as my mother told me, because their culture is different from Igbo culture. But now I know. They are efulefus who returned after wandering out of igboland.
Okorie Hilary
Zik in his book Odyssey, pontificated that the Onitsha like him was from Benin and morally equivalent to Onini=looking down on others to which Ojukwu sparked correcting Zik, that the were more Onichas elsewhere in many Igbolands. The narrative was later changed that all Onichas were descendants of Beni and to ears a man from Onicha Nzerem, Ehime Mbano LGA, Imo State who was narrating the story, fell into a gutter because what he heard was a piece of blasphemy that got his heard spinning around in circles.
The ones you called efulefus are better than all other SE states. Check currently, No SE states is among top 10 richest except the Anambra that has Onitsha u called efulefu at number 6. All other 4, where do they fall towards? U guys keep deceiving yourselves. In 2024, Anambra that has Onitsha is the only one among top 10 at number 10 richest.
The Bini name "Ezehimweman" was corrupted to "Ezechiman". He was a Bini man. Please, note that Bini history is among the most documented history in Africa. Onisha people trace their anscetry to Bini. Obi of Onisha proudly accepts that they are from Bini. Even Nnamdi Azikiwe also wrote it in his memoir that they are from Bini.
Eze Chima is an Igbo man and he is not from Benin, there is nothing like curruption of name. He was given a chieftaincy position in Benin kingdom by his friend who was the then king, because people from other places were always given such position to help the king in those days.. Like today too, they still have Chiefs in Benin kingdom who are not originally from Benin. So, do your research very well. Anioma people are not from Benin. There might be some remnants that came from Benin but not the entire Anioma people. There are some that were always coming to Ika area, as far as to Igbodo land to cut the Igbodo leaves ( akukwor Igbodo) for the roofing of houses in Benin and there was a set of people that came and stayed refused to go back to Benin. 🤔
@@ujuokwumabua3725 You don't create history because you feel it suits you.
There was no Igbo nation before the slave trade, Igbo identity started in the mid 20th century, that's why there was no Igbo kingdoms or empire in the precolonial era, and that's why Igbo don't have one anscetra home. The people we call Igbo today are people from different parts of Africa and different parts of Nigeria especially Bini and Igala. The early Europeans that came to Nigeria described today's Igbos as stateless because they were people that move from place to place looking for greener pastures, the people were not the same and never saw themselves as the one. That's why they were easily enslaved because there was no central authority to protect them.
There is no single state in the South East that all Igbos trace their anscetry to because they are no the same and their languages are different. It was the British that promoted the language you call Igbo general language today. The people of Onisha, Enugwu Ezike, Ihiala local from Imo state and so many others are all Bini decendants.
@@alphabet798
Your history is base on falsehood. Igbo community are part of Benin kingdom and there are also Yoruba who're inclusively part of Benin kingdom.
Benin Kingdom comprises of different tribes. Eze Chima is purely an Igbo man. The Ikwerres that often claimed they migrated from Benin are purely subgroup of Igbo descendants from Orlu, Imo State and Awka.
Till date, we still have the Igbanke in Edo that speak Igbo. Are they Benin with Igbo language?
@@alphabet798
There is one Benin high chieftaincy that was interviewed sometime back. He narrated how Eze Chima came to Benin and said that he was originally not from Benin but Igbo by origin.
I do not think you're vase in knowledge than such an highly respected aged chief in history.
@@Southernview3k There was no Igbo nation before the slavery era, the people you call Igbo today where people from different parts of Africa that moves from one place to another searching for greener pastures, they lived as small family units. They never saw themselves as one because they were not. That’s why the Igbos of today do not have a particular state that they trace their ancestry to and they don’t have pre colonial kingdoms. And that’s why they were easily invaded and sold into slavery because there was no central authority to protect them.
When the British came they promoted what you now call the Igbo language and made it a language of communication among the South Easter people and part of South South. Most of the people that speak Igbo have their languages and if you check the names of the great grand parents of those you call Delta Igbo, the Onishas, part of Enugu, parts of IMO and most South South people you will see that they have Edo names because they migrated from Benin Empire, which was the only Empire in today’s Southern part of Nigeria when the British came.
This is just the gospel truth. Thanks so much sir.
I think this is likely to be the truth. This is why all these people say that they are from Benin. Even urhobo, Ikwere etc usually end with they are from Benin but they do not find out how and why they speak Igbo and bear Igbo names.
They should ask themselves. Why do you come from Benin and how are you speaking Igbo.?
This really makes sense. I for one know that Aro people settled in most places and dats why u hv places like Aro ujalli, Aro Nike, Aro ndizuogu, Aro Ngwa etc
Also aro ikot ekpene in akwaibom
Please kindly give references. We understand many may want to change history to how it suits them. If you can reference back to 500 - 1000 years ago will be alright. The Ikwerre history has a direct link with ancient Benin Kingdom. As for Onitsha, not sure if Nnamdi Azikiwe made mistakes not to know his ancestry as from Benin kingdom. Please kindly make citations to buttress your points and historical accuracy.
Yes Nnamdi Azikiwe made mistakes if you are implying he believed Onitsha people certainly weren't Igbo in origin before having links to Benin kingdom, based on the perspective I understand you as coming from. This, however, doesn't mean to say that every single Onitsha person is necessarily Igbo in origin.
Important to note is the fact that Nnamdi Azikiwe was a nobody when it comes to history and tradition. His relevance in any conversation comes merely from the fact that he was a pioneer politician of the Nigerian establishment, representing the East for having acquired advanced Western education when most people around him hadn't.
@Elvis, I see this avenue as an opportunity to learn with open mind.
Please with respect to Ikwerre, is there any reason why there is no report of similar language between Ikwerre and Bini, similar dressing, or similar market days, or similar names?
Can you elaborate more?
Then why do some Ikwerre say they are Igbos and some say they are Bini?
Is it true that Isiokpo people in Ikwerre visit arochukwu in Abia state yearly before commencement of their yearly traditional activities?
Elvis Obaro
Can you go against the grain of anthropology which uses native languages to identify the people who belong to a specific ethnic group?
The native languages spoken in Nigeria are directly correlated to each ethnic group. The nostalgia of the Benin Empire is robbing many people of many hard facts. The hard science of anthropology is devoid of these fabrications.
The way we heard about many Southern Nigeria's link to Bini ancestry is amazing - yet all of these are bigger than Bini itself.
Benin EDO are EDO.M OR EDOM. FRO ESO.
delta igbos is the first igbos before Nsuka but now Nsuka is real igbos than delta igbos because of Nigerians government may God help us to now our blood brothers and sisters
You are very correct Aruchukwu people should please try be visiting our people in Utagba-Ogbe in Ndukwa
I am now in my 70s but when I was 5 years old we had access to Igbo books. My father was a clergy who had his own library. In one of these books I read about the quarrel between the Oba and some Igbo settlers who were then driven away to Onitsha. I thought everyone knew this.
nawaoo you are feeding people with bedside stories.who is the author of the book so that look for it.
@@taiwoajayi5042 ofe mmanu! Let Igbo people tell their own story!
@@taiwoajayi5042
Bedtime story but what you cannot take out from it is the fact.
There are Igbo settlers in Benin for many century just as Igbos spread across Western cities in Nigeria.
Till date, we still have the Igbanke in Edo that speak purely Igbo language.
It's a long fact that Igbo tribe are part of Benin kingdom long before the colonial rule.
thnks for the
Even Onitsha people are saying that they are not igbo this is the real history
This is the real history of origin of the Ika Igbos and Onitsha people. Ethnographic evidences point irreversibly to this fact. There is no gainsaying that they are from Arochukwu courtesy of the waves of migrations of 18th and 19th centuries that hit this part of the world.
The Yoruba has distorted the history of the Benin Kingdom for so long they are now caught with their pants down. Now is the Igbo time to give their false narrative about the Great Benin Kingdom. When will this stop and start telling our children the true history. I have never seen when opinion replaces the truth. Be frank to yourself
Thanks my brother
So what is the real History?
Then keep the narrative straight...if you know it better
You benin people should start respecting your Yoruba fathers and mothers.Yorubas are your seniors.
When the white men came they wrote it how they saw it and now everybody want to change history.
Why was Benin well known? And after the invasion the kingdom was never one they strip it glory and they are still striping it's Glory. The Yoruba has gotten their pound of flesh now it's the Igbo turn and very soon the igala will that it's own pound of flesh 😂😂😂 great Benin that feed other people with history and the South can't talk about their history with naming the Benin people because they are the Benin empire and capital of it empire was present day Edo state.
Azuka,
Thanks for that piece of history. Now I know the origin of the tale that original Onitsha people were from Benin. If this "historical account" is factual, it will be good for all the residents of Onitsha to accept their "Igboness". Nothing to be ashamed about your ancestry.
Tell us ur own version of the history u know about it if u have any.
History told pure and unadulterated is for people to know the truth, history isn't to please one person and displease another. It doesn't change your present status. That if I am told after over 45 years that the couple I call my parent actually adopted me doesn't change how I love them, or change my love for my 'adopted' siblings or will it add more life to me.
History must be told, it must be taught. In fact the more we know, thr more we are exposed to how closely related we are.
We are all one, all of us.
The blood connection between Edo and Igbo are from the foundation of biblical geography in the book of genesis, Edo is Edom the first son of Isaac how his Esau married to a black woman in canaan how give birth to these people ( genesis 36 ) canaan always refer has black people because they are from cush the first son of ham, ham was second son of noah in the beginning, this family from ham and cush dominate all Africa but this tried Edom till act on there culture
Ibusa,was igbo uzor or igbo bina uzor..meaning, igbos living along the road.,igbos on the road.
Nnfefe
Edward Oronsaye
A father and mother who gave birth to their children would communicated with them in their native tongue not an outside tongue. Speech is part of the culture of a people that is transferred from one generation to the next. Anthropology uses that to map the migration of people but if you doubt, Yoruba is spoken in Brazil, very far from the shores of Nigeria or the Malays of Malagasy 1,500 miles away from Indonesia, the land of their ancestors. Why do the whole people of Anioma and Onitsha speak Igbo but not the language of Bini where they claim to come from? After all Benin is a stone throw away.
How can you be expected to speak Benin after hundreds of years
@@peterehigie5132 Hundred of years of what?
Ifeanyi Okowa is now claiming Igbo, no longer Bini?
Have you ever ask yourself while England today don't speak the Roman language. I believe you know that little Rome was once an empire yet the people Rome rule over did not speak Roman language today. Why? It is simply people Rome knew that every tribe is has right to their dialect. Most Roman soldier and people migrated to various countries Rome rule over and they become associated with their culture. Because you bear the name of a tribe does not change your identity. For example the president of Ukraine is a Jewish man by birth yet he did not bear a Jewish name but a Ukraine name. It is because over time his lineage become more attached to Ukraine culture. My fellow Nigerian time changes our nature, culture, tradition and belief. Many Nigerians today don't truly know their origin because their forefathers with time became associated with the culture they met during migration and during war time. So if a people say they are from a particular tribe, they may be right simply because their forefathers pass it down to them eventhough they bear the name of their present location of a different tribe. It is because of association with a different culture overtime.
You are teaching fallacies. Long Live the king! The king Ezechima in his inestimable knowledge stated on BBC live that his ancestor was a chief who had squabbles with his contemporary chiefs. Ezechima left Benin and sojourned eastward. Ezechima could not made it to present day Onitcha but his son.
Anioma was never part of Ani Idu, there were lots of wars fought between the Anioma people and Idu before colonial time. Any Anioma person that says he or she is from Idu must be stupid. Young men from Igbuzor (Igbo bi na uzor) fought guerilla war against the Nigerian army till 3rd quarter of 1969. I was young; I remember vividly when we ran to our farms from late 1967 to 3rd quarter of "69" when we came back to town because the Nigerian army led by Late General Murtala Ramat Muhammed was planning to give the Igbuzor people the Asaba treatment. All the Onitsha’s (Onitsha = Anambra. Onitsha Ugbo, Onitsha Olorna, Onitsha Ukwu etc. = Anioma Delta State) are descendants of Umu Eze Chime who used to inhabit part of what is known today as the Benin Kingdom. People must know their history. A good example is the town of Igbanke which used to be an Igbo town until Ogbemudia was made the governor of Then Midwestern state he added Igbanke to what is today Orhionmwon local government area because being Igbo was a crime to the Northern dominated Nigerian army.
Your last statement is what will bring good relationship to IBO because IBO people are not very welcome because of the tendency to dominate(IBO mind set) others in Nigeria we are all Black in Africa and God give everyone a landmank we should love one another and not because we give a place to stay you want to take the place as your ..if Ibo want gain friendship they should change their mind set because of their generations to come. I believe that is why Obi failed in the last election. Because every parents teach their children IBO man mindset although Edo state ## state of love try to over look . because the God they serve will avenge for them as usual in history.
Thanks Enodiana Ehigie
Igbo bu Igbo ... Anioma land extent right to Bini in the place call Igbanke .. to tell that ika is pure Igbo the name igbanke was not the name of that town it was call Igbo Akiri chiedu Samuel change the name from Igbo akiri to igbanke and also change his own name from chiedu to osayibovo ogbemudia Samuel .. even the name Agbor was called ominije but was later change to Agbor...
As far as i see every group you mention is closely related, its just different brothers children
I don't know why Igbo's are looking for all means to claim we Ika people of Delta and Edo state's in South South Region tell us why do we practice Benin festivals such as Igue festival, Osazi festival and Olokun like Yoruba and Benin and has Benin words in our language same Chieftancy titles and answer their names, why do we Ika people pay homage to the Oba of Benin instead of Igbo Kings if we are really from Igbo land also tell us why some of our communities name are Benin names instead of Igbo, stop teaching people fake history of Ika we know who we are we may come from Benin and Igbo land but now we are proudly Ika people no one can change it, those Ika people who say they are Igbo are free to join them leave the rest of us who are proudly Ika alone it's not by force to be Igbo
Have many Igbo words in your language compared to Benin? What about your names? Why do some of you agree with this while some differs?
@@IGBOAREATV Ika is a mixture tribe both Benin, Igbo and Yoruba people found Ika some of our Ika people answer Yoruba names such as Alade, Bayo, Omoge, Wale, Omo and many more visit Ika land Expecially within Agbor, Owa, Idumuesah and Ute-Okpu clan's of Ika their Culture are 70% Benin their Culture are different from Umunede, Ute-Ogbeje and Igbodo clan's of Ika and they are the real Ika people, i can't argue that Igbo word's are not in our language but it's different from that of Igbo language you people speak in the East, Anioma you mentioned are not one Ika are there, Ukwuani and Aniocha-Oshimili our language are not the same, we Ika people are different from both Ukwuani and Aniocha-Oshimili people because our tradition claim 60% Benin while Aniocha-Oshimili people speak Igbo and practice 100% Igbo Culture, in Ika land Alifekede, Ozanogogo and some Igbanke, Ekpon, Abavo people speak Benin but they are Ika people
GOD bless u my brother tell them,
Nor blem them nah British cause all this wahala.
Aba stop dragging Ika pipo na, na waw.
@@diamonddiamond5780 Abavo people speak Benin u must be drunk oyen Ara am form idumu ugbo in Abavo and you must be oyen ishi nmebi to say we speak Benin you see u every where opening ur gab spewing nonsense now I know u are not an ika person even ika communities in Edo state don't understand the Benin language.
I wonder why no research has been done to put all these postulations into perspective, sieve out and extract the truth once and for all so that we can all rest for goodness sake. But you can't be from Bini and suddenly you lose your entire language and dialect for no good reason...you were not conquered or subsumed in a war with the mainland Igbos so how come you threw away the entire Bini language cos right from the first King of Onicha Ado all their names were Igbo...from Eze Chima to Eze Oreze, to Eze Aroli to Obi Anazonwu and the 2 successive Obi Okosis to Obi Navia to Obi Chimaevi to Obi Tasia to Obi Omozele to Obi Ijelekpe to Obi Udogwu to Obi Onyejekwe to Obi Okagbu and now to Obi Achebe....it makes no sense so I will pander to this theory and it's most likely to be true.
because the benin narrative carries more weight and is more documented. Theirs is more of a claim of land which cant be disputed
What you said is correct, some of us have heard the narratives before, about Onitsha and Benin.
The Anambra you called efulefu because of Benin origin is the only top 10 states from the SE among to 10 richest states in Nigeria. Anambra at number 10 in 2024.
Who called Anambra efulefu,this Benin man get out from Igbo history
Too many different accounts of history of lgbos, Yoruba, and other tribe's in Nigeria .All of which are embelished, half truth,and outright lies, Non of it can stand :
-the test of truth.
-logical consistency .
-false analogy .
-causal falacies.
-account not supported in antiquities.
-has not acconted for the convolutions of Nigeria polyglot
-cannot stand the scrutiny of academia, will charr and burn in scholarship fora.
YOU SHOULD DO A DOCUMENTARY IF YOU CAN ON THE IKA PEOPLE THAT HAD TO CHANGE THEIR ANCESTRAL NAMES DURING AND AFTER THE BIAFRA WAR INFACT THE WHOLE OF ANIOMA
I am not ready for trouble o.
"Eze Chima" is not ONE word.
It is made up of TWO words
Eze...King and Chima...God knows....it is an Igbo name.
Is it the same meaning as the Beni word "Ezehimnweman"
@alph
Ndi Igbo ,ndigboo,ndi Chukwu bu uzo kee biko ka anyi chee Chineke ihu,fee ya n’ oga adili anyi na mma. Isee Isee Isee.
A very wrong history with big lie
The picture of Bishoo Ajayi Crowther is shown not that of Michael Crowder who was a white man . Please do further research
There is no place like Anioma no matter how it repeated a million times. We have Ika Aniocha and Oshimili Ndokwa etc. People selling this snake oil are trying to rewrite history.
Guy, Aniocha people are more beninnic than being igboic
Explain please 🥺 so we learn.
Una done come again, this story is only good as bedsides stories. Agbon or Agbor is one of the oldest Aka or Ika settlement it goes way back to the Ogisos the Aka people migrated from Benin. they Belong to one of the Edo Known families though the Aka people share similar language with Igbos.but they are not Igbos 400 year back Aka language was similar to the Edo language . they are Akas or Ikas . we all came from a common ancestor but we don't look at ourselves as one. if we trace back to may be 4000 years it will surprise you how close we are all connected. mostly in the Southern Nigeria. there are settlement of Edo people in Igbo land some still bear Edo names. Oral history has it that the Edo people started migrating to Igbo land even before the Ogiso kingship. there are proofs, not myth like this story you made up for bedsides stories.Just for the knowledge Ika people are not from one stock, most settlement were founded by the obas Benin. my great x4 father was an Ika man.
Why is it that it would be Yorubas contending with us on this?
One thing I know is the word "Aka in urhobo" meant bini. Ika should be related.
Please this is an outrageously wrong history. Even if it were to be close to anything true, it might be considered a story after the right history. I speak with authority. Benin was discovered by a son of Ika, the first jew son of Zebulum who migrated to Hiboland enroute Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Southern Africa into Zimbabwe, Namibia, Cameroon into Calaba and then the present South East. The said son of Ika was forced to depart from Benin where he had so established in wealth and family. This was during oduduwa conquest. He followed his brother after refusing at first. He finally settled in Obosi when his brother refused to allow his settle with him in Onitsha because of his earlier disobedience to go with him. In Benin he had places like Ubiaja, his place of sacrifices, Afuze, his special market and many other places like that. Oduduwa's conquest was what brought in the Yoruba presence, like the Orunmila which was a Yoruba deity. Pls let's be deeper with research. Benin is historically an Igboland.
This is another story like several others. Everyone wants to place his own story ahead of others.
urhobos/itsekiri dont have any historical relationship with the lgbos to the best of my knowledge.The anioma tribes are lgbos because they speak ibo dialets.
Yeah we are talking about the Igbo speakers.
Igodomigodo was there before the first Obas arrived from Ife into the Iduland
Where did you get your history from?
@@odimarioehimare4251 Where did you kept your history?
@@odimarioehimare4251 Igodomigodo was there before the first Oba arrived from Ife. This is the truth. Edo children of today don't know their history before the colonial era. It is what the white told about who they are that they are following.
Mad people everywhere 😂😂 I will advise you guys to go and look for something else to do with your life and stop bothering about the Great Benin kingdom before what killed your fourth-father will start visiting you one after another the other. EDO-GIA-WAERIER
Una sabi lie.... na una Come know the history of Anioma pass Anioma people themselves
What is the meaning of Anioma - Igbos call it good, beautiful land?
Please who’s the father of ezechima and which village did he come from and who’s obolawa
Stop lying…, in benin no prince named owolawa
Igbo are republicans, any community that has a true king are not Igbos. Don't be deceived by their names and how close their languages are to Igbo.
Every biafra is from Anambra
No Biafra is every south easterners birthright
This journey is from Arochukwu
You people confuse me with Anioma ,where isAnioma
They are not benin but they cross benin listen to yourself
Small children wey dey write history of fifteen century, whether una think say history na something of play. The igbos never fit write history of their land na Bini own dem dey after. Wetin Ojukwu wey na military officer try to claim he no fit, nahim small children wey no know history want to claim.
Bini wey be say the founder of Africa know better and founder also know the history of Benin, the Benin who fought war with the British because of their history, the Benin who was the founder of Lagos and Dahomey the igbos who doesn't know their history was trying to claim. Small time una go say Esan na Igbo, there are many tribes in Benin before control by the Oba of Benin including the igbos, before splitting but they are still Benin where ever they are today.
Oga even your seniors and title holders in Bini confirmed Ezechime wasn't from Bini. Edagbe confirmed that.
Obi Onicha also confirmed 👌 it as well.
Igueben is village in Edo state that is called Esan village today, after idah war, benin warriors coming back home saw that the Land was fertile and they decide to start a kingdom there and the oba approve, it was almost the same time onitsha was formed. But today that village or town is no longer associated with benin, but everybody knows that story has that village came about, I don't know why benin language loss in my people mouth once they move out of the benin city but to say that igueben is not ancestrally benin is to make big blunder. Stop embracing the white man's lie that they use to destroy our identity. They use the likes of bishop Ajayi Crowther to do alot of damage.
And the time they lost to is not Onitsha.
Onitsha people are purely Igbo by origin
I came to realize that bishop Ajayi Crowther did alot of damage to our African history. A slave that return back by the power of the British, did alot of Evil to propagate his master bidding. The British wanted to destroy benin in totally and they placed alot of lies, another good example of good liars is obaseki that sold benin to the British is mention in this video. Bishop Ajayi Crowther did alot of damage. I advise nobody should listen to a slave.
False and fake story, none of your point is recognised in Bini history, we don't know Ezechima in Benin history, and I think that name was corrupted by the Ibos!!
Ànd his children forgot Bini and adopted Igbo names?
False history
What are your references please? What a distortion. The real land owners in every community know where they are from.
There are those who claim to be the owners of the lands in the comment section that are also giving their own narratives. You may need to check them out.
By the way he made some sort of reference to Ajayi Crowther but that isn't the issue now.
Lie, lie, lie. Swallow your pride and narrate the true history. I know this is an age where people are dominated by person of self seeking personality. Only the truth shall set you free.
Tell us ur own version of the history u know about it if u have any.
Let that truth set you free first.
What would you gain if claim what doesn't belong to you?
Edward Oronsaye
A father and mother who gave birth to their children would communicated with them in their native tongue not an outside tongue. Speech is part of the culture of a people that is transferred from one generation to the next. Anthropology uses that to map the migration of people but if you doubt, Yoruba is spoken in Brazil, very far from the shores of Nigeria or the Malays of Malagasy 1,500 miles away from Indonesia, the land of their ancestors. Why do the whole people of Anioma and Onitsha speak Igbo but not the language of Bini where they claim to come from? After all Benin is a stone throw away.
Mad people everywhere 😂😂 I will advise you guys to go and look for something else to do with your life and stop bothering about the Great Benin kingdom before what killed your fourth-father will start visiting you one after another the other. EDO-GIA-WAERIER
Benin Kingdom the father of everything but yet they refuse to grow 🪴 in numbers. Don't you think lots of Benin stories laying claims to be ancestors of certain people are false?!
@@IGBOAREATV But the world 🌎 recognised the Benin than the igbos. Mind you, there's no where you would talk about the History of Nigeria without mentioning the Benin history.....Even when you're still talking about your own history you're still talking about the benin history. So what does that tell you. And if you really wants to look for your lost brothers and sisters...I would advise you to look towards southern Cameroon. Because some of your people were given to Cameroon for exchange during the civil war. And stop corrupting our history because our fourth-father sacrifice their life for it. And don't undermine any ethics group base on numbers...forget about the quantity and focus on quality 👌
@@rollinshubby3437 are you serious and how?
@@IGBOAREATVu re mad? When ur useless language be impose on other tribe to learn both in school and church
Not in Arochukwu is in Anambra where this history toke place.
They are from Arochukwu this story is true
😂😂😂😂
For your record,eze chima was bringing the enslaved igbos to the Benin empire...the igbos were selling thier people....the igbos were slaves ..