A Must Read By All Ndigbo And Ikwerre Alike “Igbo Hates Us” The Dummy Sold To Ikwerre

By Livingstone Wechie

The “Igbo hates Ikwerre” narrative was sold by the British intelligence through domestic enemy forces escalated by some compromised Ikwerre elites for selfish purposes. Today they were killed gruesomely by the same forces. When you work for those who hate your people, you will never escape victimisation. It was all aimed at undermining the relationship and affinity between Ikwerre and Ndi Igbo because of Igbo strong Jewish heritage.

Igbos are arguably the strongest ethnic nationality in Africa. Some persons are flying a strange ancestry for Ikwerres to say we come from Bini, that Iwhuoroha was the son of Akalaka a fugitive who went on exile from Bini kingdom after a failed attempt to assassinate the Oba of Benin. So you mean “Ikwerre”forebearers originated solely from Bini through a fugitive, a killer, an Assassin, a cun man etc that goes by the name Akalaka through his second wife …? There is no denial that a section of Ikwerre has in part some Bini ancestral traces but we also have a strong Igbo ancestry and affinity too. This is to say that Ikwerre has a diversified and multiple ancestral lineage and origin. This uniqueness of Ikwerres is deep and fundamental. Our linguistic register, culture, traditions and physiology speaks and facts remain incontrovertible. Whilst respecting our part ancestry linked to Bini, ironically Bini has never invited Ikwerre to its activities as it does to Onitsha, Ekpeye, Ogba as the case may be neither does Ikwerre have any representatives in Bini kingdom as these other blocks.

Most of what we see are conjectured historical materials which seek to serve a political purpose and sentiments of the hate narrative. None of these documents have, scientific empirical evidence or proofs. Those flying these narratives are tasked to subject their claims to scientific analysis such as archaeological, DNA, among other lines of verifiable proofs. All efforts aimed at dissociating and or delinking Ikwerre from Ndi Igbo has only succeeded in diminishing Ikwerres in all ramifications. Ikwerre as of fact has a strong affinity with Ndi Igbo and this has nothing to do with politics. Igbo hates Ikwerre yet almost 90% of our mother, wives, girlfriends and husbands are Igbo.

Whilst Ndi Igbo are forging on and battling with forces that seek to extinguish them, Ikwerre must know that we have a common challenge that alliance can help us overcome and overwhelm. We must realize that all the political structures and forces that Ikwerre has produced over the years have not helped to strengthen or project us properly among our counterparts. They rather seek to pocket the Ikwerre identity and subdue it for selfish political ends and this has further weakened our arguments for more. Instead of deploying resources to boost our stake and interest, they railroad ostensibly the notorious “Ikwerre agenda” which is actually their personal agenda because to them “WHO IS IKWERRE?” Arising from our lost consciousness and lack of patriotism to our righteous course, we have rather become victims of our own “those” who have become stronger than our ethnicity. Fact remains that our real identity is facing a serious attack but we must guide jealously with wisdom and knowledge rooted in genuine consciousness.

It is also very disturbing that today, Ikwerre has no operational relationship with counterpart ethnic nationalities. If now there is a major crisis of national scale, we have no functional alliance with any group to help protect. This is despite the fact that we are a major stakeholder nation that has made and continue to make the biggest contributions to the Nigerian state from this region. Let’s talk about affinity, no nation can survive without an alliance. This is what America    was conscious about and so ensured that its multiple ancestry was protected. Today, multiracial individuals are found in every corner of the country. Multiracial groups in the United States include many African Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Hispanic Americans, Métis Americans, Louisiana, Creoles, Hapas,

Melungeons, and several other communities found primarily in the Eastern US. Many Native Americans are multiracial in ancestry while identifying fully as members of federally recognized tribes.

America today is the strongest nation in the world. Ikwerre cannot reduce itself to what it is not. We must blow our trumpet and push our course. Itsekiri is just one Local Government Area in Delta state making all the noise, but they have not joked with their Yoruba ancestry which continues to come to their rescue when necessary. So much is going on in Nigeria   today but you will not see Ikwerre in the equation. If something happens that affects the allied groups, Ndi Igbo, Afenifere, Middle Belt Forum, etc will convene and Pa Edwin Clark will join them to defend his people but Ikwerre will not be in the picture and our signature will not be recorded. Yet these are the people institutions always consult to deal with issues of the region. All because we have lost our consciousness to cheap and petty political porridge, intellectual poverty and timidity. This has to change because Nigeria depends so much on us to survive and Africa looks to us for so much and we must wake up.

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ABOUT THE WRITER:

LIVINGSTONE WECHIE

Is Ikwerre, a native of Nkpolu Oroworukwo Community, Rebisi, in the Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State.

He is the Convener of IKWERRE PEOPLE’S CONGRESS (IPC) and the Executive Director, THE INTEGRITY FRIENDS FOR TRUTH AND PEACE INITIATIVE (TIFPI)

He is a Lawyer, Human Rights Activist, Researcher and an expert in International Constitutional Law and Development.

He was also the Secretary of the Ogbakor Ikwerre Position Drafting Committee on the 2014 National Conference by the Jonathan administration.