The History Of Igbanke People In Edo State

[@NosakhareRaymond]

Children that doesn't even know their full extended family is here arguing about the identity of an old man whose identity was passed to him from his ancestors. He even went as far to spell the name, that's to show you his in-depth knowledge. As a Benin man we learn from our elders! Our trace and origin is passed to us from fathers to sons! Unlike some quarters where it is their sons that wants to teach their fathers! Na sons wan dey teach papa where they come from. A people too intellectually lazy to dig! Do research and come up with logical facts to counter claims! I'm happy this interview is with an elderly man. May God and our ancestors continue to bless you Voice Of Benin tv

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

U ru ẹse Ọtenmwẹn! Its quite sad for them.

[@wangxiujoy7545]

that man from Edo State but live in Igbanke ,we know him very well

[@Uwadiae8643]

Isee

[@martinsibeanusi4317]

Pls this is history revision and I am from Igbanke and We are Ika people, We speak Ika dialect of Igbo, We have the same dieties as Ika people. We have the same culture as Ika people, We are closer to Ika people geographically. In 1991, Igbanke was carved into Edo state, before then we know Agbor, Boji boji as our kit and kin. Prominient Igbanke people are Rema, his father's name is Chukwuemeke, Davido's mum is from Igbanke too, meaning She is from Ika subgroup etc. Pls google for yourself to see the truth about Igbanke. This Elder dey hungry, so he don collect money.

[@ezeoha4502]

One of the communities he mentioned starts with ‘umu’ which is not Bini naming system. People fixated with Igbanke as a name. It is a recent construct and does speak much of the origin of the people. He should tell us which his name is Chukwu… It is the end of the story.

[@amasosagie5750]

Very interesting Edos are really great people,nice one my brother God bless you for bringing this great history out they ❤❤❤❤❤

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

U ru ẹse

[@paturch7201]

After listening to this lovely documentary about the people of Igbanke, here are my candid findings as a sociologist: 1) Igbanke is composed of 6 different communities. 2) the 6 different communities that make up Igbanke all have different historical background and do not have a unified dialect. the man that was interviewed used Esan & Benin Language to illustrate the differences in dialect among the 6 different communities of Igbanke. 3) the Igbontor people of Igbanke came from Benin with Ntor, a native bn their progenitor. For confirmation, watch this section of the clip in time 13:14 mins to 13:20 mins. 4) the Idumodin people of Igbanke are from Igun in Benin city. He used Odin (deaf) to cite how their history came about. 5) Moving forward, according to the man, the Ota people came from agbor in Delta (watch 37:03 mins to 37:20 mins to confirm it). This makes sense to me cos I have heard of the Ika's in Delta saying that their kits & kins are also in Igbanke, Edo State. The man even stated that a notable personality of Ota community of Igbanke REFUSED that their people (Ota people of Igbanke) are Bini's. Before you argue with me, I urge you all to watch this section of the clip in time 13:33 mins to 14:30 mins. Also watch 38:49 mins to 39:26 mins to confirm. 6) the Ake people of Igbanke speak Bendel Igbo and they the Igbanke's that borders with Ika in Delta State. Watch 29:27 mins to 29:42 mins to confirm it. 7) the remaining 2 communities of Igbanke originated from Esan and they speak a dialect of Igbanke that resembles the Esan language. Watch 29:42 mins to 30:14 mins to confirm it. also watch 39:25 mins to 39:50 mins to confirm. 8) This means that only 2 out of the 6 communities of Igbanke communities originated from Benin, which made the man's assertion that the whole of Igbanke are Benin to be invalid and not entirely true. ❌ 9) From the man's comment, I can sense that the man is from Igbontor community of Igbanke (one of the 2 communities of Igbanke that originated from Benin) and he presently resides in Benin City. Watch 32:01 mins to 32:10 mins to confirm it. also watch 43:25 mins to 43:30 to confirm ✅ 10) Here is a catch for the vlogger. You are doing a marvelous work, but I think the right thing to do is to also interview representatives from the other 5 communities that make up Igbanke, not just from a man that hails from Igbontor alone, which I can understand that the Igbontor people of Igbanke have Benin origin. Otherwise, we would be making type 1 error in our research findings.❌ 11) the man said that the Igbanke people speak both Igbanke & Benin language. I think that is a fallacy. May be, himself speak both the Igbanke & Benin languages fluently, that one is quite understandable, judging from the fact that he is residing in Benin city. But saying that a typical Igbanke man that has never stepped out of Igbanke or communicated with anyone that speaks Benin, can easily communicate in Benin language flawlessly, is a fallacy in itself. ❌ CONCLUSION In my conclusion, the man's statement that all the people of Igbanke are all Benin is not entirely true and should be taken with a pint of salt. Until the entire 6 clans of Igbanke are interviewed, we can not just conclude. thank you all and stop the unnecessary arguments.

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

Thanks for your keen observations of every bit of the interview. Nevertheless, I have scheduled another interview with another Igbanke historian to compare and contrast their individual historical perspective of Igbanke People.

[@paulogbebe7742]

Please Sir, where do Benis come from?

[@thevoicetv4561]

Nice one. May God and our ancestors bless both of you. Please brother, try to inform your guest ahead and give them the idea of the interview for them to prepare. Thou the Epa did very well.

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

Noted! U ru ẹse

[@wangxiujoy7545]

Ur just few in this Delta because we Igbos here must join our people if case maybe of division stop adding us to ur South south region please

[@blessedeghosa3349]

​@wangxiujoy7545 you can go and join them in southeast

[@paulogbebe7742]

Elder Chuckwuemeke , Sir your name sounds Igbo

[@petermgbeke9094]

Sound you said ? I think Igbos have name similar to that. Why do you lay claim to what is not yours

No mind confused elder... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@osagieosaretin6591]

Sir thanks for your good jobs....

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

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[@paulphilip257]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful history.

[@CHRISTIANOSUYI]

NO ELDERLY PERSON FROM AMONG THE ANIOMA PEOPLE EVER CLAIM THAT THEY ARE IGBO. AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE ONES BEING INTERVIEWED BY THOSE PERPETUATING IGBO UNITY GOING ABOUT INTERVIEWING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY HAVE EITHER OF THEIR PARENTS TO BE IGBO AND MORE OR LESS KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIR HISTORY

[@geesimon1372]

Biafrans, you have heard it loud and clear. Keep off from South-South

[@slaw7263]

Which SS. The old said Igbanke are not Ika, does that make sense atall. If we are not Ika what are we ? Igbanke was formeerly called Igboakiri and the name was changed after the civil war.

[@geesimon1372]

@slaw7263 which igboakiri? This is how you ipob Igbo are going about changing names of towns to Igbo. You changed port Harcourt to igwocha, America to imirika. You all ipob bingos are cursed. Please don't come to South-South with your madness, we don't want to see your legs there. Oloshi buruku

[@bigiiyke2640]

Nice one 👍

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[@evalifeeva4life313]

Nice one 👍 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@florenceogunbor2996]

Very interesting and educative. Job well done 👏 🎉

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

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[@alexjhone3943]

Thanks for this video

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

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[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

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[@evalifeeva4life313]

Beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@NoahSchmidt-t6v]

BIAFRAUD people go cry, Unity beggars will still not listen and mind their business

[@etumonukingsley5931]

mad men

[@princebowwoghi3767]

TOP

[@FestusErhahon]

I love this may God bless you

[@omodiaelishajunior]

Nice to see mr acha it been years I saw him Last . I am from igbontor iganke hospital road. One thing I hate about this Igbo people they like to claim all tribe . When ever u mention you are from Igbanke’ be it on twitter Facebook or tik tok . They will be telling you that you don’t know were you come from that you re Igbo 😂 so mr acha as old as he is dose not know were he came from . I know this particular man since I was kid

[@DonatusOkechukwuOkoli-zc7nz]

He said his names are Robert Chukwuemeka. Is Chukwuemeka a Benin name? Some of you people in Igbo Akiri which has been corrupted to Igbanke are very clueless about your origin.. very shameful!!!

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

Mǔmú Ọzuọ! Did you not hear in the video that Igbọntọ and Ake are the two combined words used to for Igbake.

[@bigiiyke2640]

​@DonatusOkechukwuOkoli-zc7nz you people are from Benin

[@obi1980]

So you were all trading before and ika language influenced igbanke but why didn't igbanke language influence ika likewise??

[@obi1980]

​@DonatusOkechukwuOkoli-zc7nz it's so amusing!

[@GoddyWhite]

Tales by moonlight 🌙, I thought Emeke Acha, BIA are Igbo language not knowing that it's Bini language. This man is a sold-out because of politics. I am from Igbontor Igbanke and we never speak Bini language. Bini people called us ovwie Ika, our names are not same. Shame on him.

[@ChaplainEngr.JehovahdileSamuel]

My Brother GOD BLESS You Sir.

[@petermgbeke9094]

Ika are Edo not Igbo

[@qinglingzhu5815]

@@petermgbeke9094 you lie

[@kelvinamuebie896]

Igbanke na still agbor dem dey speak .

[@AnthoniaOboh]

Stop claiming pple who has nothing to do with you. Are you not ashamed how they are rejecting you pple all over

[@kentokoli9534]

Igbanke is actually Igboakiri , igbontor 😮

[@gentlemanedotv]

Has any other tribes co existed with Igbo ? 45 years of colonization no single tribe co existed with Igbo, Abazona people of Cameron ran away, Adaka Boro deckear independent so his people can run away . Igbo means Morocco or weed, people that naturally behave like someone that smoke weed or Morocco.

[@edikataekwue9944]

The man gave his name as chukwuemeka and others. Is chukwuemeka a Bini name. Two thing are going on here. The man is an off spring of Beni people who invaded and dominated that area so his allegiance tilts towards his Bini ancestors, it could be also that the man has no clue what he is talking about as old age doesn't always mean wisdom. The interviewer narrowed his interview to only this man, where he is likely to achieve the expected outcome and answers. So how authentic is that? To get a correct sample of repondants Talk to wide aray of igbanke people that will give you a wider spread, not just one man who may have an agenda.

[@kentokoli9534]

Mimi elder😮

[@knwaoke6193]

1. Chukwuemeke is now Bini language. Emeke is standard name in Anambra, Enugu etc and probably other places with certain people. 2. In Bini, if some hausa settles on Bini after travelling there and settling down, does that it make Bini hausa😂? 3. So Igbanke is not Ika people and Ukwuani is Igbo to this man😢? Igbo are only in delta state? My father buy Igbo records to play😂.

[@egbujogodwin2605]

He's an lgbo man

[@victamaewanso4795]

Look at this man that we rispertte so much, in our community in Igbontor, that this man is not educated.... Mr Man for your information all Igbanke people are all igbo

[@victamaewanso4795]

We have nothing in common with Edo people

[@egbujogodwin2605]

Augent history tutor needed pls

[@Parlyfb-se8bh]

I will like to ask people this question, and i need someone to respond to this question. The time edo and delta with the yoruba where together as one western regions with the yoruba, (1) do we call, or do we have western igbo at that time? (2) after edo and delta now separated from the yoruba, we now name our region, Midwestern Region, (3) do we have the name call Midwestern igbo at that time? What i now remember, is that, it was the time of bendel state, they start calling bendel igbo, what make the delta people to add that igbo name to call them delta igbo? Because the igbo are from the South East region, they came to Midwestern Region for a business, on the name of one Nigeria. They now come in numbers to marginalised the asaba, iseluku Agbor and anioma, they are now saying today now that this people are igbo. Because they allowed them to their home. On the name of one Nigeria. Just the same things the hausa accept the fulani to their home. Now the fulani are claiming the land of hausa land today. It is not the same things the igbo are doing now to the anioma people, so to Asaba people, so to Agbor people and iseluku people. Telling them that they are igbo. If you see any different about what I said now, please respond to me. To me There is no difference between fulani and the igbo. Trying to Grab people land and property to be their own. Is that a good one?

[@Majesta123]

Very easy to understand, I now know why people are saying Igbos are not different from Fulanis. Is really true, I got it now 👍

[@Majesta123]

Good one 👍

[@ChiEbere-y7p]

People like you is the reason the government should bring back history in Nigeria schools

[@obiflex]

Igbos have been in existence before Nigeria was created, all this confusion is about political inclusion

[@wangxiujoy7545]

@@Majesta123 Ur just few in this Delta because we Igbos here must join our people if case maybe of division stop adding us to ur South south region please

[@Evans-w8u]

What does the name Chukwukuemeka or Chukwukwuemeke means? Culture and name is what specifies whom you are and where you come from. You have four market days name in Igbo.

[@sundayisibor3797]

A man that said Igbanke is closed to Okene! Just imagine his story. A man that said Oba Ovarumen ran to igbontor before he was taken to Calabar, where in Bini history is that written? Where is it written in Nigeria history? Moreover Igbanke don't have boundaries with bini self.

[@petermgbeke9094]

Those are the details. Do you know that Ika and Binis are cousins.

[@sundayisibor3797]

@petermgbeke9094 Ikas and Bini's are not cousins, rather the kingship of Bini and Agbor are two brothers who are dragging who's the head , when they crown one in Bini the Other came down to Agbor and established his kingdom that's part of the reasons Agbor and Bini don't get along too much those days. This is part of the reasons when Igbanke and Agbor have misunderstanding that lead the people of igbontor to seek Oba assistant ( protection), so if anyone is talking about Igbanke relating to Bini without mentioning why Igbanke people left Agbor palace then the person is lying.

Chukwuemeka is his name and yet he claims Benin 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.. Akiko!!! Lol !

[@mishgist]

Nice history ❤

[@joem551]

Confused people

[@sandrascire5207]

Why d o you speak Ika language.and you said you are not Ika. .

[@CHRISTIANOSUYI]

did Ika created language?

[@sandrascire5207]

Ika people speaks ika as their own language. Yoruba people speaks Yoruba as their language.Hausa people speaks Hausa as their language. Which one is yours.

[@azubuikezuby5339]

Oga how many tribe are there in igbanke some come from delta is delta a tribe? Funny people

[@CHRISTIANOSUYI]

go sit down.

[@gavinneke2642]

A fool at 40 will remain a fool forever

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

You are equally a f⁰⁰l at 40 to think an old man like this doesn't know his origin. Is your name Gavin an Igbo name, does that now mean you are an English man. Your thinking power is so shallow.

[@ezeoha4502]

Ndi Igbo didn’t have an influential kingdom as was Bini kingdom. It means it is more likely people will come towards where the kingdom is for economic opportunity and take up names belonging to that ethnicity. As you have used English name as example. Why would any living closer to Bini took up Igbo name instead of Bini name?

[@ChaplainEngr.JehovahdileSamuel]

This old man is some how confused. Please, take a look at his name: Elder Chukwuemeke, is this name a Benin, Esan, Yoruba, Hausa, or IGBO Name? Please I need an answer

[@slaw7263]

You are not igbo and you are Ika, You even denied Ika ?

[@alfalfred8722]

If you interview another person in this village, he will give you a different account of their origin. That’s why I don’t believe all these oral accounts.

[@AfamOrji]

Exactly. So much contradictions depending who you ask. The only truth I see is that there's ab element of Igno and Edo in Igbanke and they are more similar to Ika people.

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

It it not oral histories that are documented? History are first oral before it is documented.

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

I have scheduled another interview with another Igbanke historian.

[@petermgbeke9094]

Can you even give your origin. Or even can your parents give their origin. Only custodians of the tribe can trace the origin which they pass down. That's where to go not the streets to meet hungry people who may be Igbo immigrant masquerading as natives

[@martinsibeanusi4317]

Pls this is history revision and I am from Igbanke and We are Ika people, We speak Ika dialect of Igbo, We have the same dieties as Ika people. We have the same culture as Ika people, We are closer to Ika people geographically. In 1991, Igbanke was carved into Edo state, before then we know Agbor, Boji boji as our kit and kin. Prominient Igbanke people are Rema, his father's name is Chukwuemeke, Davido's mum is from Igbanke too, meaning She is from Ika subgroup etc. Pls google for yourself to see the truth about Igbanke. This Elder dey hungry, so he don collect money.

[@CHRISTIANOSUYI]

is so unfortunate that young people from your region decide to take an abominable path. you teach your elders where they are from, that is a vry wrong omen, probably that is the reason you dont respect elders.

[@martinsibeanusi4317]

@CHRISTIANOSUYI That man is not an Elder. He cannot even explain a simple thing. Let me tell you this: Igbanke and Ika share everything together. Culture, festivals, dieties, dialect, and history. This Elder is an abomination to the larger Ika people. What is he talking about? Igbanke see themselves as Ika, not Benin. If we are Benin, then why don't we have the same culture, tradition, spirituality, and language with Benin people? Did Igbo people come to Ika land and conquer it? Benin Kingdom was the greatest kingdom in Nigeria, and they went about conquering territories without forcing their language and tradition on the people of the places they conquered. Examples are Oba of Lagos and the Obi of Agbor in Ika land.

[@mohamedhalicelamina2215]

Odi in yoruba mean deaf

[@user-rc3ss8lm5z]

is a lie, OWA KINGDOM in IKA North East celebrate new 🍠 yam festival more than IGBANKE people, this man don't know anything, ONYE iwayo KE IWU

[@petermgbeke9094]

Ondo Bini Ebira igarra Tivs Nupe etc do have new yam festival Why are the Igbos claiming the new yam festival

[@martinsibeanusi4317]

This Elder is an History revisionist. Igbanke is a community located in Orhionmwon, Edo State. Igbanke belongs to the Ika speaking group with a significant number in the Ika South and North East LGAs of Delta State. Igbanke was carved into Edo State during the creation of the state on August 27, 1991 hence separating them from the larger Ika group in Delta State. The Igbanke community is divided into 6 villages: Omolua, Ottah, Idumuodin, Ake, Olije and Igbontor. My mother is from Igbanke and Agbor Obi in Delta and this Elder is a disgrace to the entire IKA NATION. His name is Chukwuemeke, pls what does this name means in Bini or Igbanke and cross checked it with the Ika dialect meaning. What about the culture, market days, Names of their dieties and God.

[@beninculturalaffairsTv]

Keep quiet there! How old are you to understand your history than your elder. Did you not hear him how he narrated how the various communities were formed.

[@martinsibeanusi4317]

@@beninculturalaffairsTv Which elder???? The one that doesn't know his history. My mother is my Elder and she told me that Igbanke was IgboAkiri and they speak Ika dialect of Igbo. And pls, google for yourself to see history, don't ask an elder who is bearing the name Chukwuemeke to say he is from Bini. There is nothing like Igbanke Language. The Ika people are not from Bini and so is Igbanke.

[@CHRISTIANOSUYI]

U dont know anything. The influence of Benin in Southern Nigeria is too overwhelming. all the way to Onitsha, is one of the reasons you may not get Biafra.

[@martinsibeanusi4317]

@CHRISTIANOSUYI Yes, I understand the Benin Kingdom influence in Southern Nigeria. I do not deny the fact that the Kingdom is one of the greatest kingdoms in West Africa. My main point is not about Biafra either, I do not support the current agitation for Biafra. The main contest is the Igbanke people and its origin. Igbanke was under the Benin Kingdom, but the people are Ika people, period. The Benins ruled Lagos through their prince and formed the Oba system. They did not change the Yoruba language of the Awori people they met at Eko. So how come Igbanke is speaking Ika dialect of Igbo, and it is in Edo state? Is that not proof of identity?

[@sundayisibor3797]

Oga shut up there are you from Igbanke? How there you go an interview someone in Bini who is not an Igbanke to be talking nonsense ? Where did you hear that we share common boundaries with Bini ? Igbanke is fully Agbor, if fact we where once ruled by Obi of Agbor before Agbor/Igbanke war, if you don't know people's history better keep quiet and don't take Bini person assertion to conclude. Where have you see Bini people meeting with Igbanke there? Where have you see Bini musician playing in Igbanke land? Or Igbanke musician playing in Bini? Does Bini listen to our music? Oba they speak Igbanke? Or does a common Igbanke man speak Bini? If I leave my entire lives in Yorubaland and speak Yoruba does that make me Yoruba man? Think where the errors are and stop thinking of people who are not thinking of you. We don't have any beef with Bini but we're not Bini. Although inside Edo state just like every others tribes simple.​@@beninculturalaffairsTv

[@knwaoke6193]

Time 15 minutes to 21 minutes is funny lol Igbanke is not ika and Igbo only in delta state 😮? My father never know Igbo but listen to Igbo records 😢 lol. Esan is not Bini and so Ika and Igbanke are not the same. This man really dribbled this mumu 😂. They probably call him IBB😂.

[@jamesprior1828]

ChukwuEmeka Robert Achara,=IGBO Equals to IGBO. Which means YOU Mr ACHARA don't know who you are. There is a market called NKWO "ACHARA" IN UTURU ABIA STATE. They told you a lie about who you are, you have been lied to sorry.

[@petermgbeke9094]

Someone bears the name Agbor in Cross River does not make the person an Ika. There is Ika in Akwa ibom state. That does not mean they are same as Ika in Delta State Ijebu IGBO is in the west does not make them IGBOs. So stop laying claim to name same or similar to yours as yours Indeed OBAMA is in Japan but President Obama bore that name as a Kenyan.

[@obiflex]

False history. Igbanke are Igbos. They're part of Anioma Igbos who are their neighbors, they were simply carved into Edo state for political reasons. Their language is Igbo, their culture and 5 market days are Igbo, the lying old man even bears Igbo names and Igbanke is an old Igbo word. They live at the western boundary of Igbo land. In the olden days, the Benin empire conquered so many neighboring tribes including the whole of Anioma up to river Niger. The Igbos did not have a central government but eventually they fought and freed themselves but they had adopted several Benin traditions including kingship. Because Biafra lost the war, Igbos that live at the border of Igbo land started to deny being Igbo just as Peter denied Jesus in time of trouble. There is no tribe that has two languages. Igbanke language is Igbo but a few of them understand Benin because they're under Benin rule. All these lying elders just want to avoid marginalization in Nigeria and Edo state but if you study their culture they're core Igbos.

[@wangxiujoy7545]

that man from Edo State but live in Igbanke ,we know him very well

[@IfeanyiDonatus-j3n]

Exactly if war break out today bini will be chase to Ile ife I am telling you , honestly thus war they are looking by grabbing our people tell them we false a name on them let referendum is created today and see if the whole of South south won't join Igbo because they believe in Igbo man creativity without anything else

[@RAnderson-n4x]

There are many tribes in Nigeria that speaks two languages. Do your research will you.

[@bigiiyke2640]

Igbanke that is were he came from ​@wangxiujoy7545

[@obiflex]

@RAnderson-n4x There is no tribe on earth that has more than one language. If people within a tribe speak two languages, only one is their native language, the other is simply a borrowed language eg, the Fulani speak Hausa in addition to their native Fulfude but that doesn't mean that Hausa is their native language and it does not mean that they are Hausas.

[@Evans-w8u]

What does the name Chukwukuemeka or Chukwukwuemeke means? Culture and name is what specifies whom you are and where you come from. You have four market days name in Igbo.