ibusa> </head> <body> <div class="marquee"> <div class="marquee-line"> <p><strong>Visit the </strong><a href="http://www.ibusa.net"><b><font size="3" color="#ff0000">Ibusa</font></b></a><strong> web site</strong> <img src="arrow-r.gif" width="16" height="12"></p> </div> </div> <a href="http://excelpoint.net/making-money/finance/index.php"><img src="financebutton.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="40"></a><a href="http://excelpoint.net/making-money/travel/index.php"><img src="travelbutton.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="40"></a><a href="http://excelpoint.net/making-money/car/index.php"><img src="carbutton.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="40"></a><a href="http://excelpoint.net/making-money/computer/index.php"><img src="computerbutton.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="40"></a><a href="http://excelpoint.net/making-money/shopping/index.php"><img src="shoppingbutton.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="40"></a><a href="http://excelpoint.net/making-money/video/index.php"><img src="videobutton.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="40"></a> <h1>The Eastern Ibo and the Delta Ibo of <st1:country-region w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on"> Nigeria</st1:place> </st1:country-region> </h1> <p class="MsoNormal">The people now known as Delta Ibos are supposed to be Ibos living in the western part of the country with language, cultural and historical affinities with those of the Eastern Ibos yet these Eastern Ibos have allowed themselves to fall like a pack of cards in the face of politics. We have since realized that the Ibos do not know how to play politics, politics therefore remains the farthest glory any Eastern Ibo will ever hope to achieve.<br> <br> It is therefore not surprising to most of us who are today known as Anioma people that the Eastern Ibos would abandon us. Using very unusual names and terminologies such as Delta Ibos, south-south Ibos, Bendel Ibos, Aniomas and so on. So we ask the Ibos how politics is played. What is happening to the Ibos today in Nigeria’s political theatre finds expression in the saying of one great philosopher which states that “when good people refuse to rule evil men will rule over them”<br> <br> Was it not the Sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo who during the tussle on whether Lagos should be administrated separately or not stated that in the creation of states, tribal, historical as well as linguistic affinity remains the major instrument in actualizing this yet several years afterwards the Ibos have not learnt a lesson.<br> <br> Anyone who has cared to identify with history will understand the origin of Delta Ibo as that which can be traced to their Eastern Neighbors, the Ibos.<br> <br> It is very unnecessary to point out here that we share similarities in names, names of places, cultures; traditions etc yet the Eastern Ibos have come to deny us on the matter of state creation. Anyone who is current on the Biafran war knows too well that the figure of indigenes of Asaba, Ogwashi-Uku and Ibusa who died as result of massacre carried out by the Federal troop during the war far surpasses those of any single Eastern Ibo town. Today, the same Delta Ibos are not worthy of support by their Eastern Ibo counterparts on state creation.<br> <br> It is particularly sad to listen to the so called Ibo big-wigs such as Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and Chief Arthur Nzeribe in one of their committees set up to adopt any one state following the Constitutional Amendment Committee and the Political Reform Conference recommendation that a sixth State be created for the Southeast geo-political zone, to equate the number of States within the six geo-political zones in Nigeria argue that the emergence of ANIOMA state would mean an additional state for the south-south geo-political region. For this reason they began to recommend the creation of states like <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"> Adada</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on"> State</st1:PlaceType> , <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"> Urashi</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on"> State</st1:PlaceType> , <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"> Aba</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on"> State</st1:PlaceType> , <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"> Orlu</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on"> State</st1:PlaceType> </st1:place> .<br> <br> The majority of the Ibo politicians need to be tutored in art of politics as they failed to realized that the creation of South-south geo political zone meant a decrease in the size and political stature of the once giant South-Eastern region every Ibo man particularly the much agitated but now defunct Biafra state was proud of. The loss of Delta Ibo has now become a gain for the South-south.<br> <br> This is certainly not the idea of politics especially as we consider now that all of the euphoria leading to the agitation of the enlargement of even the south-East region have greatly died down and cannot be re-awakened by our Ibo brothers in this present dispensation. Eastern Ibo politicians are truly disappointing us.</p> <p style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><font size="1" color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">By Emeka Esogbue </span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><font size="1" color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></font></p> <p style="border-style: inset;" align="center">Website : <a href="http://www.ibusa.net">www.Ibusa.net</a></p> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Copperplate Gothic Light">Thank you for visiting</font> <font size="4"><b><u><font face="Bradley Hand ITC">Ibusa.net</font></u></b> </font><font size="6"> </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><br style="mso-special-character:line-break"> <o:p> </o:p> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p> </p> </body> </html>