During the war once you identify yourself as an Igbo before Benjamin Adekunle, black scorpion, you are a goner. That was the beginning of the forced self denials.

This man Chinmenum Amadi will live a very long, peaceful, happy and prosperous life. There is actually a profound mind liberation when you live the truth. I wish this interview can be shared across all platforms. Truth can never be hidden forever.

Proudly Igbo man as a benue ❤

I didn't learn Ikwerre dialect, I started speaking it. I understood Ikwerre from the first day I heard the language. (Rumuodara to be precised, but I can speak more of Igwuruta now) I was also shocked the first day I heard someone say they are not Igbo. Ikwerre not being Igbo is the cheapest deceit ever.

I always love this man with his stand as an Ikwere Igbo man because he had a life said experience with his Benin Land Lord.

Proudly Awgu man from Enugu state, Oyibo changed our name from OGU to Awgu, my town is where the white coal miners lived, it’s also where the Enugu NYSC orientation camp is located, we are known for dragging our words, our dialects sounds like French, Yoruba and okigwe sometimes. Example: standard igbo:kunie . English: stand, awgu: koite Standard Igbo: noro English: stay Awgu: loide Standard Igbo: ukwu English: leg Awgu: okpa Standard Igbo: ofe English: soup Awgu: ovee Standard Igbo: ihe nke a English: this thing Awgu: ivelele or ivenkele Standard Igbo: akpu English: pounded cassava Awgu: igbolo some call it utara And so on, but we have our new yam festival known as IKEJI Have the four market days( orie, afo, nkwo, eke) our major market is ORIE You see our dialects are different that doesn’t mean we are not Igbos or should I say I want to be identified as an awgu man or should I say I’m not igbo because My dialect is different? My local government has more than 15 different dialects that if you don’t take time as awgu man you may not understand anything they speak

Am from Omoku Rivers State but to be honest am more related to Igbos than any other tribe in Nigeria. Thanks to nna mehn tv

We all know that they're confused with their claim that they' came from Benin kingdom 👑, even an illiterate can understand that something is wrong with these guys who claimed that they're not igbo, but speaks, bearing igbo name and observe four market days, Nkwo, Orie, Afor nä Eke. This man said it all, NIGERIAN govt brainwashed them all to drop their culture and history to get oil 🛢️ money, the oil they don't see shishi from..

My brother this must continueooo with this intelligent brother of ours

This is a smart man who do not want the notion of Benin liars

Formerly owerre now Owerri Ahaba now asaba Enugwu now Enugu Ugwuocha now port hacourt Igbo changed it to ibo Onicha now onitshaa This are names I can remember,. How the British government changed this names to suit themselves 😪😪😪 Wata tragedy

Opobo is igbo i am an opobo man this us still making me sad

My name sake I am proudly to be am ikwerre man nbun nwan ibaa emouha local government

This is one of your best interviews. The main issue as he rightly said is total ignorance, and our people are not to blame because this was a result of the Biafran war.

Mazi Chinmenum Amadi, Your Ancestors will be proud of you , and will be resting blissfully in their graves , for having a Son like Mazi Amadi , who has represented them well before Men and their Creator God. !

Na MehnTV...CHUKWU OKIKE ABIAMA be with you, bless you as you continue to unify umu igbo

Great job Mr Amadi. Hoeever i insist that i am always irritated by these Igbo/Ikwerre talk these days. Let each group move into where they're comfortable. If the Ikwerre's want to be Bini's so be it. The Igbo nation is a 35-40m population, larger than most European nations, including African nations. Thay should be ok. For peace to reign, let each group be. These talks is annoying.

From Opobo to Agbor is igbo land. We shall reclaim our lost family

God we bless you for speaking up on the subject

Let those that are deceiving themselves keep fooling themselves, time shall come when they will realize what they have done to their generation.

God bless you Nna mehn❤..can't forget our year in Abiapoly 2013.

My friend, you are doing a very good job. We are now in the last battle of our liberation as Buhari called us a circle in a hole. They are now cutting the edge of Igbo people before our liberation. Watch as soon as there was agreement between the Ambazonia and Biafra. These is an attempt to cut the Biafra into pieces. Let no one lose hope because 2025 will be a time for REFERENDUM, and the battle to have Benin as the agenda in 1963 has reawakening again. I have said it for a long time, and that time has come . From the current prophet of Umuezumezu . Remember God has given us access to the ocean, and we are blessed with our forefathers ( Abraham) blessi g

I applaud Mr Amadi for giving a more plausible and rational origin of his people because I can't understand a man in Imo will answer "Amadi" while another will answer the same name in Rivers and have no Kinship among each other. Also I believe these communities including the Ikwerre's with their Traditional rulers need to understand that you are setting up the members of your communities to "Emotional damage" like how Mr Amadi was given a proper dress down by a Bini man. Most Binis are very hospitable and will let certain things slide but once it comes to your origins they will become suspicious of your intentions.

This man understand the whole situation here.

Very informative, very historical..

So much information

Nice interview

One love brother...together we are stronga

wow wow wow i really love the way this man speaks for our self's i thank you so much nnaa meen thanks please keep it up we move ✊✊

It is very unfortunate that any Ikwerre man will get up and deny being Igbo, just like that drunk called Nyesom Wike did, but it is what it is.

Amadi is smart he get it ...

This man is 100% truthfull may he live long

This is purely truth in a very clarity

It's time for ikwerres to embrace their igbo heritage and stop this Benin lies , as an ikwerre man you're more likely to be helped and saved by an Igbo man if you find yourself in trouble in an unknown land because an average Igbo considers ikwerre his brother , but an average Benin man does not even know what is ikwerre and gives less fuck . How can you claim to be from a place but there's no connection in culture and language , BLOOD IS thicker than water , the war is over 50 years ago ikwerres should wake up and smell the coffee..Igbos have large numbers and international influence aswell .. if there's any tribe to standby ikwerre in times of trouble it's an Igbo not Benin .. ikwerre use your akonuche ..meka

Jisie Ike nnaa for the unifications of the igbos around Nigeria especially

He's a living legend

It beats my imagination that Igbo leader of Rivers State origin didn't summon the courage to return Ikwere towns to their original names. The names were changed during the war by the military governor of Rivers State in the name of Dieta Stiff

The bini Landlord comment or statement should be put subjected to condemnation. Infact he actually made out brother to question his existence and the lies deceit that has survived for decades. Thank you Sir at the bini Landlord for telling him to his face "you are not one of us " 🤔💯

The Ikwere issue is a very complex one, that is the reason why different Ikwere people respond to the issue differently. I am not an Ikwere man but I know about the history of the origin of Ikwere people. Though, history of people is better told or narrated by the people themselves. What I know about the history of Ikwere people is the reason why they have different tunes in their language. Tunes that differ from community to community. When I mean community to community, I'm talking about traditional community not political created communities. They are amalgamated people from different Igbo communities and I have the history of how the amalgamation took place at different times of the past.

Please, Mr..Amadi ,take your time, Google and research Bini descendants. It cut across all tribes in Nigeria and other tribes in Africa. That will satisfy your curiosity. Stay blessed...

This man will live long iseeee❤

You are right it was the civil war that made the entire upland Rivers state stop saying they were Igbos, because of how they were treated when they ran to Owerri and Enugu. My parents said they had to return home and take the bull by the horns when the people in Ngor Okakpala started calling them sabo.

My brother I would like to talk with you about Benin please

Ikwere language is close to ohaji language of IMO state. An Igbo dialect. I as Igbo understand anything an Ikwere man speaks. Once you pay attention. It’s foolish to bear same name, burial , marriage, market etc culture are all Igbo. His story is very true. My Mom is from Etche in Rivers State. The civil war created the entire problem. The Nigerian soldiers sold the division and fear of survival took over. So the Biafran soldiers then treated the Ikwere and most part of rivers as saboteurs.

Those bini observe Igbo four market days afor eke orie nkwo 😊😊 the answer is no Do they bear Ezeship loloobi etc as kings queens.. the answer is no Do they call chukwu okike abiama the God of all Igbo nation the answer is now Do they carry palm wine during. Traditional marriage the answer is no 70percent of Igbo names giving to their children are mostly Chi Chu chy ... In every 5igbo man 3 bears chi .. if you doubt me Lok around you and ask any Igbo man his name n be shocked. This list is endless 😊😊

Sir you made your ancestors proud by stating that " you can deceive people but not everytime.. you cannot run away from your name culture language traditions.... The youth of the generation kws better. Thank you sir for this mind-blowing historical facts that has made many keep living in self denial all in the name of selfish interest and politics... History will be kind to you for saying the truth and to that bini man that made you realise yourslf identity... Good or bad he spoke the truth of your identity 🧠💯🤔

Please try interview the elders in the community. Nnamdi Azikiwe book throws light into the onitsha Benin connection. Elders in the community may have another perspective to this ikwerre analogy

I understand that during Ikwrrre burial, they sing songs as the Benin's do. Can you throw light to this?

God bless this young man and protect him, long live nna mehn.

This man is intelligent

I had heard everything this man Mr Amadi said in this interview before from Barrister Uche Okwukwu, he had cleared all these arguments in the past, he said it clearly that he had carried out research that dated back to 300 years ago and above of Ikwerre history and that there is no single traces of Benins in Ikwerre ancestry and that Ikwerre are 100% Igbos that even the late oba of Benin clearly stated it that Ikwerres are 100% Igbos

Rivers people denied their Igboness after the war,I was in Rivers State then It was then they changed..many names of towns, in Rivers State,,They denied their Igboness out of fear of the atrocities being meted out on Igbo in Nigeria after the war.

Please be informed that the Romo in Ikwere towns was changed after the war. It was umu

Of ikwere people against their own brothers the IGBOS. No wonder why they reclaim IGBO properties without any apologies. This is time for us to put everything behind us and form a formidable united IGBO. Benin Kingdom hmmm! I fear Benin Kingdom

The real tragedy is the fact that this is even an argument in the 21st century... I'll never get over the experience with ikwerre folks.. Their hate for the so called Igbos (themselves) is unreal.. I don't care whether it's out of pain of whatever as for me I see an ikwerre person the same way I see a fulani from funta jalon.. Lost without identity therefore whatever they want me to call them I'll call them...

Coconut head generation 😂I know we will fix the mess one day 💯💯💯💯🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

The cause of western Igbo identity crisis was Nigeria civil war.

😢

KEEP IT COMING TRUTH WILL BE MADE KNOWN WHEATHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.

So, this is how Bonny and Opobo personal or peopled names where changed? 😢

He's rightly right, even the igbos that went there returned

people still fail to realize that migration can change the language and demographic of a place. look at Lagos state today. does that mean the origins are not benin. Look at Warri, its origins are benin they dont even speak the language. Language was not important to the benin kingdom. other tribe were allowed to flourish within the empire. People say maybe bein should've just forced their language on everyone. THe ikwerre situation can be explained by the igbo domination of the eastern region created by the british. ev en onitsha was given to the igbos by the oba of benin go and verify.

Ahuchi is not a Benin speaking language, but there in Edo state, there under benin

What is Sosochiso?

If the historical link is not sure why not apply the medical test of DNA

Ikwerre abughi Igbo Biko

This story is not real,no body changes name during Biafra war, because many Biafra came to Edo state in my place to live, they didn't change their names, they went back after war,

These things should be documented, Nigerian armies also did camouflage to kill and make it look like biafrians.

I know from the onset that there is no way that ikwerre brothers can be traced to benin

It is not your fault. We destroyed the strength by buried alive last prophet 510 years ago in jealousy. Hear it open , the throne has been rebuilt. All that belonged to us must come to us. Even those in far away America's islands and European countries. God has promised to rebuild us, and we have come back to love, share, and care for each other again

You're the original son of your father

This guys is telling the truth. I jave heard the story before

You don't know Amadin is a Benin name, even Benin to Benin can still call me am not his brother If there's matters. What is the meaning of ikwerre.

Pls igbo is only one tribe not two and ikwere is not a single tribe ikwere and owerri and other communities are the same in igbo land

Boss the ikwerre ancestors where forced to change their name from what to what... Where does ighwuruoha originate? There are lot of questions to ask. But the history of igbos, Ikwerrians, Benin, are still undefined.

@Nnaa mehn tv I want to suggest something. It's going to cost money, but I believe we can raise money through one way or the other since it is for a good cause. If you meet hardcore believers in the Benin theory, undertake to take some on a journey to 2 or 3 Igbo states, take them to different villages in the same state and let him hear different Igbo tribes speak in their tongues. This will make them understand that food alone can be pronounced in multiple ways. E.g Wuri, Nri, Nli, Nnyi Ndi, unyi eri, etc. Most of them always claim that the central Igbo sounds different from their dialect and for that, the they are not Igbo. They should understand that we are singularly a tribe and collectively Ndigbo. Those people don't travel, and they really don't know much

Are you on Facebook?

Owerri are related to ikwere people.

Land mass doesn't matter. Where Igbos close to Bonny before slave trade.

Please read history Amadi is Benin Name

The ikwerre people are Igbo's. Three quarter of river state are Igbo. Ikwerre, indoni, ogba, egbema, etche etc

This is a true son of the soil. He shall live long for being able to investigate and also bold to speak up. We are waiting for the continuation

You do not really have a good information of your historical back,you are talking about yesterday civil war when we are talking about history of over a century.Pls am not disputing what you are saying rather i wish to redirect you to make a better research and pls take your historical search net beyond the civil war bcos the ikwerre history is not tied to the civil war of yesterday,so i advise that you make a deeper research,thx for the information.

Nnaa mehn, infact i don't know the real adjectives to use, to qualify these so called Ikwere people of River state how can a governor of a state including the chairman of a locale government come out in public to say that Ikwere people is not igbos and did not originated from the igbos rather their from Benin and there was no traditional elders that can call him to an other. Well, is quite a pity

Oba Iku apolopolo will sure reclaim his territories long live Edo kingdom Oba a pe ee

Oga wether u like it or not ikwerrians are from Benin go n read

P R O M O S M 😇

Amadi is also a benin name. Iwuoha looks like an adultration of UWOHA, a benin word for BUSH OR UNDEVELOPED AREA. So your name and the name of where you came from link you to Benin

Port Harcourt real name is Igweocha

Cheapest and Smart deceit by Nigerian troops and Benin troops to divide the people of ikwere against their own people yhe IGBOs

Ikuere origin is benin, they where influenced by the igbo culture it doesn't mean that they are igbo, what about the owan, afemaie, igede, isoko and urhobo and so on, oga stop have you not see brother's that kill themselves

Really you don't where you came from, what is the full meaning of your name, amadi that typically benin language, let me tell you the full meaning of your name.( AMADI AYANGBON ) IN BENIN LANGUAGE Meaning if you are not fully heartedly you cannot leave in this world.

I am of the edoic speaking tribes of the Benin kingdom. That being said, the main igbo should also stop discriminating against their own people. We the isokos, urhobos, we don't deny our Benin heritage. same thing with the Beninese, esans and afemai people we all speak the same language.

If you are a real Ikwerre origin you can´t denounce your linage because of house rent and is like you have problem with money don´t be sold out. What happens to your hair painted white or what? Your name is not Ama it´s Amadi. Anambra and Enugu have Edo origin people as majority.

Mr. Amadi, be careful not to use the contemporary to interpret the ancient history. The lbo are about twenty some dialects. A civilization of the 9th century as supported by antiquities. people migrate to centers of civilization on account war, discontent, disputes, search for green pasture etc the lgbos may not be exceptions. They settle with host communities, assimilate the culture, musicology, personal names , language ,and cosmology,and diety. Name the ecosystem a mixture of the first languge and the second language, speak the host language according to the syllables, synthax ,semantics of their original language to form a dialect of the assimilated language .Nigerians for example speak a dialect of English bear their names. Italians speak a dialect of English according to sylables, synthax, semantics of of Italian language, bear same names. Listen to Italian English and tell the difference. Listen to Ekwerre lgbo and Onisha, Nsuka, Owerre Igbo . Read the history of Aboh kingdom from Benin, the connection of that kingdom to far away Mbaise. You may see the picture of what happened in the past relative to Ekwere. There are lgala tribe's of lgbo, and Nembe, look at their names The town name Emuoha of Ekwerre has Edoid name to it. There are about 400 tribe's in Nigeria, assimilated into one anther culture and stereo type. Ammadi's land lord may have spoken out of ignorance, DNA ,and antiquities may not support the claim.

apologies for barging in again to once again spoil your skewed half truth deceits. Firstly the word igbo is only a reference about 200yrears old even the earlier eboh which derived from the Abohs an ukwuani group who have told anyone who cares to listen that they are not an 'igbo' group is only about 400 years old. It means references like ikwerre , Aniocha, Aboh, Agbor , Onitsha etc referencing relative groups or then tribes are far more older references. Then to help you again appreciate on your skewed account of history, the three de facto realms between the 11th and 13th centuries in these parts were the Yarbar, the Benin and the Biafran realms. The Benin realm in addition being the de facto power block. The Yarbar now know as the Yoruba had subgroups as the Oyo, the egbas, ijebus and of course eko. There was a recent debate as to who actually established eko but thats for another day. Further more towns like onitsha were established by the Benin kingdom. Onitsha being derived from 'ono chie' meaning an occupied space occupied by the then Benin Oba via one of his princes. Yes the Benin realm and the de facto power block of those days as different from the Benin of today stretched as far as Onitsha and exerted influences within the Yarbar group. Question one how then does the most recent reference 'igbo' of any of the relative groups become what is chosen as one a super group and two a super name or reference for all the relative groups. Question two if names like ikwerre , Aniocha, Ukwuani , Agbor, Aboh etc have stuck with people for far more centuries if not millenias how do you imply rather callously and egoistically that they should bear 'igbo' as their appropriate name. Question three if you are looking for a super name for all the groups while not choose from one of the more earlier and ancient references like Aboh, Aniocha, ikwerre etc?

Quiet talk activities, na you go come tell us our history, never born.

You are deceiving your self

U have to go back to school lie

Iwhụrụọha people not benin but other Igbo subgroup cousins