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Her Royal Highness, Omu Onyebuchi Okonkwo of the Obio Kingdom in Aniocha North, Delta State, has attributed the ongoing identity struggles of the Anioma people to the Nigerian Civil War that occurred between 1967 and 1970.
Speaking in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, Okonkwo described the war as a devastating chapter in the history of the Anioma people, particularly those who speak “Enuani.”
She emphasized that the conflict was a major turning point and remains the root cause of the identity issues the Anioma community continues to face today.
“It is the mother of our cultural problems. What would you rather call the blatant falsehoods being peddled by those linking us to somewhere other than the Igbo nation?
Okonkwo, who is a traditional queen and cultural leader, said: “What baffles me is how anyone can say that because his people conquered others in wars years ago, those people are now their descendants.
“If we were their descendants, would they have had the need to conquer their own children? If I go to Lagos or Kano and introduce myself as Onyebuchi, what would I immediately be addressed as?
“The Yorùbá would call me ‘ọmọ Igbo’ and the Hausa would call me ‘nyammiri’. How then is it that I’m from somewhere else? Outside Anioma, our people claim Igbo benefits and even lead Igbo unions abroad, but once they come here, they lie through their teeth and deny their identity.
“One thing about life is that, no matter how you lie and deny your identity, your name, culture, traditions, and spirituality would always be a marker,” she said.
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