The truth about Igbo Abandoned Property in Port Harcourt after civil w@r

The truth about Igbo Abandoned Property in Port Harcourt after civil w@r

The truth about Igbo Abandoned Property in Port Harcourt after civil w@r

Firstly, all the indigenous Igbo communities in Rivers State: Ikwerre, Etche, Ogba, Ndoki, Ekpeye suffered the same way other Igbos from Nigeria suffered during civil w@r.

There was nothing like Ikwerre as an ethnicity at that time. Ikwerre as ethnicity came up after civil w@r due to marginalisation of Igbos.

During the w@r, !jaws were the majority in Rivers State because Bayelsa State was not created at that time.

Nigeria government empowered !jaws to take over power from Igbos in Rivers State.

Alfred Papapreye Diete-Spiff, an !jaw man was appointed the first Military Governor of Rivers State from May 1967 to July 1975 during the military administration of General Yakubu Gowon.

Alfred Papapreye Diete-Spiff is an !jaw who implemented the abandoned property act and handed over the properties of Igbos in Port Harcourt to his !jaw brothers.

Indigenous Igbo communities in Rivers state were not allowed to hold any positions in government and were marginalised to the point of denying their Igbo origin.

!jaws became minority in Rivers State when Bayelsa state was created and Peter Odili became the first Igbo governor since creation of the state.

Igbos are one regardless of the states they find themselves