Reactions have trailed the claim by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, that there is evidence showing that the Igbo race actually migrated from Ile-Ife.
Truetells Nigeria reported that the monarch, while speaking with reporters at his palace on Saturday, stated that there is evidence showing that the Igbo race actually migrated from Ile-Ife.
Ooni stated that there is evidence that the Igbo race has its roots here in Ile-Ife, revealing that there is Ile-Igbo here in the palace, which was not a recent creation but has been existing here for decades.
Oba Ogunwusi challenged academia in Nigerian universities to properly document the history of the Yoruba race rather than relying on jaundiced history.
Following the comment of the monarch, some netizens took to the micro-blogging platform, X, to express their views and opinions.
See some of the reactions below.
@Kolaqhazim wrote: “Kabiyiesi, please check again, I know you are our custodian of history, but pls check again.”
@Onyeckerous wrote: “Not all Igbos. Some migrated from Babylon after Nebuchadnezzar was turned into an animal. they could not take it, so they left.”
@OlatayoAlphonso wrote: “His not talking about South East Igbo people because those ones are something else 🙄 and we’re not ready to associate ourselves with them in any way. Na, only 10 per cent of those people dey normal in Nigeria.”
@_Victorsmog wrote: “We have a place in Igbo land called Yoruba. Does it mean Yoruba is from IGBOs?”
@jude_ukaigwe wrote: “True! Some Igbo from Israel, some from Ife, some from Asia, some from Edo.. the diversity of the Igbo man remains a mystery👀🌚”
@_Victorsmog wrote: “On colos on colos! Agbados APC are insulting igbos, Ooni is also insulting us. Can you leave us alone please? We’re not from Yoruba.”
@JosephOnuorah wrote: “Na so … 😂 After 6 wives – Baba can say anything.”
@emmy4life02 wrote: “Ooni should leave history & politics. Focus on marrying more wives, which he is very good at.”
@NjaCoach wrote: “He can’t be talking about Ibos, the ones in Biafra, so, no problem. Ibos & Yoruba have different DNAs.”
@African_unifier wrote: “Benin migrated from Yoruba, Igbo migrated from Yoruba, 😂 confused entity, Africans are one no one migrated from anywhere, we have been living here and we have been living together.
“Back to your claim, the oldest artefact that was unearthed in West Africa was in Igboland, even sudden pyramid outdated any Yoruba artefacts, but let’s not go there, Africans are one, and we all came from this continent, don’t be deceived.“