Varying the reactions have trailed the claim by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, that there is evidence showing that the Igbos migrated from Ile-Ife.
The monarch made the claim while speaking with reporters at his palace on Saturday.
According to him, there is Ile-Igbo here in the palace, which was not a recent creation but has been existing here for decades.
Oba Ogunwusi challenged the academia in Nigerian universities to properly document the history of the Yoruba race rather than relying on jaundiced history.
Many who heard the speech or read it online expressed their views on the position.
@Kolaqhazim: “Kabiyiesi, please check again, I know you are our custodian of history, but pls check again.”
@_Victorsmog: “We have a place in Igbo land called Yoruba. Does it mean Yoruba is from IGBOs?”
@jude_ukaigwe: “True! Some Igbo from Israel, some from Ife, some from Asia, some from Edo.. the diversity of the Igbo man remains a mystery👀🌚”
@_Victorsmog: “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: “Na so … 😂 After 6 wives – Baba can say anything.”
@emmy4life02: “Ooni should leave history & politics. Focus on marrying more wives, which he is very good at.”
@NjaCoach: “He can’t be talking about Ibos, the ones in Biafra, so, no problem. Ibos & Yoruba have different DNAs.”
@African_unifier: “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“Back to your claim, the oldest artefact that was unearthed in West Africa was in Igboland, even sudden pyramid outdated any Yoruba artefacts, but let’s not go there, Africans are one, and we all came from this continent, don’t be deceived.“
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