The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye
Ogunwusi, has said that the Igbo nation is the first in the world to discover,
harness and nurture wealth.
He made this disclosure during a
courtesy visit by the Igbo community in Osun to his palace yesterday.
His words: ”Truth be told, the
race that first discovered prosperity and wealth and they really nurtured it
are the Igbo race.
“The Igbos first discovered it
through their ancestral background, the linage of Obatala. They discovered the
lineage of prosperity and wealth in terms of the divinity world and that is the
reason why today, the Igbo race have very good expertise when it comes to
commerce.
“They are very distinct. There is
no place you would go in the world that you would not find an Igbo man.
“And the same goes with the
Jews.”
He went further to say that the
world was mistaken in the notion that the Igbos came from the Jews.
Ooni’s words: “No! It is the
other way round. Truth be told, the first human race that existed was the Igbos
before the Jews and we were all living together at the center of tropical rain
forest before they started moving towards the Eastern part of the world where
they started settling.
“So the race of the Jews and the
Igbos are very similar but the Igbos are way older than the Jew.”
Reacting to Ooni’s remarks, Reno
Omokri, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, said he received
insults from Nigerians the first time he shared the same story.
He further said now that the Ooni
has corroborated him, he deserves some apologies from those that insulted him
earlier.
He wrote on his Twitter handle,
“I was attacked for saying Igbos are the most enterprising ethnicity in
Nigeria. The Ooni has now corroborated me.
“I said the Jews came from the
Igbos, not vice versa. The Ooni has corroborated me.
“Can those who insulted me now
reconsider. See my hashtag #IgboABlessingToNigeria.”
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Thank you to Ooni of Ife and Reno Omokkri learned and enlightened Yoruba people. bastard adeyinka granson, son of a pimp who raped his mom and got her pregnant to give birth to a reject that is you better shut up and hide. when legitimate people talk bastards should hide in shame
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