Igbo identity crisis: The DNA option (I), by Ochereome Nnanna

Vanguard News | 09-09-2026 07:00am |

An opinion piece by Ochereome Nnanna discusses the identity crisis among the Igbo people, citing examples of individuals from Delta and Rivers States who speak Igbo dialects and practice Igbo culture but deny being Igbo. The author references a social media commentator who described the Igbo as 'the most confused' people in Nigeria, and recalls an incident where former Governor Chibuike Amaechi publicly declared that the Ikwerre people are not Igbo.

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