No argument about Anioma Igbo identity -Ned Nwoko
By Ndukaku Ihe
All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ned Nwoko (Delta North), has called on the Anioma people in Delta to embrace their Igbo identity. He urged them to join hands with Nigerians from the Eastern part of the country in building a stronger and more united Nigeria.
Nwoko, according to his Media Directorate, made the call in Asaba at “Igbo-Bu-Ofu” (Igbos are one) conference organised by the Unification Movement between Friday and Saturday, August 29th and 30th, 2025.
The lawmaker, while commending the organisers for their courage and vision, said that their efforts aligned with his long-standing philosophy on Anioma identity and the need for an Anioma State to be carved out of Delta North.
”There is no argument about our Igbo identity. I understand history very well. I have a degree in history. I know the migration of the Igbo people, and I know clearly that we, the Anioma, are Igbo”, he said.
Recalling his childhood experience during the Nigerian civil war, he said, the identity crisis from that era must now give way to truth and reconciliation.
“The time has come for us to reverse the old narratives that separated us from our brothers across the Niger,”
Nwoko, who had sponsored a motion for the creation of an Anioma State in the National Assembly, said the agitation was not about politics or personal ambition but about correcting historical imbalances.
He urged the Igbo Unification Movement, Ndi na Asu Bia, and other cultural organisations to continue their advocacy, education, and mobilisation.
Nwoko stressed that only through such collective efforts can the dream of a united Igbo nation and the creation of Anioma State be realised.
