08/04/2024
THE POSITION OF TIV PEOPLE IN NIGERIA
Let me make this point clear from the start.
TIV land is not limited to Benue State as the Iôr Nyian (White Man) forced the Southerners and the Northerners to believe and act so.
Check for the DATA OF CENTRAL NIGERIA OR NORTH CENTRAL AS THEY TAGGED IT TO FORCE TIV PEOPLE UNDER NORTH BY CLASSIFICATION
Forgot the fake history that says TIV people migrated to Nigeria late and this and that. The Data in that region will prove to you that at least 30% of the overall population in the midst of hundreds of tribes are TIV people.
How can someone who migrated late to a country, the same tribe is the most victims of violence in the history of the country, yet, our population has remained top even after they divided Tiv among other tribes to make the number small
WHAT IS THE REAL THREAT?
When you go to Hausa Land even before the Fulanis took over them through Jihad, they had referred to the Tiv people as Southerners. Some even call TIV people NYAMIRI, a term referring to the IGBO PEOPLE till date.
When you go too far South or East, they refer to TIV people as Northerners or HAUSA.
THIS WAS THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS MADE BEFORE AMALGAMATION AND NIGERIA BECAME A COUNTRY LATER
This started during the peak of Slave trade when the Iôr Nyian assisted Ugenyi tribe to dislodged the Capital of TIV at Ibenda back then.
The Tiv had dominated what is known as “THE MIDDLE BELT” which stretches from ADAMAWA, a place near Garoua, the first Established capital of the Tiv people before they moved to SWEM MOUNTAIN where they encountered the Iôr Nyian for the first time.
According to Ortamen Ayem Fela in “THE BATTLE OF KARAGBE”, the Uke-Yima, a TIV man named after Uke which means foreign in Tiv language, had discovered the Iôr Nyian on his journey to the other side of the world with his collection of people of his kind from many others tribes.
The first encounter went bad when the Tiv people discovered the plan of the Iôr Nyian on their visit. They discovered what brought Iôr Nyian and quickly reacted which resulted to the "Second Coming" that later followed with the introduction of slave trade to acquire victims who was taken by other tribes during conflict or wars.
The Tiv people passed a law to ban what the Iôr Nyian were chasing after. (Minerals)
They did Cultural Reforms to hide their identity from anything considered UKE (Now popular for describing Foreigners and not the bearer of the name), or Iôr Nyian that they had encountered before. However, the Tiv people maintained their history and movement.
Read our history without those assignment dates. Those dates are wrong and could help in twisting the story.
They had the Land surrounding IFI I KARAGBE from ITYOU KI TAREV IN GAROUA TO ITYÔ TAR IN LOKOJA. They had Families (back then they were families before they grew into clans and sub-clans), sent to a certain position at different borders of the land they had marked as their territory. That is a story for another day, but they made changes at Swem mountain and moved to Ibenda to establish a New capital
At Ibenda, they were attacked allegedly by the Ugenyi tribe. This created the disunited and started the quarrel, disagreement and sentiments amongst TIV clans.
Contrary to the history that they are telling you that the TIV people came from Cameron and settled on the Benue Basin, the Tiv people had already occupied that land for a very long time, interacted with other tribes within and beyond the region and also traded peacefully before the coming of Iôr Nyian. There is a Tribe as far as Kaduna called Idara, they have almost the same traditional attire (not the official black and white that you know. We have up to 18 original and mixed materials documented by NINA PERPETUAL IN HER BOOK titled SYMBOLISM IN TIV RELIGION & CULTURE…They were only searching for a headquarters. A MOUNTAIN OR HOLY GROUND THAT CAN HOUSE THEIR SPIRITUAL POWERS. A PLACE WHERE THEY WOULD GO AS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, CLANS OR GROUP TO BE CONNECTED WITH GOD.
The headquarters was highly protected by the best warriors, also a place where common citizens would live and trade. They had met the FULANIS who came through Garoua, made it to Adamawa from neighboring West African countries and settled. They met with the Fulanis again after they moved their capital to Ibenda. This was during or in-between the days of slave trade.
The Ugenyi tribe launched an attack that overpowered the warriors protecting the Capital. Many people were killed and some taken which were mostly women and children, something that angers the Tiv people. By the Tiv laws, you are not supposed to kill children and women during war.
Those were the people that the Ugenyi tribe targeted. This brought a lot of trust issues amongst TIV clans. The attack was also hard such that they left unorganized, each trying to find their family members that had been sent to live across to Mark the borders.
Most of the citizens Loved to live around the capital that they preferred. A mountain or high were the only options because it gave them an oversight.
But the attack on Ibenda came hard.
Most Clans had huge crowds at this point. They were already in millions, dislodged at midnight by the Ugenyi who were supported by Iôr Nyian, also, the Fulanis had conquered North and part of the South.
Those activities happened between 1400-18000 when the Jihadist rose and every other fell. That is a story for another day.
To cut the long story short, this is when manipulations and conspiracy among tribes began. All in the interest of Iôr Nyian fueling and supporting whoever they wanted to win or sometime they even supplied both with heavy weapons to finish each other so that they can take over peacefully
The goal was for one of the regions to conquer the Tiv people whom many tribes in the region stood with.
The same time of slave trade turned out usual conflict over land where we would threaten one another over a piece of land or chase them off it there was a need into full blown wars
The Iôr Nyian turned our Minor conflicts into wars and exploited everyone.
Read The Tiv History by Sai.
BACK TO THE POSITION OF THE TIV PEOPLE, WHENEVER THE POSITION OF NIGERIA IS THREATENED, WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF NIGERIA WILL EMPLOYE A TIV MAN TO HANDLE POWER FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNITY, YET, THE POSITION OF THE TIV PEOPLE IS UNFAIRLY RECOGNIZED.
This is because the Tiv people are capable of stopping what is happening in Nigeria, African and also uniting the black people.
The Tiv culture was built on acceptance, we agreed to take people’s names or change ours to theirs for the show of love but they never replicated, yet, we were never worried.
AYATUTU MOU SHA!!!
Ka mo ✍️✍️ Tivzualumun 👑👑
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