There
are reports that the people of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria have a Jewish
origin with a concrete scientific test currently taking place in the
South-east.
File Photo - Igbo elders
Ikedife Hospital located along Igwe Orizu Road, Otolo-Nnewi,
Anambra State is playing host to Jewish scientists, who are in Nnewi to
conduct Deoxyribonucleic Acid, DNA, test on interested citizens there to
determine the Jewish relationship with Igbos.
Hundreds of people trooped out in their numbers, yesterday, to
participate in DNA test to ascertain the validity of the claims that the
Igbo migrated from that part of the world.
As early as 7.00 am people had started arriving from every part of
Igboland to take part in the cell screening exercise, while a few
policemen were seen in the hospital premises to ensure a hitch free DNA
exercise.
Former President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr Dozie Ikedife, and
owner of the hospital, while addressing newsmen on the exercise, said
there had been stories of Jewish/Igbo relations based on archaeological
discoveries and mythology, saying he facilitated the Jewish scientist to
come and prove the mythology.
He said the Israeli-Yaweh group came into the country to take a
random sampling of cells from the people in the South-East for studies
to carry out a DNA analysis and comparison in Houston Texas USA.
According to him, “the idea is to establish scientifically the
relationship of the two groups of people. It is necessary to satisfy the
curiosity and answer the question in the minds of many for quite some
time.
“The world has gone advanced, cellular examination can be used
to establish the claim or otherwise of this kind of believe. In this
modern time, such claims of relationship should not be left in the
domain of mythological theories alone. There is need to subject the
claim to scientific proof.
“If at the end of the day, it is confirmed that we are
relations, we would remain brothers and friends, but if it proved
negative we remain friends. My curiosity is based on the fact that I
studied Anthropology as well as Medicine, the result of the cell
examination is expected to be out in August this year.”
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