Are the Igbos from Isreal? think not further, Israeli doctors storm Anambra to conduct DNA test to confirm claim
Some Jewish scientists
stormed Nnewi, Anambra State yesterday to conduct Deoxyribonucleic Acid, DNA,
test on interested citizens of Igbo origin to determine the Jewish relationship
with Igbo tribe.
The Ikedife Hospital
located along Igwe Orizu Road, Otolo-Nnewi, was used as the venue.
Hundreds of people came
out in their numbers, to participate in the test to ascertain the validity of
the claims that the Igbo migrated from Israel.
People arrived from
other parts of Igboland to take part in the screening exercise.
Former President
General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr Dozie Ikedife, who was present at the event,
told newsmen that there had been stories of Jewish/Igbo relations based on
archaeological discoveries and mythology, adding that he facilitated the Jewish
scientist to come and prove the mythology.
Ikedife said that the
Israeli-Yaweh group came into the country to take a random sampling of cells
from the people of the South-East for studies to carry out a DNA analysis and
comparison in Houston Texas USA.
He said, “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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