Hundreds of Igbo from various parts of the South East zone, on Tuesday thronged Ikedife Hospital along Igwe Orizu Road, Otolo-Nnewi, Anambra State to participate in the Deoxyrinonucleic Acid (DNA) test being carried out by some Jewish scientists to determine the validity of the claims that the Igbo are from Israel.
As early as 7:00am the participants started arriving from various states in Igboland to take part in the cell screening exercise while a few policemen stood sentry in the hospital premises to ensure a hitch-free exercise.
Former President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Dozie Ikedife (Ikenga Nnewi) told The AUTHORITY that there have been stories of Jewish/Igbo relation based on archaeological discoveries and mythology.
Ikedife said that the Israeli-Yaweh group came into the country to take a random sampling of cells from the people in the South East for studies and to carry out a DNA comparison and analysis in Houston Texas, United States of America (USA).
He explained that the move was to establish scientifically the relationship between the two groups of people, stressing that it was necessary to satisfy the curiosity and answer questions in the minds of many Igbo.
The former Ohanaeze Ndigbo leader said that the world had advanced to the extent that cellular examination can be used to establish the claim or otherwise.
“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,” he said.
Ikedife said that the result of the cell examination is expected to be out in August this year.
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By Chimaobi Nwaiwu Nnewi—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. hospital corridor 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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