There are many reasons why these old theories hold no water in determining the origin of the Uneme peoples. On the Origin of Heaven theory, it hasn't been scientifically proven that people were directly descended from heaven. There is really no other evidence that corresponds with this account.
The Theory of Ife origin claims that the Uneme have strong affinities with the Yoruba. As a matter of fact, the Uneme have not been known to be a branch of the Yoruba ethnic group nor were their ancestors known to have established autochthonous contacts with Ile-ife, dating back to Oduduwas time. There is no lingusitic links with Uneme and Yoruba. ''For languages to have historical connections, they must have either diffusional or genetic resemblance' neither of these exist between Uneme and Yoruba Languages.
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