A Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said the statue of Late Madam Efunporoye Tinubu should be removed from Lagos State.
The statue of the late Madam is standing at the popular Tinubu Square in Lagos.

Fani-Kayode's comments came after
#BlackLivesMatter protesters in the United States of America and other parts of the world pulled down statues of known slave masters.
The protesters were on the street to protest the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis policemen knelt on his neck as he screamed, “I can't breathe."

As a way of putting an end to racism and the agelong discrimination between the whites and blacks, the protesters pulled down statues of Edward Colston and others.

In his reaction on Wednesday, Fani-Kayode said it was time for Nigerians to pull down statues of slave owners like Madam Tinubu.

According to him, a nation that continues to honour people who involved in slave trade is unjust and insensitive.

He said:

Now that statues of slave owners like Edward Colston are being pulled down in the UK it is time for us to pull down the statues of slave owners like Madame Tinubu in Nigeria. A nation that continues to honor historical figures that traded in human flesh is insensitive & unjust.

https://mobile.twitter.com/realFFK/status/1270590513100587009?p=v

Iyalode Efunporoye Tinubu was a known slave trader who used proceeds from slave trade to acquire wealth and landed properties in Lagos.

Very charming, charismatic and influential, Tinubu was the link between the white men and the hinterlands. History says she was very powerful, especially with fact she was married to Prince Adele, who saw her when she came to Abeokuta in 1833. An indigene of Gbagura Abeokuta, Efunporoye Tinubu was the wealthiest woman in Yorubaland in the 19th century.

According to history, she was the only one controlling 360 slaves and trade routes with European merchants. As a queen, she was instrumental to the installation of Obas in Lagos. She was said to have helped in fighting against European domination of her people.

Since 1852, when she died, Madam Efunporoye Tinubu remains indelible.
But Fani-Kayode said she should not be immortalise for being the one selling Africans as slaves to the white men during her time.

Keyboard warrior......go and lead the protest na

This dunce will sit down in his parlour with his mulatto wife and be instigating Nigerian youths to violence without him coming out

FFK should walk the talk for once in his life. I have not for once seen him lead any protest. But he is always quick to sit behind a computer to instigate and incite Nigerians, especially the youth.

Another one had been pulled down in Belgium. He was even their king. So, let yorubas pull down tinubu status down if truely black lives matter.

ffk na silly guy jare

Tinubu and the bullion van....

FFK may be a loudmouthed GADFLY but if and if records clearly and truly show that late Madam Efunporoye Tinubu was a FACILITATOR in slave trade system that kidnapped Africans from their villages and sold them into slavery in foreign lands, then her statue should be pulled down immediately.

It means Madam Efunporoye Tinubu was part of system that took late George Floyd's foreparents to US in the first place thereby making his murder possible.

It means that Madam Efunporoye Tinubu is no different from that murderous white Minneapolis policeman that killed George.

It means at times like this, Madam Efunporoye Tinubu should in the trial dock of the court of time.

Also to be pulled down is faremi Abass William a slave trader in Badagry known to Format his captured slaves Brain with a magic water. slave trade never ended, it only evolves Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is trading Lagos state...having the present Governor Sanwo Eko(Tinubu was dubbed Eko Himself) serving his 6th term while his former P.A are forced against oracles choice as kings (,Oba Elegushi of IKate and the New Oniru) were his former P.A that is the New slave master in Town

Part of reasons history was abolished in schools. We have always been our own enemies.

XXLMANDIGO:
Part of reasons history was abolished in schools. We have always been our own enemies.

u might be 60% correct...

Try it and see

You destroyed the statues of those who bought slaves, but keep the statues of those who sold slaves..

The hypocrisy.

Lol

FFK and RENO

Ooyannna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oBld9eyNSA

Nobody take this frustrated soul serious anymore.

A valid concern, across the coastal regions of today's Nigeria, slaves were moved by the local elites.

This is a valid opinion

Why honour someone who sold us ?

He is danm right this time


But then ......

All we need is a better Nigeria

Was with some young foreigners a week ago and they gave insight into their history and I was shocked... I jejely told them that Nigeria's history is top secret as the real truth will make you want to commit murder so the elites guard it with their life's...

This man should not bring problem to Nigeria because anything we copy here is opposite and excess.

Falling of that statue now can mistakenly fall on anybody, be caution of the advice you give people.