dayokanu:
So who are the Yorubas who falsely claim Lagos

tintingz: My origin is ogun state ijebu boy. . .born and bred in Lagos i will always claim a lagosian anywhere cuz i got the yoruba blood. . .everywhere in the southewest-yorubaLand is my home. . .to the igbos, ijaws, hausas etc go park somewhere Lagos ain't your home and your father-Land

saxywale:

No mind dem jare. Jide Omoworare from ifako/ijaiye constituency came all the way from Ife to become the speaker of the Lagos State house of Assembly. He is now a Senator representing Osun East. That's the essence of the great Yoruba lineage. The guy would proudly call himself a lagosian but he is from Osun by state of origin.

Ngodigha:
Minus this few you mentioned, others claim Lagos state. It is nice though for them to see pride in their towns. Probably, they are following your footsteps.

PStylish:

You are a class B Lagosian. You are recognized and accepted. Of course, you know your limits.When push comes to shove, your ancestry will be pointed out.

Modern day Binis are almost tempted to claim Yoruba citizenship how much more those who have been assimilated in Yorubaland.


PS: You are Ibo and a troll.Try harder.

Aigbofa:

The facts does not support your assertion. Yes, some ibos like other Nigerians have properties in Lagos, but the majority of them still pay rents to Yoruba landlords.

Aigbofa:

Mention just one. Did I or anyone else ever claim Lagos when we are indeed from other states. If you cannot mention a single name, then you are making this up. You are lying.

Aigbofa:

Mention just one. Did I or anyone else ever claim Lagos when we are indeed from other states. If you cannot mention a single name, then you are making this up. You are lying.

Ngodigha:
Dudu negro claims Lagos, Desola claims Lagos, Sbeezy claims Lagos. You asked for one and I have given 3. If you ask for 30, I will give you 300.

dayokanu:

Ileke idi has always claimed Ekiti, Dapobear has always claimed Ekiti, Naijababe has always claimed Ogun and Jarus has always claimed Kwara, Sagamite has always claimed Ogun and Rhino has always been proudly Ondo, Fstranger is Osun through and through.

So who are the Yorubas who falsely claim Lagos

Katsumoto:

Taking a position in a debate is not the same as laying claims. Why do some of you have thought process issues?

afam4eva:

PStylish:

You are a class B Lagosian. You are recognized and accepted. Of course, you know your limits.When push comes to shove, your ancestry will be pointed out.

Modern day Binis are almost tempted to claim Yoruba citizenship how much more those who have been assimilated in Yorubaland.


PS: You are Ibo and a troll.Try harder.

Emary: Lagos can never claim to be a place with only indigenous roots, For one, a lot of the land in Lagos is reclaimed. Who was occupying it before then. Two, there were many people who settled here before independence and contributed to the growth and development of the place. It would be impossible to chase away their descendants now. My maternal grandfather though half Igbo and half Ghanaian was a Councillor in Lagos as far back as 1953. There were also several resettled slaves who have intermarried with the communities. 95% of the families on Lagos Island have them. Three, this is a federation and our constitution gives all Nigerian citizens the right to live anywhere in the country so long as they are not convicted criminals. The governors you have in Lagos, Tinubu and Fashola inclusive are not full blooded Lagosians so who are they fooling?

Troll: I AM A LAGOSIAN.
I WAS BORN IN LAGOS.
MY FATHER WAS BORN AND BRED IN LAGOS.
MY GRANDFATHER HAS LANDS IN LAGOS.
MY ANCESTORS ARE FROM THE BENIN KINGDOM.
ANYBODY WHO HAS A PROBLEM WITH ME CLAIMING LAGOS CAN GO AHEAD AND DIVE INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

afam4eva:
Look at the first post on this page.

Ngodigha:
Dudu negro claims Lagos, Desola claims Lagos, Sbeezy claims Lagos. You asked for one and I have given 3. If you ask for 30, I will give you 300.

Ngodigha:
That was a last option. He couldn't survive the heat in Lagos, so he has to go where the competition is less.

CHESSBOARD: Any person thats a Nigeria because , LAGOS IS NO MAN'S LAND

geeez:

Okay Imo , Ananmbra, Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi are also NO MAN''s LANDS

afam4eva:
Lagos is the name of a state that was created after Nigeria came into being and it's a culmination of people from different groups. It's not an ancestry. Ijebu is. Yoruba is. But not Lagos. No non-Lagosian is claiming to be Egba or Ijebu. They're saying that they're Lagosians. There's a whole lot of difference.

geeez: Okay Imo , Ananmbra, Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi are also NO MAN''s LANDS

Paentera:

Not only are you wrong on many points - you refuse to learn from history which is abundant on the Internet. The name of a place called Lagos, existed way before Nigeria was amalgamated in 1914. There're maps done in 1800 that have the name Lagos simply because that name was named by Portuguese as far back as 1500s. That means there has always been a place referred to as Lagos on the world map that far back. History cannot be changed because you cannot grasp it or fail to do your own research. The name Eko was the name this same area (especially the Island) was referred to by the earliest recorded settlers - from the Benin Kingdom. As you may well know, an area can bear more than one name and considering that Lago de Curamo, the word that the Portuguese named for Lagos back then was bastardised to Lagos by the British means that a place can be known by several names. When West Africa was raided for slaves in the 1700s, there was a place called Agbadari, now it is known simply as Badagry - it does not rob it of its heritage. Also, there was a place known as Lagos as well.

We cannot be blamed that your lack of knowledge has made you wrongly ask this rather unnecessary question. BTW, I am Lagosian.

sbeezy8: Igbos can claim Lagos all they want I dont care- but at the end of the Day KNOW that I will never invest outside South west Nigeria.

even if they gimme free oil block in Imo- ill sell it as soon as they give it to me. use the money for agriculture in Ogun,Oyo,Osun,Kwara projects in Ondo. and banking in Lagos.

afam4eva:
We all know talk is cheap. I wonder why the Yorubas in oil companies in the east are not thinking like you.

afam4eva:
We all know talk is cheap. I wonder why the Yorubas in oil companies in the east are not thinking like you.

dayokanu:

East? which Part of the East or you intended to say South South?

safarigirl: 90% of those in Lagos are NOT of Lagos ancestry. All you other south westerners who feel that you're Lagosians need to visit the nearest Babalawo. If na to speak Yoruba, i know thousands of Igbos that chew the language. True Lagosians tend to bear English last names, and most of Yorubaland do not acknowledge them as true Yorubas. Now the same set of deprived m0fos want to claim it as Yorubaland, when they contributed nothing but touts, paedophiles and rap!sts to the city. Only the whites, and indigenes of Lagos, Ogun, Ekiti, and other tribes, mostly Igbos, Efiks and Ibibios made Lagos. After those states, the rest of Yoruba land can sink for all I care, starting with Ibadan, the disgrace of Yoruba land.