This tribal rift has to stop. The words of the Oba was total nonsense and he needs to apologize to the ibo residents of Lagos state. You should never make anyone feel unsafe especially if you're public figure whose words has heavier weight than the common citizen. That being said, the manner at which the leaders of ibos addressed the issue by calling the oba names was also wrong. They should maybe have taken the higher road like jega did to orubebe. Two wrongs don't make a right. To my fellow constituents, neither Yoruba nor bio needs to be grateful to each other. The Igbo man came to Lagos for greener pasture, while Lagos benefited from the business oriented igbos. No one is ungrateful, both benefited from this synergistic relationship. When the word of the oba first hit the net, a lot of the Yoruba condemned it and agreed that the statement was indeed foolish but many became defensive when the Igbo brethren began to call Yoruba, betrayer. Some even quote history and states that Yorubas had always been betrayer while igbos had always thought they were superior. Were you present during these period in nigeria? If not, please refrain from talking about it. Account of an event would be different depending on who is telling the story and on what side you're standing. One thing that I hope we should all agree on is that we hope that particular history does not repeat itself because the people that would suffer its consequences are the civilians and not the leaders of the people that started the dispute. Another notion that I saw was the fact that Lagos belongs to the Yorubas. Yes and no. The first settlers of Lagos were Yoruba, therefore it was claimed as part of their territory, which was the same thing that happened throughout nigeria. But it became available to other tribes as well when it became the capital. The problem of Lagos ownership is as a result of a failed nigeria. In the USA, a Maryland resident cannot vote in Virginia governorship race. After living in a particular state for a while you can choose to change your state residency. So a new Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa man in Lagos should not be able to vote for any governor. You haven't contributed much to the society to have a say.
Anyway, I hope this would stop as I have Yoruba and Igbo friends. God bless Nigerians

[quote author=judondasylva post=32595979]I have not commented on this issue since it began but I think this article has forced me to write.I want to say that whatever group that write this stupid and foolish article shows how senseless some people can be. who ever wrote this article is a first class fool and ur Oba or wat ever u guys call him is a fool that is not supposed to exist in this age. he show how backward and uncivilized he is.that Oba is not even worth to be an Oba let alone not to be insulted. some people are very stupid by saying that we are supposed to show him respect when he did not show respect the whole Igbo nation. the man should resign if u think u place so much value in ur culture cus he is not fit to be an adult let alone a kind. thank u all and have a nice time.Oba akiolu is an idiott

fosidewok:
REFUGEES, SLIPPERS HEADS, FLAT HEADS, INGRATES, CRIMINALS, ARROGANT

These are forenames of the Igbos.

They are Bantu pygmies.

LordExecutioner:


My hustle is legit and I pay taxes. But I hate criminal activities.

The typical Igbo is a lazy criminal with no intellectual depth and business savviness who depends on illegal and criminal enterprise, and chaos to thrive.

Why can't yeeboos thrive in Houston, an area they dominate? Majority of the business there are owned by Yorubas. Yeeboos only thrive in crime and illegal businesses.

Work hard and stop looking for quick fixes and stealing other people's sweat while beating your chest everywhere.

Onye ara, ewu Somalia.

Name the businesses in Houston you claim Yorubas dominate or as you put it are in the majority...

I have not commented on this issue since it began but I think this article has forced me to write.I want to say that whatever group that write this stupid and foolish article shows how senseless some people can be. who ever wrote this article is a first class fool and ur Oba or wat ever u guys call him is a fool that is not supposed to exist in this age. he show how backward and uncivilized he is.that Oba is not even worth to be an Oba let alone not to be insulted. some people are very stupid by saying that we are supposed to show him respect when he did not show respect the whole Igbo nation. the man should resign if u think u place so much value in ur culture cus he is not fit to be an adult let alone a kind. thank u all and have a nice time.Oba akiolu is an idiott

Perceptor:

lemme adress d issues one by each. You igbos ar the pompous and egoistic ones, pple frm various tribes av confirmed that.
Lagos was made the capital because it had all the potential to be the center of excellence in nigeria. such potential av neva been found in any igbo land even in modern days.
Igbos ar not d only non indigenous tribe in lagos, hausas ar there in large numbers but they respect d privilege they enjoy unlike igbos. Igbo always av tendences of treason whereever they ar given opportunity to strive and that is why the hausas hate you to hell.

Are you replying this ashewo that develops lagos from her spot in Adeola Hopewell in VI?

Thats how she and her flat head kins are helping us develop Lagos.

I have not commented on this issue since it began but I think this article has forced me to write.I want to say that whatever group that write this stupid and foolish article shows how senseless some people can be. who ever wrote this article is a first class fool and ur Oba or wat ever u guys call him is a fool that is not supposed to exist in this age. he show how backward and uncivilized he is.that Oba is not even worth to be an Oba let alone not to be insulted. some people are very stupid by saying that we are supposed to show him respect when he did not show respect the whole Igbo nation. the man should resign if u think u place so much value in ur culture cus he is not fit to be an adult let alone a kind. thank u all and have a nice time.Oba akiolu is an idiott...
..
Oba is a clueless lazy animal

it's rather unfortunate n appalling dat an Oba culdnt have envisaged de ramifications of de words dat proceed frm his mouth, atleast by virtue of his occupation of dat exalted stool. the Yoruba nation hav no right watsoever to blame the Igbos for their reactions or to dictate to them how to react in de face of such unwarranted n witless threat! One wuld expect dat they atleast show their acclaimed enlightenment n civility by holding Oba Akiolu responsible for his careless utterance and duely punish him for such unbecoming behaviour n for bringing such infamy, shame n disgrace to the sanctity of de stool by unsitting him! BTW,wat bizness has an Oba with mingling so deep in politics?!!! nigerians shuld learn to hold ppl responsible for their actions! Oba or no Oba NONSENSE!!!!! RUBBISH!!!!! dat's wat i expected of dis Oodua of a ppl...nt coming here to reel out jaundiced history dat no one really cares abt

Chukwugekwu:
I have not commented on this issue since it began but I think this article has forced me to write.I want to say that whatever group that write this stupid and foolish article shows how senseless some people can be. who ever wrote this article is a first class fool and ur Oba or wat ever u guys call him is a fool that is not supposed to exist in this age. he show how backward and uncivilized he is.that Oba is not even worth to be an Oba let alone not to be insulted. some people are very stupid by saying that we are supposed to show him respect when he did not show respect the whole Igbo nation. the man should resign if u think u place so much value in ur culture cus he is not fit to be an adult let alone a kind. thank u all and have a nice time.Oba akiolu is an idiott

You great great ancestor to your father are idiots.

ajomoses:


The Bitter Truth About The Igbo, By Femi Fani-Kayode
August 8, 2013Premium Times
Femi Fani-Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode
Permit me to make my second and final contribution to the raging debate about Lagos, who owns it and the seemingly endless tensions that exist between the Igbo and the Yoruba. It is amazing how one or two of the numerous nationalities that make up Nigeria secretly wish that they were Yoruba and consistently lay claim to Lagos as being partly theirs. Have they forgotten where they came from? I have never heard of a Yoruba wanting to give the impression to the world that he is an Igbo, an Ijaw, an Efik or a Hausa-Fulani or claiming that he is a co-owner of Port Harcourt, Enugu, Calabar, Kano or Kaduna. Yet more often than not, some of those that are not of Yoruba extraction but that have lived in Lagos for some part of their lives have tried to claim that they are bona fide Lagosians and honorary members of the Yoruba race.
Clearly it is time for us to answer the nationality question. These matters have to be settled once and for all. Lagos and the South-west are the land and the patrimony of the Yoruba and we will not allow anyone, no matter how fond of them we may be, to take it away from us or share it with us in the name of ”being nice”, ”patriotism”, ”one Nigeria” or anything else. The day that the Yoruba are allowed to lay claim to exactly the same rights and privileges that the indigenous people in non-Yoruba states and zones enjoy and the day they can operate freely and become commissioners and governors in the Niger Delta states, the North, the Middle Belt and the South-east, we may reconsider our position. But up until then, we shall not do so. Lagos is not a ”no-man’s land” but the land and heritage of the Yoruba people. Others should not try to claim what is not theirs.
I am not involved in this debate for fun or for political gain and I am not participating in it to play politics but rather to speak the truth, to present the relevant historical facts to those that wish to learn and to educate the uninformed. That is why I write without fear or favour and that is why I intend to be thoroughly candid and brutally frank in this essay. And I am not too concerned or worried about what anyone may think or how they may feel about what I am about to say because I am a servant of truth and the truth must be told no matter how bitter it is and no matter whose ox is gored. That truth is as follows. The Yoruba, more than any other nationality in this country in the last 100 years, have been far too accommodating and tolerant when it comes to their relationship with other nationalities in this country and this is often done to their own detriment. That is why some of our Igbo brothers can make some of the sort of asinine remarks and contributions that a few of them have been making in this debate both in the print media and in numerous social media portals and networks ever since Governor Fashola ”deported” 19 Igbo destitute back to Anambra state a while ago. In the last 80 years, the Igbo have been shown more generosity, accommodation, warmth and kindness and given more opportunities and leverage by the Yoruba than they have been offered by ANY other ethnic group in Nigeria. This is a historical fact. The Yoruba do not have any resentment for the Igbo and we have allowed them to do in our land and our territory what they have never allowed us to do in theirs. This has been so for 80 long years and it is something that we are very proud of. As I said elsewhere recently, to be accommodating and generous is a mark of civilisation and it comes easily to people that once had empires. The reason why many of our people take strong exception to the apparent outrage of the Igbo over this ”deportation” issue and the provocative comments of my friend and brother Chief Orji Uzor Kalu when he described Lagos as being a ”no man’s land” is because the Igbo have not only taken us for granted but they have also taken liberty for licence.
We cannot be expected to tolerate or accept that sort of irreverent and unintelligent rubbish simply because we still happen to believe in ”one Nigeria” and we will not sacrifice our rights or prostitute our principles on the alter of that ”one Nigeria”. Whether Nigeria is one or not, what is ours is ours and no one should test our resolve or make any mistake about that. ”One Nigeria” yes but no one should spit in our faces or covet our land, our treasure, our success, our history, our virtues, our being and our heritage and attempt to claim those for themselves simply because we took them in on a rainy day. It is that same attitude of ”we own everything”, ”we must have everything” and ”we must control everything” that the Igbo settlers manifested in the northern region in the late 50’s and early and mid-60’s that got them into so much trouble up there with the Hausa-Fulani and that eventually led to the terrible pogroms where almost one hundred thousand of them were killed in just a few days. Again it is that same attitude that they manifested in Lagos and the Western Region in the late ’30’s and the early and mid-40’s that alienated the Yoruba from them, that led to the establishment of the Action Group in April, 1951 and that resulted in the narrow defeat of Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe in the Western Regional elections of December, 1951. As a matter of fact they were the ones that FIRST introduced tribalism into southern politics in 1945 with the unsavoury comments of Mr. Charles Dadi Onyeama who was a member of the Central Legislative Council representing Enugu and who said at the Igbo State Union address that ”the domination of Nigeria and Africa by the Igbo is only a matter of time”.
That single comment, made in that explosive and historic speech, did more damage to southern Nigerian unity than any other in the entire history of our country and everything changed from that moment on. To make matters worse, in July 1948, Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe made his own openly tribal and incendiary speech, again at the Igbo State Union, in which he spoke about the ”god of the Igbo” eventually giving them the leadership of Nigeria and Africa. These careless and provocative words cost him dearly and put a nail in the coffin of the NCNC in the Western Region from that moment on. This was despite the fact that that same NCNC, which was easily the largest and most powerful political party in Nigeria at the time, had been founded and established by a great and illustrious son of the Yoruba by the name of Herbert Macauley. Macauley, like most of the Yoruba in his day, saw no tribe and he happily handed the leadership of the party over to Azikiwe, an Igbo man, in 1945 when he was on his dying bed. How much more can the Yoruba do than that when it comes to being blind to tribe? Can there be any greater evidence of our total lack of racial prejudice and tribal sentiments than that? If the NCNC had been founded and established by an Igbo man, would he have handed the whole thing over to a Yoruba on his death bed? I doubt it very much.
Again when northern military officers mutinied, effected their ”revenge coup” and went to kill the Igbo military Head of State, General Aguiyi-Ironsi on July 29th 1966 in the old Western Region, his host, the Yoruba Col. Fajuyi (who was military Governor of the Western Region at the time), insisted that they would have to kill him first before taking Aguiyi-Ironsi’s life and the northern officers (led by Major T.Y. Danjuma as he then was) promptly obliged him by slaughtering him before killing Aguiyi-Ironsi. How many Igbo know about that and how many times in our history have they made such sacrifices for the Yoruba? Would Aguiyi-Ironsi, or any other Igbo officer, have stood for Fajuyi, or any other Yoruba officer, and sacrificed his life for him in the same way that Fajuyi did had the roles been reversed? I doubt it very much. Yet instead of being grateful the Igbo continuously run us down, blame us for all their woes, envy our educational advantages and resent us deeply for our ability to excel in the professions and commerce. Unlike them, we were never traders but we were (and still are) industrialists and when it comes to the professions we were producing lawyers, doctors, accountants and university graduates at least three generations before they ever did. That is the bitter truth and they have been trying to catch up with us ever since. For example the first Yoruba lawyer Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams was called to the English Bar in 1879 whilst the first Igbo lawyer, Sir Louis Mbanefo, was called to the English bar in 1937. Again the first Yoruba medical practitioner, Dr. Nathaniel King, graduated in 1875 from the University of Edinburgh whilst the first Igbo medical practitioner, Dr. Akannu Ibiam, graduated from another Scottish University in 1935.
Yet despite all this and all that they have been through over the years and despite their terrible experiences in the civil war we are witnessing that same attitude of ”we must control all”, ”we must own all” and ”we must have all” rearing its ugly head again today when it comes to their attitude to the issue of the deportations from Lagos state and when you consider the comments of the Orji Kalu’s of this world about the Igbo supposedly ”owning Lagos” with the Yoruba and supposedly ”generating 55 per cent of the state’s revenue”. It is most insulting.
And I must say that it is wrong and unfair for anyone to lay the blame for the perennial suspicion and underlying tensions that lie between the two nationalities on the Yoruba because that is far from the truth. We are not the problem, they are. Pray tell me, in the whole of Nigeria who treated the Igbo better than the Yoruba after the civil war and who gave them somewhere to run to where they could regain all their ”abandoned property” and feel at home again? Who encouraged them to return to Lagos and the West and who saved the jobs that they held before the civil war for them to come back to when the war ended? No other tribe or nationality did all that for them in the country- only the Yoruba did so. And the people of the old Mid-West and the Eastern minorities (who make up the zone that is collectively known as the ”south-south’ today) have always viewed them with suspicion, have always feared them and have always resented them deeply. From the foregoing, any objective observer can tell that we the Yoruba have always played our part when it comes to accommodating others. This is particularly so when it comes to the Igbo who we have always had a soft spot for and who we have always regarded as brothers and sisters. It is time that those ”others” also play their part by acquiring a little more humility, by knowing and accepting their place in the scheme of things and by desisting from giving the impression that they own our territory or that they made us what we are.

very intelligent write up.the Igbos have been misbehaving since the time of Lord laggard.

LordExecutioner:


hardworking in illegal businesses and crime. work smart and be legal for a better lagos, and stop chest beating bleating everywhere like a goat.

can 90% of ibo businesses in Lagos thrive if there's law and order? NO.

why do ibos cause trouble everywhere? ghana, kenya, south africa, burundi, malaysia, india, china etc.? Why is it just ibos everywhere, if i may ask?

go and hug transformer. At least we have d balls to pour shit in ur face in ur so called state and u can't do nothing Dan rant on NL. Shame. Try it in d east na. Fools

yagachi:


Your Fada!!!

him dey house

I'm loving this thread. Let the beast and the hate in man come out. The tribalism and the hatred among the ethnic groups will never cease. Mark my word! The Yoruba youths please implore the Federal Government of Nigeria to allow this "arrogant" Igbo "nuisance" to secede so that you will own Lagos and other Yoruba states alone without any interference from these "arrogant" Igbos. So that you Yorubas can prove to the Igbos that you are more "industrious" and "productive" than Igbos.

futprintz:
it's rather unfortunate n appalling dat an Oba culdnt have envisaged de ramifications of de words dat proceed frm his mouth, atleast by virtue of his occupation of dat exalted stool. the Yoruba nation hav no right watsoever to blame the Igbos for their reactions or to dictate to them how to react in de face of such unwarranted n witless threat! One wuld expect dat they atleast show their acclaimed enlightenment n civility by holding Oba Akiolu responsible for his careless utterance and duely punish him for such unbecoming behaviour n for bringing such infamy, shame n disgrace to the sanctity of de stool by unsitting him! BTW,wat bizness has an Oba with mingling so deep in politics?!!! nigerians shuld learn to hold ppl responsible for their actions! Oba or no Oba NONSENSE!!!!! RUBBISH!!!!! dat's wat i expected of dis Oodua of a ppl...nt coming here to reel out jaundiced history dat no one really cares abt

Because the Oba has seen your agenda in Lagos.

Now we are all behind him. Do your worst...

fosidewok:


They should come out today na. Let that phase 2 civil war begin. The igbos will be forgotten in human history.

lol. na so

I want to recommend to the Lagos State Government the Kano State method
In Kano State, there is a local government called Sabon Gari that is a Igbos dominated Local Government just like the Igbo dominated Amuwo Odofin Local Government in Lagos

to ensure that Igbo people are not allowed to exhibit their character, no election is held in Sabon Gari Local government, everything is based on appointment to ensure the Hausa remain in control of government

This method was copied by the Plateau State Government when the Hausas dominated the Jos North Local government, the Plateau State house of Assembly sat and vote that no election will hold in Jos North Local Government at the State Level, the council election was cancelled as well and care taker committees were appointed, the only election that happens there is the presidential election, that way, they learnt to respect the appointed leaders who are the host and whose return carries them along where necessary, the local government headquarter was well secured, and the host may now decide either to appoint the ibos or yoruba residing in the local government as a counselor or chairman, I see no reason why this can not be practise in Lagos state also, so this will moderate their activities and if they grumble, the grumbling with pre occupy them while life goes on, this is how to handle the people who do not respect their host, so we do not need all these noise because we the yorubas are learned people, we don't believe in gra gra! Thanks

DARKLIGHT:
I'm loving this thread. Let the beast and the hate in man come out. The tribalism and the hatred among the ethnic groups will never cease. Mark my word! The Yoruba youths please implore the Federal Government of Nigeria to allow this "arrogant" Igbo "nuisance" to secede so that you will own Lagos and other Yoruba states alone without any interference from these "arrogant" Igbos. So that you Yorubas can prove to the Igbos that you are more "industrious" and "productive" than Igbos.

Then start the biafra phase 2. If you win, you secede.

fosidewok:


Stealing and other crimes run in their blood. Their ancestors thought them that is hustling.

YORUBA AWAKE. PUSH THE IGBOS OUT OF YORUBA LAND.

#IGBOMUSTLEAVE#

I agree that igbos should leave Lagos and attempt to cosmopolitanize their regions. I agree wholeheartedly!

There is too much noise everywhere for crying out loud...

ayusco85:


lol. na so

If your father is your father. Go and vote Jimi today.

rudedough:
"Igbo immigrant resident community in the Yoruba kingdom of Lagos in Southwestern Nigeria."

So i'm an immigrant in my own country? What the hell! This is absurd if not silly. I was going to vote for Ambode but i think it's time to put this immigrant nonsense to rest once and for all. I've changed my mind.

Don't take Ewedu pple seriously.....If u follow their wide mouth, u go kill all of them...

bismark007:
very intelligent write up.the Igbos have been misbehaving since the time of Lord laggard.

ASHAWO in London never finished yet. ......When your father's sell all their lands to igbos and move to London. ....EWU MEEEH

Reporting from pu02 Nwachukwu drive okota, fighting is currently going on between Apc touts in the area and some igbo guyz who were there to vote, one of the igbo guy voted for pdp and the apc touts indirectly hit him for voting pdp, unknowingly to them some group of agboro drinking around the pu02 are from SE and they quickly intervane by rounding up those touts about 9 of them and gave them a good beating of their life, the situation nearly cause tribal fight between the yorubas & igbos there, but unfortunatly most apc touts around there have igbos as their key members, the igbos in their midst hold them back & warned them to stay clear off their people, security men where alearted, the situation is under control now.

miracle11:
go and hug transformer. At least we have d balls to pour shit in ur face in ur so called state and u can't do nothing Dan rant on NL. Shame. Try it in d east na. Fools

Then since you have balls, come out and vote Jimi today.

When Igbos declared their desire to have their country of Biafra, the Yorubas and the Northerners jointly killed Igbos forcing them to remain in 'One Nigeria'. Now that war was declared 'No vanquished, No Victor', and the Igbo people have decided to live in the forced 'One Nigeria'; And the Yorubas again have started to call Igbo people immigrant in the 'One Nigeria'.

If the Yoruba people truly do not believe in 'One Nigeria'; They should all move a motion in the National Assembly declaring Igbos as unwanted in Lagos, so we the people of Niger Delta can hold a referendum and declare our sovereign nation.

Igbo people should continue in their enterprise. Jealousy is the cause of these hate-syndrome.

rudebouy:


everytin u sed made sense but dis. By May 29, Lagos wd have enjoyed 8 yrs of federal allocations from yaradua/gej govt. It was only in obj's time dat we hear dat Lagos had notin, rememba der was no foi den so no document to prove dat Lagos actually received notin from abuja.

Tanx

Thanks for the correction, and a slight correction to my statement, I am trying to highlight that PDP Government weren't supportive of the move of Lagos creating more local councils, and when Funds were withheld its was the ruling party that generated it's own funds , yes people have argued this in my office that it's not a valid point as Tinubu practically owns Lagos. but let's not deny it Lagos has really transformed , its to my belief is that it would be easier for the FG Projects to be executed since APC would control both the Federal Level and state level, I know this also has its dangers, if you could can sincerely convince me that JK is someone credible and effective i'd believe but for now, I don't see JK as capable i only see him as the popular candidate.

[quote author=scantee post=32596974]Reporting from pu02 Nwachukwu drive okota, fighting is currently going on between Apc touts in the area and some igbo guyz who were there to vote, one of the igbo guy voted for pdp and the apc touts indirectly hit him for voting pdp, unknowingly to them some group of agboro drinking around the pu02 are from SE and they quickly intervane by rounding up those touts about 9 of them and gave them a good beating of their life, the situation nearly cause tribal fight between the yorubas & igbos there, but unfortunatly most apc touts around there have igbos as their key members, the igbos in their midst hold them back & warned them to stay clear off their people, security men where alearted, the situation is under control now. [/quot

You dont even know how to lie.

This is your balls you have.

Watch after the Election God forbid JK wins, you win finally see that the PDP and JK has no plans for the igbos, or even anyone,

fosidewok:


If your father is your father. Go and vote Jimi today.

haba thats too harsh na. b4 na my neighbour born me? u dont even know if am in lagos or not

LordExecutioner:


Mumu, this is ur last warning.

We won't write you a letter next time. We will start by banning street hawking, substandard and illegal goods, and piracy.

Move to closing down all the dirty markets you have made crime infested for all kinds of nefarious and criminal activities. And start mass deportation of Igbo destitutes.

Let us see how you will survive. Onye oshi.

Pygmies.

Ah, Mayor, na you? Kabiyesi o!

You won't warn us again..?

Come on, you and I know that's not true. FFK wrote his epistle how long ago? The video of that man, yes, Akintola warning Yorubas against Igbos in the west has led to? Exactly, nothing. You can't do pooh... actually that all you can do ... pooh, in polythene bags. Besides taking a crap and giving warnings upon warning warnings... there's nothing else worthwile.

go ahead, give another warning... you know you want to

[quote author=fosidewok post=32597144][/quote] just call the area to verify no need of trading words with u here. Thanx.

elopee3000:
Nigeria is funny country igbo people said they want to be on their own in 1967 the whole nigeria fought them even with help of british russia eygpt they were forced back to nigeria,then we said u can ve ur lagos ur kano we only need our biafra but other nigerians said no u must belong to one nigeria,u don't want a person still ur forcing him to live in ur flat to lagos igbo people buy land sand filled it in amuwo odofin the yoruba family that sold the land will smile to the bank tomorrow if igbo person want to represent amuwo odofin in senate or house u start to hear words like go back to ur state,if hausas that don't even sleep inside house not talk of renting one don't know their right igbos knows their right. Lagos belong to us all 3rd mainland bridge carter bridge national theatre apapa wharf festac mm airport was all built with oil money

Nigeria didn't fight for Biafra, but the oil.