TooMuchStuff:
You forgot to mention Edos are owners of Lagos

Very important point my brother!! Edo owns Eko

TooMuchStuff:
You forgot to mention Edos are owners of Lagos

Very important point my brother!! Edo owns Eko

Sammy07:


It's just a war camp, just like Oyo empire used Ilorin as a war camp then.
Will Oyo now claim ilorin

Lagos original is a small portion of land (the islands and few areas).

Other areas dey Ogun state before Dem carved it out and added it to the islands to make Lagos state.
So know what to say.

TooMuchStuff:
You forgot to mention Edos are owners of Lagos

Very important point my brother!! Edo owns Eko

TooMuchStuff:
You forgot to mention Edos are owners of Lagos

Very important point my brother!! Edo owns Eko

Christistruth00:



Go and read Osifekunde's 18th Century Slave Narrative Ijebu defeated Benin and drove them out of Lagos.

Benin ruled Lagos and the Ijebu reconquered Lagos and drove out Benin that is why the Ijebu have had a strong hold on Lagos Commercially till today. Eko of Lagos Island is a remnant of the Conquered Benin . Ikoyi part was Conquered by Oyo Pirates from Ikoyi in Osun State.


nous l'a appelee Eco, et c'est ainsi que la designent les Yebous... Benin, qui lui applique le nom Korame"

"Eco(Èkó) is the name given to it by the Yebous (Ijebu)... The Benin call it Korame"

Here is the actual translation:Warning

Translation:

"Eco(Èkó) is the name given to it by the yebous (Ijebu)... The Benin call it Korame"

Futhermore, the text says
".. Korame etait unie a sa metropole par la langue de terre resserree entre la grande lagune et la mer; mais des longtemps les yebous se sont empares..."

"Korame (Lagos) was formerly larger, included a metropolis between the Great lagoon and the sea but for a long time the yebous (Ijebu) seized this area"

Futher the text says

"dont l'extremite orientale a ete envahie par les pirates Ouyo; et Korame est restee isolee au bout de la grande lagune, continuant a recevoir du Benin"

"the Eastern part of this area was invaded by pirates from Ouyo(Oyo) and what is left of Korame is the isolated end towards the great lagoon, this is all that is controlled by Benin

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TooMuchStuff:
You forgot to mention Edos are owners of Lagos

Very important point my brother!! Edo owns Eko

Christistruth00:



Go and read Osifekunde's 18th Century Slave Narrative Ijebu defeated Benin and drove them out of Lagos.

Benin ruled Lagos and the Ijebu reconquered Lagos and drove out Benin that is why the Ijebu have had a strong hold on Lagos Commercially till today.

Isale Eko of Lagos Island is a remnant of the Conquered Benin and the Oba of Lagos (isale Eko) is even of Ijesha ancestry .

Ikoyi part was Conquered by Oyo Pirates from Ikoyi in Osun State.




Document Translation:

"Eco(Èkó) is the name given to it by the yebous (Ijebu)... The Benin call it Korame"

Futhermore, the text says
".. Korame etait unie a sa metropole par la langue de terre resserree entre la grande lagune et la mer; mais des longtemps les yebous se sont empares..."

"Korame (Lagos) was formerly larger, included a metropolis between the Great lagoon and the sea but for a long time the yebous (Ijebu) seized this area"

Futher the text says

"dont l'extremite orientale a ete envahie par les pirates Ouyo; et Korame est restee isolee au bout de la grande lagune, continuant a recevoir du Benin"

"the Eastern part of this area (Ikoyi) was invaded by pirates from Ouyo(Oyo) and what is left of Korame is the isolated end towards the great Lagoon (Isale Eko) this is all that is controlled by Benin



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osifekunde
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Etinosa1234:


From the link u posted...

Osifekunde was 20 when he was captured...

U claimed that ijebu defeated Benin in 1845.. but the link u posted never reported him coming back to Yoruba land

The same link u posted says
Quoting the same Paschal u refer to...
^{Let me bring these disconnected pages to a close, a hasty collection of incomplete data drawn from an unexpected source [Osifekunde] and one that too soon became silent. Especially during my work of coordination I have become conscious of many important gaps that remain to be filled; but I no longer have Osifekunde to answer my questions, and I can only offer the results of our long and often fruitless conversations}

seunmsg:


I know you are trying to be mischievous but I will still correct your mischief. Aworis and Ijebus majorly own Lagos. That is why Yorubas control Lagos till today. Benins stake in Lagos curreyis not more than the stake of Ijawa or Urhobo; very insignificant. Edo conquered the Lagos Island royalty and not Lagos. Even the Oba of Lagos stool had since been Yorubanized.

At the OP, I’m glad you brought this up. I was severally attacked on another thread last Saturday when I educated some morons that Lagos state as presently constituted was never FCT at any point in our history. It is time we start correcting the erroneous impression that Lagos state in its entirety was FCT before Abuja. 90% of the current Lagos state was never under FG direct administration. Awolowo, Jakande, Tinubu etc build Lagos and not FG.

akinloye19995:
You forgot to mention Edos are proprietors of Lagos Very importance juncture my nephew!! Edo owns Eko

TooMuchStuff:


Very grateful for acknowledging that Edos own Lagos forever. As generous and accommodative people we have let the Yorubas to keep the bragging right for now...! When we are ready to pick up the governor's Seat in the foreseeable future, we shall seal it for real JUST as we sealed Edo state coffers from the thieving hands of Tinubu and his ugly godfathers wannabes....!

Thank you once again....! Edo no be Lagos....!

TooMuchStuff:


Very grateful for acknowledging that Edos own Lagos forever. As generous and accommodative people we have let the Yorubas to keep the bragging right for now...! When we are ready to pick up the governor's Seat in the foreseeable future, we shall seal it for real JUST as we sealed Edo state coffers from the thieving hands of Tinubu and his ugly godfathers wannabes....!

Thank you once again....! Edo no be Lagos....!

Christistruth00:


[s]
Ijebu Remo people still Celebrate the defeat of the Benin in Lagos.


Osifekunde was Captured in 1820 he was born around 1795.


Go and do your own research on Osifekunde. The book was first published in France in 1845 where he lived after regaining his freedom.


The evidence on ground today confirms what is in the book the Oba of Lagos has no authority or Land beyond Isale Eko on the Island the Eastern part of Lagos Island belongs to the Onikoyi of Ikoyi who is of Oyo Origin.

Even Isale Eko Land belongs to the Aromire Family who are Awori.

The only thing the Oba of Lagos was ruling over when the British Came were the Slave Port and Markets of Isale Eko .

Until about 1956 the Oba of Lagos had Baale Status. (District Head).

The Olota of Sango -Ota is the Paramount Ruler of Aworiland and the Awori who traditionally own Lagos since the 13th Century when Olofin Ogunfunminire left Ile-Ife.

Ijebu drove Benin out of Lagos but Lagos Island and metropolis belong to the Awori.

Lekki,Ikorodu, Epe is Ijebu.[/s]

Etinosa1234:
Christistruth00... This page is gotten from Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Africa: From Slavery Days to Rwandan ...
edited by John Laband

John Laband sources were from P.C.C Lloyd's book titled Africa Remembered .... P C C Lloyd got his facts from paschal and reproduced his works... So guy... Tell me when and how osifekunde came back when it was noted that he refused to leave

Christistruth00:



Go and do your research properly and stop looking for excuses.

Osifekunde's Slave Narrative was Published in Paris in 1845 .

Ijebu defeated and drove Benin out of Lagos. Isale Eko was a Remnant of the Benin Occupation on Lagos Island.

Do you want to say it is lies Osifekunde didn't know his own Area of Lagos State that he was from?


From Sir Alfred Moloney
British Colonial Governor of Lagos 1890

Etinosa1234:


U lack source... U made ur first claim and the link u posted said that he never came back to Yorubaland...
The paschal u quoted also said that all he wrote was hasty and inconclusive.... So if the author of a book says that his published work is false, what right now makes u conclude its true

Also from the same link that u posted, it is said that osifekunde never returned back to Yorubaland... It says and I quote
Pascal d'Avesac-Macaya arranged for Osifekunde to move to Sierra Leone (then a British colony established as a home for captives liberated by the West Africa Squadron) but Osifekunde didn't take the offer and according to P.C. Lloyd "preferred servitude under his former master in Brazil, where he could be with his own son".[5]

Lastly is Ijebu Remo and ijebu Ode the same village.. because osifekunde was from Ijebu Ode and so explain how another village will celebrate a mythical victory of another village

So how did osifekunde come back and note how ijebu reconquered lagos Esp when it was said that he spent time in Benin when his father sought asylum


Pls post the link where u saw that osifekunde returned otherwise I've trashed ur claims

Besides... If ijebu conquered Lagos like u claim... Then why did Oba Akitoye write this letter referring to the Benin instead of the Ijebu

Christistruth00:




Oba Akitoye only ruled Isale Eko district of Lagos Island it is still the same today. That is less than 3% of Lagos(Check map)


That is the Area inside the Yellow outline which consists of Ereko market and the surrounding streets.

Ikoyi occupies about 70% of the Island and that is under the Onikoyi.


Ijebu Remo and Ijebu Ode are all Ijebus.


Osifekunde's Slave Narrative was published in 1845 in Paris.

Atlantique antérieurement aux grandes explorations portugaises du quinzième siècle, Librairie Fain et Thunot, Paris, 1845
https://archive.org/stream/noticedesdcouv00avez#page/n9/mode/2up



Isale Eko itself belongs to the Awori people

Etinosa1234:


Are u saying that the Awori only had 3% of the entire Lagos...

And besides when are u going to post the document that says Benin were defeated by ijebu

Are u running away from that

Christistruth00:


All Lagos Metropolis apart from Lekki is Awori.

Oba of Lagos is a district head (Isale Eko District) in Aworiland.

Etinosa1234:


See clown... Awori district head.... So the Europeans made slavery transactions with a district head instead of the oga at the top...

So who was the major oba in Lagos after all...

I'm still yet to see where osifekunde came back from slavery to win a war against Benin