The aboriginal owners of all of Lagos (including its length and its breadth, its islands and its mainlands, its villages and its towns) are the Aworis.
Aworis are one of the over thirty (30) major Yoruba subgroups who admit in their traditional narrative to have sprung from the center of Yoruba civilization — Ile-Ife.
In the embedded video below, Awori monarchs from both Lagos state and Ogun state can be heard affirming this fact very loudly and very clearly.
Furthermore, contrary to the misrepresentation (falsely attributed to Oba Akiolu) by certain quack print-media sources some years back; Oba Akiolu (who is the king of Èkó (i.e. one of the islands in Lagos) declared emphatically in a video (interview with Channels TV) that:
Lagos does not belong to Benin kingdom.
Having said that, an independent and sovereign Yoruba nation is becoming increasingly inevitable as each day goes by. The processes have hit top gear lately. I won’t say much.
Amitez: Lagos is Bini territory, Edo wu odion! So those planning Oduduwa republic should please leave Lagos alone. We do not want fulani to ovetall our land by confusing us with some miscreants and self-seeking illitrates claiming a republic without a standing army, constitution, etc., just public address systems. Anytime these confusionist come near Lagos, we the Lagosians will drive to the lagoons. They should know that we do not have any refugee camps in case fulanis goes on offensive with them, because of what history taught us about them
When the time comes,we Lagosians will decide whether to align with any of the new nations or remain with one Nigeria.
So, please you people should advise all those agitators to focus their attention on Ife and other Oduduwa states, afterall, oduduwa does not know any place called Lagos or Eko. Meanwhile, we implore all our Lagosian people to go about their businesses unmolested.
Eko onibaje ooo!
This is the result of taking weed very early in the morning. Why not ask the literates in your kingdom to divulge more of your history to you.
Are you not tired of posting beautiful rubbish with great confidence?
AdekunleScience: The race called IBOs will eventually be buried in Lagos and the children of Oodua will be justified by moral law and otherwise, because if you have a case where a group of people deliberately create and propagate their own version of truth due to their obsession and covetous urges for what belong to others. Trying to reason with such people is a waste of grey matter, it's very unfortunate that the only cure for such self-inflicted disorder is unprecedented violence. Anyway, that is the story of human civilization.
Unfortunately, you cant do us anything. We can match your violence with greater madness.
theTranslator: Awori is not Yoruba is like saying Egba is not Yoruba and its stupid The people decide and they say they are Yoruba While ezenri from the yeast is sad lol
Come and take Lagos now
Aworis are not Yorubas. Only Yoruba media is forcing Yorubaness down their throat.
Aworis are not Yorubas. Only Yoruba media is forcing Yorubaness down their throat.
Be guided.
Ekiti are not Yorubas Akoko are not Yorubas Ilaje are not Yorubas Ikale are not Yorubas Egba are not Yorubas Yewa are not Yorubas Okun are not Yorubas Owu are not Yorubas Awori are not Yorubas Egun are not Yorubas Ijebu are not Yorubas
Etc
Who then is a Yoruba? The instance you people know that Yoruba are bigger than you the better.
For educational sake (excluding Igbos cos they hate education). Yoruba empire (ethnic) is made up of several sub-groups working together as one.
Unlike Anambra Igbo talking down on Enugu or abakali Igbo, we don't fight supremacy battle within ourselves.... And everyone have what they contribute to the progress of Yoruba race... That is why we are blessed and prosperous even among the thorns we surround ourselves with from north and east.
Amitez: Lagos is Bini territory, Edo wu odion! So those planning Oduduwa republic should please leave Lagos alone. We do not want fulani to ovetall our land by confusing us with some miscreants and self-seeking illitrates claiming a republic without a standing army, constitution, etc., just public address systems. Anytime these confusionist come near Lagos, we the Lagosians will drive to the lagoons. They should know that we do not have any refugee camps in case fulanis goes on offensive with them, because of what history taught us about them
When the time comes,we Lagosians will decide whether to align with any of the new nations or remain with one Nigeria.
So, please you people should advise all those agitators to focus their attention on Ife and other Oduduwa states, afterall, oduduwa does not know any place called Lagos or Eko. Meanwhile, we implore all our Lagosian people to go about their businesses unmolested.
Eko onibaje ooo!
See fear Na Yoruba man go inherit that your shop and house last last. I will advise you to have a plan B (sell it)
Amitez: Lagos is Bini territory, Edo wu odion! So those planning Oduduwa republic should please leave Lagos alone. We do not want fulani to ovetall our land by confusing us with some miscreants and self-seeking illitrates claiming a republic without a standing army, constitution, etc., just public address systems. Anytime these confusionist come near Lagos, we the Lagosians will drive to the lagoons. They should know that we do not have any refugee camps in case fulanis goes on offensive with them, because of what history taught us about them
When the time comes,we Lagosians will decide whether to align with any of the new nations or remain with one Nigeria.
So, please you people should advise all those agitators to focus their attention on Ife and other Oduduwa states, afterall, oduduwa does not know any place called Lagos or Eko. Meanwhile, we implore all our Lagosian people to go about their businesses unmolested.
Eko onibaje ooo!
I know that this craps is written by non-Lagosian...the reason is so obvious...saying Eko oh Ni Baje..... Op is an outdated, silly, illogical, mentally retarded, and uncompromising fool... Let the Oba of Benin or Governor of Benin make a public statement that Lagos state belongs to the Benin people then we will take all these fugitives and wanderers from the Yeast living in Lagos seriously...
TAO11: The aboriginal owners of all of Lagos (including its length and its breadth, its islands and its mainlands, its villages and its towns) are the Aworis.
Aworis are one of the over thirty (30) major Yoruba subgroups who admit in their traditional narrative to have sprung from the center of Yoruba civilization — Ile-Ife.
In the embedded video below, Awori monarchs from both Lagos state and Ogun state can be heard affirming this fact very loudly and very clearly.
Contrary to the falsehood/misrepresentations peddled by certain quack media years ago, Oba Akiolu (who is the king of one of the islands in Lagos — that is, the island known to the Yorubas as Èkó) declared and clarified emphatically in a video (interview with Channels TV) that:
Lagos does not belong to Benin kingdom.
Having said that, an independent and sovereign Yoruba nation is becoming increasingly inevitable as each day goes by. The processes have hit top gear lately. I won’t say much.
Thank you my sister for the lecture. But you don't need to school these id!ots littering this forum. Their argument that Lagos isn't yoruba isn't a subject of discussion. They are already afraid because their meat pot and honey well is about to be taken away from them by rightful owners.
Just tell them to stay and lay claim to what is not theirs when the time is set to take over our lands and we will see if they will live to tell the story.
Kayberg: Omo Olofin? Please tell me which region/tribe.
I am proudly Yoruba, obviously. [No offence to non-Yorubas].
Awori descendants of Lagos (and Ogun) love to fondly remind ourselves that we’re Omo Olofin.
A Brief Historical Note: Oduduwa was the first Olofin of the Ife country; and his base was in the country’s capital city — Ile-Ife.
His earliest descendants established kingdoms at far and near places within and outside the Ife country —e.g. Lagos.
Some of these kingdoms founded by his earliest descendants adopted and have retained the same title — Olofin.
The first and principal kingdom of all Aworis (which is based in Lagos till date) adopted this title and has retained it till date.
The word “Alaafin” is a dialectal variation of the word “Olofin”. They mean exactly one and the same thing.
Some Yoruba kingdoms (in parts of present-day Kogi state) use the dialectal variation “Alaofin” which are all the same.
In sum then, all kingdoms descended from Oduduwa are ruled and inhabited by persons who identify as Omo Olofin.
However, some persons have identified as such more loudly than others. The Aworis appear to be the loudest in this regard.
Some honorable mentions who have loudly identified as Omo Olofin are, in no particular order, as follows:
The Olofin of Isheri-Olofin (the principal monarch of all Aworis); the Oni-Igando of Igando; the Olu of Ikeja; the Olu-Mushin of Mushin; the Osolo of Isolo; the Elegbe of Egbe; the Oni-Iba of Iba; the Oloto of Oto-Awori; the Oni-Ijanikin of Ijanikin; the Oni-Igbesa of Igbesa; the Oni-Itire of Itire-Awori; the Olubeshe of Ibeshe (Ikorodu); the Ofori of Ibeshe (Amuwo-Ododfin); the Elegushi of Ikate-Elegushi; the Olota of Ota; the Ajalaye of Ipetu-Ijesha; the Deji of Akure; and the Ooni of Ife among several others too innumerable for me to recall.
sharpwriter: Thank you my sister for the lecture. But you don't need to school these id!ots littering this forum. Their argument that Lagos isn't yoruba isn't a subject of discussion. They are already afraid because their meat pot and honey well is about to be taken away from them by rightful owners.
Just tell them to stay and lay claim to what is not theirs when the time is set to take over our lands and we will see if they will live to tell the story.
TAO11: I am proudly Yoruba, obviously. [No offence to non-Yorubas].
Awori descendants of Lagos (and Ogun) love to fondly remind ourselves that we’re Omo Olofin.
A Brief Historical Note: Oduduwa was the first Olofin of the Ife country; and his base was in the country’s capital city — Ile-Ife.
His earliest descendants established kingdoms at far and near places within and outside the Ife country —e.g. Lagos.
Some of these kingdoms founded by his earliest descendants adopted and have retained the same title — Olofin.
The first and principal kingdom of all Aworis (which is based in Lagos till date) adopted this title and have retained it till date.
The word “Alaafin” is a dialectal variation of the word “Olofin”. They mean exactly one and the same thing.
Some Yoruba kingdoms (in parts of present-day Kogi state) use the dialectal variation “Alaofin” which are all the same.
In sum then, all kingdoms descended from Oduduwa are ruled and inhabited by persons who identify as Omo Olofin.
However, some persons have identified as such more loudly than others. However, the Aworis appear to be the loudest in this specific regard.
Some honorable mentions who have loudly identified as Omo Olofin are, in no particular order, as follows:
The Olofin of Isheri-Olofin (the principal monarch of all Aworis); the Olu-Mushin of Mushin; the Osolo of Isolo; the Elegbe of Egbe; the Oni-Iba of Iba; the Oloto of Oto-Awori; the Oni-Ijanikin of Ijanikin; the Oni-Igbesa of Igbesa; the Oni-Itire of Itire-Awori; the Olubeshe of Ibeshe (Ikorodu); the Elegushi of Ikate; the Olota of Ota; the Ajalaye of Ipetu-Ijesha; the Deji of Akure; and the Ooni of Ife among several other to innumerable for me to recall.
Which of the Olofin is you? Mine is from Magbon Alade/Solu Alade. I'll like to hear/read more from you. I love to know more of the history of our people.
I personally don’t feel safe divulging ‘deep personal sensitive information’ on the internet — except when I must do so.
I can imagine someone (who knows me) connecting all the detailed dots from my comments to specifically pinpoint who I am. I don’t feel comfortable with that. Apologies!
The most I may say is that I have a mixed ancestry of Awori and Ijebu-Remo (among others of course).
Good to know sir.
Coming from Magbon-Alade (in the Ibeju-Lekki area), I would guess you also have the same Awori-Ijebu mixed ancestry as I.
Oh, I was at the Iberekodo some 13 years ago. I love the serene environment. I mostly enjoyed the beach and the fresh fish.
I also visited a neighboring town in the area (can’t recall the name now) where Chief Awolowo was said to have been incarcerated.
I sure do understand. Thinking…. if you know Solu Alade/Magbon Alade, we might be related then! Goodness!! Wow!!!
Do you know or do go to participate in Olowu Day? You must be an elderly or mid to know these things….
TAO11: I am proudly Yoruba, obviously. [No offence to non-Yorubas].
Awori descendants of Lagos (and Ogun) love to fondly remind ourselves that we’re Omo Olofin.
A Brief Historical Note: Oduduwa was the first Olofin of the Ife country; and his base was in the country’s capital city — Ile-Ife.
His earliest descendants established kingdoms at far and near places within and outside the Ife country —e.g. Lagos.
Some of these kingdoms founded by his earliest descendants adopted and have retained the same title — Olofin.
The first and principal kingdom of all Aworis (which is based in Lagos till date) adopted this title and have retained it till date.
The word “Alaafin” is a dialectal variation of the word “Olofin”. They mean exactly one and the same thing.
Some Yoruba kingdoms (in parts of present-day Kogi state) use the dialectal variation “Alaofin” which are all the same.
In sum then, all kingdoms descended from Oduduwa are ruled and inhabited by persons who identify as Omo Olofin.
However, some persons have identified as such more loudly than others. The Aworis appear to be the loudest in this specific regard.
Some honorable mentions who have loudly identified as Omo Olofin are, in no particular order, as follows:
The Olofin of Isheri-Olofin (the principal monarch of all Aworis); the Olu-Mushin of Mushin; the Osolo of Isolo; the Elegbe of Egbe; the Oni-Iba of Iba; the Oloto of Oto-Awori; the Oni-Ijanikin of Ijanikin; the Oni-Igbesa of Igbesa; the Oni-Itire of Itire-Awori; the Olubeshe of Ibeshe (Ikorodu); the Elegushi of Ikate; the Olota of Ota; the Ajalaye of Ipetu-Ijesha; the Deji of Akure; and the Ooni of Ife among several others to innumerable for me to recall.
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Amitez
Lagos is Bini territory, Edo wu odion! So those planning Oduduwa republic should please leave Lagos alone. We do not want fulani to ovetall our land by confusing us with some miscreants and self-seeking illitrates claiming a republic without a standing army, constitution, etc., just public address systems. Anytime these confusionist come near Lagos, we the Lagosians will drive to the lagoons. They should know that we do not have any refugee camps in case fulanis goes on offensive with them, because of what history taught us about them
When the time comes,we Lagosians will decide whether to align with any of the new nations or remain with one Nigeria.
So, please you people should advise all those agitators to focus their attention on Ife and other Oduduwa states, afterall, oduduwa does not know any place called Lagos or Eko. Meanwhile, we implore all our Lagosian people to go about their businesses unmolested.
Stop banking on threatening the Igbos, once there is any sign of unrest in Lagos we are free to support Xthe side that protects our interests be it Benin or Yorubas or Aworis, whoever wins will be the new sheriff on town
E go shock you that we can bring Lagos state government to her knees
TAO some ungrateful troublemakers whose ancestors invaded Lagos in search of food to eat are now claiming that the same Lagos that gave them succour in their greatest hours of need now belongs to Benin and that Aworis are not Yorubas
Christistruth00: TAO some ungrateful troublemakers whose ancestors invaded Lagos in search of food to eat are now claiming that the same Lagos that gave them succour in their greatest hours of need now belongs to Benin and that Aworis are not Yorubas
As an Awori what is your take on this ?
You know Nairaland is a great comedy ground at times with such comments.
But one must not only have a good laugh at their fears, one must also debunk them thoroughly after the good laugh session.
TAO some ungrateful troublemakers whose ancestors invaded Lagos in search of food to eat are now claiming that the same Lagos that gave them succour in their greatest hours of need now belongs to Benin and that Aworis are not Yorubas
Ekiti are not Yorubas Akoko are not Yorubas Ilaje are not Yorubas Ikale are not Yorubas Egba are not Yorubas Yewa are not Yorubas Okun are not Yorubas Owu are not Yorubas Awori are not Yorubas Egun are not Yorubas Ijebu are not Yorubas
Etc
Who then is a Yoruba? The instance you people know that Yoruba are bigger than you the better.
For educational sake (excluding Igbos cos they hate education). Yoruba empire (ethnic) is made up of several sub-groups working together as one.
Unlike Anambra Igbo talking down on Enugu or abakali Igbo, we don't fight supremacy battle within ourselves.... And everyone have what they contribute to the progress of Yoruba race... That is why we are blessed and prosperous even among the thorns we surround ourselves with from north and east.
