zstranger:

^^^^

Simple: Lagos is for Yorubas.

Any Yoruba man is welcome. Kapish.

If you are not Yoruba, you can NEVER be a Lagosian

sunch:

Must it be so ?

zstranger:

^^^^

Simple: Lagos is for Yorubas.

Any Yoruba man is welcome. Kapish.

If you are not Yoruba, you can NEVER be a Lagosian

sunch:

Must it be so ?

step1:

Certainly not

sunch:

@step1, this is sure the most incisive statement i've ever come across up in here.
I wld say even the said yorubas that are claiming 'awa ni a l' eko'(we own lagos), does not even knw nuffin about lagos itself. All they are after is getting crowded in what is slipping them off wit time. If as an individual u dnt knw where your people were coming frm and where they are heading, u're more or less a visionles[/b]s leader. And whìch is prevalent in Lagos

sunch:

@step1, this is sure the most incisive statement i've ever come across up in here.
I wld say even the said yorubas that are claiming 'awa ni a l' eko'(we own lagos), does not even knw nuffin about lagos itself. All they are after is getting crowded in what is slipping them off wit time. If as an individual u dnt knw where your people were coming frm and where they are heading, u're more or less a visionless leader. And whìch is prevalent in Lagos

sunch:

@baslone,
Going by hìstory, the Oba of Lagos has his root from benin, edo state. That's the reason why before any coronation of any Oba in Lagos, he must firstly go down to benin city to pay homage to the Oba of Benin. Meaning without the agreement of the Oba of Benin their can never be an Oba in Lagos. Benin, Edo state is seen as the their first home. While the other chiefs, baales, obas in suburb of lagos are not lagosians

@baslone,
Going by hìstory, the Oba of Lagos has his root from benin, edo state. That's the reason why before any coronation of any Oba in Lagos, he must firstly go down to benin city to pay homage to the Oba of Benin. Meaning without the agreement of the Oba of Benin their can never be an Oba in Lagos. Benin, Edo state is seen as the their first home. While the other chiefs, baales, obas in suburb of lagos are not lagosians

sunch:

@step1, this is sure the most incisive statement i've ever come across up in here.
I wld say even the said yorubas that are claiming 'awa ni a l' eko'(we own lagos), does not even knw nuffin about lagos itself. All they are after is getting crowded in what is slipping them off wit time. If as an individual u dnt knw where your people were coming frm and where they are heading, u're more or less a visionless leader. And whìch is prevalent in Lagos

Fhemmmy:

A Lagosian should be anyone that resides in Lagos and not about where you were born . . . .that is what developed nations does, but Nigeria is about where you were born, and not even that but where your parents were born, or worse still, where you father was born.

Imagine someone that has never been to Kaduna and yet has to be refereed to as someone from Kaduna all cos the father was born in Kaduna, such person cant go to Kaduna to contest for office and where he resides wont let him, cos his father is not from there.

These are some the things that has to be stopped.

step1:

Any yoruba living in lagos does not need to know where he originally came from. My father is a lagos . He is a brazilian Awori originally but with some ijaw blood and my mother is an offa/egba woman from Kwara. If my mother claims she is a lagosian, that is within her rights to do so. I have cousins who are Ebga people from Abeokuta and when they came to lagos, they called their friends and said "omo eko ni mi" (I am a lagosian). Other ethnic groups cannot tell the difference whether he is Awori or not. That is the beauty of being a yoruba in Nigeria. This is not tribalism, it is more like a yorkshire man going to London and claim he was an indigene of London but me as a black man would not know the difference. Of course the true yorubas can identify the difference if he is Awori or not but as things stand now, no one cares.

If an igbo person has lived in lagos all his live and understands yoruba and the way of life then he is entitle to whatever lagos has to offer. The only problem he might be facing is his name and the way he acts in public, not that i am a tribalist here but being a lagos politican and wearing a red hat and other eastern stuff is a bit strange and annoying. If a man is named CHUKWU EMEKA but every other thing is yoruba about him even to way to communicates to the people, then by all mean he is free to rule so long as he does well. You have to remember no one like other groups ruling them and his tenure would not be really easy for him because of his background unless he does a lot better than his predecessors.

Many igbos, SS and hausas as of today claim OMO EKO  because they act and behave like lagosian which is very cool, but in times of crisis the yorubas can identify them from the indigenes very easily because of the way they speak and other stuffs like asking them about there background which every true son and daughter of yourba should know. Most of us living in lagos love other ethnic groups in lagos because it brings a bit of diversity of language and culture. There are some parents (mostly igbos and ijaws) that would not let there children learn yoruba because they view it as colonisation or they just hate the language because it is not english. Well it is sad because such children better relocate to other parts of the country. The reason for this is that such children can not buy easily without being swindled or bullied in the public life of lagos.

Lagos is a rough city where individuals have to be smart and be on there toes unlike port harcount or abuja. Of couse it would be easier if they learn yoruba, pidgin english and learn the way of life in a city like lagos.

Talking about politics, aworis would prefer any other yoruba to rule them than any other person from another group. For example Tinubu and his wife are not lagosian but yet they are loved. The chairman of my local government is from Ekiti and he is ruling another from kwara etc; but of course other ethnic groups cannot know the difference if he is awori or not.

So in summary, Lagos is a city that defines yorubas as an ethnic group. It is a city that make an ekiti man feel yoruba, it is a city that makes an ondo or kogi man feel yoruba, It is a city that make igbos see the yoruba way of life but this has be diluted a bit due to the diversity   . All in all it is a city that makes everyone feel Nigerian from hausa, igbo, ijaw to yoruba. A city for all.

2mch:

Alj Harem?

For example Tinubu and his wife are not lagosian but yet they are loved

tpiah!:

tinubu is lagosian.

his grandfather was osun or ogun.

2mch:

Alj Harem?

step1:

Tinubu's parents are from Osun and I think his wife is from Kogi or so, not really sure

tpiah!:

yes, could be his parents from osun also.

step1:

Any yoruba living in lagos does not need to know where he originally came from. My father is a lagos . He is a brazilian Awori originally but with some ijaw blood and my mother is an offa/egba woman from Kwara. If my mother claims she is a lagosian, that is within her rights to do so. I have cousins who are Ebga people from Abeokuta and when they came to lagos, they called their friends and said "omo eko ni mi" (I am a lagosian).

Dede1:

What is this notation in bold? What about Cameroonian or Jamaican Awori?