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naptu2: TREATY WITH LAGOS 1861

Treaty between Norman B. Bedingfield, commander of Her Majesty’s ship “PROMETHEUS” and Senior Officer of the Bights division and William M’coskry esquire, her Britannic Majesty’s acting consul on the part of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Docemo, Oba of Lagos on the part of himself and chiefs.

ARTICLE I

In order that the Queen of England may be the better enabled to assist, defend and protect the inhabitants of Lagos and to put an end to slave trade in this land and the neighbouring countries and to prevent the destructive wars so frequently undertaken by Dahomey and others for the capture of slaves, I, Docemo, do with the consent and advice of my council, give, transfer and by this presents grants and confirm into the Queen of Britain, her heirs and successors for ever, the port and Island of Lagos, with all the rights, profits, territories and appurtenances whatsoever, thereto belonging and as well the profits and revenues as the direct, full and absolute dominion and sovereignity of the said port, Island and premises, with all the royalties thereof, freely, fully, entirely and absolutely.
I do also covenant and grant that the quiet and peaceable possession thereof shall, with all possible speed, be freely and effectually delivered to the Queen of Great Britain or such person as her Majesty shall there unto appoint for her use in the performance of this grant, the inhabitants of the said Island and territories, as the Queen’s subjects and under her sovereignty, Crown jurisdiction and government being still suffered to live there.

Article II

Docemo will be allowed the use of the title Oba in its usual African significance and will be permitted to decide disputes between natives of Lagos with their consent, subject to appeal to the British laws.

Article III

In the transfer of lands, the stamp of Docemo affixed to the document will be proof that there are no other native claims upon it and for the purpose he will be permitted to use it as hitherto.
In consideration of the cessation as before mentioned of the port and Island and territories of Lagos, the representatives of the Queen of Great Britain do promise, subject to the approval of her Majesty, that Docemo shall receive an annual pension from the Queen of Great Britain equal to the revenue hitherto annually received by him; such pension to be paid at such periods and in such mode as may here after be determined.
Lagos August 6, 1861

Signed: Docemo – His X Mark
Telake – His X Mark
Rocamena – His X Mark
Obalekolo – His X Mark
Achebong – His X Mark

Norman B. Bedingfield
Her Majesty’s Ship PROMETHEUS
Senior Officer, Bights Division

W. McCoskry
Acting Consul

Commander Bedingfield brought his ship, the Prometheus into the river (Five Cowry Creek) and invited Oba Dosunmu for a conference aboard the ship. Dosunmu was informed of the intention of the British Government to convert the anomalous protectorate into an avowed occupation and requested to sign a treaty of cessation. Not having his chiefs with him, Dosunmu refused to do so and two or three days were given to him to make up his mind.

When the draft treaty was first submitted for his consideration at the palace (Iga Idungaran) at Isale-Eko on 1st August, 1861, Oba Dosunmu refused to sign any paper “giving up his country”. He was then threatened by Commander Bedingfield with the bombardment of the town.

Again on 5th of August, the Acting Consul, William McCoskry and Commander Bedingfield went to Dosunmu at the palace, this time with a guard of marines, who were landed and drawn up outside the King’s Palace. The draft treaty, containing only article I, was again submitted. It was read over, translated and interpreted into the Yoruba and Portuguese languages to those around Oba Dosunmu, when the fear at once arose amongst the “white cap chiefs” (Idejo) that they were about to be deprived of their rights to the land of Lagos by such a document, which they believed, aimed at the abrogation of all private rights of property which they had held from time immemorial.

Consequently, they protested vigorously against the signing of that treaty as the draft then stood and solemnly declared that the Oba had no power to give away their lands (traditionally, the Oba of Lagos owns no land, except for his palace. The land of Lagos is vested, by tradition, on the Idejo (landowning) white cap chiefs).

Dosunmu then convinced the Commander and Acting Consul to insert such clauses to the one article submitted, which would satisfy the white cap chiefs that the land of Lagos was not being ceded to the British Crown, as they depended on the land for their livelihood and it belongs to them. The clauses were inserted and Dosunmu signed the treaty the next day. However, the white cap chiefs refused to ratify the treaty.

Governor Freeman arrived on 22nd of January 1862 as the first governor and discovered that the treaty had still not been ratified. He held several long palavers at Government House and declared that he had found the cause of the problem. He states that Dosunmu claimed that he was forced to sign a treaty that he did not understand. The Governor believed that this was false since the treaty was translated into Yoruba and Portuguese. The Governor also states that he was able to convince the white cap chiefs that the British Government was not taking possession of their land and that the treaty was finally ratified.

However, the treaty was signed by Commander Norman B. Bedingfield for the British and Dosunmu, Telake, Rocamena, Obalekoro and Achebong for Lagos.

Apart from Dosunmu, the other names as they stand have no meaning in Yoruba. Herbert Macaulay tried to make sense of them. Telake, he said, was Talabi wrongly spelt. Talabi was a relative of Dosunmu and a prince of royal blood. Rocamena he interpreted as being intended to refer to one Apena, who was a magistrate in Lagos at the time. Obalekoro, he thought, was a wrong spelling for Obanikoro, who was the Archbisshop of Lagos Island. Achebong, he recognised as Ashogbon, Commander in Chief of the King’s bodyguards.

Macaulay emphasised that none of the white cap chiefs, the Idejo, who own Lagos, signed the treaty.
The Idejo include

The Oniru Family, (They owned Iru. Iru=Victoria Island & Maroko)

The Oluwa Family (Oluwa=Apapa)

The Ojora family (They owned Ijora)

The Onikoyi family (They owned Ikoyi)

The Oloto Family (they owned Oto)

The Onitolo and Aromire Families (together they owned Idumota)

The Onisiwo Family (They owned Tarkwa Bay and Ogogoro Island)
Etc.

Very interesting,

Also to add

Elegushi family - Ajah, etc

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Its a free country na. If the others want let them open their own offices. The man is getting the publicity he wants without any advertising costs. [/quote]free country indeed

Obiagu1: Fashola is indirectly saying, Fk you Yorubas, I don't want you in my Lagos. Go back to your villages
From increasing LASU tuition which an average Yoruba cannot afford to shutting out Yorubas from their major business/source of income (taxi business) in Lagos.
Who's going to take over? Your guess is as good as mine

Rubbish, whether yoruba or Igbo I do not care, If anyone is a parasite to lagos then please go back to their village.

If you are a lagosian then good. We Lagosians are irrespective of tribe

Funkymallam: Unstable as water.
Smh.

what do you mean ? Because I agreed with Rhino ?

NDDC is as corrupt as they get. Imagine, likes of Beaf would then be calling others names when his Ogas are the ones stealing the Niger-delta dry

ak47mann: they did

They did not record it

Here is the link I am looking at now

http://www.radiobiafralondon.com/samples.htm

so which one did they broadcast today ?

I thought it was only Huasa and Yoruba people stealing oil. So Igbos too are there. Na real Wazobia

300 billion naira can be used to clean up all the oil spill in Bonny island. Just saying

ak47mann: we are educating our people..............

They did not broadcast today or did they ?

Yes thursday and Saturday between 8-9pm.

NRI PRIEST: I guess i just provoked you BLOOD-LICKERS abi ? I am very sure you will soon hit the KORAN to find a verse that says "GO AND BLOW YOURSELF UP IF NRI PRIEST UPSETS YOU" ! I know you are very thirsty for blood but dont worry i will slaughter my goat tomorow and maybe that will reduce the thirst for HUMAN BLOOD!

Na wa o !!! Please the Quran did not say anything about blood o !! Stop selling people wrong information.

[quote author=ndu_chucks]You guys are jumping into possibly unreasonable conclusions here. This former deputy governor is now a lobbyist and the sign in front of his office is for publicity. You people will look like fools when you find out that he built the office with his own funds.

Believe me, the guys who become your governors and deputy governors are more brilliant and smarter than most of you. Think about that.[/quote]Even if it is his money, do you think it is sensible to have an office named "office of the FORMER deputy governor of delta" ?

What is stopping those before him and those before his predecessors to do the same ?

Johndoe100: This thread is another example of the desperation of the failed and the failures. No such statement was made, the thread title is what the failures had wanted the AGF to say. Why have the mods not done anything about this? That is another reason why this place is effed up. The haters are so desperate that very soon not only would thew titles be made up but the stories too and instead of sources we would have the word of the haters, which the other haters will accept as gospel.

LOL ROMFLAO !!! I am happy you are here

Maybe you need to read again or comprehension is your problem here, Along side your goons

Appreently Dantata, Wale Tinubu and Orji would keep enjoying this Oil o !!! So much for fresh air increase in price of fuel

Ode people

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, has revealed that the federal government cannot prosecute the people indicted in the House of Representative probe into the management of the fuel subsidy, saying the probe was just a ‘fact-finding’ mission.


What the above is tell you is that, they only investigated to know the thieves not to prosecute them. HEHEHE

Lack of evidence

Referring to recent flaws recorded by the anti-corruption agencies in the trial of some corrupt allegations, Mr Adoke stated that “experience has shown that whenever our law enforcement agencies are stampeded to arraign suspects, the end result is usually the discharge of such suspects by the courts ostensibly for want of evidence.”

“Nigerians must therefore allow our law enforcement agencies to conduct painstaking investigations that will ultimately satisfy the standard of proof required in criminal cases.”

He however admitted that the allegations contained in the subsidy probe report deserve serious action on the part of all those with oversight responsibility over the agencies and persons concerned.

He urged Nigerians to have faith in the processes being undertaken and to patiently wait for the outcome of the investigations and subsequent prosecutions that may flow from the fuel subsidy probe and also the on-going probe by the Senate.

What this is saying to you is that it would take Years to find evidence strong enough to arrest them, thus it may take after 5 year of which YOU would have forgotten all about it. Bola Ige killer is still not know and it has been about 10 years now, investigation is still going on

Enjoy your stu.pidity. as far as I am concerned the extra money from the increment of price of fuel goes to the cabals pocket because they are your economic team.

otokx: Can we have a 3rd party confirmation? That signboard may have been Photoshopped as can't see any number this or that high court road, no PMB number too.

Yes it is true

Just happened recently

http://twitter.com/#!/ogundamisi/status/197955443186872320/photo/1

omar22: @alj harem

I do understand what you are saying but Lagos is far bigger than most of the european cities and the Light Rail service is far more expensive to run than a normal tain and they don't have more than 3 carriages (4 if you want to push your luck) so how its going to transport their forcast figures is looney! But hey the project is already cracking on!

Oh I see what you mean. You are talking of mass transport (8 carriage full). My brother I don't think Lagos is that large in population. In fact I doubt if people would know the value of this when it starts initially but as time goes on, people would warm up to it.

An eight carriage or so as you suggested would not work on electricity but on gas or crude oil product for more power unless you are talking about electric trains which we cannot afford now. Lagosians cannot afford given the fact that

1. Oil would soon finish

2. We don't want to be seen as parasites.

It is better for a state like Osun or Ogun to build a dam or so (talking like a layman) to power such then Lagos depending of Oil again.

I hope you see my point.

PointB: You be mumu. Seriously.

How can I go back to my village, when I am planning to buy at least 10 of those Lagos Taxis.


Fash Baba, abeg you 4.5 million is too small, can we increase it a little to just 10 million each. Walahi, anyone who cannot afford to pay N10,000 for 10 kilometer trip should vacate Lagos.

I want no herdsman, or transistor radio clutching hausa/fulani/kanuri, free fuel loving man in my Mega city! Only rich businessmen are welcome in my new city!


Fash baba, no fall my hand oo

No wahala, you dey hai dey make mouth say you fit buy Ten 4.5 million naira vehicles. LOL you think say na moi-moi and Ogi ? LOL

45 million naira is not easy to come by even to "Oil rich" people like "You" sir.

And don't expect people to pay 10000 naira for a trip to anywhere in Lagos.

chosen04: This project is just a Charade.

which one is Abia state governor doing ?

Ordinary school, we no see am, Lorlor you dey disappoint me o !

PointB: lol. Same clowns who can not do without 'free oil' are talking.

Anyway, I agree, those who cannot afford to live in Lagos should go back to their 'villages.' I dey laff oo

which oil is free ? The one your father bought for me or what ?

When we say go back to your village, we mean people like You. What is wrong in going back to Abia ?

DaLover: I used to think you were trying to trivialize issues until I realized the issues at stake are too big for you mind to cope with, feel free to go out and protest how and where ever you want...please feel free to jail who ever you catch...asking for resource control is not the same as asking for Yoruba and Hausa to stop working for oil companies, it will only mean they would report to land owners of the resources who are sharp enuf to make money out of their natural gifts...instead of a situation where the land owners have to dance to the tunes of the Hausa and Yoruba under the guise of federal government.

Alams and Ibori have been sentenced and FG had made seizures of properties and finances abi? Now you want me to ask them to be accountable abi?


Ahj Harem,
please answer a few questions? does the system encourage corruption or not?
1-Do you think arresting a few politicians can resolve the current level of corruption?
2-Do you think the current structure where states wait for revenue instead of paying taxes is the best?
3-Do you think the FG should be the one distributing PMS and Kero?

You cannot not have proper accountability without proper assignment and definition of responsibilities, I find it laughable that people actually expect a state governor to be loyal and responsible to the people of the state when the FG is his paymaster...in primary school we were told that he who plays the piper dictates the tune, but it seams Ahj harem expects the tunes to be dictated by by-standers...

Only lazy bottom feeders and freebie loving leaches interpret asking for resource control as asking for split and Yoruba and Hausas not to work in oil companies....what a small brain...lol

since asari and co started mend, the situation in 9ja delta has not changed drastically but the consciousness is rising, we are gradually taking control of our resource and guess whos the most scared

LOL, I seriously pity Niger-delta if they carry your sort of mentality. Ok I would use Lagos as an example.

Oil is found in Lagos state and peopel keep moving in displaying the indigenes.

This development alone has displaced the indigenes off their ancestral homes which is even much more painful (go to gaza to find out). But you see, rather then go violent and insist tribalism their we MIX up with the new people. How many times have hausas been the governor of Lagos ? In fact Lagos happen to be the only state where Ijaws would claim an enclave, Igbos would claim their own enclave, Huasa the same, Fulani same etc But you do not see violence. Why you ask, because we have long understood that the suffering of Musa, Ayo and Emeka is NOT different from each other.

Why am I saying this, I am saying it because the way Asari and your likes are talking. Niger-delta republic would not work that way assuming you form una country.

What happens when Isoko land that happens to have no oil and is the capital ? Would Asari come out again and start Mend part 2 against the Isoko ?

How is your suffering different from the average Yoruba or Hausa man on the street ?

Do you think because Otedola is a Yoruba man he give a rat a55 about me ? Yes or No ? Be honest with yourself

Do you think because Dangote is a Hausa man he gives a rat a55 about me ? Yes or no

Do you think because GEJ is an Ijaw man he gives a rat a55 about You or Johndeo ? Yes or no

Go to USA, ask why Texas has not planned to secede or fight an Oil fight because a state like New-york is a parasite to it. It is called thinking ahead. Intelligent thinking.

Ask why Lagos indigenes are not saying they are not yorubas, It is called thinking ahead my brother.

Today in most especially in the niger-delta and Igboland, and community that has few barrels of oil would claim it is an ethnic identity on it own. That sort of mentality has now translated to Nigeria as a whole.

I have never seen the suffering of Niger-delta as different from mine because I believe we are one. When Asari started making bigoted statements you expect that would cure the Niger-delta of the cabal ? LOL

Asari himself has gone fatter than ever before because he himself now does the very thing he condemned.

Majority of the oil spill is caused by likes of Asari when they vandalise pipelines because he is not an engineer.

My brother, Why not direct your anger at likes of Atiku, OBJ etc instead of directing your anger on the Yoruba and Hausa ethnic nationality.

[quote author=Rhino.5dm]If you can't live in Lagos then go back to your phocking villages! Whether una like am or not south west must progress. Evil people.[/quote]tell them as it is !!!!!!

this people want us to be living in the dark ages

@ Johndeo and other NDers

Keep allowing Beaf aka Dalover and his tribalistic goons be deceiving you all using tribalism to cover una eyes.

The problem with some of you is that you are lazy thinkers and lack the basic form of analytical thinking.

You want to stop the Yorubas and Hausas from working in the Nigeria Oil companies ? How is that possible ?

1. Niger-delta or any section of the country have nothing against the Yorubas because they have Oil as well thus quit dreaming

2. Hausas you keep shouting about stealing your oil, you think the best way to get oil blocks back is through tribalism ? My brothers and sisters think again.

3. Even if Nigeria split, these Oil cabals would still be in the Niger-delta because they are not loyal to any ethnic group bit loyal to themselves. Likes of Alams and co would sell these blocks to them !

4. Has corruption been tackled ?

5. When Wole Soyinka was protesting against OBJ, where were for fore-fathers ? Yes they were stealing money to London and co rather then develop the Niger-delta.

6. Where are the billions Ibori and Alams stole ? Why not demand accountability for your leaders rather than blame ethnicity.

I can keep going on and on. Since Asari has started MEND, has the situation of Niger-delta changed ? Yes or No.

What a pity, I wonder what the difference between the suffering of a typical Niger-delta and a typical Nigerian.

Johndoe100: The aide to GEJ has a point. Why did they not call the people in charge at the time? It would have shed more light on the transactions. Non-the-less they will still be called to account at the criminal stage if we feel that prosecutions are called for.

You want to prosecute the cabals, knowing full well that


Cabal = Economic team = Government = Your Leaders

Sometimes some of you people are daf.t (just the truth)

omar22: Its a very good idea

BUT what a waste of money (LOADS)!!!

Lagos state doesnt need a Liaght Rail service, Lagos state needed a Train Rail service

My brother, a small state like Lagos does not need a train rail service for intra state travel.

If talk of transport from Lagos to Imo or Oyo then it is the job of the FG to provide that and that is when you need a Train rail.

This rail is just to transport people from their place of work to their houses and also for small cargo.

Heavy cargo is for those travelling to another state with a huge cargo.

As predicted

[quote author=Ejiné]It rings true for people like Alj Harem.
That guy no get handwork... or friends.[/quote] LOL I go die for hai !

jason123: Please prove it!

The current one is Bala Mohammed!

Name 	Title 	Took Office 	Left Office 	Party 	Notes
John Jatau Kadiya 	Minister 	1979 	1982 	NPN 	
Iro Abubakar Dan Musa 	Minister 	1982 	1983 	NPN 	
Haliru Dantoro 	Minister 	1983 	1984 	- 	
Mamman Jiya Vatsa 	Minister 	1984 	December 1985 	- 	
Hamza Abdullahi 	Minister 	1986 	1989 	- 	
Gado Nasko 	Minister 	1989 	1993 	- 	
Jeremiah Timbut Useni 	Minister 	1993 	1998 	- 	
Mamman Kontagora 	Minister 	1998 	1999 	- 	
Ibrahim Bunu 	Minister 	1999 	2001 	PDP 	
Mohammed Abba Gana 	Minister 	8 February 2001 	17 July 2003 	PDP 	
Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai 	Minister 	17 July 2003 	27 July 2007 	PDP 	
Aliyu Modibbo Umar 	Minister 	27 July 2007 	29 October 2008 	PDP 	
Muhammadu Adamu Aliero 	Minister 	17 December, 2008 	8 April, 2010 	PDP 	
Bala Mohammed 	Minister 	8 April, 2010 	To Date 	PDP

Notice they are all Northerners!

Type in Mrs. Olajumoke Akinjide


http://ngex.com/nigeria/govt/officials/ministers.htm

jason123: Its now when Nigeria actually splits they will, all of a sudden become indigenes?!

What do you mean ? Being indigenous to a place does not necessarily mean you were born there. You must have the mentality of the people.

You can't be a non-hausa speaking and expect to live comfortably in the north Just as you cannot be a non-Igbo speaking and expect to live comfortably in the east

jason123: Alhaji, I'm being pragmatic. I don't see a Yoruba, SSoutherner or Igbo man enjoying the same benefit as a MBelter or Northerner in Abuja if Nigeria splits.

How many Non-northern ministers have we had in Abuja??
How many non-Yoruba have we had as the governor or deputy of Lagos?
How many Core Igbo (inland igbos) have we had as the Governor of Rivers?

Be realistic!

the current Minister in Abuja is a Yoruba man. What are you talking about ??

^^^

So you think GEJ would be so wicked as to kill Nigerians so he can just be the president for 4 years ?

I hope not and I do not want to believe so, lets wait and see.

^^^^^^^^^^

Really when I see likes of you and Proud Igbo talk it saddens me. I want to believe it is because you two spend too much time on Nairaland that is what is making you two paranoid.


Why on earth would another man steal another man's hard earn money or property is beyond me. I have told you that Yorubas and Hausawa are not like that. We do not not steal other people's property neither do we declare them as abandoned properties history has showed this over and over again.

Stop being paranoid. Lagos and Abuja is a state where Musa Emeka and Olu can relate with without feeling insecure.

Likes of Beaf have really brain wash una. I wonder how Lagos would produce an Igbo governor when you do not see yourselves as Lagosian FIRST.

Lagos is a testament to what Yorubas Hausa and Igbos can do if they unite. Globacom, Onado, Dangote, Innoson are companies showing the way employing our youths in various countries. Lets start thinking forward.

Please Ak47mann I know you are a good person and I know I have not been the best character here on NL but please think positive and don't let likes of Beaf and Onlytruth corrupt you to think anyones property or sweat would be taken.

It is a known fact (ask those saying in Oyingbo lagos) that if Ola steals as little as 5 naira from Uche or Adamu, he would likely be mobbed alive by Lagosians.

If you do not believe me, ask your family members in Lagos. Please don't be deceived my Nairaland fantasies lies and propaganda

Chubhie: Am igbo and my sweet is yoruba. We both speak english with some few blend of pigin. Though i understand and speak the yoruba language, i do speak it with a blend of igboish swag-like a bush farmer which always brings out those sexy and charming smiles from her! No forming jor!

Na the way forward

igbo boy: who cares if you are a prince? smh.....nigerian people and titles sef.

LOL Igbo boy you too bad