₦airaland Forum

You ran away from answering. I knew you'd never answer because non exist

Thunderfayamods:
Mention one from your own region? Thank God say Yoruba get one
Me go run away unto say you be who?

Na third mainland bridge we go dey spend all our money?

You see you. Agbaje is a full blooded Lagosian yet you guys were calling him Jimichukwu.

You said the Rhodes Vivours are settlers from outside, can you tell us where Tinubu is from?

Slytiger:
Agbaje is a proper indigenous lagosian unlike chinedu gbadebo that descended from a Sierra leaon settlers family.

Ps: Agbaje himself brought Tribal politics into Lagos and it backfired on him. As a non Eko indigene that you are, I dont expect you to know that Sha.

You're hiding behind a finger. Mention one indigenous Lagosian that has been governor or elected in any other Yoruba state outside Lagos.

I'm waiting. I'm pretty sure you'll run away

Thunderfayamods:
You people will be crying tribalism all over the place yet you will still be asking tribalistic questions. We Westerns are not like easterners that doesn't even recognize a fellow Igbo from Eboyin as Igbo or practice the culture of Osu. Once you are Yoruba you are Yoruba.

You don't know how election petition is done. If you bring 1000 polling units out of 177,000 polling units nationwide, the judges will tell you its insignificant. However, to proven just this 1000 polling units, you need 1000 polling unit agents as witness and you're given 2 weeks, something that cannot be done in 3 months. You don't know the process else you'll appreciate how difficult it is to prove entire Nigeria under 1 month

It is this difficulty that why electronic transmission and collation should be mandatory

PigTormentor:
When Obi went to court, I was expecting him to come with hundreds of polling result papers showing different results from what INEC reported.

He could not because he couldn't find any. He truly lost hence Obi and Atiku were looking for other reasons to disqualify Tinubu.

Are you supporting this retrogressive system because you want your unpopular candidate to be able to rig or you just hate Nigeria's electoral progress?

aieromon:
The IREV is merely a public viewing portal and not an electronic register.

All parties have access to the certified true copies of result sheets. An electronic register will still remain restricted and not open to the public.

Better draining?

Akinboboz:
Please don't blame anyone for this....it's natural stuff .

This is a lazy response

Slytiger:
Rubbish talk.

The people using violence against him and his supporters are Yorubas who are not indigenous Lagosians.

If a credible election is conducted in Lagos today and the security agencies made sure thuggery is contained, GRV would win and you know it. So this your point is not valid.

Jimi Agbaje was given same treatment. Ambode was given same treatment when he wanted to recontest. If you don't openly show hatred towards the Igbos, they will not want you( Yorubas who are not originally from Lagos)

franchasng:
Nobody said you that is from Ikorodu abi Okokomaiko ati Badagry isn't true Lagosian.....they are asking you and your hordes of Tinubu data/Amaechi laptop boys to show them picture of Bola Tinubu as a small boy with his Lagosian father, mother, siblings and maybe other relatives, abi is that too much to ask for?

Nobody is denying your heritage so why are you guys denying him?

Secondly, are you proud that no indigenous Lagosian has been governor since 1999? Are you Lagosians not ambitious or the vestiges of slavery never left Lagos being the last place it was practiced before abolition?

Mynd44:
What tires me about this nonsense is that someone who is from Lagos Island will say they are true lagosians forgetting the Aworis, Ijebus, Eguns, Egbas are also Indigenes of Lagos.

So Gbadebo is from Eko. Okay……

Me that I am Awori whose hamlet is at Isale Oja In Ikeja should fry beans abi?

Shameless despot, an Abacha wannabe.
2027, you'll return to your owomida agberoes. Tilumbu na yeye man

Honestly! Again what is second degree rape? Look like he was framed!

penearth:
Who did he rape was not explicitly stated? Abi him rape self? This thread no follow

I like as una don dey change mouth. You guys see it as a competition because you're narrow-minded!

Ttalk:
What is the SW looking for after 12year. We dey play politics from the point of strength and not from the point of weakness.

It's either Tinubu do his 8years or he install whoever he wants after 4 years but all I know is that it won't get to Peter Obi unless he sent Ohanaze to go and prostrate for Remi Tinubu then we can consider him for 2039

You're looking for soft landing. Now you're accepting that Tinubu can be removed? Thought you guys with overconfidence said 2027 is a done deal?

Peter Obi or nothing!

Ttalk:
Nice one, either Tinubu or Jonathan is fine. The haters will continue to do what they have been doing without result.

It will mark the total end of someone who doesn't want to contest in party primary


SQ go vote Jonathan enmasse, we have taught him bitter lesson not to underate SW ad and he has learnt his lesson.

Hear this SW will at least do 12 years Obj+Tinubu so SW has nothing to lose and they are playing the politics from the point of strength, what is now the fate of SE

I'm from South South, who does not know?

Again when SW was getting over 5 trillion in projects, SS got about 0.6 trillion

LegendHero:
Why una no fit stand alone. Why the gum body for South South?

In 2023, Tinubu got almost 800k in the South-South. Now that all the governors are now in APC, we are getting nothing less than 1.5m in the South South this time around.

APC strongholds creating fake numbers to rig.
South South and South East should step up!

Na who die remain be first born.

You can complete the remaining words

I did not mention you but since you decided to be a busy body and meddlesome interloper, now answer the same question.

Were you given appointment?

favor914:
Bitter Kola, we warned u in 2022, that u will labor in vain in the political wilderness.

If you're sure the number of people that despise GRV are more, why are you guys using violence? Because you know you don't have the numbers

WizardOfNG:
Bro, sit your frustrated azz down somewhere. No one told you Tinubu owns Lagos. He is a respected decision-maker there. Along with others who even despise GRV more.

That you people continue to delude yourselves you are sizeable does not amount to anything on the ground capable of helping you and your hostile takeover agenda of Lagos you believe the likes of GRV can make a reality.

Were you given appointment?

ERockson:
Shameless people, all because they were not given an appointment

Only Obi can defeat Tinubu, Atiku can not

Ofunaofu:
It’s a national consensus at this point.

That’s why all their desperate attempts to guilt-trip Nigerians with “let the South finish eight years” or “it’s south turn” are dead on arrival. Even they know it won’t fly.

And Tinubu, of all people, has zero moral ground to preach “southern turn.” This is the same man who teamed up with his fellow désperados, power grabbing buccaneers to sabotage Goodluck Jonathan a fellow southerner and cut short the South’s chance at an uninterrupted eight years in power. You can’t destroy a bridge and then complain you can’t cross it.

Nature, karma, and the consequences of failed leadership have all aligned Tinubu will be a one-term president.

He’s earned it. It's his own making.

No president in our history has inflicted this level of hunger, suffering, confusion, and deceit on the people all in the name of bogus “economic reforms.” It’s been propaganda in place of policy, and poverty in place of progress.

History will remember. Nigerians already do.

You think all these tokenism matter to deltans? Tinubu will lose with a bigger margin than 2023!

helinues:
The person is talking about projects but you are here talking about no single person is supporting Tinubu. The governor of the state with his supporters are Alien from Pluto right?

You guys should be realistic with unaself

Under this government, most of the sectors and institutions are extremely weak. Worst govt in history

helinues:
I am actually curious about somethings..

Under this government, most of the sectors and institutions are now independent..Should we still be blaming the presidency for some things.

The insecurity in North, starting from the NSA Ribadu who is from the North, Governors, to the Senators, HOR members, HOA members, Emirs, group leaders etc.

Please what's their own responsibility in the killings here and there in North lately?

See where IGR states dey

Tinubu naively took money from Nigerians in the name of subsidy removal and gave it to governors to loot

madridguy:
Our governors are the major threat we are facing. Tell me how on earth will Bayelsa with their fat allocation, low population will be second on the list...

Why can't he vote for Sowore he voted for in 2023?

shoodboi2:
The title is misleading. He is not a Tinubu supporter and never said he supports him. He only said he will vote for Tinubu if the party of the person he's arguing with selects Obi as their flag bearer.

Not a very thoughtful statement though because it can be easily mistranslated as it was in this case. But the title is misleading.

If Benin kingdom were strategic, they would have held unto Lagos in a way to this day

omoredia:
When we weigh the historical evidence (oral tradition + documented history + linguistics), the Benin/Edo origin of “Eko” as a “war camp” is considered stronger than the Awori/Yoruba “camp/settlement” version.

Here’s why:


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1. Early Control of Lagos (15th–16th century)

Historical records show that the Benin Kingdom expanded westward during the reign of Oba Orhogbua (mid-1500s).

Benin warriors established a military outpost on Lagos Island to control trade routes and collect tribute.

The Oba of Benin appointed a military administrator (called an “Eletu Odibo”) to govern the area.

This aligns with the interpretation of Eko as a “war camp” in Edo.



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2. Oral History & Naming

Lagos oral tradition (especially from Benin sources) consistently states that the Oba of Benin named the settlement Eko when it became a military camp.

The Yoruba Awori were already living there, but the name “Eko” was imposed through conquest and administration, making it a political name, not just a descriptive one.



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3. Linguistic Strength

In Edo (Bini), Eko indeed directly translates to “camp” or “encampment,” often military in sense.

In Yoruba, ẹ̀kọ́ has meanings like to gather, to learn, or to be trained (also the word for pap/fermented maize meal). But the usage of Eko to mean “settlement” is less direct and less common.

This makes the Edo origin linguistically tighter.



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4. European Accounts

Early Portuguese records from the 15th–16th centuries confirm that the Benin Kingdom was administering Lagos (Eko) before colonial Lagos emerged.

They describe Lagos Island as a tributary state of Benin, not Awori, in terms of political control.



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Conclusion

✅ The Benin (Edo) origin of Eko as “war camp” is better supported by historical, political, and linguistic evidence.
⚖️ The Awori/Yoruba origin reflects the fact that they were the indigenous settlers, but their explanation of Eko as “settlement” is more cultural than historical.

So, historically: “Eko” = war camp (Benin Edo origin).
Culturally: Yoruba still claim it as “our settlement.”.

So anybody that is not Benin and to a lesser extent Awori has no historical or cultural claim to Lagos.

Look at the rubber stamp!
They approved humongous loans for Tinubu while standing on his mandate then come now to whine us.

This current NASS is irresponsible!

Mention any major infrastructure in Lagos that wasn't built with Nigerian resources and that was built before 1914?

Ttalk:
Lagos has been a developed city before the creation of Nigeria.

You are discussing Lagos state today because of its glory, when are you going to remember your village abi your place doesn't worth mentioning

You'll think you're following the right path but you'll learn in due course. A woman is being oppressed in a gathering well dominated by men yet you're joining the men to oppress her? What goes around comes around

janeedema:
I'm sorry I don't share your sentiments. So feel free to call me names.

However, I am a wise woman and would rather allow logic than emotions define me.

We don't fight a rot because it stops favoring us. That's not true activism.

So when I see a woman who is truly fighting for change, she won't need to go to AriseTV before my voice will raise solidly behind her.

Thanks for stopping by.

If PDP do not expel Wike come November convention, Obi will not come to revive the PDP. Their choice!

You read his insightful post but think emotional tribalistic response coupled with delusions of grandeur is what ought to be your strategic countermeasure?

Truth is nothing can stop the slipping of Lagos from the hands of tribal Yorubas because the development that you seek for Lagos means it becomes attractive for all esp when the resources for this development does not come from within

Ttalk:
Hausa is now the linqua franca in Agege? We don hear, we will make the correction in due course, Tinubu is the one delaying our actions, we won't allowed you to contaminate our peace because you are incapable of creating peaceful atmosphere in your region.

FG / President don't issue C of O, even C of O can be revoked at any given time. All lands in Nigeria is under the control of the state government. The indigenous people of the Lagos have been pushed to the wall and the soul and spirits of our forefather have cursed anyone who benefit from Lagos but want it's downfall.
So shall it be