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CrimeRe: Prophet Chinonso Udemezue Arrested For Raping A Boy In Asaba (Gay Sex) by Essential(m): 8:07pm On Feb 15, 2018
CastedDude:
A prophet has been arrested by police for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old boy in Asaba, Delta state capital. The suspect identified as Dr. Prophet Chinonso Udemezue, a senior pastor with 'The Chosen One To Rule Ministry' prophesied that the little boy, Oluchukwu will be kidnapped.

Out of fear, the boy's guardian hurriedly took Oluchukwu to the Prophet's house for prayers and safe keeping.

"It was the first time he's doing it to me. At night he gave me his phone and played a film of people unclad. He removed my clothes and rubbed something like oil and inserted his joystick into my anus, " little Oluchukwu reportedly said.

The prophet, church members are begging for settlement.

According to reports, the boy's aunt wants to collect money to settle the case but has been sternly warned against that. .

The case is set to be handed over to office of Public Defender Ministry of Justice in Asaba, according to reports.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/02/prophet-arrested-for-defiling-10-year-old-boy-in-asaba-delta-state.html
Igb0 AGAIN, ALWAYS 0N FP 4 BAD NEWS.
PoliticsRe: Why Underage Persons Were Registered In The North – INEC's Director, Osaze-Uzzi by Essential(m): 5:45pm On Feb 15, 2018
ufuosman:
They suppose to make it open that any community that treating any inec members,election will not hold in that place



ARE U ENOUGU WISE SEE THAT NOTHING CAN STOP BUHARI. 9JA PASTORS AND WIZARD TRY AND EVEN FAST 40 days & nite. their evil pray turn to blessing. instead of dying
he came back alive. fix ur life and stop fightin what is bigger than u.


Buhari most not return to aso rock
CrimeRe: Don Wanny's Chief Security Officer Shot Dead By DSS Operatives. Graphic Photos by Essential(m): 6:58pm On Feb 14, 2018
HeyCorleone:
All this one is propaganda to make it look like the government is working. But we know it isn't. Why so much attention on Don Wanny? Why can't we focus half this attention on the Herdsmen causing unrest in the North? Why must we always be so bias in our dealings? Why did Lord Luggard even form this country ?
ur obsession with the North, is making a fool out of u. North isn't the problem, the problem is in ur head and how u think with it.
RomanceRe: 11-Year-Old Maid Caught Sleeping With Employer's 4-Year-Old Son - Twitter User by Essential(m): 9:47pm On Feb 11, 2018
EmagNig:
The problems that family people face with some Nigerian house maid. A Nigerian guy identified as @Izuu_Ikeliani on Twitter, took to the platform to reveal how his brother-in-law caught their 11 year old maid having carnal knowledge of their 4 year old son.

According to the man that narrated the story, the parents of the boy got to know after the boy asked a question that seemed beyond his little understanding. The 4 year old boy was reported to have asked his mum if it was true he had 2 eggs in his penis.

His mum was so surprised to hear that from a 4 year old boy and inquired to know from where he learnt that from.

The maid was eventually caught after the father of the boy went into the boy's room to check on the kids early this morning. And in what would look like a movie scene to the man, he saw the maid on the toddler.
they are both minors. i Bleep our neighbour 3 daughters when i was a kid. i started fuckin when i was 6yrs and as a married man i'm still Bleep. it is gudo to better Bleep around, so that pussy don't matter much. some guyz just Bleep a lady once and they are ready to die 4 her. pussy comes, and pussy go the dick still remain. my dick use to get hard 4 my class teacher, anytime she is writing on board. i think she like me too but i was just a kid so she didn't give me her fat wide pussy. as i'm writing i can still picture her ass shaking anytime she is writing on the board. by 11 i have already Bleep all my 2 best friend 2 sisters. i got a girl pregnant when i was 14, her mother was a nurse, she did what she knows how to do.
She initially lied but eventually confessed she had been having sex with the boy.

Read what the narrator shared below;

[img]Ladies, beware on how you leave your kids with house maid. Last week, my nephew came up boldly to his Mum (my sis), asked her if its true that he have 2 eggs in his “ntanta” (penis). His Mom scolded him and asked him who taught him such,he said nothing! He is just 4

Today, my Sis left for 6a.m mass, asked her hubby to stay back with the kids (cos normally both of them do go for 6am mass). Her husband agreed, went to the kids room, found the maid on top my 4yo nephew, naked, she said she was killing mosquito that perched on him.

With two hot slaps frm my brother in-law, she confessed that she was raping the boy… Smh. The house help is 11yo. God save/protect all kids out there. My sister never wanted any maid, it was my Mom that insisted! Now, tf has happened![/img]

http://lailasnews.com/11-year-old-maid-caught-sleeping-employers-4-year-old-son/
CrimeRe: Policeman Shoots Conductor Dead In Imo Because Of N100 (Graphic Photos) by Essential(m):
stephenduru:
A police officer attached to Okwelle Police Station, Onuimo L.G.A shot and killed a young tipper conductor this morning over N100.The incident created a scene as people gathered and nearly lynched the officer.

See photos below


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2018/02/police-officer-shoots-conductor-dead-in.html?m=1
IGB0 PE0PLE wey WANT FIGHT 4 BIAFRA, P0LICE DEY KILL WH0 NA LIKE FLY. N0B0DY FIT REACT. WH0 NA N0R HEAR WETIN ED0 D0 P0LICE? I DEY SHAME 4 WH0 NA.. NA BL00D M0NEY AND RAPE WH0 na SABI. IF NA BABY FACT0RTY, ALL 0F WH0 na G0 SEND WH0 NA WIFE, AND SISTER 0R EVEN WH0 NA MAMA. cry cry cry cry cry cry cry
CrimeRe: Teenage Girls Rescued From Kidnappers In Rivers State (Photos) by Essential(m): 12:05am On Feb 03, 2018
johnstar:
Na ur papa b big fool


Maggot

Don't u ever quote me again


U don't know me u insulting me


Ogun kill u der
VILLAGE C0MMAND0, UR F00LISHNESS N0N GET MATE.
IF U BE BIG F00L, AND UR M0M WILL A BIGGER F00L,
THEN UR FATHER WILL BE BIGGEST F00L?
AND UR FAMILY WILL BEC0ME A F00LISH FAMILY.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE S0N.
I D0N'T EVEN NEED T0 KN0W U, BECAUSE UR F00LISHNESS IS WRITTEN ALL 0VER U.
CrimeRe: Wife Of Kidnapper And Sister In-law To Notorious Gang Leader Arrested. Photos by Essential(m): 11:55pm On Feb 02, 2018
CastedDude:
A woman identified as Osioma Paul, the wife to a kidnapper now in prison and sister in law to an arrested gang leader, Ifeanyi Stanley - was arrested for keeping the operational Rifles and Ammunition for Kidnappers in her house in Abia state.

On the 14/1/18, Asp Solomon Aniefiok Unit Commander went on a visit to check his men in the field before he was suddenly Kidnapped by AK47 Rifle carrying Kidnappers. He was eventually released 3 days later after ransom was Paid.

Irked by the development, IGP Ibrahim k Idris Deployed the Intelligence response team IRT to Abia state to get the Kidnappers to justice.

Based on the IGP directives one of the best IRT teams was deployed and after 6days of unrelenting follow up 5 of the Kidnappers were arrested alive and 1 Kidnapper met his water-Loo during Gun battle with IRT Operatives.

Exhibits recovered are 0ne AK47 Rifle with S/no 56-2550382 with 2 Magazines and 60 live Ammunitions, One Barretta Service Pistol of the Mopol Unit Commander, One local made Pistol and 2 Catridges, One Police Bullet proof jacket, One Police vest, 2 head Warmers, One Mopol Jungle Cap.

The Kidnappers Arrested are: 1.)Ifeanyi Stanley Ekpelulor 'm' aka one man squad 36yrs. Native of osisioma LGA, Abia State. Gang leader and a Dismissed Recruit as he was dismissed during Police training in 2006, Confessed to Three (3) Kidnap operations in Abia State.

John Alozie 'm' aka Alagboso 26yrs. Native of osisioma, Abia State. Confessed to the Unit commander kidnap and 2 other Kidnappings.

Ogbonna Wesley 'm' 31yrs. 4.)Eze Obinna 'm' 22yrs. Native of isiala ngwa, Abia State. Unit commander - kidnap and used victim’s ATM card to withdraw money frm Victims account.

Eze Orji 'm' 58yrs. Native of isiala ngwa, Abia State.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/02/wife-kidnapper-sister-law-notorious-gang-leader-arrested-abia-photos.html
IGB0 AND CRIME ARE FR0M THE SAME M0THER.
CrimeRe: Teenage Girls Rescued From Kidnappers In Rivers State (Photos) by Essential(m):
XingXhang:
Wike is Working! grin
If a Policeman rape ur Wife. is it Wike that is Working? grin If so then Wike must be a hardworking Man. grin grin
CrimeRe: Secondary Students Robbing Taos Farm In Ogun Caught With Gun (Video, Pics) by Essential(m): 9:10pm On Feb 02, 2018
9jaPromo:
Ogun is junior brother to heardsmen 
So am not suprise ‎ angry
i can see ur brain is dead because they are not from Ogun.
CrimeRe: Teenage Girls Rescued From Kidnappers In Rivers State (Photos) by Essential(m): 9:00pm On Feb 02, 2018
Keneking:
Wike well done sir
if on ur way to work a policeman stop u and give u 4 hot slap. who is to blame? the police or wike
CrimeRe: Teenage Girls Rescued From Kidnappers In Rivers State (Photos) by Essential(m): 8:52pm On Feb 02, 2018
johnstar:
Dm don fvk dis gals
Make dm ask dem
u wan let every know say u be big fool
CrimeRe: Dion Osagie Beat His Wife, Winifred And Locked Her Up (Video) by Essential(m): 7:44pm On Jan 31, 2018
activistjohnny:
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Ambassador Dion Osagie has been accused of beating his wife and locking her up against her will.

Osagie allegedly beat Winifred up, hit her head with the handle of a knife, then locked her up against her will in their house in Benin, Edo state until she sent an SMS to her brothers and they rushed down to break her out of the house.

Osagie and Winifred wed on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, and it was an elaborate affair. After they got married, the American-based entrepreneur would flaunt his wife on social media. But the domestic abuse started not long after they got married until the most recent one that was made public, according to reports.

In a video trending online, Winifred is seen crying while dressed in a torn jumpsuit. She revealed her husband was the one who tore her clothes. She also said he packed all her belongings and said they were traveling after beating her up.

Meanwhile, below is an ignorant comment on Facebook with regards to the alleged abuse.

Watch Winifred accuse her husband of domestic violence in the video below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfRfw-lD6mk


See Photos from their traditional wedding
https://www.nairaland.com/3158797/dion-osagies-traditional-wedding-benin
G00D F0R HER, WOMEN ALWAYS WANT REAP WHERE THEY DID N0T S0W. N0W SHE FAKE HERSELF IN Y0UTUBE.
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Sharp Sharp: I Suck Women’s Breasts To Deliver Them From Evil Spirit by Essential(m): 7:33pm On Jan 31, 2018
IS THE QURAN WRITTEN IN ENGLISH?
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Sharp Sharp: I Suck Women’s Breasts To Deliver Them From Evil Spirit by Essential(m): 6:33am On Jan 31, 2018
Essential:
Are u a Muslim? Please I will like to know more about Islam. Christianity is a big fraud. Since i saw those igbo people that converted to Islam. I now have interest in Islam. just like Macolm X, I want to become a Muslim.
7 days a politician for Germany’s far-
right Alternative für Deutschland party, which campaigns on an
anti-Muslim ticket, has
converted to Islam and left the
party, a spokesman has
confirmed.
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Sharp Sharp: I Suck Women’s Breasts To Deliver Them From Evil Spirit by Essential(m):
Habyz:
May God help us all.
I noticed that no-one has blamed Christianity for this bullshit, if the asshole were to be a Muslim...
Are u a Muslim? Please I will like to know more about Islam. Christianity is a big fraud. Since i saw those igbo people that converted to Islam. I now have interest in Islam. just like Macolm X, I want to become a Muslim.
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Sharp Sharp: I Suck Women’s Breasts To Deliver Them From Evil Spirit by Essential(m): 3:12am On Jan 31, 2018
CelebritiesRe: Dorcas Shola Fapson: Simi Forced To Delete Her Tweets by Essential(m): 11:05pm On Jan 27, 2018
TOLULOPEMIDEAR:
Nobody is perfect...... Stop blaming simi abeg
W0MAN WRAPPER SH0W URSELF
TravelRe: Nigerians React To Dorcas Shola Fapson Vs Taxify Driver Rape Saga by Essential(m): 9:01pm On Jan 26, 2018
delpee:
I hope the Police will carry out thorough investigation in this case. It will be so unfair if this guy loses his job for no reason. There's a lot to doubt in the attempted rape claim. That's not to say it didn't happen.

While I'm 100% against sexual harassment in any form, I feel we should be careful about drawing conclusions until proper investigations are done.
WHICH P0LICE, THE C0RRUPT P0LICE 0R MUMU P0LICE. F0RGET AB0UT NIGERIA P0LICE I FINALLY L0ST H0PE IN THEM, WHEN TH0SE B0YS WERE B0RN ALIVE IN RIVERS STATE. THE P0LICE CAME THERE AND SAW WHAT AB0UT T0 HAPPEN.
TravelRe: Nigerians React To Dorcas Shola Fapson Vs Taxify Driver Rape Saga by Essential(m):
Xisnin:
Wrong, Rapist are not always jobless nobodies hiding in the dark to perpetrate evil, many rapists are bankers, professionals and politicians that can be traced. It is a shame that a criminologist don't know this.


This is a meaningless argument, people working for reputable companies have been convicted of worst crimes.


You made some sense with this, not with the too nonsense points you posted above.


As a self-styled criminologist, you should understand that not all criminals behave the same way, it might
be a jittery first time criminal.


She didn't know it will come out in the news, she made it come out in the news.


You are right with this


Again, your "criminologist" tag is undeserved, carrying a defensive weapon such as spray does not
mean one is looking for trouble. In the US, where gun is legal, many people carry guns around and
it does not mean they are looking for who to kill. As a "psychologist", you should also know that tendency
does not equal certainty. If you are attacked and you have no weapons, you have the tendency to fight
with your fist, that doesn't make you an aggressor and it is not certain that you will be able to defend yourself.


There is no the "truth" here, but there are lies.


Unfortunately, your writeup does not justify your professional tag because you included
arguments that is unbefitting of a "psychologist".



My Verdict
The driver is not a rapist and there was no attempted rape.
This is not because he works for taxify, heck there are many hideous criminals who works
for reputable companies.

The reason he is not a rapist is that there was no rape nor an attempted rape. Then why did
the "actress" come up with such a baseless claim?

Here is the most likely scenario.
The actress hailed a cab as she has always done but this one was quite different, the driver is
not obeying her every command as other before him have done. He even had the audacity to
cancel the trip. This bruised her ego and she decided to teach him a lesson by wasting his time.
The driver got angry and since he couldn't get her out of his car threatened her and decided to drive her to his home,
now she got scared that she might have overplayed her luck and .
On getting to the driver's street and she noticed that she is safe, she decided to continue her foolish
games of forming a boss but the driver has had enough and would not continue with the journey.
Since the matter wasn't going her way, she desperately wanted a way to destroy the "ordinary" driver who "disrespected"
the "mighty" her and wouldn't obey her instructions, hence the recording and editing of videos and reporting to taxify.

Instead of the dumb girl to state that she had a fight with a taxify driver, she embellished the story with
kidnap and attempted rape.
The attempted kidnap story might have been seen as plausible(it isn't) because she was driven to a place
she didn't want to go but the rape story is completely unjustified.

To all the rapist and rapist supporters out there, this case does not justify your behaviour or beliefs
nor does it make all accused rapists innocent.

The taxify driver is not a rapist because a rape or an attempted one never took place.
WHEN IT C0ME T0 PRETTY GIRLS, S0ME GUYS JUST G0 NUT, EVEN WHEN THE TRUTH IS 0BVI0USLY CLEAR. WITH0UT INVESTIGATING AND ASKING QUESTI0N. THEY JUST TAKE SIDE WITH THEM. W0MAN WRAPPER N0.1.
WHEN HE ASK HER T0 U C0ME D0WN FR0M THE CAR BECAUSE SHE REFUSE T0 TELL HIM WHERE SHE WAS G0ING. WHY DID SHE REFUSE? SHE SAID HE EVEN CALLED HER A RITUALIST BECAUSE HE WAS SACRED T00. N0W SHE IS WISHING EVIL F0R 0THER GIRLS AND THEIR M0THER. THIS WAS THE KIND 0F STUPID ATTITUDE SHE SH0WED TOWARD HIM. BABE PLEASE LEARN S0ME MANNERS 0R U WILL KEEP 0N HAVING ISSUE WITH PE0PLE LIKE THIS. HE DRAG U 0UT 0F THE CAR BECAUSE U REFUSE T0 C0ME D0WN PERI0D.
KIDNAPPER VS RITUALIST....................................L0L.
HE IS A KIDNAPPER, SHE IS A RITUALIST.


THIS F0RCE ACCUSATION HAS T0 ST0P BECAUSE IT HAS TAKEN S0 MANY INNOCENT LIVES. LIKE THE 0NE THAT HAPPEN IN CR0SS RIVER STATE. WHERE S0ME B0YS WHERE BURN ALIVE BECAUSE 0F F0RCE ALARM LIKE THIS.
THANK G0D THIS GUY IS ALIVE T0 TELL HIS 0WN SIDE 0F THE ST0RY AND THE PE0PLE SHE CALLED DIDN'T GET THERE.
EVEN 0UR FAKE P0LICE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE INVESTIGATE T0 KN0W THE TRUTH.
THIS IS A N0RMAL FIGHT BETWEEN A PASSENGER AND DRIVER. THAT WENT FR0M BAD T0 W0RST. IT WAS A CRAZY DAY F0R THE B0TH 0F THEM.

BUT I'M SERIOUSLY ANGRY AB0UT IS THE SEC0ND VIDE0 THE GIRL UPL0AD. IN WHICH SHE END UP WISHING EVIL 0N 0THER GIRLS AND EVEN THEIR M0THER. WITH THAT WHAT I SUSPECTED AB0UT HER WAS CONFIRM. SHE HAS ATTITUDE PROBLEM AND CAN'T CONTROL HERSELF WHEN SHE IS ANGRY.
CelebritiesRe: Adewale Adeleke Reacts To Dorcas Shola Fapson's Rape Story by Essential(m): 8:14pm On Jan 26, 2018
Paschal001:
This story no get sense at all.
WOMAN WRAPPER NO.1
FamilyRe: "My Husband Can’t Go 3 Rounds Anymore" - Nigerian Lady Complains by Essential(m): 9:56am On Jan 26, 2018
Priscy01:
A Nigerian Lady on Facebook has taken to social media to complain about how “lazy” her husband has gotten all thanks to the recession in Nigeria.

Identified on Facebook as “Pretty Ife Oluwa” she simply wrote: “Our husbands DAT used to do 3rounds before,Na by force we dey see one round chop because of recession.e dey pain me.”

http://www.torimill.com/2018/01/nigerian-lady-complains-that-her.html
U CAN USE UNRIPE PLANTAIN, IT IS BIGGER AND LONGER. PLS STOP PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE MAN. 7 DAYS IN A WEEK, HE IS ALWAYS ON TOP OF U, TRYIN TO PLEASE U, U RE READING NEWSPAPER AND SHOUTING HARDER, HARDER, HARDER. IF HE SHOULD DIE OF STROKE. U WILL START CRYING AND SAYING UR MOTHER-INLAW IS A WITCH. NOBODY WILL KNOW ABOUT THE ENDLESS JOURNEY THAT START BY 9PM EVERY NIGHT.
RomanceRe: Lady Warns Yahoo Boys: "Come With Your Work ID Before Asking Me Out" by Essential(m): 11:04pm On Jan 25, 2018
queensera:
A Nigerian lady with the username @Chichi_Arinze on twitter has taken to the platform to warns against yahoo boys that are using ladies for rituals. According to the lady, any man that want to ask her out must provide his work ID and a letter of recommendation.

Below Is What She Wrote On Her Twitter Page:

So I hear yahoo boys are now using babes for rituals... From now onwards If you want to ask me out, you have to come with a copy of your work ID and a letter of recommendation from your boss. Thanks

Source:
http://www.nairaplus.com/2018/01/come-with-your-work-id-before-asking-me.html
GET UR SELF A JOB.
PoliticsRe: APC, PDP Can't Win 2019 Presidential Election - Okupe by Essential(m): 11:01pm On Jan 25, 2018
WHO CAN STOP BUHARI? EVEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA AND SOCIETY OF WIZARD AND WITCHES OF NIGERIA TRY TO HELP GOODLUCK JOHATHAN AGAINST BUHARI. HE DEFEATED ALL OF THEM.
CrimeRe: Police Rescues Boy Chained In Ogun By His Grandmother & Mother For Months (Pic) by Essential(m): 12:28am On Jan 25, 2018
SOFTENGR:
They must be Ijebu.
SHUT UP MAKE I NON TURN U TO RAT. IJEBU KILL U.
CrimeRe: Police Rescues Boy Chained In Ogun By His Grandmother & Mother For Months (Pic) by Essential(m): 12:25am On Jan 25, 2018
[quote author=SOFTENGR post=64488284]They must be Ijebu. SHUT UP MAKE I TURN TO RAT. IJEBU KILL U.
FamilyRe: Man Ends 22-year-old Marriage Over Wife’s Trousers by Essential(m): 12:14am On Jan 25, 2018
A GOOD WIFE SHOULD DRESS TO PLEASE HER HUSBAND NOT SOCIETY.
CrimeRe: "Classic White Killed By Kmoney, Her Yahoo Plus Boyfriend" - Clara Wayne Accuses by Essential(m): 6:59pm On Jan 24, 2018
MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. ANYTHING THAT COME EASY, GO EASY.
CultureBenin, Not Yoruba Are Original Owners Of Lagos - Ajayi Bembe Chief Layi Ajayi-be by Essential(op): 11:10am On Jan 23, 2018
[center]BENIN, NOT YORUBA ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF LAGOS - AJAYI BEMBE
Chief Layi Ajayi-Bembe,
[/center]

[b][b]A former President of the Association of Lagos State Indigenes, Chief Layi Ajayi-Bembe, in this interview with BAYO AKINLOYE says the real owners of Lagos are the Benin, not the Yoruba

What is your lineage as a Lagosian?

My grandfather was Ajayi Bembe; the eighth Obanikoro of Lagos – my father was the last of his children. My mother was the first child of Gbajabiamila (of Olowogbowo fame) – of course, of Lagos. When it comes to the ownership of Lagos, it is sad when people talk about Lagos being no man’s land or Lagos being part of Yoruba land – I consider that position to be an abomination. Yes, because of the affinity or geographical location of Lagos, we’re nearer to the South-West (the Yoruba) than to other regions. It should be stated that Lagos has always been independent of the West. When I returned from England, (Chief Obafemi) Awolowo was in prison; before I came back to Nigeria, there had been agitations that Lagos wasn’t part of the West. No doubt that a lot of us speak Yoruba – in my family, we’re Benin. Oba of Lagos (Rilwan Akiolu) was completely right that the early settlers in Lagos were the Awori and the Benin. We’re talking about the Island of Lagos.

Extending it to the east of Lagos, you have Oshodi, the Tapa (from Niger State) were there. And, of course, we knew one another. I don’t understand why some of our brothers in the West think that we can be enslaved by them. In all my years, I have not seen what Afenifere has done for Lagos to inspire me because during the last constitutional conference, they were not talking about Lagos; they were talking about themselves. Don’t forget that the so-called Edo State was part of the West before. But to say Lagos is part of Yoruba land is not fair; it is not charitable. And when kabiyesi now said, Lagos is Benin, not only because we came from Benin, there are signs and relics of Benin all over Isale Eko. And obas (in Lagos) – we don’t call them ‘obas’, we call them ‘eleko’. My grandfather said in 1903 that when there was a dispute of which traditional rulers should wear crowns – my grandfather was at that meeting. Ooni of Ife had to come all the way from Ife to Lagos upon the invitation of Governor (John Hawley) Glover. And the question they asked him (Ooni) was, ‘Who are the obas that should wear crowns?’ He mentioned them – Lagos was not part of the list. We don’t wear crowns in Lagos. I remember, Pa Edegbele – that’s Prof. Edegbele’s father – when he said ‘oba’ is alien to Yoruba land that only the Benin use that title, there was a furore over that. But Edegbele was right. Note that politicians have done a lot of havoc in Yoruba land more than in other regions of the country. Nobody is going to doubt the hegemony of the Sultan of Sokoto in the North. But the Yoruba are fond of creating problems among themselves in Yoruba land. Permit me to digress: look at the recent installation of some kings in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. A governor created 21 kings, for what? Is that what the people need at a time when the masses are hungry, civil servants are owed salaries and basic amenities are not available? It now appears there are more rulers than the ruled.

Are you saying Lagos belongs to the Benin people?

Lagos belongs to us – the Benin. When you get to Enuowa, they (the inhabitants) pay homage to Oba of Benin there. Enuowa is in Lagos; Idumota is like a Benin name; Iduntafa is Benin name; Idunmagbo is Benin name; Iduganran is Benin name; tell me, what further proof do you want (that the Benin own Lagos)? Why have some people tried hard to erode our identity and the labour of our ancestors? Today, if you go to the Lagos State Secretariat, you’ll hardly see the original indigenes of the state hold a prominent position. So, why are people crying about the quota system? You don’t ‘quotarise’ knowledge. Whatever is the case, I believe that the indigenes of Lagos – by the way, I was president of Association of Lagos Indigenes for almost 15 years – we know how our resources were plundered and carted away. Look at the fiasco called ‘Lagos @50’. The state government doesn’t recognise the true indigenes of Lagos State. Some of the indigenes work with them for the purpose of getting whatever they can get from the government. Some people are trying so hard to maintain the stupidity that Lagos doesn’t belong to anybody – that’s annoying.

What about Alhaji Femi Okunnu’s view of the Awori being the original owners of Lagos?

I am not a lawyer but Femi Okunnu is a lawyer – a Senior Advocate of Nigeria for that matter. On the issue of the original owners of Lagos, my attention was drawn to an article focused on the Idunganran celebration. Mr. Femi Okunnu happened to be my mentor; he was an inspiration to me particularly when I returned from England. He was not only elder ‘brother’ to me because we lived close together. They were living at No. 1 Ido Olowu Street and I was living at No. 7 Ido Olowu Street. I have known him for a long time. I remember when he came back from England as a young and vibrant lawyer. When Femi Okunnu himself was the Federal Commissioner for Works during the military regime, he was the one who actually acquired the area where you have the National Theatre, Iganmu. From whom did he acquire it? He got it from the indigenes; my grandfather had a place there. We must have a good perspective of history. People should learn not to mutilate history. The owners of Lagos are not the Yoruba; they are the Benin. We are Benin; there’s no ambiguity about that. To prove it further, the obas or the elekos, when they died, their bodies were taken to Benin for burial for a time. Tell me, who owns the land then?

Who are the Awori? The Awori and the Benin are the same. If an Awori spoke to me when I was young, I understood him. My parents spoke Awori. The Awori are partly from Dahomey and partly from Benin. My forebears came from the riverine area through the Bight of Benin and settled in Badagry for a long time before moving down to Lagos. And when they moved down to Lagos where did they go? They went to Idunsagbe – a place famed for Benin culture and tradition. I am an Awori. Tell me, which state did they create for the Awori now? If you say the indigenous people of Lagos State are the Awori, then the Awori are the Benin. We must put history in its right perspective. The right perspective is that Lagos does not belong to the Yoruba; it belongs to the Benin. According to the Lyttleton Constitution, the West was created; the North was created and Lagos was made a colony and it later regained its independence.

Some may argue that the original Lagosians didn’t protect their legacy, allowing every Tom, Dick and Harry to hold sway politically and economically.

It is true that Lagos is open to everybody that could bring ideas. But when it comes to certain elements within the political spectrum in Nigeria… Look at it this way, will it surprise you that a representative of Lagos who calls himself a Lagosian representing the state in the National Assembly went to Kogi State to vie for the governorship? Isn’t that insulting? Some are even saying once (Osun State Governor, Rauf) Aregbesola has completed his tenure in Osun, he will come back to Lagos to contest a senatorial seat. We called Bola Tinubu, sat him down and told him how we accepted him and he let us down. I know the role I played when Bola Tinubu was coming in; when I gave him my second cousin, (Musiliu) Obanikoro to go along with him (I don’t talk to that one (Obanikoro) again after he had his hand in something embarrassing; because you don’t disgrace your family). I am not looking for anything from them. It is very wrong that people should trivialise the affairs of Lagos. For example, we kicked against (Prof. Wole) Soyinka being made the chairman of the Lagos @50 celebration. But nobody listened to us. Look at the fiasco; was it a success? Who bothered about it? People who will not celebrate the living are celebrating the dead – it doesn’t go beyond that. You acquire land from me for a public purpose and the next thing you did was to share it with your siblings, friends and other loved ones. It is really sad for people to proclaim Lagos as no man’s land. Lagos is so accommodating; it is only here you see an Igbo man being made a commissioner. Even the Yoruba that are shouting, how many Lagosians are in their cabinets? They all live in Lagos; we know them. Some of them benefitted from the liberty Lagos offers. But ask them: what have they done for their host communities? Can you imagine Orji Kalu, who bought land here, saying Lagos belongs to nobody? They just talk.

Don’t you think Prof. Wole Soyinka deserved to have been the chairman of the Lagos @50 celebration?

I am not used to Soyinka and I don’t want to be acquainted with him. It is unfortunate that because he was made the chairman of Lagos @50, he began to insult people, claiming that his father had a land in Lagos. We traced the land – one plot of land – and discovered that the land was bought from my grandfather. People like him go around insulting others. Has he not insulted Femi Okunnu before? Tell me who Wole Soyinka has never insulted? He is part of the Tinubu group. Is he not an Ogun man? I don’t think he has a right to say that Lagos is no man’s land. Who is he to say that? I think Okunnu knew better; I don’t think he meant what he said the way the press reported him. What he said is that Lagos is ‘part’ of Yoruba land; he didn’t say it was owned by the Yoruba. We need to be discreet in our definition. Geographically, we’re in the West and culturally, we speak Yoruba. If an Igbo man speaks Yoruba fluently, does that make him a Yoruba? Go to Lagos State House of Assembly and count how many of them are truly Lagos indigenes. Again, Okunnu was an active participant in the creation of Lagos State together with (Philip) Asiodu and Alison Ayida. They facilitated the creation of the state; there was a western state then. If Okunnu had advocated the merger of Lagos with the western region then, one would have thought otherwise. Wole Soyinka didn’t want Lagos to be created at that time. Soyinka used to be very radical but having got into the group of Bola Tinubu’s scientific imposition, he has been mellowing down. Soyinka would be the one that would stand for the truth when people were accused of certificate forgery and other ills. He was always at the forefront; he has become a turncoat. What happened to him? I respected him; he may not know me and he doesn’t need to know me.

So, you think Okunnu is on the same page with you when he talked about the early settlers of Lagos?

I believe Okunnu was actually agitating for the indigenes. He was president of Lagos State indigenes before me – we have Isale Eko Descendants Union, which we all belong to. All I am saying is this: Lagos is not part of Yoruba. The settlers are Benin. Wasn’t Benin part of the West before until the Mid-West was created? The Benin agitated for that, insisting that we’re not part of the Yoruba. Why can’t the Yoruba leave us alone for God’s sake? My grandfather went to court in 1889 to claim all the lands that belonged to him. He got a judgment. Then some people said, these lands were too much for one family – the place now called Ikorodu Road, they acquired it – for how much? For £27,000! My grandfather wasn’t around; he’s dead. But they forgot that this man gave them a land to build the first police barracks in Lagos. How could Bola Tinubu come all the way from wherever he came from (Kafaru brought him to me, turn Lagos into a place for Osun people in the secretariat). They’re radicalising the owners of Lagos with the way they’re acting. By the time they stand up you’ll be shocked. What are the people asking for? Give them what they deserve. Show them some respect. Okunnu did a lot for Lagos State; most parts of Victoria Island were sand-filled by the Federal Government. He and his colleagues at King’s College were able to excise Victoria Island and gave it to Lagos. In fact, Okunnu has done more for Lagos than any governor. Okunnu had his roots in Isale Eko.

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