₦airaland Forum

ehissi:
Abeg helep me to remind am......................

It is either you deny this igbotic igboship as a man of integrity that you are. Lets us know now now who we wan donate you give. At least Fulani dey power, them full here, yoruba are merciful people they can helep ya ministry, Nupe, Berom, Riyom Anguwa Rogo can be very hospitable.

Let use know where we wan tear you fresh tribal mark, whether na face, back or yansh make we know..........................

Or just SHarap ya mouth finally as person whey no get level.............

Nupe will not accept him, neither will the Birom. I am glad you did not even mention Igala. Please donate him to any of the IDP camps, nationwide.

g0tze:
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What do we call this? Height of inferiority complex? You had to copy Goetze1's moniker in order to launch brickbats in his direction? Are you so lacking in self-esteem and intelligence?

Heavance:
It's funny how Lagosians don't bother to say a word about this. Those electronic hate people are actually not from Lagos, even the Yoruba's bashing their fellow Nigerians.
Check them well, they are from other Yoruba states not Lagos, I don't know why they see the Igbo's (fellow Nigerians) as an enemy, thinking because they are from other parts, they are entitled to claiming Lagos.
They fail to acknowledge the truth.

I really do not understand you. Did the Yoruba indigenes of Lagos, tell you that they do not want their Yoruba brothers from other states outside Lagos to speak on their behalf online, or to help them defend Lagos against the land grabbers from across the Niger? So why are you taking panadol for their headache?

Or how many indigenes of Lagos told you that their Yoruba brothers cannot lay claim to Lagos? Do you think Lagosian-Yorubas discriminate against their cultural siblings? Are they like SE people who discriminate against their fellow Igbo people from other states, that are not their own?

meforyou1:
Lagos is no man's land. even a prominent lagos indigene said it, that lagos belong to binis. all those yoruba from osogbo should go back to their rural slums. we developed lagos from when it was water and sand to what it is now, so we have the bragging right.

The same way Onitsha belongs to the Bini, and Asaba, Ossomala, Nsugbe, parts of Nsukka etc, belong to the Igalas. Even the staff of office for some of your kings in Enugu state, has to be presented by the Igalas, during any coronation process, for it to be valid. Should we tell the Igbo in Onitsha and those other places to relocate because it belonged to the Benin people, originally?

After all, the Bini and Igalas have bragging rights over various parts of Igbo land.

ehissi:
While the Indigenous People of Anambra State, IPOAS, risked life and limb to exercise their civic responsibility, partaking in the just concluded election process.

It is on record that The Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, had declared the very election day as Ofe Nsala day and strongly advocated/advised that all the good people of Anambra state should sit at home, eat and drink, in effect calling for a boycott of the November elections.

Failure to comply with this directive, according to IPOB, is to place their lives at risk.

As at Saturday Morning, the Nairaland Frontpage was littered with treads - powered by lalasticlala - loaded with exclusive photographs of IPOB members using permanent voters cards as bottle cover for bottles of beer which they used to douse their thirst after munching on tasty Ofe Nsala, in line with the directive to boycott voting. Frontpage inserts provided by Lalasticlala also show treads loaded with reports of different people actively observing the IPOB declared boycott.

However, the Indigenous People of Anambra State, IPOAS, who by reason of nature are very industrious, International Developers and business men and Natural risk takers, defied this order and today, we have an INEC declared winner in Governor Obiano amidst other winners and supporters.

But more interesting, a very interesting character, who goes by the moniker, joephat, here on our darling Nairaland Forum declared and I quote

"If Anambra Election hold, I would denounce my igboship"

Which brings Nairaland to a very important question, has Joephat denounced his igboship? Is Joephat still igbo? And if he isnt igbo, well what exactly is he?

The United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 15 section 1 states that "Everyone has the right to a nationality".

In the light of this, we would like to ask our dear brother and sisters, Danladi7, laudate, sarrki, etc to be our brothers keeper.

Please where can we donate this fellow in the event that he finally decides to take the path of integrity and denounce his igboship as he earlier planned (that is if the plan hasn't changed ).

So any suggestions from Nairalanders, Hausa, Fulani, Nupe, Igala, Edo, Ijaw, Yoruba, riyom, berom, bwari.

Please which of you guys are willing to accommodate this fellow so that we can avoid a humanitarian crisis here on nairaland. Anyone,............

You just wan take laugh finish person for this place. There are IDP camps everywhere, even on NL. He can get temporary accommodation in one of them, while the issues concerning his citizenship are being resolved.

Olu317:
You seem not to have read what I sent and you definitely owe me an apology. I mentioned descendants of Olusegun Aganga....... There is a clear difference. Go back and read again on my previous post before the last. Then, Edo people whose historical account contradict the true issue need be corrected. This has been the way at which they distort history. And such need serious correction because of the future. Kindly give these a good thought . If I may ask you, how would you feel, if someone lied about your own personal ancestors history? How would you feel if people send thrash online about your ancestors migration pattern? And how would you feel, if people lied about the name your ancestors call God? You can't understand my purpose if you don't understand my reasons.

Now you are talking again about the descendants of Olusegun Aganga. Wait first....Have they said anything to you, or made any claims to you? Again I need to ask......why bring them into this conversation? And why are you thriving on conjecture?

It appears you have some deep seated grudge against the man, or you envy him in some way. Tell us what your problem is, so that we can treat your case.

I fail to see why you keep dragging someone into a conversation, that has absolutely nothing to do with him or his descendants. Do you know him personally? Or did Aganga or his descendants trash your ancestors history online? Gosh!! If you must talk about someone making claims, why not talk about Layi Ajayi-Bembe, the old man who started the controversy about Benin-Yoruba claims over Lagos??

I know the history of my ancestors, and if anyone lied about it, I would simply tell him the truth and clear his misconceptions. I would point out the fallacies or inconsistencies in the erroneous accounts of those who try to write my ancestors history, from their own perspective.

The truth is that oral history cannot be studied in a rigid continuum. There are so many different perspectives of any particular event. Like Chimamanda Adichie said: "We remember differently." But the burden lies on those recounting such events, to do so in a way that is as factual as possible. Revisionists exist in every culture, and the only way to counter their assertions is to use the weapon of truth.

There are some people that can't be bothered with their ancestral history, because they have formed new identities for themselves, or have chosen to become citizens of other countries.

But the truth is that culture is dynamic. And there are so many factors that shape culture, languages, traditions and history, through the ages. One just needs to keep an open mind and document as much of it, as one can, in order to keep the records for posterity.

asorocker:
When Igbo's wanted to leave Lagos and Nigeria for them , what happened. Even nnamdi KANU who wanted to pull Igbo's out was labelled a terrorist by the same people

When Fashola deported some of them, it was your people that cried against such moves.

Amarabae:
While the Nigeria media space was celebrating Anambra peaceful election and mourning a great elderstateman Dr Alex Ekwueme, A controversial oral bombshell exploded from the mouth of the newly re-elected governor of Anambra state, Willie Obiano.
I was vividly disappointed by the obiano remark that Anambraians built Lagos, its undiplomatic,inflammatory,and divisive.
Issues like this can set us up against our hosts.
The Question of who developed Lagos can be examined down briefly below.
Lagos a Yoruba state started seeing some developement right from the days of the colonial era,
Its development rose when it served as the capital of Nigeria,the Federal Government pumped a lot of money in some infrastructure in the state,
After she lost her capital status to Abuja,the modern Lagos continued to grow and it is the melting point of all ethnic groups in Nigeria who are in the state.
Taxes generated from industries,factories,business centers etc is the source of IGR of the state.
Bragging about Igbos developing Lagos makes us look stupid before the world for some reasons.
Its time we Ndigbo show the world our own Lagos instead of salivating on another persin property.
Aba or Onitsha are two Igbo cities that we can develop like Lagos if we have visionary leaders.

So why the controversy?
Igbos should think home now for investment, there is no pride in bragging about developing another man's land and leaving your own to rot.
Enough of this controversy,Lagos is a Yoruba state and remains so.
Thank you.

Eziokwu! What a interesting piece. This is the first time I will like your post on NL. Continue to speak truth to power. However, I believe the development of Lagos, started before the colonial period. Jisike.