Fezz: Stop deceiving yourself. What does Oduduwa mean in yoruba? It has no meaning whatsoever unless your fabricators starts adding prefix and suffix to the name before it begins to make any sense in Yoruba language. On the other hand, Oduduwa is a typical Benin name. Izoduwa decided to settle with the name 'Oduduwa" because even though his name was corrupted to Oduduwa, the name still made perfect sense to him because he knew the meaning in Benin dialect. That is why he kept "Oduduwa" as his title name.
I will never understand how a human being can be daft enough to say Oduduwa has no meaning in Yoruba but does in Edo only to go ahead to show that it actually has no meaning in Edo "Oduduwa" is not "Izoduwa". "Odu" and "Izo" are not the same thing. You don't just throw away a part of the name like that and add something unrelated.. Doing exactly what you mean @bold
Accusing Yoruba of what you were about to do in the next sentence This only shows that the people who came up with the story in the 70s were intellectually deficient
Even within Benin, the Ogiamien family do not take it serious.
. Ogiamien family still call the Omonoba a Yoruba man You would think the Coronation of the Omonoba will have anything to do with Ugbekun and other areas important to the Ogiso dynasty. No You think the Coronation or this very Odudua festival will have any reservations for Ughoton founded by Ekaladaran, but no
Lol the way people will just go online to post all kinds of things without studying the topic
So light skin among Yoruba is a product of breeding with fulani? The highest prevalence of light skin amongst yorubas is Ekiti... Yet Ekiti had no significant fulani interaction.. You look to the Oyo and Igbomina for that
And even talking about fulani, what's up with holding up this silly myth that fulani have caucasoid ancestry? This idea is based on isolated observation that Fulanis tend to be light skin and have long noses... But looking at all Fulanis not just cheering picking here and there you find fulani are a majority dark skin people
And one guy above even said Oyo are ethnically Nupe lol na wa o. So the Ife heritage means nothing, the Yoruba language means nothing?
Fezz: I keep on saying it over and over again that you are not a smart guy. The sooner you realise that oduduwa is real the better for you. Observers don't take your posts serious anymore because your arguments are annoying. It's better for you to support the claim that oduduwa's ancestors are originally from igodomigodo which is the actual truth than for you to say he doesn't exist at all. Your excuse is sooo lame. It's just your way of chicken out from hot debates. You better go and study your roots properly "i.e if you are truly a Benin descendant" and stop making a laughing stock of yourself on this blog. Cheers!
You and gregyboy are just two sides of a beaten down coin. One Bini miscreant is claiming oduduwa is from igodomigodo..which nobody outside Bini takes seriously Another Bini miscreant sees the oduduwa igodomigodo connection doesn't hold weight and just decides to claim oduduwa didn't exist
SoBright101: The fact is that many of those people are impostors
And where are the real people to expose the imposters? Where are the real people to caution the imposters? Where are the real people to give a different impression from that the imposters are giving? Abegy
Someone said "Fulani is Yoruba's number one enemy and that the British handed over Nigeria to them."
*This is not the truth.* The British did not hand over Nigeria to the Fulani.
Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 12 December 1959. The result was a hung parliament with no clear majority to form a government.
Zik's National Council of Nigeria and Cameroons (NCNC), came first with 2,594,577 votes to get 81 seats.
Awolowo's Action Group (AG), came second with 1,992,364 votes to get 73 seats.
However, the Ahmadu Bello's Northern People's Congress (NPC), came a distant third with 1,922,179 votes to get 134 of the 312 seats in the House of Representatives despite getting less public votes.
The above three major political parties in the election did not get enough number of the seats to form a government. An alliance had to be formed to determine who would rule.
It was a no brainer that Zik's NCNC and Awolowo's Action Group should make a coalition government as they came first and second respectively.
Awolowo, then humbled himself and volunteered to be a Deputy Prime Minister or Finance Minister in a coalition government with Zik as the Prime Minister. This was because the Zik's NCNC party had more public votes and seats than the Awolowo's Action Group.
Zik invited Awolowo’s team to Asaba, the gateway between the Yoruba's Western Region and the Igbo's Eastern Region to hold coalition talks. The talks were a clever ruse to keep Action Group’s hopes high, so that Action Group would be kept distracted from meeting with other minor parties for talks, including: Northern Elements Progressive Union with 8 seats; Mobolaje Grand Alliance with 6 seats; Igala Union with 4 seats; Independents Candidates with 4 seats; Igbira Tribal Union with 4 seats and the Niger Delta Congress with 1 seat.
Whilst the Action Group team was waiting in Asaba for a meeting with the NCNC, they read in the news that Zik and the NCNC had gone up North and clinched the deal with Ahmadu Bello on forming a coalition government with the NPC.
Tafawa Balewa, a Fulani, would be the Prime Minister of Nigeria while Zik would be the figure head Governor-General. Even Nkrumah of Ghana was shocked. He asked Zik why having spent so much energy fighting for colonial emancipation and then settling for a toothless bulldog role when Nigeria needed him the most.
Zik wrote in his autobiography why he did not form a coalition government with Awolowo.
In 1947, with over £13,500 raised from the Yoruba people and given to the NCNC, Zik had led other six prominent NCNC delegates to London to protest the “obnoxious laws” of Governor Arthur Richards. The trip ended in failure with backbiting, abuses and accusation of theft against Zik. Zik’s opponents at the NCNC, accused him of squandering the money and the trust of Nigerians.
Zik replied insinuating that the Yoruba on the team, that are: Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, Prince Adeleke Adedoyin, and Dr. A. B. Olorunnimbe, were the problem.
There erupted a heated and prolonged press war between Zik’s Political Reminiscence in his West African Pilot and H.O. Davies’ Political Panorama in the Daily Service. This led to Igbo in Lagos rushing to buy machetes in large numbers thinking a tribal war was imminent.
The Governor and his General Secretary, Hugh Foot, quickly called Zik and H.O. Davies to order at the Government House.
Zik went away with the resolve that “the Yoruba must not be allowed to rule over others in Nigeria”.
And afterwards in the Daily Service published the speech of Zik in 1949 about Igbo being destined by God to conquer and rule over others. This among others, will explain why Zik rejected Awolowo's offer of a coalition government in 1959 and instead worked with the Fulani.
The Fulani had been reading Zik and the Igbo through the lens of his 1949 speech ever since.
The Fulani way of neutralising Zik when the opportunity came in 1959 was to offer him a powerless post, which surprisingly Zik and the NCNC dutifully accepted in place of being Nigeria’s first Prime Minister.
Zik had thought that the Igbo can easily manipulate the Fulani in place of the educated Yoruba. He thus manipulated Balewa to arrest Awolowo in 1962 and to have him jailed for 10 years in 1963.
Zik also manipulated Balewa to remove from the Western Region the Edo, Urhobo, Itsekiri and Western Ijaw that account for 70% of the oil wealth in Nigeria and created for them the Mid-West Region.
Zik's hatred for the Yoruba gave the Fulani the impetus to rule over others in Nigeria.
The Igbo coup plotters tried to undo Zik's mistake in 1966. And unfortunately, they killed other tribes and left theirs, which resulted in the civil war.
Britain did not really hand over Nigeria to the Fulani. Nigeria was given over to the Fulani by the Igbo.
However, to hold on to power in Nigeria, the Fulani enlisted the backing of the self-serving career politicians in England.
Not many Igbo especially the young ones know this narrative. I don’t think the Yorubas, even their elders remember this. Has the leopard changed its spots?
SoBright101: There shall always be Judah in every tribe and if you trace their history, they may be Fulani who were born and raised in the environment.
Beware Nigerians. This is the time to know and understand the true identity of those who cause tribalism on here, they are paid agents, they are neither from east nor west, some are not Nigerian. They have more than twenty monikers, they would create tribal related topics and make tribal comments with different monikers to cause chaos between southerners. Though, they have no conscience but you can try to educate them or better ignore them. They are easy to identify, use your head brothers. They dominate this platform. They are evil and restless.
You speak valid points but at the same time Southerners indeed have a problem with themselves
The hate for example Yoruba get from Edo and Igbo people on this forum no be play
Lol.. @tao11 People who celebrate Odudua festival not Ekaladeran festival It is unfortunate that modern Bini youths allow their elders blatantly lie to them and because of bigotry they don't ask questions they just suck it in without examination of what the traditions actually tell
richmond500: So I was just surfing the internet, browsing through the pages of google and I saw the Nigerian Coat Of Arm, it caught my attention and I begin to wonder how it has lost almost all of its identity.
Quick Check
So forget government, my question is, what are u doing to maintain the motto of the COA? cos I know we will come here and start insulting government first
Does the COA reflect the ideology, culture or sensibilities of the people?
Were Nigerians consulted to find out what is important to them before the COA was designed?
Lol Nigerians are just realising they put terrorists in power
Maybe this will teach people to never allow a fulani with signs of ethnic and Islamic fundamentalism into the presidency. Someone who was threatening to soak people in their blood if he lost the election, someone who defended Boko Haram and is the grand patron of terrorist Miyetti Allah
Eveey nwigbouring tribe can attest Ewuare existed because he was the one who expanded benin
But that cant be said by oromiyan the sleeping idol
You are always claiming anything not written by European eye witnesses is fairytale. You don't get to make exception for Ewuare. Present an eye witness account or keep shut The first "Oba" of Benin is Ovoranmwen if we go by your stupid logic
gregyboy: They are all insane, coming here to parade as yorubas the true itsekiri wont agree to be Yoruba neither would they agree to be fully edos they would rather stay neutral
All this ones here are saboteurs pretending to be itsekiris, the edict must stand Tsola must be dethrone and the law must be upheld the former olu is to be blamed for all this probably he never wanted any of his children to rule
Or he probably had an hidden son somewhere who made the requirement
The itsekiri people cannot tell who is to be made king, it is not their choice when the stool was enacted by the benins it it also not their choice in the current century,
Tsola must be dethrone and iyasere should act as the reigning king until a match for the throne is found
A deliberate disobedient of custom by a custodian shows how useless the throne has become
That same law that made the former king, the ruler of itsekiri amongst is brothers is thesame law he stepped on, how ungrateful the olu was to the law
Bini want to force King on Itsekiri people. You have no place to tell itsekiri people that their Olu-designate is not qualified.
I've said it and I'll say it again. Frustration at the thought that itsekiri are longer comfortable with being ganged up on and seen as minorities easy to be bullied
All the SS minorities are having sleepless nights now
BluDesk: I will shock every itsekiri on this thread. As much as you have had clashes with close tribes in the region. There's none that wishes you well than these tribes. The yorubas claiming Itsekiri is us, we are they, is it out of a desire to lend help or to take from. If it is, what aid did the entire yoruba people extend to the Itsekiris during the 1993/2003 crisis
If a single bag of rice was gathered by the entire yoruba clan please someone post a thread on it and shame me.
Awon Werey. Awon olofoo. Hungry vultures only out to seek to devour and destroy
This guy is so desperate the fear of itsekiri no longer choosing to be bullied as a fellow minority is choking this one You will hate and be frustrated and I will enjoy your crazy outbursts
BluDesk: What general opinion is anyone forming of yorubas. Are you not famous for backstabbing people and sabotaging the interests of the Niger Delta
If the Yorubas claiming they so much love the Itsekiri genuinely do... Would they be siding the North against the development of the Niger Delta. Talk o. Olofoo
Na Ogun go scatter your phone
The obvious envy of the yoruba against the Niger Delta is what the allies called Itsekiri doesn't see and blinds them as though is love
If two-thirds of the Senate and house of reps choose to vote to grant states power to control their resources would yorubas not vote 100% against the people she claimed she loves
My friend. Everyone knows yoruba thoroughly as an unstable people who are cowards and are Bull of betrayal and backsabbing
So what do you mean people form opinions about you
My first 10M in life I brought yorubas close. I know the number of times I escaped death. Thankfully you're all not a strong people. Empty foolish set of tins
Just look at this fool who has been a bigger champion of restructuring (which entails resource control) more than Yoruba??
Even right from the 50s before independence, Yoruba political blocks have always maintained to let each region, state and Ethnicity (as relevant to the context) control their resources. Don't even come here with your nonsense.
I could sense your hatred from the first stupid comment you made talking through corners, the mofo has finally shown his true colour Always lowlives talking about some 10 million they have or France they live what has your "first 10 million naira" to do with any of this?
Issues that entire public domain is to be discussed as such, albeit with rationalism and truism. All of which you lack. You can fvck off.
You feel every SM user is average. No tribe threatens me. Thunder fire your destiny. I'll buy your entire lineage ten time over you swine
lol just look at the aggression oozing out. I like to see small inferior tribes burst out in anger at the realisation of their inferiority. You can only make an outburst of frustration but at the end your hatred only hurts you
BluDesk: Social media has truly thought me to be wary of the younger generation and they are evil at heart. I will continue to be very careful of the young generation seeing the venom in the hearts of the younger generation.
I believe every tribe should choose their rules and regulations and should not be disturbed by external. Influence. The whole frame playing out in the kingship crisis proves Ayiri is perfectly correct.
If tomorrow a mixed tribe ascends the throne, edicts, laws, principles and issues would be of mixed interests not pure, genuine tribal interests
Rather than speak the truth in absolution. I see many yorubas running here and there like it has anything to do with them
Itsekiri has always said it has ties with the yorubas but does it mean it doesn't have a right to its heritage and Preserving it how she sees fit
The hypocrisy in Nigerians is stinking and appalling
These are the same. Elements that will cry fulani and house are doing this and that, but yet on the flip side are much worse devils
Itsekiri people should decide their fate without external influence simple as ABC.
Say it with your full chest.. Don't say it through corners. You are calling yorubas devils worse than fulani marauders
When has your village been terrorised by a band of marauding yorubas? You people will still be choked with the level of hatred you have for Yoruba for absolutely no other reason than the fact that Yoruba are larger and more prosperous. Same reason you try desperately to ensure itsekiri do not assume their place out of the minority status you like to put them
I simply asked. Sine the immediate King studied law why didn't he legally challenge the edict that would disqualify his sons 37 years throughout before he died?
Secondly, where there princes before him who were who was also disqualified because they didn't meet certain conditions. Simple as ABC
I don't need to be an itsekiri to be able to rationalise these simple things. Nothing about you, your clan or tribe threatens my potentials. Get lost
Your entire activity on this thread is getting involved with itsekiri matters. Apparently you are even daft
ogbonti: So in the same vein, until 1914 when Nigeria became officially a Federation people and tribes and cultures didn’t exist in Nigeria ba? Na Lord Lugard create everything? You see how ignorant you are? So because 1979 was when it became gazetted officially means it never existed ?
Let’s believe it never existed and 1979 is too recent and it made it inferior- does that mean the one they threw out there allegedly written by the Atuwatse in 2012 adding yoruba mother is note genuine and ancient that what was done by Wrejuwa his father in 1979? Why did it take Atuwatse 25 years on the throne and shrewd very sick to do that ? Most like he didn’t even do it as Tsola and his mother were busy running stuff because Atuwatse was too sick to enfage in all that politics then . This was a man who in that period asked that he should not be called Royal Highness or Ogiame anymore because it is a demonic practice and the people were almost asking him to abdicate the throne if he didn’t want to be King anymore - that’s the man you want to take seriously at that phase of his life? I ask again - who the heck are you and what do you know about the Warri Kingdom? FYI I am a Royal insider in the Alè Iwēreē Kingsom
Keep your lousy self shut abeg. How is my statement analogous to the British Amalgamation declaration? I'm talking about something that was declared in 1979 not being "custom" you are saying something else Sidenote: You don't even know what a federation is If you think Nigeria became a federation in 1914
Itsekiri Kings have been known to have mothers from all over, even having Portuguese mothers. But some mofo is here trying to tell people that a 1979 edict is "Customs of the people" Same people who are saying it is not part of their customs and want that edict annulled??
TAO11: Here is his (Truthshots2) picture which he once posted to convince folks that he lives near light-skinned people.
One can already notice the depression and fugliness on his face. Oh his baldness can not possibly go unnoticed.
I have caused him to deactivate over seven of his many Nairaland accounts [No exaggerations].
He is certainly living a sorrowful and unfulfilled life.
I hope he schedules an appointment with a therapist before it gets too late.
he said being in France makes him better than those refuting his nonsense as if he is enjoying the France Self acclaimed French mathematician that spends all his time on topics that have nothing to do with mathematics
Now I'm hearing facts from a person that has superior knowledge that I can humbly take away lots of quality information from. Not all these paid thugs up and down.
The law is the law of any land. I'm not an Itshekiri and I shy away from being involved in tribal matters that I don't belong to. Even the tribe I belong to, I try as much to not discuss issues. But this one seems to be causing so much ruckus.
People don't seem to understand the stance Ayiri is maintaining. I've never agreed with Ayiri on anything in life but I think I see his point of view and understand his position clearly after hearing from him.
I believe the morale of the story is simple. If foreign elements take ownership of the throne, most decisions will have " foreign " interests at heart or mixed interests which will not ultimately be the best interest of the tribe at heart. In such cases every community must protects it's best interests by placing it in the hands of people who can manage its best interest, hence the choice of Benin or Itshekiri mother. I believe Ayiri has a legitimate case.
it is only non-itsekiri who support this trouble. Why?
Even someone who claims to not like to engage in ethnic issues of this kind will break his own principle just to support this case of disqualifying an itsekiri Prince with yoruba mother
You people just want to distabilise itsekiri.
One lesson itsekiri can learn from this is to not give into those who have tried to play them into positions of disadvantage
ogbonti: Captain Hosa Okunbor is the father of Prince Tsola's wife. That same greedy Captain Hosa who was so divisive in the last Gubernatorial election in Edo State, sending paid thugs to attack the convoy of Governor Obaseki and Wike and others on their way to the palace. I do not expect the Oba of Benin to tell Ayiri to do what is right. The Oba is a good friend of Captain Hosa and he will want the son -in-law of his close friend and confidante to become King in Warri as this current Oba was the Royal Father of the day when Prince Tsola Emiko Married Ivie Okunbor in 2014
Chief Ayiri should understand that The Oba of Benin can not impose anything on him because tradition is tradition. Laws have outlasted Obas in Benin and just like no other prince but the first son of a departed Oba of Benin can become King in Benin, likewise no son of an Olu whose mother is not an Itsekiri or a Bini woman can reign as King in Warri.
Chief Ayiri should never allow anyone to blackmail or force him to surrender the customs of the Itsekiri people as very powerful interest groups outside the Iwere Kingdom are doing everything possible to water down the selection process . For once, I am supporting Ayiri in this matter - ATABRATA, DO THE RIGHT THING and do not allow anyone to confuse or control you, whether Oba or no Oba - Ooni or Alaafin, just do the right thing!!!!
AYIRI should follow what Obaseki did in the last election in Edo State. When the Oba of Benin invited Obaseki and Ize-Iyamu to his palace, the Oba was almost telling Obaseki to chill and allow Ize-Iyamu become Governor and he took swipe at the Deputy Governor Phillip Shaibu, trying to intimidate him. - Obaseki stood his ground and told the Oba, "I swore an oath to protect the people of Edo State and that is what I will do"
The Oba's body language was tilted in support of Ize-Iyamu and we all saw it but today Obaseki prevailed and the Oba has no choice but become friends with Obaseki again - So Ayiri, as long as you are doing the right thing, learn from Obaseki, never back down!!!!!
You seem very ignorant. I have a problem with people who claim something that has no basis in Pre-colonial history is part of culture or customs An edict made in 1979 determines customs of a kingdom founded in 1480?? How?
Did you think at all before you posted this?
There has never been any such custom in Warri kingdom And all of you will only end up throwing yourselves in the ocean if you don't allow peace to reign because you can't stop the Olu-designate
Ynix: it is obvious that you love being deceived, so you did not check those research paper links I shared with your fellow Bovine. Oh man seek to know, stop being a lazy ass
I thought i asked you two questions?
What is your qualification? What research papers have you written on American history?
for you to claim to have this superior knowledge surely you have invested many years of your life studying pre-columbian american history
I wonder who is lazy between you and I
And below i will address your post to the other guy
Ynix: Lots of evidences, unfortunately you would prefer to believe the wrong narratives just because you read them in books. If you were not a bovine you would have calm down and do some personal finding. Any ways as a liberal intellectual let me help you with some links since you are obstinate and deluded
I could have given you more but I don't want you to keep being a lazy ass
There is nothing new about this claim you are laying here, same old same old. But not a single evidence is presented, not one, what you do is present more claims. A claim is not an evidence. Anyone can say anything but evidence of Indigeneous Americans being Africanoids/Blacks is not presented. Learn the difference between evidence and claim first before calling yourself a liberal intellectual liberal intellectual who insults people for not agreeing to his bullshit, liberal intellectual whose only sources are pseudohistorical claims written by individuals like Almose Thompson and Ivan van Sertima who have no educational background or qualification relevant to the topic of Pre-colombian Americas.
Even Ivan Sertima in his book never claimed Indigeneous Americans were Africans rather that Africans influenced them, notably the Malian empire. Now of course there is no evidence or source for anything Sertima narrates happened between the Malians and Indigeneous Americans. Sertima's only attempt at presenting evidence are claiming the Olmec heads depict Africans, when any person with eyes can tell those heads look more like Native Mexicans than Africans
Almose Thompson on the other hand is even less reliable, claiming Colombus and Balboa, as well as traditions of indigenous people in mexico attest to Blacks from Africa inhabiting the Americas, yet he doesn't quote or tell us where Colombus and Balboa said this, nor what Mexican tribe claims to be black from Africa
You people just do not realise that picking up all this pseudohistoric nonsense does African history a great disservice, we will never find you in topics on African history it is to claim non-african people are africans that we find you. we mock ourselves by claiming others, especially when you do not have the power to enforce that lie. you want to copy eurocentrism of the 19th/20th century when you do not have the power eurocentrism had to enforce its lie. Basically no difference between Eurocentrism and your afrocentrism bullshit. The world has moved passed all those racial centrism, academia is more evidence and intellectual based than ever before
When I say "evidence" i mean 1. genetic: is there any dna analysis that connect the native americans to africans? if there is any present it Here is a summary report on dna analysis that connects native americans to East Asia https://phys.org/news/2007-11-gene-main-migration-bering-strait.html - by Phys.org - a UK-based science, research and technology news service
3. Linguistic : Highlight of logical theories of language classifications in the Americas http://www.rogerblench.info/Archaeology/New%20World/Peopling%20of%20the%20New%20World%20Canberra%20paper.pdf - Roger Blench, renowned Linguist
And before you say these are all wrong narratives, these are not narratives but observable elements of a people's identity. If you have evidence of african dna or language in pre-columbian america please present it. And do well to rely on credible sources and experts with education on the field.
Ynix: oh another bovine is here, check out my response to your other fellow. Don't be in a haste to show your ignorance.
If the earliest men where discovered in Africa and Old Mesopotamia then who are the Aboriginals of Europe and Asia. Stop depending on surface history, dig deeper
I have two questions for you
What is your qualification? What research papers have you written on American history?
If none then shut your useless self up and face what you actually know.
All these dumbfvcks who just abuse the privilege of free Internet to express their stupidity and ignorance internationally
Ynix: The whole of the Americas including present day USA, Canada and Mexico were populated by blacks who arrived first before Europe as Aboriginals but they killed lots of them
Pseudohistory. Stop listening to all those kind of misleading people on Facebook and YouTube Native Americans crossed through frozen landbridges from Northeast Asia not from Africa
samuk: Here is the title, goggle it. I have provided the relevant passage to support my eyewitness accounts.
Like I said before, the first time the Europeans visited Oyo was in 1826. I have also provided an account of what they found on ground. I have also supported my points with eyewitness sources.
Journal of a second expedition into the interior of Africa, from the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo Book by Hugh Clapperton.
The book was first published in 1829.
Copy and paste it on Google. Page 41 contains my first quote from the book, read it for the rest because you guys don't like reading but dwells on fairytales.
A brief biography of Hugh Clapperton.
After serving in the Royal Navy in Canada, Hugh Clapperton (1788-1827) participated in two expeditions to the interior of Africa. Richard Lander (1804-34), a young Cornishman who had travelled widely in the service of previous employers, applied to accompany him on the second expedition, during which Clapperton died. Lander published this edition of Clapperton's journal in 1829; an expanded version (also available in this series) appeared the following year. Clapperton's account of his experiences is informal, lively and vivid, describing hospitality and annoyances, discomforts and pleasures. Although its language and attitudes are typical of the early colonial period, it remains a valuable source for West African history. The book also contains a short biography of Clapperton, Lander's emotional account of his master's illness and death, and his journal of his lonely return journey. The appendix includes meteorological observations, notes on Arabic documents, and Yoruba vocabulary.
Hugh Clapperton does not in anywhere in his journal state that Oyo paid tributes to Benin
samuk: I am trying to restrain myself right now, do you guys suffer from the same selective amnesia?
This is the link below, read it or are you claiming you can't open it. I doubt if you know the meaning of words you use. Read and tell us if you are not the ignorant person here.
This is the direct qoute, starting with I in the first person. It's an eyewitness accounts not a work by anyone else. The rest of the qoute that talk about Alaafin informing the British governor that his predecessor paid tributes to Benin is in the link.
"In the evening we had a visit from the king (Alaafin of Oyo), to thank me for the presents I had given him, and again to assure me of being welcolme; said that he wanted nothing, unless it was something that would speedily cause the submission of the rebels. He said that he had sent to his friend the king of Benin for troops to assist him in the war."
"This Kingdom of Benin was at one time so powerful that the Alafin of Oyo, the head of the Yoruba people, told me that even his predecessors had to pay tribute to its King." - United Empire, Volume 2 (1911), p. 620
You are the one suffering psychological issues. A 1911 document that can't be verified.. It can't be accessed, no author named.. Only one sentence visible..saying a one time unnamed alaafin paid Tribute to Benin. If this is what you call eye witness account then you are mad.
You talk about eye witness accounts, when you have eye witnesses who attest to witnessing the alaafin pay tribute mention them not a 1911 document that doesn't even mention the name of the Alaafin who paid the tribute, and certainly not a document that has no named author and only a snippet view
Culture › Re: Oba Of Benin Announces Date For Outdoor Ceremony Of Odudua Rites by macof(m): 11:48pm On May 10, 2021
