Legendguy:
Just like Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour that contesting for governor of Lagos, Funsho Doherty also running for governor of Lagos bears an English surname.
Former lagos governorship candidate, Funsho Williams bears an English surname, compared to typical yorubas from south west hinterlands that bears their native surname.
Is there a reason for true lagosians to bear foreign surnames while making their first name yoruba name?

a4cube:
If this true why is Crowther his surname?

renderme:

Shut up and say what U know O. There was no time binis ever settled in Lagos island (Eko). The indigenes of Lagos island were ALWAYS aworis. The Benin monarchy had a war camp on Lagos island wt soldiers, they didn't have any indigenes there at all.

VeryWickedGoat:
This is why we say Lagos is a no-man's land because the true Lagosians are not even pure Nigerians.

Lagosians are slaves that returned or escaped from Brazil, Jamaica, Benin, Togo, Liberia & co. Some of these slaves are even Igbo, Calabar, Benin, Ijaw slaves that were transported via Badagry. Their names are mostly Portuguese or English like Pedro, Rhodes, Williams, Campos, Bucknor & co.



Tinubu, Obanikoro, Sanwo-Olu and co are typical Osogbo names!!

drlateef:





Another Chinedu has started yarning shit. The slave descendants are not many. My family has no slave ancestors and we bear yoruba name.

renderme:

Shut up and say what U know O. There was no time binis ever settled in Lagos island (Eko). The indigenes of Lagos island were ALWAYS aworis. The Benin monarchy had a war camp on Lagos island wt soldiers, they didn't have any indigenes there at all.
a4cube Idiko1 laiperi

AyakaDunukofia:


I don't join issues with minions. The history of Lagos is way above your comprehension.

Direct your anger, rudeness and horrible upbringing to Akiolu the Oba of Lagos.
[img] https://guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/lagos-oba-traces-origin-to-benin/ [/img]

PoliteActivist:


Turns out you are actually wrong. See below

baralatie:
You don't even know the true families of lagos.so make I leave you for ya ignorance

Vischy:


Who are the true families of lagos??

PoliteActivist:


Turns out you are actually wrong. See below

renderme:



And oba of Lagos has said he never said dt. Manipulative propagandists. One would think they even like this oba akiolu.

PoliteActivist:
You are the only one who doesn't know that when slave trade ended, there were slave ships caught through the years. Slaves on those ships were re-settled in coastal big cities like Lagos. Most of the slaves now bore their masters' surnames

elnegrodeafriqu:


Same applies to Rivers/Cross River axis.

renderme:



And oba of Lagos has said he never said dt. Manipulative propagandists. One would think they even like this oba akiolu.

Legendguy:
Just like Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour that contesting for governor of Lagos, Funsho Doherty also running for governor of Lagos bears an English surname.
Former lagos governorship candidate, Funsho Williams bears an English surname, compared to typical yorubas from south west hinterlands that bears their native surname.
Is there a reason for true lagosians to bear foreign surnames while making their first name yoruba name?

Idiko1:


They were returnees (freed Slaves) whom British colonialists brought from Sierra Leone to Lagos to assist in the administration of Lagos as a Colony. It is based on this circumstance that Yoruba erroneously claimed to be more educated than any tribe in Nigeria. Actually, Yoruba are the least educated based on tribal nativity.

Idiko1:


Arrant nonsense!!! He was a slave boy from Nupe ethnicity. He was already sold into slavery and parked into a ship and rescued on the high sea by anti-slavery unit of British Navy.

0monnak0da:
That Assumption is wrong
Who are you to determine who is a true Lagosian
There are five Divisions in Lagos state
Ikorodu = Ijebu
Epe = Ijebu
Badagry = Ogu or Egun
Ikeja = Awori and . The
Lagos==Awori

There are several Families that settled in Lagos Island of Diverse origins e.g. Sierra Leone returnee slaves and returning slaves from elsewhere e.g Brazil,Liberia etc, Some Nupe and some Fulani
Still on Lagos Island Autochthons have names like Kosoko,Dosunmu,Adele,Akitoye,Eshinlokun,Oyekan,Akiolu to name a few
Returnee slaves hear names like Randle, Da Silva,Suarez,Williams,Gonzalez ,Dohertyetc
None of them can become Oba Of Lagos
Oshodi is another settler family of Nupe origin

Now Lagos state was created in 1967 and Epe,Ikorodu,Ikeja,Badagry all part of the Western Region were added to Lagos Division

Lagos Division included Ikoyi,Victoria Island ,territory of Oniru all with ruling families separate and distinct from returnees
Epe and Ikorodu are Ijebu territory and has no returnee population

So this stupid idea about who is a real Lagosian is mischief
We know who can become Oba and who cannot
Ti a ba ri arawa a mo arawa

ShadowCracker:

I am from Epe, even in Epe there is discrimination of Epe Eko & Epe Ijebu.

0monnak0da:
Emeka

ShadowCracker:

Lol who be Emeka.

ShadowCracker:

Lol who be Emeka.

0monnak0da:
We know ourselves nah
No dey form nonsense
What does se aworawo mean?

0monnak0da:

How far with Google?
Wetin be se aworawo??

ShadowCracker:

Lol nah everybody be Igbo too una.

Legendguy:
Just like Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour that contesting for governor of Lagos, Funsho Doherty also running for governor of Lagos bears an English surname.
Former lagos governorship candidate, Funsho Williams bears an English surname, compared to typical yorubas from south west hinterlands that bears their native surname.
Is there a reason for true lagosians to bear foreign surnames while making their first name yoruba name?

drlateef:




Go and read our history. Majority of true lagosians bear yoruba or muslim names. The english names you see are descendants of slaves that returned from Freetown and America after slave trade was abolished. They had adopted English names before coming to settle in Lagos, being the port city.

ShadowCracker:

I am from Epe, even in Epe there is discrimination of Epe Eko & Epe Ijebu.