Mindlog:


You would ask, don't the Oba of Lagos have his eyes and ears on the ground? How could a film production company be filming outdoors in Isale-Eko that was expectedly disruptive and none of the White cap Chiefs had knowledge of the shootings?

BadEnglish:

Being alright is a choice you can decide to wail for life. Nna your choice

Reference:
Like the Mayor of Newyork, and the government of the State baying against the 2002 Martin Scorsese Film, 'Gangs of Newyork'.... on account of its 'uncultured' portrayal of the Irish and the denigration of their proud heritage.

Anytime I watched the film all those years ago, long before all these events we see today I imagined Nigeria in 200 years time.
So apt today because a time will come when Lagos will become like Newyork, a truly cosmopolitan city, a real crucible of nationals of all kinds from all parts and places of differing backgrounds.

It will. It will have to. It has no alternative. Lagos will eventually leave its ethnic toga behind and become a city state indeed.

hakeemhakeem:


The producer will handover the script to eyes and ears of oba to scrutiny, and the eyes and ears will be on sets for the duration of production. For your mind the production was in isale eko

greenermodels:
That's a real Lagos indigene talking, Who else noticed how the young bloods in the gangs of Lagos movie kept insisting that the gangster lords were not Lagos indigenes but came from somewhere to hijack leadership in Lagos.

Creeper:


Chinedu’s forebear, William Allen Vivour, was the son of an Igbo slave.

He was born in Sierra Leone like the Yoruba Saros but while the Yoruba ones settled in Lagos Island and Abeokuta when they returned - William Allen Vivour settled in Opobo. He later left Opobo and moved to Fernando Po when he had problems with Jaja of Opobo.

It was his son (Chinedu’s great grand father) that settled in Lagos after marrying a Yoruba Saro woman (I believe from the Rhodes family in Lagos).

Chinedu is not Yoruba.

Wagwanbrethren:

In conclusion grv is a loser! 🤣

XAUBulls:

@Creeper, can we have strong references and Websites for your assertion here... ASAP.

I assumed from what I read that William Allen Vivour was a Yoruba-Sierra Leonean plantation owner in Fernando Po who also traded in oil palm export at Opobo in the years after 1870.

I've always wondered too why the
Vivours have not mentioned whether their forebear was an
Egba, Oyo, Ijesa, etc, prior to the deportation on slave ships to the Americas.


Candido da Rocha was born in Bahia, Brazil, but was of Ijesa origin.

Sir. Adeyemo Alakija (formerly Placido Asumpcao) was Egba,

Ajayi Crowther was from Osogun in Iseyin.

The 2 Vaughan brothers were Egbas but born in South Carolina, USA in the 1800s to an Egba father and a Native American mother.

Creeper:


The names you listed are legit Yoruba Saro and Amaros.

However, William Allen Vivour, was an Igbo Saro. There’s another William Allen who was a Saro of Egba descent, who became a bishop in Abeokuta and people tend to conflate the two. Also, people also conflate the Rhodes family of Lagos who are Yoruba Saros with Rhodes-Vivour family.

IK Sundiata in his book about the Sierra Leonean Creole palm oil and Cocoa merchants in Fernando Po cited William Allen Vivour and he was the son of an Igbo slave who was born in Sierra Leone. He later settled in Opobo before moving to Fernando Po.

I’ll find the book and post it later.

Creeper:


He’s neither ‘a true Logasian’ nor Yoruba.

His forebear, William Allen Vivour, the son of an Igbo slave (sold via Bight of Bonny by Aro slave traders) was born in Sierra Leone.

And when his forebear returned to Nigeria with the other Saros (who were mostly Yorubas) - he settled in Opobo while the Yoruba Saros settled in Lagos and Abeokuta. They came to Lagos after Chinedu’s great grand father married a Yoruba Saro woman from Lagos.

Chinedu is from Biafraland with Igbo blood. Stop the madness.

Creeper:


Wow! Sagamu is the capital of Remoland.

How is she from Sagamu and still have the audacity to do something sacrilegious?

Eyo is from Iperu Remo hence the chants/incantations have Ijebu cadence. And listening to the chants/incantations - you can’t miss the ‘Osugbo’, ‘Alagemo’ and Ijebu references (I still watched a documentary on Eyo a few days ago when the controversy started). Osugbo and Alagemo are quintessentially Ijebu.

Whilst watching the Eyo documentary - the Adimu Orisha cited iconic Yorubas like Sir. Adeyemo Alakija, Kofo Abayomi, etc. as some of those who have worn the Eyo regalia. So, it shows it isn’t just some festival you can disrespect.

Sorry, but the woman needs to flogged for being stupid. There are certain things you don’t touch, no matter how idiotic your mentality is.

Saga16:
This one can never win a political post in Lagos.

He can only reinvent himself as a social commentator.

OneTemplate:


What truth? Constituting yourself into a nuisance by opposing anything Lagos leaders say is "truth" ba?

He is nothing but a loser and a rebel without a cause. Those type are usually very dangerous and certainly never good leaders.

thunderbabs:
Too many hypocrites in Nigeria.

You all watch Chinese movies excitedly where their traditional masquerade attires used in Chinese carnivals are used in making violent scenes in movies....coz someone used the Eyo attire for violence in a movie here, it's desecration.

You don't even possess a third of the morals Chinese pple and govt has.

XAUBulls:

I am shook... Damn!

Thanks for the feedback@Creeper.
There is more clarity in your prior assertions now.

Gbadebo and his father definitely know these facts and have intentionally clammed up about that aspect of their history. I knew something was not right about the dodgy feedbacks from that guy.

I remember reading about IK Sundiata and he too has liberated slave origins and Fernando Po plantation connections.

I look forward to the book post.

Thanks again.

Jaja-Ibeno War of 1881
At last dialogue between the Opobo and the Ibeno failed. But Jaja did not
take it kindly to see the same Liverpool traders whom he sent away from
Opobo because of their free trade policy, establishing trading factories on the
Kwa Ibo. About twenty eight of them including George Watts, Henry Watts,
John Holt and Mr Vivour had agreements with the Ibeno hierarchy.

Revolution2022:
He would have won had it been the Nigerian security operatives subdued mc oluomo and his thugs who were working for Lagos state government and tinubu.
Tinubu no want any party to take over Lagos because that is where he get his daily bread.

Mindlog:
Jade Osiberu who is the daughter of Oba Osiberu and the creator of 'Gangs of Lagos', in an interview said they met with some people in Isale-Eko and even the co-writer of the movie is a guy from Isale-Eko, they got to spend 50 days there shooting the movie.........why did the LASG and the traditional institutions there keep quiet while the movie was being shot because majority of the scenes was shot outdoors and cannot claim ignorance?

Mindlog:


You would ask, don't the Oba of Lagos have his eyes and ears on the ground? How could a film production company be filming outdoors in Isale-Eko that was expectedly disruptive and none of the White cap Chiefs had knowledge of the shootings?

Mindlog:


No, the filming was done in Cotonou since you saw no Isale-Eko landmarks in the movie!

A film that was shot way back in 2021, released 2023 and they now remembered that the featuring of the Eyo was part of the movie!

I also guess the likes of Yinka Quadri and Ayo Lijadu, who are part of the cast are minors in the movie industry.

Bahdguyishere:
Omo ale ni Bobo Yi.E no kuku understand watin I mean by omo ale.

Godjone:
get yourself a better life rather. Gbadebo in his entire life can never be poor. You should rather pity yourself

Godjone:
are you more Yoruba than Gbadebo? Can you prove it? Bayo Ononuga and MC oulumoh a born illiterates are using your brains. It's a pity

CodeTemplar:
the guy is just an echo of the voices of the people. Those who cannot make Nairaland headline or Premium Times pages.

Wagwanbrethren:

Go to court Mr wailer! 🤣

Christistruth03:



Ask him to repeat what he just said in the Yoruba language and he will be staring at the Ceiling

Or looking for interpreters

Hypocrisy !!

sprints1:
Lol gangs of lagos na rubbish abeg complete misinterpretation of the eleniyan no be so eleniyan dey do for anywhere. Very nonsense and annoying script. They should have carefully asked around b4 they shoot the movie

Wagwanbrethren:

Go to court Mr wailer! 🤣

Mindlog:
Jade Osiberu who is the daughter of Oba Osiberu and the creator of 'Gangs of Lagos', in an interview said they met with some people in Isale-Eko and even the co-writer of the movie is a guy from Isale-Eko, they got to spend 50 days there shooting the movie.........why did the LASG and the traditional institutions there keep quiet while the movie was being shot because majority of the scenes was shot outdoors and cannot claim ignorance?

Epistasis:
GRV again....so the producers of that movie can desecrate Eyo festival, that's none of his business. Omo komo ni Chinedu yi Sha!!!

flokii:
Lagos State dodged a grenade no doubt.. this hateful okoro matter pass bullet.

LASG should place a ban on the producer, director and cast of that useless movie.. they should not have access to any LASG owned theater and arts infrastructure and none of their movies should be aired on TV stations and Cinemas operating in Lagos State.
Extreme situations require extreme measures if not, other subhumans like the ones in "gangs of Lagos" will go and be shooting useless films.