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As dawn breaks and the clock ticks, the countdown to the end of Babajide Sanwo-Olu‘s tenure as the governor of Lagos State has begun.
Within political circles, there is a palpable quiet anticipation surrounding the succession race, with various individuals rumored to be eyeing the coveted seat. The air is filled with speculation as four prominent names emerge as potential contenders to succeed the current governor of Lagos State.
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How many have u seen the tinubu pick any loyalist to become a governor in Lagos state? The man selection is weird.....watch and see, anyway it not supposed to be so...many nonsense wey no suppose to dey happen for this country

You skipped MC

I think it's too early for succession talk. It's not yet a year for the current governors to be thinking of who would succeed them.

If ambode doesn't come back then it would be muri okunola

The Current Deputy Mayor Hamzat is okay and fit for the Job . Every other person should go and shepe..

Shadomaan7:
I think it's too early for succession talk. It's not yet a year for the current governors to be thinking of who would succeed them.

You are thinking like a layman.
Succession talks never ends.
It continues from one election cycle to the other.
This is because any candidate who pauses their campaign would lose out.

Biodun556:
If ambode doesn't come back then it would be muri okunola

forget ambode

He's a gunner, Muri okunola is cool but I think gbaja is too big for that

Toh

The election would be interesting sha

Let’s first filter out any of them with affiliation with people that wakes their parents with kicks!

[quote author=Shawarmagirl post=132088981] Among the four none is Lagosian. Migrants ruling their host.[/quote

Who told you none is Lagos indigene? Oya shinedu, come and explain

OP, MC oluomo should be top on the list

I believe it's an oversight

Shawarmagirl:
Among the four none is Lagosian. Migrants ruling their host.

You mean none comes from Lagos Island?

What many do not know is that the so-called owners of Lagos are the returned slaves. However many of these people were not captured and slave traded from Lagos and are not Indigenous to Lagos. Let me give you one example.

You cannot be more Lagosian than the McGregor family. However, one of this family's members is now a first-class Oba in Ilawo in Ogun state. What happened? He traced his ancestry back to where his ancestors lived before being captured and given anglicized names. Another example is Sarah Forbes Bonetta, who was presented to Queen Victoria after her capture and eventually adopted as her Goddaughter. But her maiden name before capture was Aina and she was originally from Egbado and not Lagos.

The indigenous dwellers of Lagos are the Aworis.

Finally, Lagos state itself was created by adding parts of the Western region including Ikeja, Maryland, etc to the former Lagos Colony. So the idea that Yorubas must be islanders to be indigenous is incorrect.

The National Archives are there for anyone who wants to do a deeper analysis of the subject. Looking through the records it can be seen that the number of Yorubas who can claim Lagos as indigene is much wider than the returnee slaves who it must be said are also entitled to claim Lagos ( even if not originally from there) by reason of Yoruba antiquity.

Sharpsharp00123:
forget ambode

He's a gunner, Muri okunola is cool but I think gbaja is too big for that

person no Dey too big to be gov bro.Lagos state for that matter.abeg o

Shadomaan7:
I think it's too early for succession talk. It's not yet a year for the current governors to be thinking of who would succeed them.

Lol. The next governor has been picked and anointed already. Dey play

HMO is the next governor of Lagos state

Shawarmagirl:
Among the four none is Lagosian. Migrants ruling their host.

You guys just open your mouth to speak

If someone from Ikorodu, Epe, Badagry and Ijebu, Egba, Awori rule lagos, they are all indigenes.

Their forefathers founded what is now called Lagos state today.

Shawarmagirl:
Among the four none is Lagosian. Migrants ruling their host.

Na wa very unfair , bring back Lagosians

He has done well and he will be remembered for that.

Bobloco:
OP, MC oluomo should be top on the list

I believe it's an oversight

Because he dealth with you people now,it means he’s your God

I will go for Femi Gbajagbamila.
He is a Muslim and have a wide experience.
It will be hard for another Christian to take over from Sanwolo in Lagos State.
Abbas is a glorified illiterate. He is just an opportunist.
A man who said he is a lawyer, but his name was not found in the Supreme court as a lawyer called to the bar.
How they managed to settle that scandal is what I still can't figure out.

Sharpsharp00123:
forget ambode

He's a gunner, Muri okunola is cool but I think gbaja is too big for that

Anybody wey don taste Abuja no dey rule Lagos

BreconHills:
You mean none comes from Lagos Island?

What many do not know is that the so-called owners of Lagos are the returned slaves. However many of these people were not captured and slave traded from Lagos and are not Indigenous to Lagos. Let me give you one example.

You cannot be more Lagosian than the McGregor family. However, one of this family's members is now a first-class Oba in Ilawo in Ogun state. What happened? He traced his ancestry back to where his ancestors lived before being captured and given anglicized names. Another example is Sarah Forbes Bonetta, who was presented to Queen Victoria after her capture and eventually adopted as her Goddaughter. But her maiden name before capture was Aina and she was originally from Egbado and not Lagos.

The indigenous dwellers of Lagos are the Aworis.

Finally, Lagos state itself was created by adding parts of the Western region including Ikeja, Maryland, etc to the former Lagos Colony. So the idea that Yorubas must be islanders to be indigenous is incorrect.

The National Archives are there for anyone who wants to do a deeper analysis of the subject. Looking through the records it can be seen that the number of Yorubas who can claim Lagos as indigene is much wider than the returnee slaves who it must be said are also entitled to claim Lagos ( even if not originally from there) by reason of Yoruba antiquity.

If we are looking at Lagos Island (Isale Eko), or the totality of Lagos (Eko) with appendages like Obalende, Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Apapa, Oyingbo, Ebute Metta, etc, then even the Yoruba slave returnees from outside Africa or camped in Sierra Leone, still met native Yorubas with native names.

So those returnees are only a discussion as later citizens of the parts of Lagos that they settled in.

It would be wrong to think an English, Portuguese or Spanish surname confer any originality to Lagos origin of the bearer. Rather it confirms their status as later indigenes of Lagos(Eko), behind the originality of the Awori native indigenes and the aristocratic Benin-Yoruba ruling class of Lagos (Eko).

The broader Lagos State as you rightly said, was part of Western region, and dominated by Ijebu, same Awori, Egba, and the non-Yoruba Egun tribe.

The Yoruba subgroups in Lagos State plus the non-Yoruba Egun, are the very same tribal constituent of Ogun state.

Awori, Ijebu, Egba, Egun.

Only Egbado (Yewa) is native to Ogun State and not native to Lagos State. But I won't count it out too.

Shawarmagirl:
Among the four none is Lagosian. Migrants ruling their host.

says an Igbo who is always beaten everywhere he goes for poke nosing

See how u embarrass your forefathers n how that man take time school u

Ehb! If I hear!

Ayam the next gomina!!!
Wo,e mi ni!!! Emilokan!!!

Wo,jekoriepe,o!!!

Ayam the annointed next gomina of Lagos state
AHHHHH!!!!!!

Sanwo-Olu will be on the ballot.

Ambo is coming back to finish his tenure

Biodun556:
If ambode doesn't come back then it would be muri okunola

The only thing Tinubu knows how to play is politics. He doesn't know how to do good Govornace. But when it comes to politics,kindly give it to him so definitely it is going to be a Muslim after christians have done three terms

Finished Ambode's term and done another two terms.

So either Muri Okunola or Femi Hamzat.

May the Universe spare our lives

Ambode is coming back.

ogaemma:
I will go for Femi Gbajagbamila.
He is a Muslim and have a wide experience.
It will be hard for another Christian to take over from Sanwolo in Lagos State.
Abbas is a glorified illiterate. He is just an opportunist.
A man who said he is a lawyer, but his name was not found in the Supreme court as a lawyer called to the bar.
How they managed to settle that scandal is what I still can't figure out.

Obasa not Abbas

Kaycee9242:
You skipped MC

Seyi Tinubu