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The Lagos street renaming and demolitions are not just acts of policy. They are deliberate strokes of exclusion. Carried out with silence. Justified with arrogance. And defended with lies.

Across Bariga and Ajeromi Ifelodun, names that carried identity were taken down. Names like Imo Eze, Emordi, and Uzor. Stripped off the map like they never mattered. Replaced with Yoruba names, celebrities, and empty neutral titles that carry no weight and no connection to the people who live there.

It was not a mistake. It was not reform. It was a warning.

You are allowed to live here. But you are not allowed to belong here.

Then they brought in the bulldozers. And they did not come with respect. They came with weapons. With thugs. With silence.

In February, they demolished parts of the Igbo dominated section of Ebute Ero Market. Shops with legal papers. Properties approved by the same government that turned around and called them illegal. Traders were not compensated. Families were not relocated. The state just erased them and moved on.

This is what oppression looks like in 2025. Clean suits. Cold press statements. And a bulldozer at dawn.

When Igbos cry foul, they are told to calm down. They are told to stop playing the victim. But how do you stay calm when your street name is changed without notice. Your market is destroyed without warning. And your community is constantly reminded that this place does not belong to you.

ASITU called it calculated expropriation. They were right.

They called it tribal aggression. They were right again.

Nobody is fooled. The people see what is going on. They feel the pressure. They hear the message. This is not your land. You can live here. But you must not grow here. You must not build here. And if you dare succeed here, we will take it away from you.

This is why trust is broken.

You cannot unite a country by terrorizing part of it. You cannot claim nationhood while you target one region for destruction. The truth is bitter. And many are scared to say it. But it must be said.

What Lagos is doing to the Igbo people is a disgrace. What Nigeria is doing by staying silent is even worse.

You remove street names without consulting the residents. You evict traders without compensation. You ignore court orders. You violate property rights. And then you defend it all in the name of progress. That is not progress. That is injustice.

And injustice breeds resentment.

Now people are asking questions they were once scared to ask. They are wondering if Biafra was wrong after all. They are calling their relatives and telling them to bring their investments back home. They are looking at Lagos and seeing not opportunity but hostility.

Yet when they look back at the East, they find no comfort either. No roads. No power. No peace. The same country that is pushing them out has made it impossible for them to return.

This is how you destroy a people. Push them out and shut them in.

The damage is not short term. This is the kind of wound that festers for years. The kind that divides generations. The kind that makes coexistence impossible.

This is bigger than Lagos. This is about the Nigerian soul.

Because what you normalize in Lagos today, you justify in other states tomorrow. What you destroy in Igbo communities today, you silence in other ethnic groups tomorrow.

Today it is Imo Street. Tomorrow it is Sokoto Road. The danger is not just in the action. The danger is in the silence.

And for those still pretending this is about regulation, the facts are clear. Court orders were ignored. Legal traders were punished. Only one group is constantly targeted. And the streets they erased were not just random names. They were stories. Memories. Roots.

If this country still wants to pretend that unity is real, then it must prove it.

Lagos must stop the demolitions. It must stop the renamings. It must return to dialogue. It must compensate those it destroyed. It must acknowledge the harm it has caused.

Nigeria must also wake up. This cannot continue. Every time you destroy trust, you open the door to disintegration.

And if you keep pushing people out, do not act surprised when they stop asking for inclusion.

They will start asking for separation.


I'm Richmond Amadi making a common sense ❤

We would not dialogue or justify our actions. Did Anambra justify the renaming of Abakiliki road? Did imo justify why they did not allow Betty Akeredolu to contest for a senatorial seat in her birth state? Why do you feel entitled in other people's domain.

This is just the beginning

Nnamdi Azikiwe used the same incoherent non.sense in the early days of Nigeria when he made frantic attempts to become Premier over Yorubas in Yorubaland without success.

Yorubas have woken up from deep slumber.. our people are now fully alive to their responsibilities.

ola6:
We would not dialogue or justify our actions. Did Anambra justify the renaming of Abakiliki road? Did imo justify why they did not allow Betty Akeredolu to contest for a senatorial seat in her birth state? Why do you feel entitled in other people's domain.
This is just the beginning

The seed of discord you are sowing for cheap political gains will come back to hunt you. It may take some years, but surely it will return ... it is called KARMA! and it returns in ruthless manner.

This is the 14th wailing thread I’ve read about Lagos today alone .
Yorubas do not need fake unity with people who harbor deep seated hatred against her .

Thank God you are getting the message loud and clear . We would continue to protect our interests no matter whose ox is gored .
Go to Sokoto or Maiduguri and make demands there

Validated:
The seed of discord you are sowing for cheap political gains will come back to hunt you. It may take some years, but surely it will return ... it is called KARMA! and it returns in ruthless manner.

I guess this is what happened when Bianca was not allowed to be a Senator in Anambra because she's from Enugu. Do you guys know how primitive you sound?
I guess this is KARMA as well? awon werey

Validated:
The seed of discord you are sowing for cheap political gains will come back to hunt you. It may take some years, but surely it will return ... it is called KARMA! and it returns in ruthless manner.

Leave him.....life will always give you what you sow in multiple fold

Jaylord12:
Leave him.....life will always give you what you sow in multiple fold

Gaslighters

Jaylord12:
Leave him.....life will always give you what you sow in multiple fold

Tell this to your brothers

Validated:
The seed of discord you are sowing for cheap political gains will come back to hunt you. It may take some years, but surely it will return ... it is called KARMA! and it returns in ruthless manner.

it is that karma that is dealing with you people ruthlessly now and you have not seen anything yet,that seed of discord has germinated now and you are ripping it,you see how they are treating you people all over the world?,see nearby Ghana for instance.even to rent house outside your south east soon will be karma for you soon,just wait and see…it is the fruit of your labor,you will eat it.

If you go to the east, igbos are busy attending churches manned by yoruba pastors withheadquartersin Lagos, using GSM networks owned by yorubas , using fintechs owned by yorubas, playing yoruba music in both public and private radio station , watching movies made by yorubasshot in Lagos, using yoruba banks like GT ,FT etc for forex and for big transactions buying stocks from stock brokers in Lagos into companies with headquarters in Lagos, eating from yoruba eateries with headquarters in Lagos. The problem is really that igbos are playing the zebra in a forest filled with hyena and vultures

kettykin:
If you go to the east, igbos are busy attending churches manned by yoruba pastors withheadquartersin Lagos, using GSM networks owned by yorubas , using fintechs owned by yorubas, playing yoruba music in both public and private radio station , watching movies made by yorubasshot in Lagos, using yoruba banks like GT ,FT etc for forex and for big transactions buying stocks from stock brokers in Lagos into companies with headquarters in Lagos, eating from yoruba eateries with headquarters in Lagos. The problem is really that igbos are playing the zebra in a forest filled with hyena and vultures

Talk true,the thing pain you gan

kettykin:
If you go to the east, igbos are busy attending churches manned by yoruba pastors withheadquartersin Lagos, using GSM networks owned by yorubas , using fintechs owned by yorubas, playing yoruba music in both public and private radio station , watching movies made by yorubasshot in Lagos, using yoruba banks like GT ,FT etc for forex and for big transactions buying stocks from stock brokers in Lagos into companies with headquarters in Lagos, eating from yoruba eateries with headquarters in Lagos. The problem is really that igbos are playing the zebra in a forest filled with hyena and vultures

You have started emotional manipulation. Quit the crying already.

RichmondAmadi:
The Lagos street renaming and demolitions are not just acts of policy. They are deliberate strokes of exclusion. Carried out with silence. Justified with arrogance. And defended with lies.

Across Bariga and Ajeromi Ifelodun, names that carried identity were taken down. Names like Imo Eze, Emordi, and Uzor. Stripped off the map like they never mattered. Replaced with Yoruba names, celebrities, and empty neutral titles that carry no weight and no connection to the people who live there.

It was not a mistake. It was not reform. It was a warning.

You are allowed to live here. But you are not allowed to belong here.

Then they brought in the bulldozers. And they did not come with respect. They came with weapons. With thugs. With silence.

In February, they demolished parts of the Igbo dominated section of Ebute Ero Market. Shops with legal papers. Properties approved by the same government that turned around and called them illegal. Traders were not compensated. Families were not relocated. The state just erased them and moved on.

This is what oppression looks like in 2025. Clean suits. Cold press statements. And a bulldozer at dawn.

When Igbos cry foul, they are told to calm down. They are told to stop playing the victim. But how do you stay calm when your street name is changed without notice. Your market is destroyed without warning. And your community is constantly reminded that this place does not belong to you.

ASITU called it calculated expropriation. They were right.

They called it tribal aggression. They were right again.

Nobody is fooled. The people see what is going on. They feel the pressure. They hear the message. This is not your land. You can live here. But you must not grow here. You must not build here. And if you dare succeed here, we will take it away from you.

This is why trust is broken.

You cannot unite a country by terrorizing part of it. You cannot claim nationhood while you target one region for destruction. The truth is bitter. And many are scared to say it. But it must be said.

What Lagos is doing to the Igbo people is a disgrace. What Nigeria is doing by staying silent is even worse.

You remove street names without consulting the residents. You evict traders without compensation. You ignore court orders. You violate property rights. And then you defend it all in the name of progress. That is not progress. That is injustice.

And injustice breeds resentment.

Now people are asking questions they were once scared to ask. They are wondering if Biafra was wrong after all. They are calling their relatives and telling them to bring their investments back home. They are looking at Lagos and seeing not opportunity but hostility.

Yet when they look back at the East, they find no comfort either. No roads. No power. No peace. The same country that is pushing them out has made it impossible for them to return.

This is how you destroy a people. Push them out and shut them in.

The damage is not short term. This is the kind of wound that festers for years. The kind that divides generations. The kind that makes coexistence impossible.

This is bigger than Lagos. This is about the Nigerian soul.

Because what you normalize in Lagos today, you justify in other states tomorrow. What you destroy in Igbo communities today, you silence in other ethnic groups tomorrow.

Today it is Imo Street. Tomorrow it is Sokoto Road. The danger is not just in the action. The danger is in the silence.

And for those still pretending this is about regulation, the facts are clear. Court orders were ignored. Legal traders were punished. Only one group is constantly targeted. And the streets they erased were not just random names. They were stories. Memories. Roots.

If this country still wants to pretend that unity is real, then it must prove it.

Lagos must stop the demolitions. It must stop the renamings. It must return to dialogue. It must compensate those it destroyed. It must acknowledge the harm it has caused.

Nigeria must also wake up. This cannot continue. Every time you destroy trust, you open the door to disintegration.

And if you keep pushing people out, do not act surprised when they stop asking for inclusion.

They will start asking for separation.


I'm Richmond Amadi making a common sense ❤

So what about all the demolition that happened in the SE. Amadi is making zero sense.
In addition, last time I checked, Lagos is Yorubaland and not Igboland.

As per when they look East, they have their governors to blame for that. Their governors would rather pursue useless bills like the indigenous ones that they want to use and steal the land of others. Instead of them to focus on making their own region conducive for business.

I belive hospital road should have been left because it is what it is, a hospital road. Alhaji Garba isn't a Yoruba name even if the person it is named after is one.

Ibrahimcoomasie:
So what about all the demolition that happened in the SE. Amadi is making zero sense.
In addition, last time I checked, Lagos is Yorubaland and not Igboland.

As per when they look East, they have their governors to blame for that. Their governors would rather pursue useless bills like the indigenous ones that they want to use and steal the land of others. Instead of them to focus on making their own region conducive for business.

Getting rid of Tinubu should be first step to pay back the gesture, this is just the beginning

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I'm Richmond Amadi making a common sense ❤[/quote]Once I saw the title, I know it is the usual entitled freak cry babies,,🤮

ola6:
We would not dialogue or justify our actions. Did Anambra justify the renaming of Abakiliki road? Did imo justify why they did not allow Betty Akeredolu to contest for a senatorial seat in her birth state? Why do you feel entitled in other people's domain.

This is just the beginning

God bless you jare. Make dem dey wail

Validated:
The seed of discord you are sowing for cheap political gains will come back to hunt you. It may take some years, but surely it will return ... it is called KARMA! and it returns in ruthless manner.

Proudly bigot now. We are waiting for your karma. And we will continue to serve you hot hot

WesleyPepper:
This is the 14th wailing thread I’ve read about Lagos today alone .
Yorubas do not need fake unity with people who harbor deep seated hatred against her .

Thank God you are getting the message loud and clear . We would continue to protect our interests no matter whose ox is gored .
Go to Sokoto or Maiduguri and make demands there

Abi o! Let them wail. When their people were running mad they said Yorubas are too spineless to react. Now they are crying 😁

Lanretoye:
it is that karma that is dealing with you people ruthlessly now and you have not seen anything yet,that seed of discord has germinated now and you are ripping it,you see how they are treating you people all over the world?,see nearby Ghana for instance.even to rent house outside your south east soon will be karma for you soon,just wait and see…it is the fruit of your labor,you will eat it.

They said Yorubas are cowards. Now Yorubas are responding

Ewe-du and Ama-la at it again, very shameful!

#Back to Bourdillon

It hurts when I read thrash like this coming out from people who themselves had renamed, demolished and outrightly banned people from visiting hosting religion gathering in their region.

When it is done by the Igbo, it is right, but the moment others do theirs then all hells would be let loose.

The hypocrisy and self entitlement is nauseating.

As a Lagos indigene, do you know how many of my properties, family heritage have been taken, destroyed without compensation?

The roads, schools, hospitals, barracks, government institutions in Lagos state was once someone's ancestral property taken by same dysfunctional system without compensation.

The soul of true Lagos indigene cries for liberation from oppressors within and outside.

You have not seen anything yet, the game is just starting

Kdon2:
Abi o! Let them wail. When their people were running mad they said Yorubas are too spineless to react. Now they are crying 😁

They have resorted to their usual victim mentality after they feel defeated.

Validated:
The seed of discord you are sowing for cheap political gains will come back to hunt you. It may take some years, but surely it will return ... it is called KARMA! and it returns in ruthless manner.

Does it also mean that the seed of discord you sowed years ago has come back to haunt you in the renaming?

The person that has been karma'd is now threatening karma

Those who are aggrieved can go to Court since they feel the action is wrong,. All this 'victim noise' achieves nothing.

ola6:
Tell this to your brothers

We all are brothers/Sisters......

ola6:
Gaslighters

I will never stoop so low.....I didn't even mentioned you u,but the seed of discord is never a good thing...mind you I have never 4 once hate anyone because of his religion/ tribe, God made it like that,and we must respect it..

ola6:
Tell this to your brothers

Very funny.........a man Yoruba, igbo or
hausa is my brother...God never makes mistake

Validated:
The seed of discord you are sowing for cheap political gains will come back to hunt you. It may take some years, but surely it will return ... it is called KARMA! and it returns in ruthless manner.

Keep quiet and channel your energy ,in developing Anambra State. Every State has the right to manage its local affairs .

Naming of Streets and B/stop are under the purview of LOCAL GOVERNMENTS and are registered, subject to renewal or non-renewal.

Jaylord12:
Leave him.....life will always give you what you sow in multiple fold

So, Karma is giving you the seeds you people sowed earlier?

Validated:
The seed of discord you are sowing for cheap political gains will come back to hunt you. It may take some years, but surely it will return ... it is called KARMA! and it returns in ruthless manner.

The Karma is already dealing with Igbos... If you go thru this thread, you’ll know why - https://www.nairaland.com/745731/yoruba-marginalization-elders-met-jonathan

Una lamentation nah for 600years..