₦airaland Forum

Justcash:
Currently, we do have the same rights. I don't see any special rights enjoyed by Yorubas in Lagos state. Can you outline any of these "special rights"?

SirShymex:
So, with all the money they have looted in, while turning the whole state into a private estate - he still couldn't resist whatever meagre amount they gave him? Especially when the premise for that is a compromise with a condescending image, no? A lot of these Yoruba folks are Esau/Judas - they'll sell their souls for a plate of porridge. Greedy fvckers! Not shocking since Awolowo was betrayed as well.

Oh, so all those cries from Nigeria during the Lagos deportation saga were also just online threats, no? And also FFK taking on loads on Igbos over the Lagos issue, no? You lot love living in denial. Just accept that Yorubas are soft, end of story.

SirShymex:
I hear that. But they can't allow them compromise the culture and language. I don't want to go to a place that's meant to be Yorubaland, and start feeling I'm in an Igbo enclave. I'm not Igbo and I'm not interested in the culture.

Validated:
I knew a landlord who had an Ibo tenant. The tenant had a booming business and landlord was getting rent regularly. Incremental rent was as he wished.

The tenant and his wife grew the small stall and soon expanded to occupy two additional rooms in the house. They created shelves and turned the small shop into a supermarket.

Then the landlord and his wife became jealous. So the asked the man to pack. They claimed that they wanted to renovate the place for their son who is grown and needs a room. Against all plea, the landlord insisted that the Ibo man must pack. The Ibo man packed and luckily got another space on Ifako-Ijaye Road. This was in 2010.

Meanwhile landlord and wife opened a supermarket. Fast forward to July 2014, landlord supermarket has since closed and deserted. The same Ibo trader just bought the house from him and allowed his (landlord) son to live in one room.

This is the irony of a Lagos "Landlord". My question really is "who owns Lagos"? If you take a census you would be surprised. For example in my small street, we have about 15 Landlords. Of these number, 4 are Yorubas.. The rest are Ibos and Mid-Westerners. The Yoruba neighbour opposite my house is late and the feelers is that the children are willing to sell. The one beside is is uncompleted and may be sold soon as it requires demolition.

A good example is the Obawoles. They owned almost half of Ifako-Ijaye, but as I write almost 70% of the land have been sold to "Visitors" who now have 99 years occupancy rights. Who is the landlord or rather who owns Lagos if I may ask?

You are the judge.

lowgeorge:
may thunder fire ur household these remaining days left....mad locust....u mean make ibo parasites cum govern yorubaland....Ko ni da fun iya la ya e..........oloriburuku oso ale..... na fire go burn ur family to pieces......let war looms let the cannons be purged....war beckons to the lands of the gully infested parasites..........
Ogedengbe Arapaja

Obi1kenobi:
Any foreigner who reads this deluded twaddle would think Yoruba land is like some utopian Scandinavian welfare state that has freely catered to destitute Igbos who arrived with only their clothes on their backs. Who would know it's just like any other impoverished area in Africa with tons of people living in squalor - except many of its impoverished indigenes sell off their land to settlers and then get all outraged at the suggestion they're ceding control of the land they're selling. Whatever we get in this state, we work for it. You do not provide any "benefits" whatsoever to settlers. All the settlers do is add to the economy and drive commerce and pay their taxes. People come to Lagos because it's the industrial and commercial nerve centre of the country, with port facilities and a huge market to target. They don't come because they're expecting any benefits from anyone. Benefits from who? Who do you think you're fooling wih your delusional self-flattery?

sukkot:
i think its too late for that. i am sure the white british dont like going to a place that reminds them of nigeria but hey, they are stuck with peckham

SirShymex:
Lol, they're slowly but surely taking Peckham back. Peckham should be white again in the next 10-20 years. Brixton is even on a faster pace. I was there last weekend, and the place has changed - with so many white people. Once they finish pulling down all the estates, it should become over 70% white.

White people are migrating back to London like never before, and they're moving black people out. What's the population of black people in the UK? - just 3%. What do black folks own? - absolutely nothing. We're not even a threat to no one, and not entitled to anything apart from the passport, really. Even the identities are different: you're British - and they're English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish.

sukkot:
oh you are entitled to giro and housing benefits and council tax benefits and student loans and free nhs. what more can a man want in life eh ?

iampartyboy:


catchment area.

SirShymex:
Lol, after sucking all wages as taxes and N.I contributions. Freaking NHS and waiting list, and every illness is all about antibiotics prescription. The A and E is the craziest one - these fvckers just keep you out there for over 7 hours, for absolutely no reason whatsoever. JSA is some shiit money you'll spend off in a day on drinks and cancer sticks. And it you're a weed head, you'll have to start smoking ya faeces cos JSA won't be able to fund that lifestyle.

Those aren't entitlements. It's better to get a job.

Neplusultra:
If only I culd make all igbos come back home and leave dat place, I believe in dat midas touch dey have and can be used in deir favour! Honestly dese people have nottin on igbos,imagine cripples and mentally deranged now tink dey've got an opinion! Im just wishing dat letter wasnt written too cos I honestly dont see wots dere to be desired, ,politically and otherwise! Is it d smell coming from d drainage, Traffic, Lousiness, Noise ,Loudmouthedness etc? Ndigbo biko, naa nu, je dozie be unu. Unu adikwa na isi ka ife akoro unu!

sukkot:
[b]i hear all that bro but the point is there are roughly 7 billion people on the planet and if you spaced each person out and distributed land and sea to everyone, each person will get land the size of peckham. each person on this earth is entitled to land the size of peckham. thats how vast the earth is. the fact that humans choose to clump into one space is the new world order we currently live in. and at the end of the day no one owns the land. you was born on it and will die on it and you wouldnt take it with you. so while we are here lets just enjoy it as opposed to fighting over it. and to guarantee the future and location of different tribes and nations, the leaders and elders of these tribes should deed all the land to the tribe and just leasehold to everyone. thats all you can do. you cant be fighting over land dat dont belong to you physically. live and let live but secure your future by deeding the land to yoruba ancestry. thats all you can do bro. you cant fight population flow. people wil always go where the money is[/b]

SirShymex:
Population flow is part of humanity existence. However, the land you occupy is intertwined with your consciousness, civilisation, and growth as a human being. Hence the sense of entitlement. And once you lose ya land, your existence will take a downward spiral. Look at the history of humanity, the struggles, and how civilisations have been able to conquer civilisations based on land.

Let's start with the Egyptians and the hyskos. If they had been more careful, Egypt would never had lost its glory, and it probably would still be black land. Now look at how losing lower Egypt started the downfall of the black race - and we're yet to recover from that.

Then you look at how the Roman empire crumbled after Vandals took over. Fall of Carthage to the Romans. The moors of Europe and the Christian crusaders. Christopher Columbus and the native Americans. British empire and the aborigines of Oceania. The carving out of Africa at the Berlin conference. South Africa and the Afrikaans and British. The two world wars fought over land issue.

What do all these, you'll understand why folks attach so much importance to land issue. You lose ya land, and ya civilisation and identity will go with it. Thus turning you into serfs. That's just how the world is, and how it's going to be. You have to protect your land at all times.

sukkot:
and what does all that tell you ? you cant protect land. once a superior force rolls into town you are toast. there is always someone bigger and badder. if america decides today they want nigeria, what can you do ? nothing. thats the story of life. enjoy it while you have it lmao

SirShymex:
Lol, superiority is the crux of the matter (Thanks for bringing that up and getting my point). Hence I'm questioning the weakness of the Yorubas, since the Igbos seem to be the superior force here due to the never ending threats and piss-take. So, are they a "bigger and badder" force than the Yorubas? - that's basically what I want to know. And if they're "bigger and badder" force in Nigeria, the Yorubas might as well bow down to them.

Remarkable:
it makes them feel good about themselves, believing that something the do not own, but claim to won, Lagos, saves the Igbo that migrates to Lagos.

hardwork is what makes the Igbo man successful... but they would rather lay claim to the factors of production than hail the ingenuity of the Igbos...

It does make me laugh each time they talk about how they received Igbos lol its so funny; you would think Igbos have it sooo god, better than those fleeing war or famine... na wah o!

sukkot:
bros i think you give the igbos way too much credit. when i say a superior force i mean like usa. a few igbos running there mouth does not mean they are taking over anything. you under-estimate your people.

xkris11:
you sound pained

SirShymex:
Lol, Yorubas act like a minority group in Nigeria, despite being the biggest single ethnic bloc in the country, once you separate the Hausas from the Fulanis. And they need to start acting it. They just cower to everyone and it's painful to watch as a Yoruba person. Heck, even small Ijaws also threaten them from time to time - hysterical.

They have taken that nonsense out here, and hearing folks say Yorubas are cowards these days on these streets doesn't even shock me anymore. There was even some Uncle who said that shiit, and my boy was so pissed that he almost bottled him. I had to tell him to allow it, that it's a naij thing.

These Yorubas need to show that they have got balls - I don't rate how they do things. They're not repping us right

SirShymex:
Lol, Yorubas act like a minority group in Nigeria, despite being the biggest single ethnic bloc in the country, once you separate the Hausas from the Fulanis. And they need to start acting it. They just cower to everyone and it's painful to watch as a Yoruba person. Heck, even small Ijaws also threaten them from time to time - hysterical.

They have taken that nonsense out here, and hearing folks say Yorubas are cowards these days on these streets doesn't even shock me anymore. There was even some Uncle who said that shiit, and my boy was so pissed that he almost bottled him. I had to tell him to allow it, that it's a naij thing.

These Yorubas need to show that they have got balls - I don't rate how they do things. They're not repping us right

SirShymex:
Population flow is part of humanity existence. However, the land you occupy is intertwined with your consciousness, civilisation, and growth as a human being. Hence the sense of entitlement. And once you lose ya land, your existence will take a downward spiral. Look at the history of humanity, the struggles, and how civilisations have been able to conquer civilisations based on land.

Let's start with the Egyptians and the hyskos. If they had been more careful, Egypt would never had lost its glory, and it probably would still be black land. Now look at how losing lower Egypt started the downfall of the black race - and we're yet to recover from that.

Then you look at how the Roman empire crumbled after Vandals took over. Fall of Carthage to the Romans. The moors of Europe and the Christian crusaders. Christopher Columbus and the native Americans. British empire and the aborigines of Oceania. The carving out of Africa at the Berlin conference. South Africa and the Afrikaans and British. The two world wars fought over land issue.

What do all these, you'll understand why folks attach so much importance to land issue. You lose ya land, and ya civilisation and identity will go with it. Thus turning you into serfs. That's just how the world is, and how it's going to be. You have to protect your land at all times.

SirShymex:
These Yorubas need to show that they have got balls - I don't rate how they do things. They're not repping us right

Smh...! Keep advocating for gangsta life that will only cause harm than good! You thug!

all4naija:
Seriously, dude, you didn't make any sense! You blab your way through and end up with nonsensical conclusion without substance to intelligent minds. Your examples clearly point out the reasons why we need unity so that humanity can progress. Stop being typically a tad. Smh...

SirShymex:
Lol, Yorubas act like a minority group in Nigeria, despite being the biggest single ethnic bloc in the country, once you separate the Hausas from the Fulanis. And they need to start acting it. They just cower to everyone and it's painful to watch as a Yoruba person. Heck, even small Ijaws also threaten them from time to time - hysterical.

They have taken that nonsense out here, and hearing folks say Yorubas are cowards these days on these streets doesn't even shock me anymore. There was even some Uncle who said that shiit, and my boy was so pissed that he almost bottled him. I had to tell him to allow it, that it's a naij thing.

These Yorubas need to show that they have got balls - I don't rate how they do things. They're not repping us right

docsholz:
are u trying to incite violence?

sukkot:
brah i think you spent too much time in england with that gang mentality of us vs them. time to come home brah. you need to get your spirit right. you on this council estate turf war mindset . time to come home brah and get deprogrammed from that program they put on yo a-s-s in london. on the ground level in lagos people are not worried about ethnicity like that. yorubas and igbos live together in face me i face you. yorubas and igbos are neighbors. ethnicity does not come up. not even an issue

SirShymex:
Lol, I deprogrammed at age 18...it's all about the peez, bredrin.

I just want to see Yorubas take a stand, and start acting like a majority group, and the single biggest ethnic bloc in the country. When everyone starts threatening you - then you might need to check yourself.

SirShymex:
Lol, not inciting violence.

I just expect more decisiveness in decision making, just to put an end to the boldness. You can't be clingy with ya own, and still go about trying to force others to share theirs. Just take a look at the Anambra election, and all the amala talks about APC and Yorubas trying to lord over them. The labelling of Lagos as a "no man's land." And this utterly disrespectful letter question the language and tradition of the land.

What's next? - they might start asking the indigenous Lagos folks to start working for them ask slaves.

SirShymex:
Lol, not inciting violence.

I just expect more decisiveness in decision making, just to put an end to the boldness. You can't be clingy with ya own, and still go about trying to force others to share theirs. Just take a look at the Anambra election, and all the amala talks about APC and Yorubas trying to lord over them. The labelling of Lagos as a "no man's land." And this utterly disrespectful letter question the language and tradition of the land.

What's next? - they might start asking the indigenous Lagos folks to start working for them as slaves.