deebsman1:


TRUE, but that's the lagosians not the other yorubas. But that still don't make lagos an ibo-man land.

leanfarmer:
You've spoken with a lot of maturity; and your post has been tempered with diplomacy.I'm a Lagosian by blood and birth, but I don't support the post and the divisive utterance of the Oba.Nigeria is a federal arrangement, with Lagos as a component of the whole.As such, people can move or live anywhere regardless of their ethnic, political or philosophical inclination.
Akiolu has no royal pedigree in Lagos...I'm from a royal family.He was placed there by Jagaban.That's why his title is Rilwan Akiolu 1.Previous Obas wouldn't spew such divisive things, because they understood Lagos as a cosmopolitan city; a melting pot for all cultures everywhere.

gmyguy:
Yoruba people...we are ethnically okay with the outcome of guber polls, whether Agbaje ( yoruba) wins or Ambode (yoruba) wins...Its not an ethnic thing...its about progress which will benefit all the various tribes making their livelihood in Lagos we want

...Ibos, this is not about you....we just want progress...If kasala burst now and area boys start chasing you up and down...Agbaje, the Oba and Ambode will be safe, and they will drink champagne at reconciliation meeting and be happy either way whatever happens...You are here feeling insulted and making memes mocking a respected monarch...( wetin i wan talk sef, i don digress)

Emm...just forget the threat and don't take it personal...these people do things like this at detriment of innocent people who will suffer the unfortunate consequences if fighting breaks out. Don't let tribalism create a bitterness in your heart. We all have to live together for progress and peace to reign. So vote wisely. If your oga calls you stupid you have to swallow, cos you can;t bite the hand that feeds you.
So also as Oba yab you, you have to move on...that's one of the props of being a King, why do you think people hated King Geoffery so much in Game of Thrones...That's the power of being a king/ being a rich celeb, you can do or say whatever you like and get away with it and you don't have to say sorry, cos nobody can do a damn thing to you

mobuch:


U have already proven yourself to be intellectually unsound and shallow minded; I also doubt if u went to school, cos no enlightened person will reason d way u and ur fellow bigots reason on dis forum. So with all these facts stated above, I wish to have no further conversation with you.

Cashio:
igbos held the whole of nigeria for three good yrs despite help from international communities with just locally manufactured ammunitions let alone ordinary yoruba faction........bro you joking

tucky200:
I'm now confused Ion even knw who owns lagos ..is it igbo or yoruba ??

OdenigboAroli2:

if prominent king is the kind of basket mouth lagos oba, Prominent king gbakwaa oku

Ilekeh:
Was Lagos a village before it became a capital?

Lagos was already economically viable before they made it a capital, thanks to the Yorubas there.

Igbos moved to Lagos not because it was a capital, but because it was a thriving and peaceful Yorubaland.

All of Nigeria is developed with oil money. Yet Anambra is still Igboland, right?

EroticAngelina:
and that is why Nigeria will never progress as long as hausas and yorubas keep on ruling this nation, Nigeria will always be a third world country. anuofia

OdenigboAroli2:

this is a picture of the oba of lagos brain.

mobuch:


God bless you sir, you are very wise.
I watched the video on youtube last nite, and you will be shocked at the serious demeanour of akiolu when he was making those statements, and the igbo leaders there were just downpplaying the whole thing. I can assure u that if u trace akiolu's lineage, he is not even an indigene in lagos. Its very sad dat some people decide to term other ppeople as immigrants in their own country, in a state that was built and developed by the fed. Govt and easterners. I have no apology that nigeria is a failed contraption. In a sane environment, akiolu should be arrested and made to answer for conspiracy to execute genocide, but unfortunately jonathan is a weak man, and that is one of the reasons he needs to go.

ÐεƔ keep saying that we are not good hosts, but I have a yoruba family working at the local govt in nnewi and have lived in nnewi as tenants for over 10yrs, ðεƔ have also being offered cheap lands to build their own houses but they refused,cos ðεƔ believe ðεƔ are not there to develop iboland, so how have ðεƔ become wrongly treated by we, their hosts?

I have said and I will keep saying it again, Lagos is a no man's land, its just unfortunately geographically situated near the west.

mobuch:


U have already proven yourself to be intellectually unsound and shallow minded; I also doubt if u went to school, cos no enlightened person will reason d way u and ur fellow bigots reason on dis forum. So with all these facts stated above, I wish to have no further conversation with you.

July2050:
You and you generations will die. Very soon, it will be "shoot any Igbo in Lagos and sw on sight" till your greedy ethnic group becomes extinct in Nigeria. I swear, Igbo blood will flow in Lagos. Yorubas have now seen your true colour. You wan rule us for our land abi?

Get ready. Igbos.

gmyguy:

Now you are beginning to understand...the king can never apologise for that statement...he isn't an elected office holder, but annointed by the (g)ods....that is african tradition...i think you are beginning to understand

Waspy:
You are right in a way...These pple you mentioned shld take it upon themselves to always distinguish themselves from the Ibos. A lot of times, Ibos refer to these pple as part of them and just few refute the claim. The claim that Ibos are up to 40% in Lagos is with the fact that they considered some other tribes like you mentioned above along with them.

holatin:
where dis one escaped from ?
go find your mate kid

Crispels:




I will like to educate and enlighten these people who always doubt the indigenous ownership of Lagos and many others who are ignorant of history and suffers intellectual defficiency, so becaue lagos is a portugese word,he is now saying its a no man's land,that means Nigeria too is a no man's land because the name Nigeria is not Yoruba,Hausa or Igbo,so Niger and Ghana people can come in and take over! Even Port-Har-Court is now a no man's land! and some even said benins are the owner of lagos,yes they had a contact with lagos but they were not the first occupants.
In fact its time I dispense what am studying, I study lagos history as a compulsory course at Lagos State University lectured by Dr.Sanni(an indigenous lagosian and a scholar of lagos history)Now to all of you shouting lagos is a no man's land, please stay attentive as I tell u how the name lagos,Eko and who first occupied lagos are.
How did we come about the name LAGOS??
Undoubtedly, the word LAGOS is derived from the portugese word, "LAGOS" meaning LAGOONS(and not prison as some people speculate).
The word lagos could be traced to LANCELOT DE FREITAS(a portugese man) who himself was a local lagosian in his native home of lagos in portugal,in the course of the portugese voyage of 1431-1462(14th century), LANCELOT DE FREITAS stopped to get provision around the modern day carter bridge,and looking towards Ebute Metta,he recorded in his log book the word"LAGOS" thus, named after a place surrounded by water(he saw that carter bridge where he bought provision in 1450 was surrounded by water,hence,he gave it the name LAGOS).
THE NAME EKO?
There are two versions to this very one but it will be summarily explained to a plausible version.
According to J.B losi M. book titled "History of Lagos" Lagos was founded and first occupied by a group of hunters led by Olofin Ogunfunminire,aprince from Ile-Ife, who first settled at Isheri-Olofin,acommunity situated 12miles north of lagos. From Isheri, series of dispersals led to the founding of other yoruba awori settlement such as Iropa,Irepu,Ado-Odo,Ogudu,Ikeja,Ojota etc. South ward movement led to the settlement of Yaba later on Ebute-metta,Otoand Ido which later became the home of the olofin(first leader of lagos). Although JB losi vernacular version of his write up vindicate that prior to the movement of Ogunfunminire;there were early Yoruba Awori settlements such as Olopon,Tomuwe,Omuse,Alase etc who had settled before the coming of the Olofin(Ogunfunminire).These groups were said to have moved from Egun Ibeji an ancient Yoruba Awori settlement that has gone into extinction.
After the settlement of Olofin's(princeogunfunminire) group,his children who were collectively known as ALADEJO(A Group Of Fishermen/Fishermen Co-Operative)settled at different parts of lagos. The earliest settlements was led by 'AROMIRE' who swam across the lagoon and established a settlement on the LAGOS ISLAND. This further encouraged his brothers to settle in different parts of lagos such that some of them bears the name that correspond with their settlement. E.g Oloto at oto,Ojora at Ijora,Oniru at Iru, Oluwa(Apapa)at Iwa,Elegushi which constitute the modern day Victoria Island.
Where do the Benin come into the history of Lagos?
After critical study,juxtaposition and consolidation.The involvement of Benin in Lagos politics could be traced back to the quarrel of Olofin's children and a female personality named "AINA". Aina was accused of witchcraft,all her goats were killed as a result of this accusation and all effort to seek redress with olofin failed. She therefore complained to the King of Benin(Oba Orhogbua) who sent his warriors to attack and build a war CAMP in lagos under the leadership of one "Aseru". Let me explain one thing at this very point, "EKO" is the name of the benin for WAR CAMP.Aseru who was the commander of the Benin millitary camp undertook millitary expeditions to the towns situated north of Lagos and was killed during one of such operation in the marshes of Isheri. One yoruba personality,"ASHIPA" was said to have led an Isheri party that took the dead body of Aseru to Benin for burial in accordance with Benin tradition. This singular act of returning Aseru body to Benin was rewarded by the Oba of Benin who made Ashipa the first Eleko of Eko or Oloriogun i.e the millitary commander of his troops in Lagos.At his death,Ashipa was succeded by Ado,his son was in turn succeded by Gabaro and Akinsemoyin(in that order).
Nevertheless,available evidence seems to be pointing to the fact that the brief control of Lagos by the Benin was acheived by millitary conquest and the fact that the earliest settlers were not the Edo but the Awori Yorubas. The reasons for this position are not far to seek.Viewed from the linguistic angle,it appears that the language more indigenous to Lagos is the Awori dialect of the Yoruba.
The nucleus of this settlement of the Benin was the Enu-Owa area which today still retains the evidence of Benin architecture,culture and customs. Not too long after the Benin conquest of the forces of the Olofin,the Edo who did not occupy the Iddo Island but stayed in the Enu-Owa would appear to have been attracted to the relatively older and comparatively more developed and suitable for human dwelling area of their Awori brethren.Duringthe reign of Eleko Gabaro,the capital and seat of administration was effectively transferred to Idun-Iganran( pepper palace) which has since been the seat of government.
In totality,the period of the Awori's settlement and that of Benin represented two different periods in Lagos history,while the first Yoruba Awori's period represented the period when Lagos emerged as OKO(farmland) following Aromire's establishment of the Island as a farmland.
The second period represented the conquest and the brief occupation of Lagos by the Benin and the encampment of Lagos as Eko.
For the foregoing analysis,the antiquity of the Yoruba Awori settlement in Lagos seem not to be in doubt.
Conclusively, the modern day Lagos is the commercial hub and social vibe of Nigeria,Lagos was the federal capital of Nigeria from Amalgamation till 1991 when Former Head of State, Ibrahim Babaginda moved the federal capital from Lagos to Abuja.One of the reasons IBB gave then was that, Lagos serves the purpose of just the Yorubas since its their indigenous state,hence,theneed to move the Federal capital to a more central region(That's why we have the FCT in Abuja today).
If Lord Lugard had not amalgamated Nigeria(and made Lagos the FCT due to the development and potentials Lagos had even before oil money) will people be migrating and running to Lagos virtually everyday;only to call it a no man's land neglecting the fact that,some people's ancestors first occupied and developed it thousands of Years ago?
However,am not a Tribalist but a Nigerian and a Yoruba Nationalist to the core, despite the fact that I want a united Nigeria where love and tolerance reign. I won't sit back and watch some ill-informed ignorantum igorantatus;ignorants of History to point to Lagos,a state with thousands of years of Traditional leadership as a NO MAN'S LAND! I surely won't take that from anybody

telexfree1:


sent you a PM.

TIANDTI:


YOU THINK SO? BELIEVE ME YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PICK A PIN FROM THOSE HOMES YOU BUYING FROM THE YORUBAS WHEN WAR BREAKS OUT BETWEEN THE TWO TRIBES ( YORUBA AND IGBO). THEN YOU WILL KNOW WHO OWNS THE LAND. PLEASE THINK BEFORE YOU SPEW OUT RUBBISH!!!

Chukwugekwu:
guy I am in lagos for years nothing like area boys chasing .....If their try am , in fact they trust us we igbos .....guy ODI ESI

ogene007:
"Igbo immigrant resident community in the Yoruba kingdom of Lagos in Southwestern Nigeria." This type of statements can only come from people who have not come to terms with the fact that Nigeria operates a constitutional democracy, where everyone is first a Nigerian before being an Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba. To imagine that this is coming from people who claim to be educated, beats the imagination. Which kingdom are these dreamers talking about? Who are the immigrant resident community they are talking about? The Yoruba from Kara, Ogun, Oyo and Osun states do not have more claims to Lagos than others from Anambra, IMO, Kano, Kebbi etc. For a group of confused people to come under a hurriedly put up name, to be issuing silly comments, means that a lot of the so-called highly educated people from the southwest, urgently require legal education on the basis of our constitutional democracy, which has ensured that Lagos has over four decades, have been receiving allocations from the oil and gas earnings derived from the Niger delta.

These bunch of rabble rousers should focus more of their energy into more useful ventures that will benefit them and their families, other than chasing a pipe dream that died the day, Awolowo, ken Saro-wiwa etc, decided to side with the Hausa fulani in rejecting the Aburi accord, which would have guaranteed truly self governance for the regions. Any attempt by anyone to intimidate or harass any Nigerian in Lagos, on account of ethnicity or religion, would be met with disastrous consequencies for its proponents. Awolowo spent his entire life resisting Ojukwu's quest for self determination, insisting that we must remain one, and one we have come to remain, and no amount of silly noise making by Lilly livered people, hiding in the UK, us, and other foreign countries will change the status quo. Come to think about it, GEJ organized a confab, whose implementation would have ensured full fiscal federalism for the federating units, but your new Awolowo, Thiefnnubu, behaved true to type, by siding with the Hausa/Fulani, who remain the perennial neo-colonial masters of the southwest region, to scuttle any chance of the confab report being implemented. Yet, a group of clowns are bandying together under a funny name, to be spewing trash. A word is enough for the wise.

uselessgoat:


Yeeeeboes, causing troubles in Nigeria since 1967

OdenigboAroli2:

they are important, so important that the oba of lagos is throwing tantrums like a nursery school kid for their votes

zendy:
Absolute rubbish!! Who are these Odua foundation? So as an Igbo man I am now a foreigner in Lagos? The Yorubas actually think they are doing us Igbos a favour by accommodating us in Lagos? How laughable. Did we come to Lagos to beg for food? This is the same Lagos the Yorubas "sold" to the British as a crown colony in the 1860's. The same Lagos that Igbos left 1967 to go back home and create their own nation of Biafra but the Yorubas teamed up with their Hausa comrades to fight a war to bring us back. Well we Igbos are here now and we ain't going no where. As far as I'm concerned,the Oba of Lagos is a nobody and Lagos is a satellite Igbo territory. Agbaje to win!!!! Fork APC!!!

ddami:
yes am from ondo and am always arguing with dem when I hear no mans land as if when dey travelled from anambra to Lagos they met animals.with d way they are going in d next 10 years dey will say Lagos is in the east of Nigeria and it belongs 2 dem.......they think and act with their chest..

rudedough:
"Igbo immigrant resident community in the Yoruba kingdom of Lagos in Southwestern Nigeria."

So i'm an immigrant in my own country? What the hell! This is absurd if not silly. I was going to vote for Ambode but i think it's time to put this immigrant nonsense to rest once and for all. I've changed my mind.