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Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Nobody: 10:31am On Oct 03, 2016
masseratti:
she is not claiming jare, they are actually fulanis, just like Buhari is Fulani from Daura a Hausa town, they assimilate with the locals, and in most cases they use religion to rule, they will claim they arw religious leaders, emirs not rulers, but infact, they are actually ruling.
She is actually Yoruba but most yorubas in Ilorin like to claim they are fulanis because after afonja was killed by Alimi, the fulanis took deep root in Ilorin
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by sorepco(m): 10:34am On Oct 03, 2016
Never knew present guvnor of kwara was yorubba. Never knew kigi state govnor is yorbba. By the way heard saraki is not a true blooded yorubba!!


yoji:
if they. were so conquered, why hv their governors always still been Yoruba?
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Neoguru3: 10:35am On Oct 03, 2016
OkoNDOoBo:
Can u list the names of full blooded fulanis that bears and use yoruba as languagehuh
Are you sure it was me you wanted to quote?
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by OkoNDOoBo: 10:36am On Oct 03, 2016
Neoguru3:
Are you sure it was me you wanted to quote?
You of course history revisionistgringrin
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by sorepco(m): 10:37am On Oct 03, 2016
Leave name matter. Just like saying rotimi amaechi is yoruba?? Saraki na fulani


Zico5:
So Bukola is fulani, u better wake up. It seems u are still dreaming.
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by sorepco(m): 10:37am On Oct 03, 2016
Leave name matter. Just like saying rotimi amaechi is yoruba?? Saraki na fulani
Zico5:
So Bukola is fulani, u better wake up. It seems u are still dreaming.
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Paulpaulpaul(m): 10:42am On Oct 03, 2016
OkoNDOoBo:
Shut up!!! The emir of ilorin now is a yoruba man
Yeye liar,

Zulu Gambari na Yoruba title na and Emir is Oba.

Oko jaku jaku, okoo pepeye
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by OkoNDOoBo: 10:43am On Oct 03, 2016
sorepco:
Leave name matter. Just like saying rotimi amaechi is yoruba?? Saraki na fulani
Oga shut up!!

Saraki is neither yoruba nor fulani name.

Sairaki is an islamic name in western punjab muslims.

It's just an islamic name adopted.

Lai mohammed adopted islamic name doesn't mean he is a fulani
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Paulpaulpaul(m): 10:45am On Oct 03, 2016
Zico5:
So Bukola is fulani, u better wake up. It seems u are still dreaming.
See you!
Get your fact right, pls
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by OkoNDOoBo: 10:45am On Oct 03, 2016
Paulpaulpaul:
Yeye liar,

Zulu Gambari na Yoruba title na and Emir is Oba.

Oko jaku jaku, okoo pepeye
Ilorin is a religious city, oba is not permitted
Zulu gambari is a title to the throne.
No fulani man bears yoruba name
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by nduchucks:
tallfish145:
I often read in this forum people calling others 'afonjas' but yet to know its meaning and why are some people referred as such name. Can someone please tell me what i dont know?
Nigerian History should be a required course in our secondary institutions.

A Nigeria 'educated' graduate who does not know who Afonja was must have never heard of Nagwamatse , not to talk of Mansa Musa. smh
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by ak47mann(m): 10:48am On Oct 03, 2016
Neoguru1:
You seem to be reading Yoruba propaganda, Afonja was a warrior of ilorin that rebelled against oyo empire, with the help of Fulani, but were paid with a bad coin with the dan fodios killed him off and took over.
[color=][/color] grin no be today Fulani dey use afonjas is been a history of a slave and his superior cool
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Paulpaulpaul(m): 10:51am On Oct 03, 2016
OkoNDOoBo:
Ilorin is a religious city, oba is not permitted
Zulu gambari is a title to the throne.
No fulani man bears yoruba name
Why were the REAL YORUBAS at IDI-APE trying to coronate an Oba some years back?


Ignorance is a crime but self delusion is gravier crime than it
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Redoil: 10:51am On Oct 03, 2016
Lawlahdey:
Afonja did not sell his people out oh.. He revolted against the Alaafin of oyo empire because the monarch wanted to kill him, he sought for alimi's help but alimi betrayed him cuz he wanted the spoils of that war all for himself
who ever told you that lied to you so that you will continue to follow them sheepishly.
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Paulpaulpaul(m): 10:53am On Oct 03, 2016
tallfish145:
Is kolapo a fulani name?
Is Obama Hussein an English name?
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by OkoNDOoBo: 10:56am On Oct 03, 2016
Paulpaulpaul:
Why were the REAL YORUBAS at IDI-APE trying to coronate an Oba some years back?



Ignorance is a crime but self delusion is gravier crime than it
You re a foo*** emir of ilorin is the paramount ruler in ilorin .it doesn't stop oba or baale from small towns or settlements.
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Paulpaulpaul(m): 10:58am On Oct 03, 2016
Neoguru3:
OkoNDOoBo you are funny, how come other yorubas apart from those in kwara are answering Saraki? Is it that the other yorubas are not muslims?
The guy is a joke, the little Yorubas that remain in Ilorin can't have say again.
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Paulpaulpaul(m): 11:00am On Oct 03, 2016
OkoNDOoBo:
You re a foo*** emir of ilorin is the paramount ruler in ilorin .it doesn't stop oba or baale from small towns or settlements.
Thank you, I won't give you the chance of e bully
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by OkoNDOoBo: 11:11am On Oct 03, 2016
Neoguru3:
OkoNDOoBo you are funny, how come other yorubas apart from those in kwara are answering Saraki? Is it that the other yorubas are not muslims?
With this kind of reasoning we can as well say

Bukola saraki is a pakistan man because no fulani man bears that name apart from bukola's familygringrin
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by OkoNDOoBo: 11:20am On Oct 03, 2016
Paulpaulpaul:
The guy is a joke, the little Yorubas that remain in Ilorin can't have say again.
1)Yet the lingua franca of ilorin is Yorubagringrin

2)Emir of ilorin is dr ibrahim kolapo a yoruba(maybe u have to show me another fulani man that speaks and bear yoruba name)

3)The current governor ahmed abdulfatah is a yoruba born from ifelodun local government kwara state.

4) Kwara state is referred to as ipinle kwara meaning yorubaland.


You need to have your head and brain examined.
Because u will soon run MA***
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by masseratti: 11:25am On Oct 03, 2016
Lawlahdey:
She is actually Yoruba but most yorubas in Ilorin like to claim they are fulanis because after afonja was killed by Alimi, the fulanis took deep root in Ilorin
i don't get, why would they claim fulani when everyone has his or her family compound, her surname alone will give her up.
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by masseratti: 11:29am On Oct 03, 2016
OkoNDOoBo:
Yeah warming up for this year.
Do u stay in lagos island
haaaa Lagos Island ke no oooooo.
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by OkoNDOoBo: 11:30am On Oct 03, 2016
masseratti:
haaaa Lagos Island ke no oooooo.
Alright bro
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Paulpaulpaul(m): 11:30am On Oct 03, 2016
OkoNDOoBo:
1)Yet the lingua franca of ilorin is Yorubagringrin

2)Emir of ilorin is dr ibrahim kolapo a yoruba(maybe u have to show me another fulani man that speaks and bear yoruba name)

3)The current governor ahmed abdulfatah is a yoruba born from ifelodun local government kwara state.

4) Kwara state is referred to as ipinle kwara meaning yorubaland.


You need to have your head and brain examined.
Because u will soon run MA***
The way you abuse people show that your mother left her work undone. Your lack of home training is so disgusting.

Niger state is Nupe/Gwari state but the lingua franca of Niger is Hausa.

The immediate past governor of Niger was Hausa

Your father must have told you that you are a Yoruba boy, he might be right but you are one of the descendants of Afonja the betrayer. You forefather already sold your destiny to the Fulanis.
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Olu317(m): 11:32am On Oct 03, 2016
Afonja was killed around 1824/1825 .Fulani and thw Yoruba of Ilorin whom had accepted Islam as a new faith then waged war against Yoruba at large, attacking villagers and capturing them to sell to the white men in that period which happened between 1824/1825-1838 before they were defeated in 1839 by the regroup Yoruba people of Ibadan at Oshogbo and their commanders were captured and humiliated. However the ancient Yoruba of that time didn't realise that the Fulani had made the Ilorin pay allegiance to Core North. Although the core north till date doubt the power of the Fulani in Ilorin simply because they are not as oppressive to the Yoruba Ilorin as done to HAUSAS because We are yet to see a Fulani Ilorin to call himself YORUBA-FULANI as been called in core northern part as HAUSA-FULANI. Having said this AFONJA is a named given to the Yoruba people by Some N'DIGBO on Nairaland to spite as betrayal is synonyms with Aare Afonja and they haven't got over the issue of secession of BIAFRA through Ojukwu from Nigeria.And the new generation of N'DIGBO now believe Awolowo betrayed them when in actual fact Nnamdi Azikwe had pledge allegiance to Nigeria in 1967-1970 Civil Wars rather than to BIAFRA.
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Neoguru3: 11:35am On Oct 03, 2016
OkoNDOoBo:
1)Yet the lingua franca of ilorin is Yorubagringrin

2)Emir of ilorin is dr ibrahim kolapo a yoruba(maybe u have to show me another fulani man that speaks and bear yoruba name)

3)The current governor ahmed abdulfatah is a yoruba born from ifelodun local government kwara state.

4) Kwara state is referred to as ipinle kwara meaning yorubaland.


You need to have your head and brain examined.
Because u will soon run MA***
Afonjas just love lies. The emir is Fulani, deal with it. This is the link to the evidence below.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilorin_Emirate

Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Chiefobdk1: 11:47am On Oct 03, 2016
OkoNDOoBo:
Sariki name is bukola,his father name is olushola,

Sariki sister gbemisola, sariki first daughter Tosin.

Is this a fulani namehuh
yoruba people re so funny. you guys are quick to assert dat bukola saraki is yoruba because of his name. but refuse to accept ikwerre is Igbo. hypocritical brown roofers
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by OkoNDOoBo: 11:55am On Oct 03, 2016
Neoguru3:
Afonjas just love lies. The emir is Fulani, deal with it. This is the link to the evidence below.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilorin_Emirate
history revisionist at the End You Expose. Yourself more,

I went through names of past emirs and found out only this 2 bear yoruba names and the Alias dan gambari
While the Rest re fulani and islamic names with no yoruba or gambari alias

1)Zulkarnayni Gambari
dan Muhammadu Laofe
Dan Bawa "Aiyelabowo


2)Ibrahim Kolapo dan
Gambari

It obvious the rulling houses is between the yorubas and fulanis.
But the fulanis have ruled most

You can as well show me any fulani man bearing kolapo And and aiyelabowo as surname
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Igboid: 11:56am On Oct 03, 2016
The Fulanis often adopt the language and some aspects of the people they conquered. It's a survival strategy of a minority conquerer to take the form of the conquered to retain power.

Fulani rulers of Hausas did this in Hausa lands too. They all speak Hausa.
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by OkoNDOoBo: 12:03pm On Oct 03, 2016
Chiefobdk1:
yoruba people re so funny. you guys are quick to assert dat bukola saraki is yoruba because of his name. but refuse to accept ikwerre is Igbo. hypocritical brown roofers
Ikwerres re vocal about denial of igbo root.
The hate being called igbo.
And you igbos re bent on attached By force on All minorities in south South.
If sariki denied yoruba root we yorubas don't give a bleep about that.
Goodluck to him and His family.
But kwara state is forever a yoruba land#FACT
Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by Neoguru3: 12:08pm On Oct 03, 2016
OkoNDOoBo:
history revisionist at the End You Expose. Yourself more,

I went through names of past emirs and found out only this 2 bear yoruba names and the Alias dan gambari
While the Rest re fulani and islamic names with no yoruba or gambari alias

1)Zulkarnayni Gambari
dan Muhammadu Laofe
Dan Bawa "Aiyelabowo


2)Ibrahim Kolapo dan
Gambari

It obvious the rulling houses is between the yorubas and fulanis.
But the fulanis have ruled most

You can as well show me any fulani man bearing kolapo And and aiyelabowo as surname
Are too blind to see that Kolapo is not his SURNAME or "Aiyelabowo V" is A TITLE?

Re: What Is The Meaning Of Afonja? by OkoNDOoBo: 12:23pm On Oct 03, 2016
Neoguru3:
Are too blind to see that Kolapo is not his SURNAME or "Aiyelabowo V" is A TITLE?
History revisionist just like you ancestor chinua achebe.

Before he became emir of ilorin. is Known as alhaji dr ibrahim kolapo when he Was vice chancellor of UNN and once serve as a justice at court of appeal.

Aiyelabowo is a family name in ilorin south, the have investments In ilorin e.g primary schools,facility management services e.t.c


History revisionist go home u re drunkcheesygrin
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