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Nowenuse:
I have met many Okun people who deny being yorubas. They are all over Lokoja.
What about Ilorin people who claim that they are fulanis but speak only yoruba?

Lokoja people are not Yorubas!

Only very few Ilorin people claim to be Fulanis!!

BakireBulmaker:
Lokoja people are not Yorubas!

Only very few Ilorin people claim to be Fulanis!!

Lokoja LGA is basically made up of Bassa nge, Egbira koto, Nupe speaking Kakanda people and the yoruba speaking Oworo people.
Also, as the capital Of Kogi state, many Okun people from other parts of Kogi west have come to settle in Lokoja.
Lokoja is also in Kogi west together with all the other yoruba speaking Okun communities. So i don't really get you.

About Ilorin, yes, fewer of them claim to be fulanis while a good number of them are somehow confused and don't know what to claim or say and just stick with identity ILORIN. If u ask them their tribe, they will reply I AM FROM ILORIN.
However, the richest and influential Ilorin families like the Sarakis, Belgores, Alimis, Bellos e.t.c never claim Yoruba. They either claim Ilorin or fulani or Arewa.
I know Ilorin people very well, some claim yoruba, some claim fulani, some are confused which to claim, some claim both fulani and yoruba interchangeably at convenience, some claim Nupe.
I have come across each from these categories and i have even seen where they argue amongst themselves on where to stand.

Nowenuse:
Lokoja LGA is basically made up of Bassa nge, Egbira koto, Nupe speaking Kakanda people and the yoruba speaking Oworo people.
Also, as the capital Of Kogi state, many Okun people from other parts of Kogi west have come to settle in Lokoja.
Lokoja is also in Kogi west together with all the other yoruba speaking Okun communities. So i don't really get you.

About Ilorin, yes, fewer of them claim to be fulanis while a good number of them are somehow confused and don't know what to claim or say and just stick with identity ILORIN. If u ask them their tribe, they will reply I AM FROM ILORIN.
However, the richest and influential Ilorin families like the Sarakis, Belgores, Alimis, Bellos e.t.c never claim Yoruba. They either claim Ilorin or fulani or Arewa.
I know Ilorin people very well, some claim yoruba, some claim fulani, some are confused which to claim, some claim both fulani and yoruba interchangeably at convenience, some claim Nupe.
I have come across each from these categories and i have even seen where they argue amongst themselves on where to stand.

I said Lokoja indigenes are not Okun/Yoruba. FYI, I have part-Okun ancestry. No Okun person will ever deny being Yoruba!

As regards Ilorin, we all know the history; there'll always be Fulani elements among them. The real Yorubas will never deny their ancestry.
Saraki is special case because his great grandfather was from the SW.

BakireBulmaker:
I said Lokoja indigenes are not Okun/Yoruba. FYI, I have part-Okun ancestry. No Okun person will ever deny being Yoruba!

As regards Ilorin, we all know the history; there'll always be Fulani elements among them. The real Yorubas will never deny their ancestry.
Saraki is special case because his great grandfather was from the SW.

Exchanging words with you is not worth it if u don't know that a part of Lokoja LGA is populated by Oworo people who are also classified as Okun.

Nowenuse:
Exchanging words with you is not worth it if u don't know that a part of Lokoja LGA is populated by Oworo people who are also classified as Okun.

And those Oworo people told you they are not Yoruba