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The Statue of Edward Colston in Bristol was torn down and thrown into the canal by members of the Black Lives Matter movement.

This was greeted by much cheers among Nigerians with some even suggesting the renaming of all vestiges of Colonial rule (including the name Nigeria).

In this vain I am suggesting the tearing down of a statue of Madam Tinubu and the immediate implementation of original name of the square where her hideous statue stands to Independence Square.

Tinubu Square was renamed Independence Square in 1960, but Lagosians still refer to it as Tinubu Square.

The reasons for my suggestions are that Madam Tinubu was a notorious and unrepentant slave trader and owner.

If we can applaud the demolition and removal of colonial and slave traders in the UK and that of Confederate Statues in the US, why in God's name are we still having a statue and a square named after one of the world's most vilest evil women?

Also, since we are all about relieving ourselves from all tangles of colonialism and slavery, I am also suggesting the renaming of Lagos - a Portuguese word for Lagoon back to Eko; Calabar, which is actually Calabari and named by same Portuguese to Ekpe and so-forth and so-on.

Bloody hypocrites!

Chinedu,come and tear na

When will Rivers state change port Harcourt name, cos lord the owner of the name is a rapist and a pedophile

The same frustrated OP made similar posts just yesterday but has failed to march down to Tinubu Square to do the needful.

Or is he waiting for Government to do what protesters did in UK?

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The same frustrated OP made similar posts just yesterday but has failed to march down to Tinubu Square to do the needful.

Or is he waiting for Government to do what protesters did in UK?

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The UK Government is now moving statues to muesums courtesy of their Muslim ministers who are using the excuse of slavers to remove statues that are considered haram in Islam.


https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11826454/protests-racist-statues-topple/

Mr Zahawi told Sky News: “My opinion is any slave trader should not have a statue.

"But I wouldn't be breaking the law to take statues down, it should be done through our democratic process.

"This country is a democracy, a proud democracy and it should be up to local people to decide what they want to do with that statue and any other statue."

"If the majority of people decide that we want the statues down, then they should be taken down."

Mr Zahawi suggested statues of slavers should be "put in a museum so we can learn more about the men and women who behaved in all sorts of ways, historically, that is not appropriate in the 21st century."

“If we want to have a debate about statues, let’s have that debate and let’s elect politicians who stand on a platform saying we’ll take the statues down.”

The tearing down of Colston's statue sparked a furious debate over which people get honoured with memorials in Britain, and a statue in London of 18th century slave trader Robert Milligan was taken down yesterday.

The Topple the Racists website was published by the Stop Trump coalition in support of the Black Lives Matter protests and maps out 60 statues across Britain which pay tribute to slave traders and "racists".

If the British Govt is doing so, then ours should as well in the spirit of Big Floyd the P0rnstar

Bump

Sukudi go sell gala.

Leave Yoruba matter for Yorubas to deal with

Kirikiri prison inmates are beckoning to this one