₦airaland Forum

Buhari4dullard:
what have they done wrong?

Fulanis' have their traditional ruler in Lagos.

Member representing Aguata Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly has empowered constituents with branded wheelbarrows.

Born on June 10th 1967, in Anambra State, Hon. Okafor Dominic Ifeanyi is a first-term Member of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly representing Aguata Federal Constituency of Anambra on the platform of theAll Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Softmirror:
The concept of Idum is not different to Sabo. It is used to refer to settlement of migrants.

omoredia:
What about Oshodi? History is there and cannot be changed. Benin owns the land. Lets not be deceived by politics

Ttalk:
Theres no need arguing with you. Every true Lagosian study GNS where the history of Lagos is taught.

Carry your nonsense talk elsewhere and stop chewing Lagos for mouth as if it will belleful you

omoredia:
U cant fight with facts

Raf4:
War camp kọ, battle field ni. Which war was Bini fighting that made her thought of jumping several settlements, communities, villages and towns in order to build military camp in about 300km far away??
Where are the relics of the Bini war camp and weapons/ammunition/armouries anywhere in Eko/Lagos today?

Eko is purely Yoruba word from Ereko to Eeko to Eko.

iwaeda:
Awon aje, gaj, ponbe, obondo, omo eku ara, will come and defend, as if their fathers own keke elemu. Lagos is Yoruba, qed.

omoredia:
Keep deceiving urself. Aworis that were laborers and fishermen from Ogun state that who the Benins to be able to work Eko and fish in its waters.

omoredia:
When we weigh the historical evidence (oral tradition + documented history + linguistics), the Benin/Edo origin of “Eko” as a “war camp” is considered stronger than the Awori/Yoruba “camp/settlement” version.

Here’s why:


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1. Early Control of Lagos (15th–16th century)

Historical records show that the Benin Kingdom expanded westward during the reign of Oba Orhogbua (mid-1500s).

Benin warriors established a military outpost on Lagos Island to control trade routes and collect tribute.

The Oba of Benin appointed a military administrator (called an “Eletu Odibo”) to govern the area.

This aligns with the interpretation of Eko as a “war camp” in Edo.



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2. Oral History & Naming

Lagos oral tradition (especially from Benin sources) consistently states that the Oba of Benin named the settlement Eko when it became a military camp.

The Yoruba Awori were already living there, but the name “Eko” was imposed through conquest and administration, making it a political name, not just a descriptive one.



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3. Linguistic Strength

In Edo (Bini), Eko indeed directly translates to “camp” or “encampment,” often military in sense.

In Yoruba, ẹ̀kọ́ has meanings like to gather, to learn, or to be trained (also the word for pap/fermented maize meal). But the usage of Eko to mean “settlement” is less direct and less common.

This makes the Edo origin linguistically tighter.



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4. European Accounts

Early Portuguese records from the 15th–16th centuries confirm that the Benin Kingdom was administering Lagos (Eko) before colonial Lagos emerged.

They describe Lagos Island as a tributary state of Benin, not Awori, in terms of political control.



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Conclusion

✅ The Benin (Edo) origin of Eko as “war camp” is better supported by historical, political, and linguistic evidence.
⚖️ The Awori/Yoruba origin reflects the fact that they were the indigenous settlers, but their explanation of Eko as “settlement” is more cultural than historical.

So, historically: “Eko” = war camp (Benin Edo origin).
Culturally: Yoruba still claim it as “our settlement.”.

So anybody that is not Benin and to a lesser extent Awori has no historical or cultural claim to Lagos.

Sterope:
We can agree that Tinubu is not a Lagosian but pushing Gbadebo with his surname would be hard sha

seppuku:
I wish him well. He is the future of Lagos and will usher in a detribalized Lagos.

I hope we get there.

Dalohad:
Is he competing with you on who is more Lagosian?

Were you not the ones who spread the propaganda that Gbadebo is not Lagosian or Yoruba enough to lead Lagos?

He is now debunking all that propaganda.

Racoon:
Hehehe! Even those who claimed Lagos are fleeing fugitives and refuges.

Thunderfayamods:
You people will be crying tribalism all over the place yet you will still be asking tribalistic questions. We Westerns are not like easterners that doesn't even recognize a fellow Igbo from Eboyin as Igbo or practice the culture of Osu. Once you are Yoruba you are Yoruba.

obonujoker:
If Ambode is not coming out for APC by 2026, then it's either Funsho Doherty or Gbadebo Rhodes.. no more clowns like Obasa and co.. and no more Baba sopé😹

DMerciful:
The people using violence against him and his supporters are Yorubas who are not indigenous Lagosians.

If a credible election is conducted in Lagos today and the security agencies made sure thuggery are contained, GRV would win and you know it. So this your point is not valid.

Jimi Agbaje was given same treatment. Ambode was given same treatment when he wanted to recontest. If you don't openly show hatred towards the Igbos, they will not want you( Yorubas who are not originally from Lagos)

T9ksy:
What, in your world is a detribalized nigerian? A man that referred to another ethnic group in a derogatory name and called them "Afonjas" is to you, a detrubalised man.

Nevertheless, it's obvious that he, Chinedu vivour rhodes hates yorubas and as such his political ambition in lagos- a yoruba land is D.O.A!

Newsmills:
Slavery and servitude are watchwords in Lagos politics.

Wickedlywicked:
The owners of the State say they don’t want someone who doesn’t think in Yoruba to govern them, what’s your problem with that? 😂😂
Since that Iragbiji man thinks and acts in Yoruba and since the yorubas don’t practice the politics of classism (I.e they see themselves as one big nation without discrimination) unlike the reality in the SE, the pure-bred yoruba Lagosians don’t have any problem with his leadership.
This is Yoruba land, discrimination doesn’t exist here. It’s all love and merry! Nobody is a lesser or first class Yoruba unlike in the SE where some are seen as first class ibos (Anambra), second class caste (Enugu and Imo) Third class (Abia) Osus (Ebonyi ndi Abakliki)😂
These are not my words, they are the names you give yourselves.

maxzzo1:
See the REAL LAGOSIANS not those land grabbers

correctguy101:
Lols.... You joke too much....


Indigene or not, na who go give results we dey talk about.... You people should stop all these yéyé behaviors...

Today in the UK, even a Nigerian could "maybe" become PM. Wetin una think say una dey do? And wetin you think say dey stop Africa from reaching that stage?

Una go jhus dey allow una selves to be played and used ...

SMH

DMerciful:
Nobody is denying your heritage so why are you guys denying him?

Secondly, are you proud that no indigenous Lagosian has been governor since 1999? Are you Lagosians not ambitious or the vestiges of slavery never left Lagos being the last place it was practiced before abolition?