ottersberger: So, dis Mynd44 na omo mgbati!. No wonder....
Anyway, Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu are non-indigenes of Lagos who became governor, possibly others as well, and that is the beauty of Lagos. Besides, didn't Lateef Jakande tell us that Lagos is a no man's land?. Hopefully, Shinedu, the other son of Mama Shukudi will also become governor of Lagos in the near future.
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.”.
Other places called Eko all over Yorubaland.
Eko Akete, Lagos Island LG - Lagos State Eko Ende, Ifelodun LG -Osun State Ekosin, Odo Otin LG -Osun State Eko Ajala, Ifelodun LG -Osun State Ekotedo, Ido LG - Oyo State Eko kan, Shaki West LG - Oyo State Oko Eko, Ijebu East LG - Ogun State Eko, Ife Ana, Togo Ade Eko, Iseyin LGA - Oyo State Eko Efun, Olukumi land Aniocha North, Delta state
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.
---
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.
---
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.
---
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.
---
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.”.
Scree shot for a documention of the Lagos tradition on this as published in year 1888 in the “Précis of Information Concerning the Colony of Lagos”: Intelligence Branch of British War Office.
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:
---
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.
---
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.
---
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.
---
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.
---
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.”.
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:
---
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.
---
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.
---
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.
---
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.
---
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.”.
Rubbish copy and paste from the chihuahua of the Yoruba Oba Ile Ibinu.
Thank you for your feedback. When I saw your post, I deliberately waited for the #NGARWA match to be over. Now that it is over, and the Super Eagles are victorious, may I please invite you to join me in celebrating Nigeria and the Super Eagles?
There were no tears today to make you happy. And by the grace of God, we hope the future will be even better.
As far as football is concerned, there is no Igbo, Lukumi, Hausa, or minority. There is just Niger Area, or Nigeria.
The Igbo people are loved and wanted in Nigeria, especially by people of Lukumi Yoruba descent. There are more people of Igbo origin in Lagos than in the whole of Ebonyi. That can only happen because you are loved by the Lukumi, who welcomed you with open hands after the Nigerian Civil War and did not seize your money, property and businesses as 'abandoned property' as was done in other parts of Nigeria, including by those who speak a similar language as you.
Please consider that act of love and drop your bitterness.
Noerection: even in Lagos they will not allow an Ebonyi man to be a market leader
Even when Obi was governor in Anambra, he did not let non-anambrans to contest in even market leadership positions. He believes Anamra igbos are superior.
Obi’s One-Term Promise A Political Strategy To Avoid Losing Votes In The North — Kenneth Okonkwo.
He said any party serious about defeating an incumbent must agree that its presidential candidate would serve for one term so that no side will feel cheated.
Okonkwo explained that Obi knew that if he did not make the promise, he would lose votes from the northern region of the country.
“So I brought the theory as a way for any opposition party to inspire Nigerians to know that each side will not lose when they make any choice, whether north or south.
“So, it was even Atiku Abubakar that first of all said he was going to do one term, then Peter Obi now keyed into it because he knows that if he, as a younger person, does not make that promise, he loses the entire North,” he said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday.
“So it’s purely a political strategy to say, ‘Look, I am not going to cut the eight years. I’m not going to shortchange you. So if I am elected, I will just do only four years to complete the eight years of the South.’ So that’s just the whole idea about it,” he added.
According to him, any party serious about defeating an incumbent must agree that its presidential candidate would serve for one term so that no side will feel cheated.
The lawyer stated, “I was the one who propounded it (one-term presidency) as a theory, saying that any party that is serious about fighting an incumbent must have to say that whoever is going to contest should have to do one term so that no side will feel cheated.
“So if you are a southerner, if you don’t agree to do one term, the northerners will say you want to do another eight years, which will offend the system. If you are a northerner, if you don’t agree to do one term, the southerners will say that means you want to cut us short early.”
Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, had said in a July 2025 interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics that he did not need more than four years to provide good governance for all Nigerians, insisting on his single-term proposal.
“I don’t need a day more than four years. I will show the direction of good governance. In two years, there has been maximum damage. Two years can change it in a good direction. People want to get up and see a president that cares, that shows compassion,” said the former governor.
In August, the 2023 presidential candidate advocated a single term of five years for the office of the President of Nigeria, as practised in South Korea, where the president cannot seek re-election after a single term of five years in office.
Obi said this would make the occupier know that they had a job to do within the limited time available.
“If I have the opportunity, we should stop having a second tenure for presidents. It should be five years. That is what is in South Korea, so people come in and know that they have a job to do,” Obi said when he paid a visit to the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed.
anonimi: This casual argument is neither geographically or historically correct.
Lagos State is different from Lagos island that has the Iga Idugaran palace of the Oba of Lagos just as Ondo State is different from Ondo town.
There are indigenous peoples of the Western region LGA equivalent of divisions that were merged with Lagos island/ FCT to create Lagos State in 1967.
Not all the indigenous peoples are Yoruba, since we have Egun people of Badagry in the state who were part of the defunct Western region. The Oba of Lagos and many indigenous people of Lagos island have Bini ancestry.
In this regard, Yoruba states like Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo and Osun that are not contiguous with Lagos cannot have their sub-tribes as part of the indigenous peoples of Lagos State.
Ogu are settlers just like the Yewas, Saros, Egbas, Egbados e.t.c even though the Ogus are originally from Ife as claimed by the Akran of Badagry in a recent interview.
Their route was from ife to Ghana, then found their way back to Benin republic. The dahomean wars and aggression made them settle in Awori and Egbado lands in both in Lagos and Ogun state.
The first nations of present day Lagos are Aworis Yorubas and Ijebu Yorubas.
As per Oba of Lagos. Asipa, the father of Ado (first Oba of Lagos) is Awori while the mother is Benin. Erelu Kuti also married and Ijesha babalawo of her father. Therefore, their ancestry has since moved to Ijesha (Ilesha) as well.
casualobserver: Many of these expansionists hear Lagos and don’t realize colonial Lagos is different from Lagos state. Lagos state was created by annexing other parts of the yoruba western region. 92% of current land mass of Lagos state was never part of old Lagos but indigenous Yorubas from the western region and was never known as Lagos until 1967. These people who have roots from all over yorubaland suddenly became part of the new state called Lagos. That’s why someone from Osun can be a Governor in Lagos. If I recall correctly it was said Ambode had origins in Ondo or Ekiti but also Epe.
His mum is from Epe (Lagos) and his dad from Ondo.
Current deputy governor's late dad's mum was from Ewekoro in Ogun state. The dad even became an Oba there in Ewekoro via maternal line.
My part of Lagos, Ifako Ijaiye used to be part of western region and when states were created, some of my cousins were cut off into Ajuwon (Ogun state).
casualobserver: Keep out of things you do not undnerstand. You are not yoruba. You don’t understand the roots and relationships of the Yorubas.
Yayi has been a senator in Lagos and Ogun, he will be the next governor of Ogun.
Since “Lagos”. was expanded into a state it brought people from other parts of yoruba land into “Lagos state”. Ikorodu, Lekki, Epe etc are ijebus, Abule Egba are people from Abeokuta, Abule Ijesha are people from Ilesha. a man can have ancestral roots in Ogun state and be a Lagos indigene. similar relationships exists with people from Oyo, Osun etc. I have ancestral roots in 3 possibly 4 yoruba states. Every yoruba is from Ife. No Ibo is yoruba.
There are indigenous Lagosians who originate from the Nupe in Niger state as they shared a boundary with old Oyo empire. Such relationships and does not exist and can never apply to an Ibo because no Ibo is ever a yoruba. We have never shared a boundary with you. We did not know of your existence or interact with you until recently. There are some people of the SS that can trace their ancestry or families to Lagos or other yoruba states, similarly like I said some Nupe people. Such does not and can never apply to an Ibo. Our history never intertwined, our cultures and values are total opposite. We have nothing in common except Nigeria.
An Ibo can never be an indigene of Lagos or yorubaland. You can only ever be an Ibo residing in the SW.
I. Suggest you mind your business.
You are correct. Iju Ishaga from Ishaga Orile in Ogun state. Ikoyi from Ikoyi in Oyo state and so on.
Even the Saros and Agudas are from various parts of Yorubaland. Like the crowther originally from Oyo. The Doherty originally from Ilaro. The Cokers from Abeokuta e.t.c
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