PointB:

I believe an Igboman by the name Oba Akiolu taunted yorubas by threatening to drown them in the Lagoon?

And the statement was roundly condemned by notable Yoruba leaders.

PointB:


Same crap every time!

Then shut up and stop boring us with your stupidity.

oluwabreezy:
i swear if the vote of lagos go the other way round to favour pdp............you will know that the yorubas are not in any way joking at all and not just in lagos the whole south west will fight you igbos to finish.......you better start leaving now or else lagoon will be too small for you.

Lagoon you say?

Then prepare for amphibious warfare!

I see yorubas barking like rabbid dogs here.
Where is oladipo diya sef to lead all una against Igbo domination?

Alfamann:


Because we are better than you.

cool story niqqa....u'll make a whole lotta sense if you shut that trap in your face

PointB:



I believe an Igboman by the name Oba Akiolu taunted yorubas by threatening to drown them in the Lagoon?

That man who spoke after the oba and his colleagues deserved to be flogged.

They were applauding the bugger. How the hell did they get their so called titles?.

Their spokesman deserve to be stripped and beaten with his Ivory.

isn't it time we stop this nonsense? Time and time again this people have used tribalism and religion to keep us stagnant and we haven't improved as a society for years. It is time to grow up, think before you react. We need to learn from history if not then from other African countries, forget this people they don't have the best intentions for us, we are the youths of today and some of us might be leaders tomorrow please lets let peace reign for once. Proudly Nigerian.

Jk210:


And the statement was roundly condemned by notable Yoruba leaders.

At what point does that warrant a certain Ume Nzekwe refer to Lagos as a colonial "no man's land?

And how many people has died because he called Lagos "No man's land"? Is that the first time you've heard that term used? Why get emotional every time that term is used, can't you learn to ignore it?

So much for 'sophistication'!

AJINATU:
A civil strife cum ethnic cleansing against the ibos is imminent in Lagos

the Yorubas are no match for Igbos. Talk is cheap. We know who the cowards are in Nigeria. As of 8th April 2015, Nigeria is still hanging on.

shut up jooor......oponu oshi,ode omo

SO THE BREAK UP OF NIGERIA WILL START FROM LAGOS ?
Interesting...

Yoruba, ko soro . Share this with all Yorubas so they can see PDP and Igbo agenda for Lagos state

gbosaa:


That man who spoke after the oba and his colleagues deserved to be flogged.

They were applauding the bugger. How the hell did they get their so called titles?.

Their spokesman deserve to be stripped and beaten with his Ivory.

I couldn't agree more!

Jakpon:
Lazy Yeribas we Igbos are the one that helped them develop Lagos. Useless Ndi ofe people

shut up joor....oponu oshi,ode omo

raumdeuter:
[size=15pt]I think they need to print this in Yoruba newspapers especially those that locals read So as to sentisize the people

It took a long time coming but the CHANGE is here[/size]

You are right,seems more sensitivity is needed,a lot of people are not aware of this nonsense.Please preach this gospel to others,this nonsense must stop.

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austinvsb1:
Seun, you are yoruba! Push this to the frontpage now if u do not have the intention to betray your own people!

Everyone deserves to know what APGA and the igbos think,!

Is it not on newspaper?

Have you not agreed amongst yourself to spread it? Now you want to stain Seun's fingers with your blood lust? I don't if he's genocidal like some of you fickle minded emotional sissies here!

Why is this not on frontpage yet?

Cc Seun

Jk210:


And that's point. We don't want to get used to it.

We draw the line at that point. So please, kindly inform your kinsmen. We don't joke that way.

Thank you

The APGA chairman or whatever he is doesn't speak for me, and I don't know him. I only take exception to your generalisation, and untoward threat to Igbos living with you!

Are you all related to Oba Akiolu in murderous desire?

For the home video/CD generations who claimed that Lagos is a no mans land. Below is the history of Lagos from wikipedia

History of Lagos

Modern-day Lagos is now a state in South-Western Nigeria. It is bounded on the west by the Republic of Benin, to the north and east by Ogun State with the Atlantic Ocean providing a coastline on the south.

Area
Lagos has a total of 3,577 square kilometers; 787 square kilometers is made up of lagoons and creeks including: Lagos Lagoon, Lagos Harbour, Five Cowrie Creek, Ebute-Metta Creek, Porto-Novo Creek, New Canal, Badagry Creek, Kuramo Waters and Lighthouse Creek.

Names of Lagos
Lagos means "lakes" in Portuguese, the language of first European-settlers known to visit the settlement,then already inhabited by the Awori people, in 1472. From the first contacts with the region until the early 20th century, another Portuguese name for the city that was interchangeably used was Onim, finally abandoned in favor of Lagos.

Prior to Lagos being adopted, the settlement was called Eko by its Kingdom of Benin conquerors, which stems from either Oko (Yoruba: "cassava farm" or Eko ("war camp".

Founding of Lagos according to the oral history of Lagos, at some point around 1300-1400 CE, the Oba (King) of the Benin Empire - who used to send trade expeditions to Ghana, where spices were traded - heard from one of his traders complaints about the way she was being treated by the Awori who lived in the area of current day Lagos. The Oba of Benin then sent a trade expedition by sea to engage with the Awori people, who nonetheless declined to engage and attacked the mission sent by Benin.

Upon hearing this as the mission returned to Benin City, the Oba of Benin commanded the assembling of a war expedition, led by Ado, a Benin Prince, which headed to the settlement of the Awori (current-day Lagos; then called Eko by the Benin people) and demanded an explanation.

On getting there, Ado and his army were more than well received - the Awori from Lagos asked Benin Prince Ado to stay there and become their leader. Ado agreed, on the condition that they surrendered their sovereignty to the Oba of Benin, to which the Awori people of Lagos agreed.

Upon hearing this, the Oba of Benin gave his permission for Prince Ado and the expedition to remain in Eko with the Awori. The Oba of Benin later sent some of his chiefs, including the Eletu Odibo, Obanikoro and others, to assist Ado in the running of Eko.

Lagos as a tributary to the Benin Empire
From the crowning of Ado as its first Oba, Lagos (then called Eko) served as a major center for slave-trade, from which then Oba of Benin Ado and all of his successors for over four centuries benefitted - until 1841, when Oba Akitoye ascended to the throne of Lagos and tried to ban slave-trading.

Local merchants strongly opposed the intended move, and deposed and exiled the king, and installed Akitoye's brother Kosoko as Oba.[3]

At exile in Europe, Akitoye met with British authorities, who had banned slave-trading in 1807, and who therefore decided to support the deposed Oba to regain his throne. With the success of the British intervention, in 1851 Akitoye was reinstalled as Oba of Lagos. In practical terms, however, British influence over the kingdom had become absolute, and ten years later, in 1861, Lagos was formally annexed as a British colony.

Colonial Lagos as capital of Nigeria
The British annexed Lagos as a colony in 1861. The remainder of the Benin Empire - i.e, modern-day Nigeria - were seized by the British in 1887, and when the British established the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria in 1914, Lagos was declared its capital.

Lagos maintained its status as capital when Nigeria obtained its independence from Britain in 1960. Lagos was therefore the capital city of Nigeria from 1914 until 1991, when it was replaced as Federal Capital Territory by planned city of Abuja, built specifically for such purpose.

Currently
Until today, the Oba of Lagos is the head of all the Kings in Lagos State and his status is different from other Oba's most of whom were later given back their crowns and staff of office only within the last 40 years. Those who got their crowns back were the original land owners (Olofin's children). Modern-day Lagosians have so intermingled that no single tribe or people can claim it even though the predominant language is Yoruba.

The present day Lagos state has a higher percent of this sub-group who allegedly migrated to the area from Isheri along the Ogun river. History has it that the Awori were actually from Ife, the cradle of Yorubaland. The Awori people are a peaceful people initially not taken to warfare. Due to war, those from the hinterlands, like the Ekiti, ran towards Isheri, which at that time had more than one Olofin (Alafin)who were heads of settlements about 1400AD.

With the fleeing people from the hinterlands most of them scattered again, some to Iro, to Otta, Ado, others to Ebute Metta i.e. three landing places - Oyingbo, Iddo Island and Lagos Island (Eko). The Olofin that brought those who went to Ebute-Metta was Ogunfunminire later known as Agbodere. With the full commencement of the war about 2000 moved to the nearest island of Iddo, others to Otto Awori or Otto Ijanikin towards modern-day Badagry. Those from Ekiti Aramoko came to Ebute-Metta, Iddo and then Ijora.

After the demise of Agbodere, the name Olofin became the name used to remember him while a title of Oloto was given to his successor. With one of his sons becoming the Oloto his other children parted ways to what is known as visible settlements in present-day Lagos.

Until the coming of the Benins, Lagos's geographic boundary was Lagos Mainland. Lagos Island, the seat of the Oba of Lagos, then consisted of a pepper farm and fishing posts. No one lived there. The name Eko was given to it by its first king, Oba Ado, during its early history; it also saw periods of rule by the Kingdom of Benin.

Eko was the land area now known as Lagos Island where the king's palace was built. The palace is called Iga Idunganran, meaning "palace built on the pepper farm". Oba Ado and the warriors from Benin, as well as some of the indigenous people who sought safety, settled down in the southern part of Eko called "Isale Eko", Isale literally meaning bottom, but must have been used to indicate downtown (as in Downtown Lagos).

Notable events[edit]
The first king of Lagos, Oba Ado, apart from having two sons also had a daughter Erelu Kuti, who begat Ologun Kutere, who later became king. Shokun his brother, who was more aggressive and whom the Erelu suspected could plan a palace coup, was given a chieftaincy title, "Onile-gbale", and a palace just behind the king's palace. This was the first time that a Chief would be appointed and installed at the same time as a King's coronation.

Oba Akitoye who ceded Lagos to the British was oba Kosoko's uncle. Oba Akitoye was the first Oba not to be buried in a Bini. Prior to this, all the Kings of lagos were buried in Bini. They passed on taxes to the Oba of Bini until the British came and explained that there was no need to send taxes to Bini anymore especially as the Binis themselves were paying taxes to Britain. It was during his reign that the direct influence of the Binis on Lagos ended.

Oba Kosoko believed in the slave trade and was at loggerheads with the British, hence his dethronement and flight, first to Badagry and later to Epe, Nigeria where he founded kingdoms that still exist today.

Past Obas (Kings)
Main article: Oba of Lagos
Ashipa (1600–1630) died on the way back to Benin
King Ado (1630–1669) first King of Lagos
King Gabaro (1669–1704)
King Akinsemoyin (1704–1749)
Eletu Kekere (1749)
King Ologun Kutere (1749–1775)
Adele Ajosun (1775-1780 & 1832-1834)
Eshilokun (1780–1819)
Oba Idewu Ojulari (1819–1832)
King Oluwole (1836–1841)
King Akintoye (1841-1845 & 1851-1853)
Oba Kosoko (1845–1851)
King Dosunmu [Docemo] (1853–1885)
Oba Oyekan (1885–1900)
Oba Esugbayi Eleko (1901-1925 & 1932)
Oba Ibikunle Akitoye (1925–1928)
Oba Sanusi Olusi (1928–1931)
Oba Falolu (1932–1949)
Oba Adeniji Adele (1949–1964)
Oba Adeyinka Oyekan II (1965–2003)
Oba Rilwan Akiolu (2003–present)

Colonial-era

Modern-day Lagos was founded by the Bini in the sixteenth century. It was later called Eko. The Portuguese explorer Ruy de Sequeira who visited the area in 1472, named the area around the city Lago de Curamo; the present name is Portuguese for "lakes". An alternate explanation is that Lagos was named for Lagos, Portugal - a maritime town which at the time was the main center of the Portuguese expeditions down the African coast and whose own name is derived from the Celtic word Lacobriga.


Flag of Lagos Colony
It was a major centre of the slave trade until 1851, when Great Britain, which had abolished slavery in 1807, bombarded and established a treaty which ushered in the British Consular Period.[4] Lagos was annexed by Britain via the Lagos Treaty of Cession in 1861 ending the Consular Period and starting the British Colonial Period. The remainder of modern-day Nigeria was seized in 1886[citation needed]

Post colonial

When the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was established in 1914 Lagos was declared its capital. Lagos experienced rapid growth throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a result of Nigeria's economic boom prior to the Biafran War. This continued through the 1980s and 1990s up to the present date.

Lagos was the capital of Nigeria from 1914 - 1991 when the capital was moved to Abuja. Abuja is a capital like Washington, DC in USA and Brasilia in Brazil in that it was built from scratch specifically to be a capital.

In 1991, Ibrahim Babangida, the Military President and other government functions moved to the newly built capital. This was as a result of intelligence reports on the safety of his life and what was later to be termed his hidden agenda, which was the plan to turn himself into a civilian president. He finished what was started by the Murtala/Obasanjo regime. The change resulted in Lagos losing some prestige and economic leverage. However, it has retained its importance as the country's largest city and as an economic centre.


Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lagos

PointB:



I believe an Igboman by the name Oba Akiolu taunted yorubas by threatening to drown them in the Lagoon?

Seriously, You need to calm down.

I won't even dignify your comment with an argument because you are bottle-feeding yoruba race with more anger.

PointB:


Is not on newspaper?

Have you not agreed amongst yourself to spread it? Now you want to stain Seun's fingers with your blood lust? I don't if he's genocidal like some of you fickle minded emotional sissies here!

I think it's only right that people are informed of Apga's stand on this issue. To me, this statement is worse than the Oba Akiolu's that went viral!

Cc Seun

AJINATU:
If you are a memeber of COSEG and you are reading this message, please send a PM to me ASAP! There is an extraordinary emergency meeting tonight

The entire Alaba market, Trade Fair complex, and such concentrations should be bombed to smitherings as a prelude to any action. This calls for meticulous planning for a long-drawn, no holds-barred and sustained action.

we the Yorubas are now awake. The words from the Oba of Lagos has proved that we are not sleeping. It is time for those bastard Yoruba's to join us now instead of spreading useless propaganda about our Oba
What happened in Ilorin must not happen in Lagos. Am not happy at all with all this rubbish coming from the Apga

This man must have skip his history class. So the the Colonial masters came to Lagos they didn't meet any inhabitants? The Aworis and Eguns were not there? If I'm to follow ur argument I guess we should go and claim Rivers, Cross River, Plateau and Delta state because the have English names. Every state in Nigeria have natives. Even Abuja. Have you seen any Ibo senator or representatives in Abuja before?

austinvsb1:


I think it's only right that people are informed of Apga's stand on this issue. To me, this statement is worse than the Oba Akiolu's that went viral!

Cc Seun

Kiss my ar/se!

Sunnybobo3:
This is overstepping the bounds. I do not support this one bit.

Same here. My people obsession with Lagos is unhealthy for Igboland! I mean, it's not like Lagos is Paris or London.

oluwafemi113:
[s]we the Yorubas are now awake. The words from the Oba of Lagos has proved that we are not sleeping. It is time for those bastard Yoruba's to join us now instead of spreading useless propaganda about our Oba
What happened in Ilorin must not happen in Lagos. Am not happy at all with all this rubbish coming from the Apga[/s]

you are not from lagos, go and develop your mushroom state

No wonder APGA is fizzleing out. They are a bunch of morons.

Double post

Day11:


Seriously, You need to calm down.

I won't even dignify your comment with an argument because you are bottle-feeding yoruba race with more anger.

I believe they can handle it; what is that word they use to describe themselves 'sophisticated'. If your sophistication is not good enough to handle an age long banter, join us in the Lagoon with Oba Akiolu, seven days after the election!

ayindejimmy:
This man must have skip his history class. So the the Colonial masters came to Lagos they didn't meet any inhabitants? The Aworis and Eguns were not there? If I'm to follow ur argument I guess we should go and claim Rivers, Cross River, Plateau and Delta state because the have English names. Every state in Nigeria have natives. Even Abuja. Have you seen any Ibo senator or representatives in Abuja before?

Yes there are igbo political office holders in Abuja. Elected