AfricanGod2:


Of course there's a difference, and of course you Yoruba are at home in every state in your region, but just like you don't see a difference between moving from one corner of Yorubaland to another, Igbo people dont see a difference between moving from one corner to another within the new Igbo land - Nigeria. It's no longer new actually, it's been their land for about a 100 years and will continue to be so until Igbo people are no longer Nigerians or Nigeria ceases to exist.

royalcatier:
That's your problem, just make your mind about where you want to be and behave like it!

Johot:
Hey Eke40seven.

Eke40seven:
your email address...

saxywale:

You haven't read "chike and the river". Chike said Lagos was next to London

docsholz:
And how is this relevant

PentiumPro:
To make it as an Ibo, you need to leave Iboeland.
In 50 years time, Iboeland would most certainly become desolate.

ibedun:


I was in Igboland last year and the place is already desolate. It is a wasteland practically. The FG should appoint administrators to manage Igboland and the allocations going there.

IGBOSON2:


^^^See this diseased bastard asking what Igbo were doing in Lagos! Fool, same thing Yoruba are doing in Abuja and even Port Harcourt!

If you want Igbo out of Lagos as your useless moniker suggests, why don't you start by calling for the dissolution of this mere geographical expression?.....And you can champion calls for Odua Republic as well while you're at it!

OoduaVanguard:
I really don't get the point the OP is trying to make with this. Lagos is in the SW region therefore it's a no-brainer that Yorubas would naturally move around within their region -- same way it'll be natural for an Imo state man to freely move around within other SE igbo states.

Igbos and other ethnic groups only started migrating to Lagos in droves since the amalgamation, while the territory has always been within the natural Yoruba environment/ habitat and sphere of influence, even long before the advent of the Europeans.

Yoruba history is deeply embedded in Lagos, so much so that there are lineages of kingship that stretch back into centuries. Can the same be said of any other group in Lagos asides the Yorubas?

During the civil war there were virtually no Igbos in Lagos coz they all ran off to their real home where they truly belong -- the SE. They only started returning again after the war -- which goes to show that Lagos was never really their home to begin with, they are only in Las gidi to hustle and when shyt hits the fan they know where they truly belong.

Why can't igbos build their own version or replica of Lagos in the East instead of trying to lay claim to it?? Or must you people move to Lagos to make it in life? Na wah for Una o.

bigfrancis21:
Interesting. So could it mean that majority of Yoruba 'Lagosians' today are actually descendants of yoruba immigrants from other colonies who have settled in Lagos state to call Lagos their home town? Thus in effect, some self-described Yoruba 'Lagosians' aren't actually native to the state but in actuality immigrants to Lagos state?

saxywale:

how can Yoruba's migrate to Lagos when yorubas(awori and Ijebu) are natives

Shittaakeem:
Op pls u know nothing about Lagos
The first people to settle in Lagos where the awori.
They originate from Ogun state.
And FYI some LGA in Lagos where formally Ogun state e.g Somolu, yaba etc

OduaVanguard:


Don't mind the OP and his closet land-grabbing cohorts. They don't know that Lagos consists 3 Islands and a part of the Mainland. Eko, Victoria, Apapa are Islands. The mainland starts from IDDO, carter Bridge end, Ebute Meta, yaba. The boundary was Jibowu, Idi-Oro.
To that extent, Fadeyi, Shomolu, Maryland, Anthony Ikeja, Mushin, Agege weren't parts of Lagos before it became a 'state'. These places were in the old Western Region with capital at Ibadan.

Those places though now in Lagos State should not be confused with the Lagos which ended at Jibowu, Yaba.

But then again, I wasn't expecting any different from them since they are mere traders who came to Lagos to sell market without knowing her history and now are cooking up fables. Smh

Alcatraz001:
Ibos, be afraid, be very very afraid. The future leaders of the south west have already taken notice of your hate for the indigenous people of the land and your desire for Lagos.

People like us won't have much convincing to do if we want to make policies to chase IBO's out of the SW as a whole.

I warned ya'all didn't I? ojukwu's children never learnt anything from the civil war. The battle is won and lost already.

Eke40seven:
I was going through an old textbook written by Akin L Mobogunje (prof.) in 1968 titled, "Urbanisation in Nigeria" and stumbled upon interesting bits of information about the population of Lagos which I will like to share here......Other Lagos born Nigerians like me will find it interesting. It shows that Lagos have been multi ethnic and diverse from the inception of her growth to prominence and her rise to the status of a modern metropolis cannot be attributed to a single group.
The following are excerpts from the book.....

“The important aspect of the large number of immigrants into Lagos during this period is the diversity of ethnic groups. Before 1931 no figures are given of Yoruba immigrants, although it is known that they are considerable. Table 37 however, shows that in 1931 and 1950 they were the most important single group of immigrants. Within the Yoruba area, the source region of most of these immigrants comprised the Colony, Abeokuta, Ijebu, Ondo, Oyo and Ilorin Provinces…..”
Check the first and second picture to examine the growth pattern of the Abeokuta and Oyo provinces and contrast with that of Ijebu.
“Nonetheless, although the total number of Yoruba immigrants had risen by 85% between 1931 and 1950, the rise in the case of Non Yoruba had been of the order of 115%. Non-Yoruba immigrants are divided into three classes namely natives of Nigeria, Africans and non-Africans. Among the natives of Nigeria, the most important ethnic group represented in Lagos were the Ibo, the Ijaw, the Edo and the Hausa….”
Check the table in the 3rd picture
“The most striking fact from the table is the phenomenal rise of the number of Ibo from less than 300 in 1911 to nearly 26,000 by 1950. Nearly half of the Ibo came from the single province of Owerri, while less than 15% came from Ogoja and Rivers provinces………………………………………………………………………..it is however noteworthy that the major influx of Ibo into Lagos began just before 1931, about the time when the eastern line of the railway was completed from Port Harcourt, through the Ibo country, to join the western line at Kaduna. Both the Ijaw and the Edo maintained their relative position during the period……….The position of the Hausa immigrants is most greatly curious. Throughout the period they showed little change in their total number although their relative position declined”

OduaVanguard:


Don't mind the OP and his closet land-grabbing cohorts. They don't know that Lagos consists 3 Islands and a part of the Mainland. Eko, Victoria, Apapa are Islands. The mainland starts from IDDO, carter Bridge end, Ebute Meta, yaba. The boundary was Jibowu, Idi-Oro.
To that extent, Fadeyi, Shomolu, Maryland, Anthony Ikeja, Mushin, Agege weren't parts of Lagos before it became a 'state'. These places were in the old Western Region with capital at Ibadan.

Those places though now in Lagos State should not be confused with the Lagos which ended at Jibowu, Yaba.

But then again, I wasn't expecting any different from them since they are mere traders who came to Lagos to sell market without knowing her history and now are cooking up fables. Smh

bigfrancis21:
Interesting. So could it mean that majority of Yoruba 'Lagosians' today are actually descendants of yoruba immigrants from other colonies who have settled in Lagos state to call Lagos their home town? Thus in effect, some self-described Yoruba 'Lagosians' aren't actually native to the state but in actuality immigrants to Lagos state?

kettykin:
Both yorubas and non yorubas migrated into lagos

meforyou1:
Confirms what I have been saying for a long time. Lagos is a no man's land. Yorubas migrated into it to like other tribes did

Hmm, from your lack of numeracy skills I can safely assume you're a product of poor quality free education. God knows where you pulled the 257 000 from, but i'll just throw your words right back at you:

Now we see why Yorubaland was never developed. In twenty years from 1931 to 1951, 130 853 of them abandoned home for Lagos.

It was an even greater number than that of the Igbo people seeking new opportunities in Lagos after the end of their war for self determination.

No more disputing the fact....now we need to ask, what where these great number of Yoruba people running away from in Yorubaland?

Of course there's a difference, and of course you Yoruba are at home in every state in your region, but just like you don't see a difference between moving from one corner of Yorubaland to another, Igbo people dont see a difference between moving from one corner to another within the new Igbo land - Nigeria. It's no longer new actually, it's been their land for about a 100 years and will continue to be so until Igbo people are no longer Nigerians or Nigeria ceases to exist.

joeyfire:
Bros 99% of the yorubas you see shouting "Lagos Na we own, leave am for us" are not Lagos indigenes but Yorubas from the hinterland.

Authentic Lagos indigenes like Jimi Agbaje don't need to shout too much. Lagos is theirs and they are not insecure

FacelessPatriot:
in few years from now, Igbos will produce the Governor of Lagos State. The Yorubas has lost our respect for them. things were not always like this until they started looking down on us. Thanks to Oba Akiolu for uniting the igbos in Lagos. Now we have a common goal

scholes0:


hahahahahaha
How long will the "few" years be? ... I don't see it happening anytime soon.

And whatever happened to the "we want biafra" project?

FacelessPatriot:


Lagos is Biafraland it hurts right? you asked for it

FacelessPatriot:
in few years from now, Igbos will produce the Governor of Lagos State. The Yorubas has lost our respect for them. things were not always like this until they started looking down on us. Thanks to Oba Akiolu for uniting the igbos in Lagos. Now we have a common goal

You see son its good to have big dreams you know and i love you for that.I was once like you too. When I was in primary school, I use to tell my friends back home that my seat partner busayo is my girlfriend meanwhile I was only living in cloud 9 . I wished it was that way too but reality didn't support me but i won't discourage you. Never give up on your dreams hun.Who knows you might achieve it just like I believe one day i will build castles in the sky

scholes0:


of course, it is biafra... can't you see that after Yaba, Orlu is the next town....

LAGrejectIBO:
Now we see why Iboland was never developed. In twenty years, from 1930 to 51....., 257,000 of them abandoned home for Yorubaland.

It was even worse than that after the war and millions of starving Ibos trekked across the land and forest to find refuge in Yorubaland.

No more disputing the fact....now we need to ask, what is Ibo running from the East for?