isaacsegun:

bros,you have got it wrong.fulani only have a significant presence in ilorin,and despite that,the real yorubas are the majority.

life2017:
Bishop David Oyedepo is from Kwara state like Bukola Saraki.

This is For those IPOB sympathizer who have refused to recognized that Yoruba have played their politics right and they are number 2 and Number 3 in the current Buhari Government.

Also the overall head of the military is also Yoruba who is the chief of defence staff. (I know some IPOB sympathizer will argue how chief of Army staff is more powerful "practically" even though he is a subordinate to Chief of defence staff).

The two cash cow ministries (Juicy ministries in the voice of corrupt minds) is headed by Yoruba. Which is ministry of finance, and ministry of power,housing and works.

aribisala0:
He is NOT Yoruba . He is Fulani

Malawian:
There is something you people probably don't know. Yoruba people also bear "BUHARI" as surname. One Yoruba woman came to photocopy her National ID card in my office yesterday, I was just dumbfounded.

Cyynthialove:
I still don't know why we are attaching ourselves to Saraki even when Saraki has severally denied his yorubaness

Markfemi:


Dino melaye js a Yoruba man
Go and read history Kogi Yorubas and Kwara are 100% Yoruba land
But some Fulani elements have settled in ilorin even adopting Yoruba name
Only thing I can say is Bukola smother is a Yoruba Woman
But you can’t compare Bukola to oyedeoo or dunk cause they are from different places and not loyal to any sultan

TundeHashim:
Lol...it's funny how people who know close to nothing about Ilorin history claim to be an authority on Ilorin. Some people, having read some discredited works claim to know Ilorin even much more than the Emir. so funny.


First and foremost, The Sarakis claim to originate from Agbaji Quarters, specifically at "Ile Agoro". Further checks on Agbaji itself and Agoro shows that the progenitor of the Agoro compound is NEITHER Fulani Nor Yoruba. In fact, He's a SHUWA ARAB who migrated from a Sudan via Mali to Ilorin. The name Agbaji is a Yoruba version of the town they come from "Al-barji" in the Sudan.

However, Most people classify SHUWA as FULANI just because of the close similarities between them.

one thing of note is that there's a Fulanization of the shuwa/tuareg in most Emirates. most shuwa, on account of close similarity with the Fulani, would just subsume their identities under that of the Fula identity, and interestingly they're welcome. Also, They're culturally Yoruba because they've assimilated the Yoruba culture, to a great extent.

So it is true, to an extent, that Saraki is a Fulani and a Yoruba man. it is also true that Saraki is not a Fulani nor Yoruba. However, what is true at all time is that Saraki is an Ilorin man!

Thank u

Cyynthialove:
I still don't know why we are attaching ourselves to Saraki even when Saraki has severally denied his yorubaness

bakynes:

Are you sure it's not "BUSARI", that's what Yoruba bears.

bakynes:

Are you sure it's not "BUSARI", that's what Yoruba bears.

aribisala0:
There is nothing to gain ,no victory or pride in Saraki being Yoruba.

It is not a plus in any way.
Saraki is a totally forgettable individual
What will he be remembered for that will make Yoruba want to claim him

Markfemi:
Saraki is not Yoruba
He’s a sultan agent loyal to caliphate

Malawian:

my room mate in the University was Busari, so I already know that name. It was Buhari I saw, in fact if not that they were looking at me with sharp eyes, I already brought out my phone to snap it.

TundeHashim:
Lol...it's funny how people who know close to nothing about Ilorin history claim to be an authority on Ilorin. Some people, having read some discredited works claim to know Ilorin even much more than the Emir. so funny.


First and foremost, The Sarakis claim to originate from Agbaji Quarters, specifically at "Ile Agoro". Further checks on Agbaji itself and Agoro shows that the progenitor of the Agoro compound is NEITHER Fulani Nor Yoruba. In fact, He's a SHUWA ARAB who migrated from a Sudan via Mali to Ilorin. The name Agbaji is a Yoruba version of the town they come from "Al-barji" in the Sudan.

However, Most people classify SHUWA as FULANI just because of the close similarities between them.

one thing of note is that there's a Fulanization of the shuwa/tuareg in most Emirates. most shuwa, on account of close similarity with the Fulani, would just subsume their identities under that of the Fula identity, and interestingly they're welcome. Also, They're culturally Yoruba because they've assimilated the Yoruba culture, to a great extent.

So it is true, to an extent, that Saraki is a Fulani and a Yoruba man. it is also true that Saraki is not a Fulani nor Yoruba. However, what is true at all time is that Saraki is an Ilorin man!

Thank u

Frenchkiss564:


Buhari is an Arab / Muslim name and not reserved for hausa and fulanis. There are even Arab Christians that bear Buhari.

Buhari is in the same class with Sulaiman, Afeez, Muhammad and other Muslim names

BakireBulmaker:


You these young ones ehn...

Na wa

BakireBulmaker:


He is no 3

aribisala0:
What is the relevance of that to what you quoted? If you have nothing sensible to say be silent. If you cannot be silent do not quote me with foolishness.

BakireBulmaker:


I am a pained dulllard.

Olu317:
The reality is that there are cultural assimilation by people who migrated toward the Ilorin but do have a lot of intermarriages with the so called Yoruba of today. However, Candidly, Sarakis are paternally Yoruba. Even the Balogun Fulanis of Ilorin are of paternally of Yoruba descent. However, one thing that baffles me is the method at which these people understood Yoruba dialects without having a formal studying for it. If solagberu's ancestor who settled at Kuwo, but was said to have migrated from part of Bama in Borno( Kanuris) before solagberu's migration to Oke suna Ilorin is really interesting having these set of people fusing with others. But it seems these people have one form of link or the other because, why would such without reasons? Perhaps greener pastures or seeking out families members? The Yorubas are of different groups that fused together with new ones but most of them do still retain one form of tradition linking them to their past.

bakynes:

That's what I was telling that guy,he has Fulani ancestry his forefather 200 yrs ago was a Fulani from Mali who migrated into Ilorin but years of marriage to Yorubas has made him a Yoruba man.

Saraki is a Yoruba man with Fulani Ancestry.

Markfemi:


The dominant group in ilorin is Fulani not the whole of Kwara
Kogi West is 100% Yoruba

bakynes:

I have proven to you he is a Yoruba man though I do recognize he has Fulani Ancestry. His Fulani fore-father that settled in Ilorin married Yoruba and since then it's been generations down the line marrying Yoruba that makes him a Yoruba man.

Now prove to me he is a pure Fulani Man.

TundeHashim:


bro...while I completely agree with u that there's a cultural assimilation in Ilorin...I am, however indifferent about whether Saraki is a Yoruba or not. however, u made an error. The Balogun Fulani have paternal Fulani ancestry traceable to a particular quarters in Kebbi. I'm Fulani and I've got relatives married to the olufadi and imam-Fulani clans. However, you're absolutely right if you had said Balogun Gambari. I presume you know they're four Baloguns in Ilorin. Two Yorubas(Ajikobi and Alanamu), One Hausa(Gambari) and one Fulani (Fulani). Some crazy power play happened in Balogun Gambari quarters that eventually led to a Yoruba man (murogo) becoming a Balogun Gambari. But we're all one..a big family bounded by an Islamic identity headed under the leadership of the house of Alimi...

TundeHashim:
Lol...it's funny how people who know close to nothing about Ilorin history claim to be an authority on Ilorin. Some people, having read some discredited works claim to know Ilorin even much more than the Emir. so funny.


First and foremost, The Sarakis claim to originate from Agbaji Quarters, specifically at "Ile Agoro". Further checks on Agbaji itself and Agoro shows that the progenitor of the Agoro compound is NEITHER Fulani Nor Yoruba. In fact, He's a SHUWA ARAB who migrated from a Sudan via Mali to Ilorin. The name Agbaji is a Yoruba version of the town they come from "Al-barji" in the Sudan.

However, Most people classify SHUWA as FULANI just because of the close similarities between them.

one thing of note is that there's a Fulanization of the shuwa/tuareg in most Emirates. most shuwa, on account of close similarity with the Fulani, would just subsume their identities under that of the Fula identity, and interestingly they're welcome. Also, They're culturally Yoruba because they've assimilated the Yoruba culture, to a great extent.

So it is true, to an extent, that Saraki is a Fulani and a Yoruba man. it is also true that Saraki is not a Fulani nor Yoruba. However, what is true at all time is that Saraki is an Ilorin man!

Thank u