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The fon people own lagos know has eguns i came from the royal family and tracing back to what my grandma to me about the agojie and the oyo back in slavery actually this set of people where conquer by Portuguese so the yoruba had chance to take over the land

The anchor said Awori language can not be traced to Ife as it does not sound much like Ife language but the question is, 'do ijebu, egba, Ekiti, Ijesha, ikale, Akoko and some Yoruba spoken in Kogi sound loke that of Ife?'

If you look at the earliest map of Nigeria, Lagos was and is still encompassed by all the other Yoruba states. Benin would have had to travel through Ondo (a Yoruba state) to be a able to own Lagos so i will go with the Aworis any day and also, it's Yoruba that is spoken in Lagos till date.

Egba alake owns all the land in info local government.

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If the binis are the real owners of eko as the eleru clams, please how come the binis descendant in eko or in bini has no right to the idejos land like ikoyi, tarkwabay, oniru, ikeja, ojo etc. These is common sense.

Ps Now I know why work so hard and give thanks to my elders. Of 47%😊

I just found out I am of Nigerian descendant, Lagos of Yoruba tribe. I am 6 generation of America. Very happy and proud to find my ancestors. 🎉🎉❤❤😊

The Lagos state government is supposed to remove every trace of the Benin monarchy in Lagos state. They are invaders in Lagos state and they established an arm of their kingdom in Lagos when they saw it as a thriving trading spot. They went into war with the people they met on the land, asked them to pay them taxes, and installed themselves as king over the place. They shoukd be removed and if they like, find their kingship in Benin. That the British empire installed governments in countries does not mean they own thzt country

You can never get the true history of lagos from a Yoruba person, because they were never part of the discovery of lagos and as a matter of fact they are not even part of the history in any way. So it is clear that none of them in this video knows the history of lagos.

Isale-Eko is the source of Lagos, it is there you have the palace of all the Obas, the place where you have all the Benin chiefs..." Okpari ooo! What the heck is this woman saying here, talking from both sides of her mouth. Iyaba is a Benin name, not yaba, yabah, stop your BS old man!! Iyaba in Benin means "forgiveness"!!!!!!!! Yoruba, we all understand that Benin found Lagos, and it is very painful psychologically for you people! But that is the fact, deal with it, you cannot change history, no way, no, mbah!!!

She said the Portuguese discovered the island 😂. Who brought the Portuguese to the island? Who discovered the island before the Portuguese? Who gave the island it's first name? I need answers!

What tribe was king Ado and who was his father ?

Non of them in this video can say the name of the first Oba 😂. And it is a shame for that woman to say she believes a story written by a Portuguese trader (a white man). Can you imagine a white man telling you your history 😢

They keep mentioning Oba, do they know the origin of that title in eko(original name)? And also who changed the name from eko to Lagos? I need answers!

Answer me this, what delayed the British in forming Nigeria? And when they did, what did they build Nigeria upon ?

Everybody in this video is not even sure of what they are saying! Look at the old man guessing date 🤦

No tribes own any land on earth. We are all inhabitants of land of which God is the owner of land because the whole earth belongs to God.

40:00 if I was in position of authority I'd have sacked the Commissioner for his statement here. People are getting lands authorised by government and you are complaining that when the government plan for whatever is ready to be implemented the land won't be available, then why make it available in the first place when its in marked to meet the State's Plan? Instead, blame is passed to the community for selling lands to "those" people. Big shame to the Min of Physical Planning & Development...as usual blame game for failures

Akpongbon is a Benin name

This documentary is excellent; it explains in great detail the history of Lagos, Aworis, Benins, Ijebus, Eguns, connections, heritage, legacies. Well done, thanks

Aworis own Lagos. There is some Benin connection to the throne of Oba of Lagos, but there is no connection to the land or the people. Addition, subtractions, but that is the core of the story of Lagos

Lagos was originally inhabited by the Awori subgroup of the Yoruba people in the 15th century and bini in the 16th century the Awori moved to an island now called iddo and then to the larger the Awori is a subgroup of the Yoruba people speaking a dialect of the Yoruba language the Awori people are the originally inhabitants of Lagos and even some parts of ogun state namely Ado/odo/ota local governments Area of ogun state the Awori people are landowners farmers and fisher

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Welder some yoruba people like it or not...all i know is that Lagos belongs to the benin

Benin kingdom is the cradle of Black civilisation and the eyes openers to the Black World...oba ghator kpere iseeeeee

This lady, Erelu Dosunmu is telling lies. Benin people collecting taxes from Aworis, sending it to Oba of Benin right from Lagos after claiming that the same oba left Benin to found Lagos. Which oba of Benin were they then sending the taxes to? An oba of Benin that was already in Lagos to found Lagos? It is all lies. There were no airplanes, no oceans, no seas, no ships connecting Benin to Lagos in those days. How did Benins trekked from Benin by passing the Ondos, the Ikales, the Ilajes, the Ijaw arogbos to land in Lagos? It is all lies. The Benins did not found Lagos.

Beautiful People, language and city. Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat. We must do away with tribalism. We are 1 people. This must be digested by all Yoruba at home and abroad. A divided house cannot stand. Ase!

The Ashikpa the Yoruba are always talking about and calling is a Benin name, the name means Asikpa hio oware (You can not leave or forget your home) Ai si kpa!!! And by the way, you still have that title today.

The court has legalised Lagos as a Yoruba land by Constitution and legitimatemly long time ago,because there are no Edo people towns and cities around Lagos ,all the towns amd cities around Lagos are Yoruba towns and cities,that indicates the territory has been occupied and people are already living in Lagos before the Benin People came to Lagos.. Another tribe can not own a small part in the middle of the territory of a different tribe. Two tribes can not own the same land The Benin people don't have any local goverment in Lagos either,all the local goverments im Lagos are Yoruba local goverments. That is the bottom line

Lagos history is coming out soon by the historians. All of you should take your eyes off Yoruba land go and develop your lands

Lagos is a victim of its own success. Everybody from everywhere now wants to claim Lagos because it is the most beautiful state in the country at least one of them.

The territory where Lagos is located is Yoruba territory because all the towns amd cities around Lagos like Ikorodu,Epe,Isheri,Ota,,Ijebu,Ibadan and Badagry are Yoruba towns and cities,that indicates the territory has been occupied and the Yoruba people are already living in Lagos.. The area is already a Yoruba territory. The Benin people can not jump into the middle of Yoruba territory from such a long distance where Benin is located to claim a small part in the middle of Yoruba territory .The Awori people are the Original owner of Lagos not the Benin people

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I remembered watching this clip few years back. The real indigenous propel are telling their stories and how they are largely Benins…..funny enough, it’s the Kwarans, Osun, Oyo and Kabba people that are splitting hairs over Lagos. 🤣🤣🤣🤣😊

The erelu was wrong in many instances and dimensions... Can people just leave this topic to serious academics and let lagoians identify as what they want.

Lagos historically is very Benin Edo Lagos culturally looks very Yoruba

You cannot find your majority in Ibo land and now you are Yoruba. take note.

Most Yoruba don't know their original benin.if you are Yoruba Benin Beini is the home of Africa

No corruption of language but iyababa is Edo language

My question to the Yoruba people were did ur oduduwa come from, from the sky u people must be sick in ur head for saying that no one come from the sky God created all of us so stop fooling yourself Yoruba people

The owners and the inhabitants of the towns and cities surrounding Lagos explains clearly the original owners of Lagos

If you want to know the original inhabitants and owners of a place,it is very simple,all you need to do is to find out the people in the towns and cities around the place.for example If you want to find out the original inhabitants and owners of Enugu,find out the people in the towns and cities around Enugu,if the people are Igbo people that means the original inhabitants and owners of Enugu are Igbo people.The next thing to find out to know the original owners of a place is the language.For example is difficult for the Yoruba people to say Enugu belongs to the Yoruba people when the people in the towns and cities around Enugu are Igbo people and when the people are speaking Igbo language.Other people can name a town,just like Nigeria was named by the British people and just like Benin was named with Yoruba languge.When you look at the towns and cities around Benin,you will find out that the people in the cities and towns around Benin are Edo people,it is impossible to own a small place inside the region surrounded by other people.The Yoruba people has been in Lagos and the surrounding of Lagos for two hundred years before the Benin people located Lagos.The first name of Lagos was Oko not Eko,the word Oko is a Yoruba and Awori word which means farm.Benin is very far from Lagos,but Ogun state,Epe and Ijebu are a stone throw to Lagos,it is impossible for the Benin people to jump into the middle of Yoruba land and say it belongs to them,all the towns and cities around Lagos are Yoruba towns and cities.The constitution of Nigeria confirmed Lagos as a Yoruba land,the politicians in Lagos are Yoruba people,all the local governments in Lagos are all Yoruba local governments,the Benin people do not have a single local government in Lagos .Fighting on line is not how to own a land,it is by legal means and by the constitution

The dept of knowledge that was shared in this documentary is priceless and it is of valuable importance. One can understand that Lagos has always been a place that welcomes people from various places right from its origin till date. However it should always be acknowledged that there were people who built and gave room for the ever welcoming state it is today.

Professor of Comparative politics. This man thought me and it was never the same for me

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