Lagos Ownership & Identities: The Documentary
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- Any settler can become a resident in Lagos, but who are the "Omo Eko"? Who are the people with a right to this city?
As the historic and contemporary tensions around identities in Lagos continue to grow, join us for a thrilling documentary that explains fully, Lagos, her origins, and her future.
Preserving heritage and legacy is crucial, as it ensures that our stories continue to be passed down to future generations. Thank you for creating this fascinating piece.
He does consider himself African. I don't know where you got that misinformation. But he is not defining his career by it. And why should he?
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Benin kingdom is the cradle of Black civilisation and the eyes openers to the Black World...oba ghator kpere iseeeeee
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. 🎉🎉❤❤😊
I'm amazed with the different explanations everywhere over the issue of "who owns Lagos". So many stories/histories of Lagos flying around there. No single one agrees with the other. There's always variations of facts in all these stories. Which one do we believe? All I know is that no one lives forever, the claimants of Lagos yesterday have long gone, none carried Lagos with him/herp. Why the fear in all these? Can Lagos be stolen away? Why not just do your part by living a good legacy for the upcoming generation? History is good I agree, but I believe all these narratives should be laced with massages of love. We should be careful at not making our children believe their school mates/friends/neighbor of different origin is an enemy coming to disposes them of their land. Moreover, nowadays that people believes they can japa to any country they find themselves comfortable; who will eventually own the land?
The Chinese and the Oyibo people would want to own the land when they nuke themselves. In fact they will eye all of Africa if we do t end our tribalism’s and unite as one people.
It is the ignorantly people out of fear that seeks to erase history. Benin empire seeded Lagos just as they led the Bantu migrations to seed many nations across Africa from Sierra Leone to East Africa doesn’t mean that anyone wants their land. Nor would our descendants come to possess it. We pay for it today for a reason. Even the Ga people of Ghana were seeded by us. We ruled west Africa long before there was ever a single kingdom on it thousands of years later after we arrived in our first waves of migration over 25,000 years ago from Kemet. In those days we ruled the land from the boundaries of India to the Sea of Aethiopia. That is Okun, AKA Atlantic Ocean coast of West Africa today. There are still places called Ethiope in Nigeria in the Nigeria delta as remnants of the ancient names when we ruled the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the Americas. Long before the commencement into existence of the Caucasian race in Europe. This planet belonged to our race once. Does that mean we want it all back? No. We just want to B acknowledge our place in history and our contributions to humanity. And we have facts, scientific data, genetic data and historical artefacts including our DNA to tell our stories. No villager from a Yoruba village will come to Lagos and talk BS just to insult us and shut us up without even trying to produce a single fact.
We once owned today’s nation of Egypt in North Africa and our ancestors are still buried there even if the Arab and the Caucasian race keep digging them up for profit. Our kind ruled that land for over 200,000 years. Yet we abandoned it with tears when our Gods commanded us to migrate to West Africa. Those who disobeyed were wiped out in genocide by the Arab invaders who stole the entire nation and all of their male bloodlines were castrated to erase the African gene pool while they raped the women. That is what the Arabs did to the people that loved them and welcomed them in as migrants.
We talk about history to remember what binds us together and not what divides us. We are not saying we own Lagos, we pay money to buy land there don’t we? We helped build it don’t we? We are just saying that it is a no man’s land that belongs to all Nigerians. That simply means that the Yoruba nation or its peoples as our fellow Nigerian migrants into Lagos has no more rights than we do in Lagos. Only those who are now caretakers of the place, the Awori, the Ijebu Epe people who also migrated from Ogun state to farm the land then own it later as today’s land owners and recent historically migrants has that right. But then they sold a lot of it and would have to buy us all out if they wanted us all to leave which their descendants will never be able to afford.
We are all Africans and in Kemet there were many tribes and ethnic groups within it whenever the civilisation breaks down before it’s reunited with brutal military might of my ancestors whenever we got our acts together.
Almost all of those people are now complete within what we call Nigeria today. A lot of them are scattered around Africa in many nations.
It is by knowing ourselves that we can realise that we are one and then unite.
Ancient Benin’s ancestors played a great role in the story of humanity on this planet. We would never allow anyone no matter how ignorant or fearful they may be to erase our history and contributions to Africa. Not only to Nigeria. That is what those ignorant and tribalistic people from the interior of Yoruba land who aren’t even native to Lagos try to do. To get a bragging rights where their ancestors made zero contributions to. It’s them who usually argues without evidence. We knew the names of our ancestors who made a difference. Ask them to
Mentions the names of their ancestors who created Lagos off they have an origin story for Lagos from Yoruba land and where in Yoruba land they can find people and cultures like that of the indigenous peoples of Lagos Island. Not the Ijebu of Epe who came from Ogun state.
They should go to the palace of the Oba of Lagos to learn the history of Lagos. The current king of Lagos settled the dispute when he said he is a descendant of the mighty Benin empire and not of Ile Ife. A man knows who his father is when he inherits his ancestors legacy.
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.
I am very happy to hear 👂 this, for those people’s who don’t Know the history Lagos
Which history the garbage these traitors are telling? I want our Unity but we shouldn't be lying about history and betraying each others in the process, tell the true history in order to know who we all are instead of Lying all because of Ego
This documentary is excellent; it explains in great detail the history of Lagos, Aworis, Benins, Ijebus, Eguns, connections, heritage, legacies. Well done, thanks
Great video; thank you for posting.
This video as been here for the past 3 years but I discovered so many people just started searching for. Is interesting Very educating
I've shared this for my Igbos brothers to listen and listen well.
Is there any name mention about the lgbo people? It is capital NO NO NO, but they want Lagos by any ways it will not happen. Coming to Lagos to trade it don't mean you are part of us .
Eye opening discussion, thanks!
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Great video... We have to make a clear cut distinction as Aduke Gomez has rightly postulated between Omo Eko and Lagosians. Lagosian is a political coinage and constitutionally granted nomenclature and every resident of Lagos that has satisfied the constitutional requirement is a Lagosian. However, Omo Eko is another kettle of fish... We are talking here of Aborigines with special recognition for the Afro brazillians in that mix. The categorisation made by Erelu concerning the Idejos is mischief, in the sense that the idejos are originally Aworis and you cannot take that origin away from them. it is like a Benin man who came to Lagos and adopt the coinage Lagosian based on the fact that he has fullfilled the constitutional requirement but that cannot erase his origin as an aborigine from Benin. Erelu is playing political game here. Aduke Gomez put it succinctly.
My brother, I support you to some extent, the Benin are aborigines of Benin however twisted over Lagos ownership. However, I support you more about the Erelu. She is not fit for any traditional position. Otherwise, the Yoruba culture is simply nonserious about real heritage and meritocracy.
@Mr Rapan Pass You are absolutely correct. Because that was their original name, the foundation of the name from the hausa/fulani. Thanks my brother.
Good presentation and clarification of Omo Eko the real owners of Lagos as distinct from Lagosian.
Kudos to you.
"in the sense that the idejos are originally Aworis and you cannot take that origin away from them." - Aromire loni ile Eko!!! Why are all the Obas bearing Yoruba names?
Aworis are Benin, they speak rich Benin language mixed with the oyo-ibandan language that was imposed on them by the colonial rule. They don’t speak ile-ife language. Who are the parents of of oduduwa? What is the meaning of oduduwa? What is the meaning of Oba? Where is oduduwa from, if not Benin? Was there any tribe called Yoruba before the avent of the British Invasion? How old is the name Yoruba, if not less than 150years in existence? Why did it take oduduwa nineteen good year to learn ile ife language? Why is the ekedu tradition language in ile ife 60 to 70 Benin language?. If I may ask, are you from ile ife?. Mind you, after the British Invasion in 1897 on Benin empire, her land mark was shared among wazobia even Edo state was add to south west region, when before the invasion Ado Ekiti, ondo, ogun and eko were all part and parcel of great Benin empire. Why not as yourself, how come those claiming majority today didn’t challenge the British colonial oppression to war, as the Benin did to protect there god given land?
No matter how much the yorubas try to change history, history is not written, history is made. Eko is the original name of Lagos and eko in Edo language means camp. The Benin founded Lagos before the Aworis later came to settled, if there's any doubt as regards this little historical narrative I just gave, let them tell us the original name of Lagos which Benin named Eko and the first oba of Lagos was a Benin prince called Oba Ado. Some many places in Lagos are still called Benin names till date, places like: Iduota, obanede, oshoidin, etiosa e.t.c but these names where later yorubanised however history can never be change. This is one of the reasons history was removed away from schools but we the Benins know our history very well.
Oba ghator kpere isè 🙏
Do you even know.the meaming of eti osa...younjustbwant to.coin names to suit youe narrative...lol
Eti-osa is a benin name
@@deedee5601 lol Yorubas call osa salt, and refer to eti as either ear or near. In this case its the ocean bank they are refferring to by eti-osa.
But oranmiyan is the first oba of Benin now. And oranmiyan is the grandchild of oduduwa.
@@mozeedodutayo1691 oduduwa is a Benin prince, who ruled over the ile ife people, what is the meaning of oduduwa in Arabic or Yoruba language?
Most Yoruba don't know their original benin.if you are Yoruba Benin Beini is the home of Africa
What is the meaning of Ile-ife and Benin.....figure out the ORIGINAL.
Very good narrative let those who are saying the nonsense that Lagos is a no man’s land STOP IT NOW. Let them go back to where they originated from and develop their own Cities😡😡😡. We are 5th generation in Lagos but came from Abeokuta and always say we originated from Abeokuta. We have a family house and land there
Oju olobun in the center of Isale Eko where the ritual of the king coronation Is done is an Ilaje word which means Oju Oja
The intro monologue 🔥
The Aworis Own Eko Lagos.
Good one
yes
Eko nu hame. Shorten to Eko
Long live the benin kingdom
The oyinbos gave Nigeria it's current name, does it mean they own Nigeria? You people are morons
This is ridiculous and a slap in face to Lagosians.
If u like u can agued from morning to night 🌙 Lagos is Yorubas land and there is nothing u guys can do about it.
All this media propaganda is ridiculous.
Benin that u are talking about is part of Yorubas.
Even Eweka the first Oba of Binis are son of Oranmiya the king of IFE And old OYO Empire.
In old Benin empire only Yorubas and ogodomigodo is only tribes that rules Benin.
All this Google research nonsense have no meaning to we Yorubas.
I only blamed those useless Omoonile who sold the father's property and lands to igbos that's what cause this nonsense argument.
U guy needs to stop this insanity before it get out of hands because when that happened many life will go down for it watched
When some people hear the name Benin or Ubenin ne'okpevbo, they think is just Benin city present day Edo state only. The Benins knows that millions of their bloodline now bore yoruba names and speak yoruba language. the same events took place in Onitcha Ado present day anambra state. I hope that the new generations will understand that
Ancestral bloodline is more important than language and the recent political created names and regions. Similarly language and dissimilar languages from one ancestral root makes up the great Benin empire.
Edo is not Benin tho, example, USA destroy Nigeria with Akan people, after the USA destroyed Nigeria with the help of the Akan people, the akan people named their city Nigeria. Are Akan people Nigeria? Edo people need to understand that Edo is not Benin because Benin city is not Benin empire.
@@kukurukudaydanbreak2040 what variant of weed are you now smoking dude? please get help.
Even BenIn republic 🇧🇯 was part of the BenIn empire whose influence reached past Senegal at some point. Tribes in Ghana were deposited there to found new civilisations by the BenIn empire. Dahomey bronze works still looks like BenIn bronze. Ondo state was part of BenIn empire and it’s peoples were originally of BenIn dna with few Yoruba before the white came to Nigeria and the British empire took it over after the partition of Africa over 100 years after BenIn empire’s friend and allies Portugal left. The Igbos are a very clever trading peoples who have always been in Lagos as a guest people with the long memories of an elephant so they would never accept Lagos as the property of Yoruba land or of the Awori peoples of Lagos. They knew the entire state minus Badagri maybe was the property of the Oba of BenIn and is surplus bloodlines. It’s why they say Lagos is a no man’s land.
@@efemzyekun900 Hahahahah, my brother make we ask them oooo!
@@kukurukudaydanbreak2040 this guy was same guy that said Igbo are the owner of Benin 😆 that Benin drove them out and claim their land 😆😆😆 delusional being
Sadly no body is arguing about Oyo , Osun Ondo Or Ekiti , just because lagos state inherited the infrastructures and investment remnants of the federal capital of the then Nigeria , why is ogun state not boasting of an international sea port or air port why is Ondo state not having an international Air port or sea port we know the yoruba states producing Oil and am not sure if lagos is one of them yet the noise over lagos is much
The Benin exile prince is the ruler of Ife they have no proper lie to kill that truth
@@mrrapanpassall this you are saying is story
Everyone is telling the story that suits Their tribe
What is the proof that oduduwa is from benin??
Our ancestors don't write they only tell stories so every tribe is corrupting it to what suits them
As long as you have to concentrate proof you are just saying story bro.
Who are the people opposing aworis for owning Lagos, those people must be selfish. Aworis are the true owners and Binis and Eguns are part of them. Even Ife and Bini relationship can not be over emphasized, to me this are one people. But politics have divided them.
5 great greatest kingdoms of Africa.... Benin Empire ... Between 1180 until 1897, this kingdom spanned present-day Nigeria. Among the different West African kingdoms, it was regarded as one of the .the Awori paid tax to the Oba of Benin .
Ahmodu Tijani, a direct descendant of the founder of Lagos and Oluwa of Lagos. In the 1920's.... He took the British to court to protest the 1861 treaty of the British with Dosumu, arguing the the representative of the Oba of Benin at no time had rights to the Lands of Lagos and it was not his to give away..... A case he won based on historical evidence showing that the Idejo chiefs of Yoruba descent had always been the landowners of Lagos.....
There is one reason why Yoruba people don't gloat over lands they held historical stakes in but not their ancestral lands..... This is because we are blessed with expanse of lands that are very fertile and a large sea coast.... Even when some of our lands were taken and annexed into other regions, we were still ok with it..... but if we were to talk historically as is being said about Lagos, then Benin and Onitsha both belong to Yoruba people.....
Any documentary or research , which does not make a reference to critical document like this, is a terrible way of twisting the truth.
The prince that founded Benin was called Eweka, he was the son of Oranmiyan who once ruled the people of the region. he founded this city because the most important nobility at Igodomigodo was hostile to the new alien dynasty from Ife and refused for him to rule from the main capital. He had to pay them for the right to lease the territory he ruled from. from this new capital, he built a kingdom designed along Yoruba spirituality like Tegbessou of Dahomey did. for many centuries, Benin paid homage to Ife as its source of leadership and spirituality until the arrival of the Birtish.
This is known fact of history before the many interesting revisionist stories natives of Benin engage in today to hide a terrible complex that have about how much they owe the Yoruba people for the advancement as a nation starting from the second dynasty.....
Before British or portuguese or Benin people ever came to trade in lagos, the original yoruba people have settled and lived in that area as the owner.
MOST OF THE HISTORIANS AND DOCUMENT MAKERS OF TODAY WERE NOT YET BORN AS AT THE TIME OF THE JUDGEMENT. IT IS CRAZY LIVING IN A CENTURY ONLY RUNNED BY LIES
God bless you beyond your expectations. I celebrate you.
"IT IS CRAZY LIVING IN A CENTURY ONLY RUNNED BY LIES" - That's their daly dose in Benin today.In 1930, Jacob Egharevba, historian and palace chief under Oba Akenzua published the first book on Benin titled "Ashort History of Benin"
where he asserted that Benin people migrated from Ile-ife to Benin. (No wonder they bear Yoruba names) and all the Obas that ruled in Lagos bear Yoruba surnames as well.The late Oba Erediauwa spearheaded a campaign of 'REVISIONIST' in 1979 that a Benin prince escaped hanging and fled to Ile-ife to become Oduduwa. However, one of the questions the Benins have not been able to answer is simply why Ile-ife where their ancient historian said they came from ?
@@ajurawathe man didn't stated that the Benin migrated from Ile ife rather he said they migrated from Nupe land and pass through Ile ife village
@@EvwienureEjowokeoghene-uh5iq I really don't care whether you migrate from Egypt or Nupe land... look at the map of Nupe , Ile-ife and Benin and tell me why you people passed through towns and cities but FASCINATED with a village Ile-ife?
@@ajurawa you guys are the ones obsessed with Benin not the other way around
The legitimate ownership of Lagos Land is vested in the Idejo who are the offspring of Ogunfunminire and not the Bini. Anyone who cares, can read the landmark judgement delivered at the Privy Council in London in 1921.
Good. Impressive. I tell loads of folks who keep arguing that Benin owns Lagos. I referred them to this landmark case.Documented in the London Gazette. Well done
I dnt trust any judgement that came from London because they have done enough damage to Nigeria
Yes the omo Eko question is critical. If you have homestead elsewhere you are not omo Eko o...better trace your ancestry...my family has property in Ipaja but my greatgrandfather came from isaga orile. I do not believe i am omo Eko i am half egba and half yewa🙂 the igunuko is from yewa and the festival still holds in Lagos state. This is history that should be preserved. Thanks for this documentary.
Interesting
Lagos if for the awori people, if you said that Benin people also own Lagos, that is just like a cooked story because there is nothing to show that Benin people are in lagos before awori people , the language and the culture practice in lagos are all trace back to awori people.
You don't see any trace because the British wipe out the evidence
U talk like a racist.' u have to take and swallow the truth or live with hate. The Benin gave birth to the Yorubas. Ododuwa was the son of Oba of Benin. Wake up and ask why u are Ododuwa Republic u shout day and night.
The question you should ask where the aworis ascend from.
@@Chief_Commander_MBE Are Iworis descendants of Eri? Or are they from Nri?. And if they are truly connected to Benin at all, Is Oba of Benin a descendant of Eri or Oduduwa?. If you don't know history ask people that know
@@taofeekyekini2799 Awori is from Abeokuta
I was expecting to hear about the Impact of Alaafin of Oyo, the Awori was said to come to the Ocean area for a sacrifice from Oyo but because of the incidence of the calabash being sick into the ocean they couldn't go back so started living by the side of the ocean and spread all about the land available.
The true custodian of culture is Obas I expect to have an interview from one of the Obas
But the OBA wey we get for Lagos,hmmmm.
From oyo or Ile ife?
@@adetonafola1164 oba of Lagos lack knowledge,I know oba of Lagos history
Oyo have no access to ocean it river
You have to distinguish between Lagos Island and Lagos State like the Erelu pointed out.
Exactly keep the culture then we can keep growing together
The Erelu was confusing herself and she didn't know. This was just because she was trying to be political. How could she as the same person who identified the origin of the Idejos as Awori also try to delienate the Idejos from the Aworis?! That's so pathetic.
Aduke Gomez was so clear and direct! Chief Adekunle Alli also gave clear spots about the Aborigins of Lagos. So, we must dearly follow Gomez's advice to have a clearly definitive documentation with evidential heritage to identify and preserve the true founders and rightful owners of Lagos.
Even the TOKUNBOS from Brazil still refer to themselves as 'BRAZILIANS' in Lagos.
Gomez is a descendant of a returning slave, the man know nothing about Lagos history
The whole of Lagos Island was named Agbongbon by Benin warriors, meaning New World, (now corrupted to Apongbon); Oshodi was named after Chief Oshodin of Benin who was in charge of commerce; Agege was the location of the armoury of Benin warriors, named after one of the weapons of war; Yaba was a military garrison of Benin under the command of Nosayaba, a war leader; Apapa was a garrison of the Benin warriors named after Akpakpa, a highly respected and intelligent Benin warrior; the whole of what is now Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki was known as Etinosa (the power of God) because of the only river in the area that had no salt and which became a major settlement for Benin expansion. I can go on and on. Benin Empire and Oyo Empire had signed a treaty in the 17th century which placed Otun in Ekiti country as the boundary between the two rival powers. Benin controlled the whole of eastern Yoruba land and pushed towards the Atlantic and established a military base known as Eko. Oyo expanded northwards into Nupe, Borgu and Dahomey.
Do you know the location of Otun? When the bin is arrived did they met people or not?
Stop wasting your time arguing falsification that has no evidence
How come you're not in Lagos but we the Yoruba are in Lagos. Moron
What about ikorodu,
Epe and Badagry 😅
Israelis came & took over some land in Palestine & renamed some places, does ìt means the Israelis owned the land? Some tribes already were settled in Lagos before the Benin empire came & over powered them.
There is a lot of confusion going on here. The history of Lagos being told and re-cycled by these men who talked earlier in the video is not dated. They didn't put dates to the happenings of incidents tha took place. They are just like story tellers. An important city like Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria should have some documentation somewhere. None of the story tellers in this video has ever referred to the Portuguese presence or the British presence in Lagos. It's sad that those labelled as "OMO EKO" don't really know their source and history. Why? Because of "faaji" meaning - enjoyment. Now the descendant of a returnee slave in 1840 by her calculation is telling you the history of Lagos. It is a big shame. Ashikpa is an abbreviation of a Benin word. It is a chieftain title - most members of the Ogboni cult have this title and know this. Idumu is a Benin word meaning village, hamlet, clan or settlement. We have Idumu Ottah. Both are Benin words meaning Ottah village, clan, hamlet or settlement. We have Idumu Agbo as well. We have Ereko and areas of the descendants of Kosoko and Dosumus. Isale Eko means downtown Eko and this is where we have "IGA" - the Palace of the Oba of Lagos. I had visited the IGA when Oba Adeyinka Oyekan was on the thrown in 1965 or 1966. There were big mighty pots that belonged to different shrines in the IGA. I was born when Oba Adeniji Adele was on the thrown. At that time the end of Lagos was the railway line at Yaba today. Surulere, Idi Araba, Mushin, Somolu, Bariga, Ikeja, Agege, Badagary, Epe, Ikorodu, Amuwo Odofin, Ojor and Ajegunle etc were under the Western Region of Nigeria. The colour of their political party was AG - Awolowo's party. The exception was IKORODU. Ikorodu was NCNC - the political party that was created by Herbert Macauley and Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. The reason for this was because Thus Benson clan and Adeniran Ogunsanya clan were children of Ikorodu. Lagos Island and Lagos Mainland were linked and connected by Carter Bridge which started from Ebute Ero side and terminated at Iddo Terminus end of the bridge. Obalende and Sand Gross were parts of Lagos. There were other areas and settlements also like Ebute Rickett, Iddo, Ijora, Ijora Oloye, Apapa and various Apapas and Agbo Malu. We have Epe Tedo which is self explicit. The military regimes came with agendas and started to create States. We were naive and did not know better. General Yakubu Gowan created the initial 12 States of Nigeria. Then subsequent military regimes that came when General Gowan was overthrown created further States. At the last count Nigeria had 36 States all created by Military regimes. Then all those areas under the Western Nigeria were amalgamated to Lagos and so Lagos State was created. I can remember clearly when president Olusegun Obasanjo was trying to claim that his ancestors from Owu in Egba land owned Ikeja. Lagos State tried to claim Sango Ottah to be added to Lagos State but the indigenes of Ottah and the Aworis refused. We used to go out to Isheri at weekends for hunting in the early 1960s before the Republic. It was a small village but very peaceful and pleasant.
My cousin used to go to hunt at Agege and killed antelopes in the 1950s. I personally used to go to Eyin Iga in Itire Oba to buy Eko - agidi - to sell to support my education. In 1959 my class mates and myself went on expedition to Victoria Beach - now called Bar Beach. It was just a wilderness and was being sand filled with huge metal pipes. I think that was when the Victoria Island was being created. People need to go back to the true history of Lagos. In 1955 or the LEDP of Lagos started the development of Lagos. They built New Lagos at Surulere and named it NEW LAGOS and workers were transferred there. It was a successful venture. Then the same LEDB built OBELE ODAN AND OBELE ONIWALA HOUSING ESTATES. Government workers and Railway workers and including those who worked in the port authorities were transferred there. Then Akerele housing Estates were built for those government workers who could buy the bungalows in 1960 and early 1960s. Then the true OMO EKOs don't like to leave their fathers' land. The government wanted the land for redevelopment but the OMO EKOs would not leave the land and they had no respect for any court ruling or judgment. All you hear was ILE BABA WA NI, ILE BABA WA NI. So the government was fed up and touched that area called "ABETE" on the eve of New Year 1961. People ran out of their homes and became homeless. President Azikiwe and Oba Adeniji Adele were in office. A make shift village was quickly built at an area by the canals opposite the Idi Araba Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba. They called the area "DOSUNMU". Permanent housing estates were built like Bank Olemo and Akerele Street Extension called SUPER to house those homeless people. Then other areas were developed like Stadium, Alaka, Iponri and joining it to Iganmu just opposite the National Theatre, Iganmu. These areas were swampy and sand filled by Julius Bagger. Sorry I can't write all that I know or see and experienced in Lagos as a Lagosian born and bred at Ebute Metta. Lagosians allowed outsiders to come and tell them their own history. Mushin, oshodi Oko all belonged to the Egbas. Aworis were present as well in Lagos and had their dialects. The military caused this confusion. They don't teach history again in Nigerian schools and colleges. Why? People without history are lost. Mile 12 was under the Western Region of Nigeria. It was swampy and one could see the Fisher men and women tending their stocks on your way to Ibadan from Ikorodu Road in the 1970s. Isolo was under the Western Nigeria. It breaks my heart to hear and read that Ogun State is landlocked. Initially it was not. The military carved out all the riverine areas of South west Nigeria and grouped it as part of Lagos State. Did it surprise you that MAGODO became a problem early this year 2022? It was part of the hidden agenda by the military regime. MAGODO was swampy and was part of Isheri. Tinubu sand filled it and sold off when he was the governor of Lagos State.
Please let’s know your full name,you are very resourceful on this matter.
God bless you.. Good job sir.
What is the meaning of Iga (Palace) in Benin?
I think that this your analysis is more clearer and shed more light to the matter, people should try to read more about history. I have a book about history of Lagos
@@bankabearts is IGBOS in d history of LAGOS as part of d OWNER of Lagos? OMO EKO means real child of d LAND y LAGOSIANS are for d visors who live in LAGOS.
DOWN THE HISTORY.
Insert is Ahmodu Tijani, a direct descendant of the founder of Lagos and Oluwa of Lagos in the 1920's.... He took the British to court in the early 1900's to protest the 1861 treaty of the British with Dosumu, arguing the the representative of the Oba of Benin at no time had rights to the Lands of Lagos and it was not his to give away..... A case he won based on historical evidence showing that the Idejo chiefs of Yoruba descent had always been the landowners of Lagos.....
There is one reason why Yoruba people don't gloat over lands they held historical stakes in but not their ancestral lands..... This is because we are blessed with expanse of lands that are very fertile and a large sea coast.... Even when some of our lands were taken and annexed into other regions, we were still ok with it..... but if we were to talk historically as is being said about Lagos, then Benin and Onitsha both belong to Yoruba people.....
The prince that founded Benin was called Eweka, he was the son of Oranmiyan who once ruled the people of the region. he founded this city because the most important nobility at Igodomigodo was hostile to the new alien dynasty from Ife and refused for him to rule from the main capital. He had to pay them for the right to lease the territory he ruled from. from this new capital, he built a kingdom designed along Yoruba spirituality like Tegbessou of Dahomey did. for many centuries, Benin paid homage to Ife as its source of leadership and spirituality untilt he arrival of the Birtish. This is is known fact of history before the many interesting revisionist stories natives of Benin engage in today to hide a terrible complex that have about how much they owe the Yoruba people for the advancement as a nation starting from the second dynasty..... Very much like the complex Igbos have at the mention of Ajayi Crowther as the man who brought christainity and exposure to Igbo land.... hsitorically, in Ajayi Crowther's journal, he expressed that before his arrival, Igbos lived in hunger and his expedition had the credit of teaching them how to farm and providing them with seeds. It was also Ajayi Crowther who built the first school in Igbo land as well as the first church, having brought Christianity to Igbo land... same Ajayi Crwother as a lingustics wrote the first Igbo alphabets and gave them the gift of putting Igbo language into words..... his grandson (Hubert Macaulay) was also the man that would groom Namdi Azikiwe from an activist into a politician and hand over the NCNC party to him..... The strong complex of the people of the East make them struggle so much with Yoruba benevolence to both Benin and Igbo people that they have given many recent revisionist stories about true ancestry of heroes from the Yoruba nation that played important roles in their emergence from a nation of backward people to one of a people with exposure and knowledge,
Onitsha did not exist until the mid 1500's, The people who call Lagos no man's land and estate of Benin also try to hide the true history of one of the most important Eastern cities. The foundation of Onitsha was laid by Benin nobles and the existence of the city was as a remote satelite extension of Benin, every new Obi must seek legitimacy by recivign a sword of authority from the Oba of Benin and it paid annual tributes to Benin... the most important Igbo figure of all times... Nnamdi Azikiwe confirmed in his book that Onitcha was founded by Benin and he was a direct descendant of his migrant founder from Benin.... This means Benin has rights to Onithsa and by extension, Yoruba has rights to Onitsha, since its nobility and spirituality foudned Benin..... Irrespective, Yoruba people do not care for their stake in these lands.... We are blessed with all we need in our ancestral lands.....
We don't need stakes in your land and we don't argue for rights to it. Don't argue for rights to ours. buying lands and building homes in the Southwest does not automatically give you ancestral rights. They are two different issues. Lagos was founded by Yoruba nobility from Ife. the 12 Idejo chiefs that originally owned the lands of Lagos since its founding are Yoruba and sons of one father. The OBA that launched a campaign to the western coastline was Oba Orogbhua....... he was not interested in the lands of Lagos, what he wanted was rights to the coast to monopolize trades by sea..... this was why negotiations was easy between the Idejo chiefs and the Oba, the treaty they signed gave the 12 chiefs rights to their lands while the king appointed by the Oba from Benin, was to regulate commerce and receive royalties..... this was why the Idejo chiefs took the British to court when Dosumu ceded Lagos to the British crown in 1861, claiming that the Oba of Lagos does not have such rights to the lands and could not sign it away..... the appellate court ruled in favor fo the Idejo chiefs and told the colonial government that they must always compensate the real owners of the land which is the Idejo chiefs anytime they needed land for colonial use in Lagos.
Lagos is the land of Aworis and the land owners are the Idejo chiefs. to continue to insult these people by calling their lands no man's land is a direct insult on their ancestral heritage. If You can't call Benin and Onitsha a no man's land, respect Lagos and its ancestral owners. even among us Yoruba people, we respect the right of the ancestral owners of Lagos. How much more migrants that did not know a place called Lagos existed before the amalgamation.
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Lagos belongs to the first settlers! Watch documentaries, I'll recommend journey of an african colony.
Its just like how caucasians claim to be Americans, but the world knows that the first settlers in America are the native Americans.
That the Aworis or Benins sometime conquered the place doesn't make it theirs, it just becomes a part of the Lagos story.
Aworis never conquered it. Aworis literally are the first settlers or the aborigines. The benin didn't conquer but had a trading colony and had an alliance with an awori to administer the island. If we are talking about lagos state today we have aborigines like the egun, ijebu and other aworis and a minor settlement of egba etc
@officialmrrapanpass You're so obsessed and quite dull. The whole area of Britain paid taxes to britiain, i guess britiain owns nigeria right? And are indigenous to it.
@Mr Rapan Pass try that with Yoruba Nation people, you will regret bearing your name.
@Mr Rapan Pass Not knowing the first name of Lagos was given to Lagos by he Yoruba makes you a failure,the first name of Lagos was Oko a Yoruba word,which means farm,Lagos is a Yoruba land not Benin,the Awori people were the first people in Lagos
@@toyosioyejobi309 U c y Yorubas av become a major problem to ourselves. This is y we need our own nation. Everyone claims our land. Even biafra attempted to claim ore in ondostate. Yorubas need to wake up. Yoruba nation is d only way forward!
Is all well and good that everyone can claim to be a Lagosian but the History of how Eyo come about has never been told and the history of Lagos can't be completed without it
According to the Alaperu of Iperu, the Eyo deity is from Iperu in Ogun State. It was an exchange of gifts between the Alaperu of Iperu and the King in Lagos ( I don’t know if it was one from the Benin lineage) when he was giving his daughter in marriage to the King Lagos. The Eyo escorted her to her husband’s house .
The utterances that the Eyos say to this day is fully Iperu language (Ijebu or Remo dialect).
The Eyo is from Ogun state, used to come to the island to entertain the kings or important people in the society. Most of these were documented by Reverend Samuel Johnson, in his book 'The History of The Yoruba'. Also the Portuguese got some documents archived in their museum or libraries.
Thanks God they where return and not killed we should embrace them
Beg to disagree with what you say Isale means.
There are at least two areas on the Island with the prefix Isale: Isale Eko and Isale Ira.
In Yoruba , Isale means bottom.
And since has many hilly areas, it makes sens that the area called Isale Eko is so-called. The Palace of the King , Iga Idungaran on EnuOwa, is on a hill.
The palace of Chief Onitolo, is In Isale Ira, the Ira "'swap", until the British land-filled the area, the swamp straddle a hill, the highest point as best as I can located it was where the Thompson Compound was.
How do I know this? I was born in the Isale Ira area.
All those areas Apongbon, Olowogbowo, Idita are generally called Isale Offin. Maro - Maro.
My question is that who are those the aworis met in eko then before they came
We should not forget that Èkó or Lagos is quite different from Lagos State. Agege, Ikeja, Ojodu-Berger, Ọgbà, Ikorodu, Some part of Epe, Badagry, Agbára, weren't part of Lagos rule by Bini king or Àwórì those places were cut to make Lagos a state.
The whole of Lagos was under Benin empire
@@EvwienureEjowokeoghene-uh5iq just Lagos island bro
@@froddoski the whole Lagos and badagry was under of oba of Lagos which make it to be under of oba of Benin
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!
oba of lagos or Oba of Eko, can tell you all about the History very well.
Oba if Lagos had debunked his word
Oba of Lagos was taking about homage
What I find interesting to this day, that despite living in Lagos over 25 years, I haven’t met one person that identified themselves as an Awori!!
What this documentary reveals, is that various ethnicities found their way to Lagos.
The Benin influence is certainly prominent in Lagos!
My understanding of it, it took till 1845 for the Oba of Lagos ( Oba Akintoye to be precise) to be buried in Lagos when they died!
From Oba Ado who died in 1755 to Oba Oluwole who died 1841, all Obas were buried in Benin !
Lagos is Nigeria ! Nigeria is Lagos!
@paul Pauloo Mumu dey call person mumu!
Olodo rabataa!
Read and grab education! Understand language, gain knowledge of history!
The Aworis can be found in Ojo,Agboju etc.
@paul Pauloo Did you read my essay in full?
Like Warri and Port Harcourt, Lagos has multiple ethnicities settled and living there!
I was merely stressing that Lagos belongs to all!
And that even it’s history shows that!
You focused on just one line of my commentary to reply to!
@paul Pauloo Behave!! It is you that is probably suffering from the misconceptions!
You can’t your transpose your fears and concerns to other people!
Most people, Nigerians are foreigners alike are aware of Abuja as our federal capital!
They are aware of Port Harcourt and Brass as Nigeria’s crude oil hub!
Increasingly, they are becoming aware of Uyo because of its football stadium and the Ibom Icon golf resort!
People are aware of Calabar due to its Christmas carnival and the Obudu mountain resort for its natural beauty!
But Lagos remains the biggest attraction in Nigeria, if only for its status as the financial capital and its huge mixed Nigerian population!
Also, the music, and movie industry , as well as tech startup industry makes it a magnet!
I am arguing for Lagos to be recognised as our one true Nigerian mega city, and not for some people be claiming to be indigenous “owners” of the city after everybody else has contributed to its growth!
@paul Pauloo Na so??? The 22 million people in Lagos are all Aworis????
was this eko vacant, before the benin the aworis? what about d eguns?
The federal government must allow seaport in the South-South and South East for trade and commerce to strive in those areas which will in turn make those places cosmopolitan and draw business men and women too, and some embassies should be located in those areas or divide the country.
Benin people named eko,
So what? Who named Benin?
The aworis are the original owner of Lagos, unfortunately they are being marginalised
The status of a mega city comes with real implications, unlike the Manhattan Indians who originally owned New-York City and are nowhere to be found today, the Original people who settled in Eko may retain their identities and culture and should be acknowledged as such officially. However Lagos has since outgrown the small cosmopolitan town it was and has taken inputs of culture and finance from other places to attain its present status . The term "New-Yorker" applies to all who live and work within the territory of New-York city so the term "Lagosian" should apply to all who live and work in Lagos..."Omo Eko"may be reserved for the Isale-Eko people whose ancestors where the first long term settlers.
Erelu what is the meaning of iga iga is an Aworis language of compound and that's what they are still using in island up till date
Lagos historically is very Benin Edo
Lagos culturally looks very Yoruba
Aworis are the original indigenes of lagos
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!
This documentary is very insightful, engaging and thought provoking ...however, I'm very curious to know and who ever has the answer should reply me. If the Benin people are the first to arrive Lagos or Eko, why are the indigenous people of Lagos not speaking the Benin/Edo language till date in Lagos rather Yoruba as dialect?
The Benins never made it a priority to impose the Benin language on any conquered land. All they were after was the payment of taxes to the Oba of Benin.
The Benins founded Onitsha, Warri, Ga in present day Ghana, part of Togo etc but these people don't speak the Benin language because the Oba of Benin was never interested in imposing the Benin language on any conquered people. Taxes was the idea not language imposition.
Perhaps, it would have been better if the Benins forced their conquered subjects to speak the Benin language.
The Benin language would have been one of the biggest languages in Nigeria if the Oba had made the Benin language compulsory for all the people they conquered.
@Grace Foundation Gambia Osagie in your own admittance, Bini came to conquer. Obviously, they met some people there that they wanted to conquer. Yorubas never disagree that Bini warriors came at one point trying to conquer in Lagos. (Infact, Bini tried it in Ondo, too.) And history has it that the attempts didn't last. The indigenous Yoruba subgroup Awori were there in Lagos before Bini came. If Bini came to conquer, who are they conquering then if there was nobody there before them?
@@musicearthtoheaven8793the Benin founded Lagos island but conquer Lagos mainland
By the Erelu Dosumu lady, she said in part.... "the first king was King Ado..."! Ok oooo! But she would not go further explaining who was King Ado! Oba of Benin blarr, blarr, blarr she seem to connote but no mention of the Benin as the first king Ado! Hmmmmm YOU YARINBASA!!!!!
You will forever be frustrated in your life. Don't go and claim little bini city, its lagos that's your worry. Delusional foolish people. Your ego is only based on false and exaggerated history. The relationship of bini and lagos is ended plus bini kings are yoruba anyways but that relationship is ended and was one of thanksgiving, it was a political alliance. Alll bini who came to lagos all spoke yoruba because that was the language of the bini kingdom and palace, it was a lingua franca
@@toyosioyejobi309 Blarr, blarr, blarr! You cannot never measure with the Benin! Our map is in the world stage and our culture is also in the world stage. You can continue blarring, it won't change anything!!!!!
@@toyosioyejobi309 Get outta here, mumu confused people.
Paying homage has nothing to do with ownership,when Oduduwa came to Yoruba land,the Yoruba people also paid homage to him because he was a king,people are paying homage to the throne,not because the land belong to him.Paying homage and ownership are two different things.The Benin people produced king in Lagos,that fact can not be disputed by the Yoruba people,but the Awori people are the owner of the land,because they were the first settlers in Lagos,two tribes don`t claim a land,only the first tribe in a land,have the right to the ownership of a land,The British people founded and controlled Nigeria before,but that does not mean that the British people are the owner of Nigeria.All the local governments in Lagos are Yoruba local governments,the Benin people don`t have a single local government in Lagos.The whole Lagos state is Yoruba land by constitution,so i see no reason why the Benin people are making noise and why they don`t have a single local government in Lagos ,if Lagos actually belong to them
Being the first settler of a place don't give you righ to a place. This so because when you found a place you name it and establish it. So who ever name a place he or she settle become the owner of that place
@@wellingtonomoregie-uh1ve Olodo,empty barrel,the first settlers are the owner of a place,the Yoruba people are the owner of Lagos originally and by constitution,because they are the first setters.The British people named Nigeria,why are the British people not the owner of Nigeria,if ownership is by naming a land.Your head is not correct at all.The first people who setlled in a land are the owner of a land all over the world.The Yoruba peopled named Lagos first.Lagos was called Oko before the Benin people came to Lagos,get that into your empty brain
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.
I can now understand why some refers to Lagos as no man's land. The ealier settlers came from diffrent tribes.
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Not different tribe,the owner are awori
Queen Erelu said, "They were paying homage to the Great Benin Kingdom." You only pay homage to the head of a place. If you know, you know.
Gbam, gbam, gbam!
Of course since the oba palace is of Benin ancestry , no one debunks that so what is ur point?
@@samuelfolarin2702 Oh well thanks to you. But they are here trying to bend history to the world, we are not taking that with our eyes open. So, continue watching out for those propagandists, thanks!
@@samuelfolarin2702 Sir youre speaking with deluded insecure people. Their only solace is going about screaming superiority and ownership. They care not for context or logic. Imagine the idiot above me using yarriba as a derogatory word for us and claiming benin owns lagos desire you conceding that the oba ship does have part benin ancestry and was founded as vassal of Benin. You can still see him being angry and screaming fake ownership when the indigenes and original settlers are the aworis
@Mr Rapan Pass are you people dumb? Is Benin are aworis ? Or why ondo people speaking Yoruba... why not Benin language?
Are you people even sure you know your history? 😂
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History has it that the Benni moved to Benni from Ile Ife.
Iyaba means forgive in bini
Please the word iyaba does not mean anything thing in benin. Forgiveness in benin is called iyabor not iyaba
@@rollinshubby3437 “Iyaba” “Iyabo” is like saying jumile and femile in Yoruba . They mean the same thing. I done think you are Bini because your spelling of Iyabor is wrong, there is no “r” . There are two “o” in Bini, one has a dash under.
@@rollinshubby3437 Iyaba is a Benin word.. You don't even know Benin cos the spelling is Iyabo.. They are both same word.. It is like unto singular and plural.. Binis don't lie about history like Yorubas do.. If you think they are lying, it's simple. Go and ask the king of Lagos.. He will say the same thing..
@@rollinshubby3437 Rollins you are absolutely INCORRECT!!!!! IYABA means forgiveness in Benin. The word is used INTERCHANGEABLY!!!!! Iyabo wue (I forgive you) Iyaba wue (I forgive you) It depends on the situation being used!!!!! Please, be careful explaining the Benin language oooo.
@@hsfilms695 Gbam, gbam, gbam correct. Make them go talk to the Oba of Lagos immediately! Make we not mind them, they are flailing everywhere with their deceptive connotations. Would the Benin start having sleepless nights over these? No, no, no. We know our history and are calm, comfortable under our skin.
After america will say they re not descendant of united kingdom.. Because there is monarchy in UK and president in u.s.. People should be careful.. Africa need to know their root. Benin formed Lagos whether you like it or not. Benin formed warri wether you like it or not. Benin formed Onitsha whether you like it or not.. And if you look closely you will find is a city state. Like the way benin is.. City state.......
They camped not formed, why do you think the indigenes paid tax to them. It's like saying Americans are the true founders of their land when it's obvious native Americans were killed then they tried to change history by lying they discovered it.
The ppl in this documentary didn't even give a straight forward view. They had different views from different sources of knowledge. You didn't bring any fact, instead you said 'whether you like it or not'.
Well, I'll ask you and please say your answer anywhere.
Where are the Idejos from?
Aporia are Yoruba race, and Benin came & met natives in Lagos, Eko.
A work people are part of Yoruba race, who are natives of Eko Akete
We know ourselves! A mo Ara wa, awon ati owun ti wa…..
I would like to know in the Yoruba language what is the meaning of Eko and ido? There is no meaning. But in Benin language find Edo and Eko and I believe that over many years the pronunciation must have changed.
Eko is a mispronunciation of Oko, farmland by the Portuguese who brought the Benins as foot soldiers to pursue their slave trade. Benin was also a mispronunciation of Ubeni, a Portuguese word. The original name of Benin was Igodimigogo. Portuguese colonised the area they called Bight of Benin first and used the foot soldiers to colonise the place they also named Lagos. The Benin foot soldiers settled at a small piece of land known as Isale Eko, where they formed their fiefdom taking their authority from the Oba of Benin, whose ancestors came from Ife. There is no place called Eko in Benin or Bight of Benin today. Eko is just a mispronounced Oko just as Badagry is a mispronounced Agbadarigi. The Portuguese and their foot soldiers Benin people met Awori and nearby Ijebu people from Ikorodu, Epe, Ejirin, Ibeju and other coastal Yoruba areas there. So the original settlers to the places we call Lagos today were Aworis and Ijebu. Up till today they own the ancestral lands in Lagos. Eleko, otherwise known as the Oba of Lagos has no land. Thr Idejos, mainly Awori and few from Ijebu are the land owners. The Oba of Lagos and Benins came as a marauder used by Portuguese. Lagos is a Portuguese name just like Ubeni or Benin.
The Benins were indeed in Lagos as invaders and the influence of their power and might is evident in the state. It does not mean they own the place or are the first settlers. They only installed their monarchy there like they did in Itshekiri
That old man explained the meaning of ISALE of EKO. He did not go further to explain what EKO means. This is in part deceptive of some of the Yorubas! EKO means in Benin a place to camp. A place where the Benin warriors camped while on war missions! He factually stated ISALE means the place where it begins and I say yes, yes, yes! However, he fell short od the explaining the EKO, SMH!
It has existed before and was named later,there is nothing strange in that,Lagos has changed name severally
It was called iga idunganran from the onset
@@temitopegbolahan7006 Yes it was called iga idungagaranmus olori buruku ajagba kankan eyo no larin! How about that?
@@omobanedo9602 I pity you because of people like you Nigerians cannot hold proper discuss on the world stage,because when you don't know anything to say to facts again,you will start cursing,am sure you know Yoruba knows how to curse well,but I have no point doing that with you,I know the difference between honour and shame,this is a big shame on your person,you have really brought your self esteem so low,its such a pity indeed.
Nevertheless just to point your ignorant self in the right direction,go and find out what the name of the Oba of Lagos palace is called and how did that name come about?
Ado is the first king of Lagos is Ado
Aromire is the owner of Lagos. Nwatara?
It's very simple lets just go take a look for map or landmark..
Lagos was founded by "Asipa" an Edo man (from Benin) in 1603 & he reigned for 27 yrs, so Erelu don't know what she is talking about.
Pls you as a professional historian tell Oba akiola and the rest kings were they came from
You that knows the history of her generations,
In all of these, no one has mentioned how they came about the name "Lagos". That name Lagos was given by the Portuguese explorers after one of the Portugal island cities. In Portuguese, Lagos sounds like "Lagush". A beautiful coastal city in Portugal.
That is the official name and the Portuguese never claim to own Lagos.The British don't claim to own Victoria Island, Port -harcourt Delta and Benin. wher they ruled for decades.
@@ajurawa I totally agree with you. 100%
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@@dr.jamesabiye2825 Actually the did. The port was considered their property and they installed a governor. Henry Stanhope Freeman (died April 1865) was the first Governor of the Lagos Colony, serving from 22 January 1862 to April 1865. Before him, Lagos had various leaders installed by the British, as they ruled the place.
Eko is the original name and should remain so Lagos is like a colonised city.
In a federation....should there be special rights accorded to those who are called indigenes and if so, what should these special rights be?
You are right even the rampaging invaders carved out native lands for the native owners of America.
What tribe was king Ado and who was his father ?
To my own view I think the Benins and Aworis are the true owners of lagos...
Aworis are benin's they migrated from benin.
The aworis are binis..
The Aworis are Benin. Their language is a mixture of Benin and Yoruba. You are correct.
@@omobanedo9602 What's your proof of this?,the awori themselves claim ife,so what you are telling me is that you knew more about awori ancestry than themselves right?
@@temitopegbolahan7006 Stop crying and hating Benin. Find some good interesting issues to discuss and not ignorance, stupid talks like "what's is your proof of that" Silly question! You are going to be so sick of hearing Benin Empire because we are everywhere in the story/history of Nigeria!!!! Player hater!
If you talk about history of that region of Nigeria, all roads seem to lead to Benin. The name Eko is originally a Benin word. The word Oba originates from Benin, not as a title but a praise word. Even if you go into the origins of the Yorubas, the name Oduduwa is a Benin name. If you properly investigate all these you will find your truth. But in the end, we are one people. Origin or no origin.
Oduduwa is not a benin name. Why do people make stupid assertions without evidence. Oduduwa is odu to da uwa. The source or repository of existence. Stop stealing people's culture because of inferiority. Oduduwa sons including oramiyan founded benin hence the yoruba language influence and spirituality there, that does not mean you will subvert reality
Ekaladerhan/izoduwa myths are not even popular in benin and are a result of 1970s revisions inspired by politics
@@toyosioyejobi309 Do you know the meaning of "Founded"? To say ... they founded means to create something or place that never existed before.
You see how faulty your argument is?
1. Tell me which tribe in Nigeria that is the closest to the Yorubas in terms of culture and language?
2. Inferiority? I hope you are not referring to the Edo/Bini people lol. They have one of the most respected recignizable culture in the world.
3. Your argument is based on emotion, and tribal bias, rather than facts. This is why, quite often, an African would rather brag about Greek, Roman, and British cultures instead of one of their own.
The mentality that if it is not my tribe, it can't be legitimate is the reason the Europeans do not respect Africans til this date. Nigerians in particular are not proud of their own cultures, if it is not from their tribe. No tribe is more superior than the other regardless of population.
@@2LETLIVE The benin kingdom was founded by Oranmiyan that's clearly what I meant. The name benin is a corruption of ubinu/ubini from oranmiyan. The monarchy of benin started from oranmiyan.
I never said oranmiyan made the benin people, how you would interpret it that way is silly
@@toyosioyejobi309 Silly? You must be out of your dead mind with your poor assertion. No, you are the silly one, to think that poorly. Oduduwa was a Bini prince. Oduduwa did not fall from the sky. No need for insults. Debate civilly.
@@2LETLIVE 😂🤣 Oduduwa was a bini prince. If wishes were horses. Things aren't true because you say they are and stop shaking no one is insulting you. Oduduwa didn't fall from the sky? Why are you answering what I never asked or a statement I don't make. Are all you binis zombies. This is how you're taught to spread this false propaganda assume what the other person thinks?? 😂 You're a joker if you think I'm some layman you can play those games with.
Oduduwa is not a bini prince. He's a Yoruba from oke ora. Oranmiyan ruled benin as his descendants. They're from ife
Answer me this, what delayed the British in forming Nigeria? And when they did, what did they build Nigeria upon ?
The owners and the inhabitants of the towns and cities surrounding Lagos explains clearly the original owners of Lagos
It's wild to see people bringing their two cents in matters that does not concern them. Make the people wey get stake fight it out amongst themselves.
Lagos city is different from Lagos State.
Edo is not exactly a homogenous entity. The real history of Edo people show that they also are Yoruba migrants. Benin founding Lagos must be mentioned with caution. I am Edo and my ancestors make it clear their forbears are Yoruba.
What part of Edo are you? I have never heard that part before. That's quite interesting. Let me know, please.
@Mr Rapan Pass you're everywhere defending rubbish. Keep quite, if Lagos wasn't as developed as it is, you wouldn't be claiming it. Lagos doesn't belong to the Binis rest!
You are definitely not from Bini, but from among the slaves that migrated to Bini.
@@Effieal slaves never moved backwards. Slaves moved through Benin to either Lagos or ughoton river ports not from Lagos backwards. Well Ashipa Benin people say was a messenger of the oba of Benin. However lagosians claim he was the son of the Oba. He became first oba of Lagos. Many families in Benin bear Yoruba names few yorubas bear Benin names this shows you the direction of migration.
@@alphabet798 been Benin doesnt include telling lies as the current crop of Benins do. As for the Yoruba there was not like Yoruba until Samuel ajayi crowther came back to Lagos. He names Yoruba speaking people Yoruba. Oyo empire was called Katunga all Yoruba tribes saw themselves as different. Ondo speaking Yoruba and Lagos were part of the oba of Benins domain. Ekiti was a sister kingdom to Benin with history of Benin origin particularly ado ikiti and idanre. So all those name callers among Benins and Yoruba should shut up. It's too late to rewrite Yoruba or Benin history because we already know it.
Listening through this program; most especially, the in-depth narrations of the contributors which, succinctly, describes the actuL meaning of the term, “Lagosian”, as well as who can, rightly, claim indigenous to that great African City, one wonders the validity or the sense in the claims as laid by the embattled Sanwo Olu as well as Ambode and his Godfather, Bola Tinubu. So much for their calculated and ineffectual demonization of Gbadebo, who is as much pain in the ‘butt’ of Sanwo Olu as Peter Obi is to Tinubu, the paternity of the trio not being found anywhere from Lagos State. Now face with the most ignominious defeat, in their most dibilitating spell of “Disibidience”, what else do you expect, other than them rolling tin he fast consuming quicksand of “Omo ale” - a sure case of defeat acceptance.
Thank you.
What is actually the essence of telling the history vis avis the owners of Lagos...is it to bring us to the understanding that some people have the right to ask anyone who is not an aboriginal to leave whenever they feel threatened? I believe that the modern Lagos was initiated by the whites when they settled permanently there, made it a capital city, opening it up for all. The presumed owners divided to sell part of the land to the Igbos, Hausas, the Calabars...just to those who could afford it. The issue of ownership is passed onto whoever could afford to buy it. Oil wells in the southsouth are owned by people from the north and West.
The issue of ownership crops up whenever a crime is about to be perpetrated. When extortion is about to be carried out. When an entitled individual /individuals want to overstep their boundaries. It only proves how divided we are. The billions of dollars of investment by the easterners in Lagos are usually undermined by the agitators of the indigenous posture. It hinders development.
Where are "the billions of dollars of investment by the easterners in Lagos"?
5:56 We have to stop peddling colonial myths about our history. That was not the first Storey building in Nigeria. Hausa Kingdoms had two-storey buildings for their Emirs
24:25 We didn't come from Adam and Eve or no Garden of Eden. We are Africans not from the Middle East
Thank God she said the awori people is call edejo in island which thy are main Lagos owner 😂😂 but thy are awori if thy don’t call them self awori those not mean thy are not awori the history is there and you said it your self ok and mind you is because thy have not be in power of a king let one of them be king thy is when you will see the power will go back to them
The awori's are of benin ancestry
@@queenoghomweneghagheuaae9653 The Omo n'oba is Yoruba man of Ife descent. Old history books are evidence. Even Omo Oba Akenzua testified to that
If you are the owner of a place without a name, then you don't own the place. When you own a place you name the place. But you didn't. It show that you were not there to establish it, but simply to farm and fish and when you are done you go back to were you come from.
@@queenoghomweneghagheuaae9653 Why are the Aworis paying HOMAGE to Ile-ife and Never Ibinu land (Benin)?
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.
All are from Ile-Ife, where all human light in Yoruba Kingdom shines from.
Who established the Benin monarchy before the Oba of Benin came to use Lagos as a trading post. The present monarchy of Benin is established by Oranmiyan from Ile Ife, so the Lagos of today is directly owned by people from Ile Ife and indirectly own by a Yoruba established kingdom from Benin, which equally pointed to Ile Ife or Yoruba people.
Get out of here.. Don’t you know that The original Edos had Igodomigodo kingdom before it was changed to Benin kingdom? The rulers of Igodomigodo kingdom were called Ogiso ( the king from the sky).. oranmiyan is the grandson of the last ogiso of Owodo of great Igodomigodo kingdom.
@@jn5171 You better wake-up from your day dreaming. Am talking with scientific evidence that Ile-Ife has being in existence thousands of years before Benin. In fact the Ori Olokun artefact showed that Ile Ife art has been existing 13,000 years before Benin art when it was carbon dated in the U.K. and it is also in the record that Oranmiyan thaught the Benin the craft. I don’t believe in your oral history. I rely on scientific evidence and proof.
@@ishowboy61 nice job. The lazy ones , don't do research or realise that the artefact where tested to know the source , years . Even a Greek historian named Herotodus wrote Ile Ife being one of the great 5 cities in Africa in the BC , before Jesus Christ and Muhammed were born. Yes they did a radio carbon on artefacts or things unearthed to verify the long existence of human presence in Old Ife area. So these Benin e- warriors typing hearsay, stories need to do proper research before they open or type rubbish. What an insult from small kids.
And who is ur oduduwa. The one u claim fell from the sky. Ur oduduwa is a Benin prince
@@ishowboy61your so called evident of carbondating is from ife. Human existence is about 6000yrs old. Where are you getting 13000yrs.?😅
Is so annoying to have igbo people in this conversation.... igbos shouldn't be anyway in this conversation of lagos ownership
Point of correction...Igbos are not claiming Lagos
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
In Lagos, I have a question regarding the Lagoians? Why will a yoruba People call a Bini/ Benin Person Omo okoromodo ma jokuta momi?
I thought yoruba came outt of benin city…and inherited lagos and other part …They share ancestors with the edo … .. edo are hating on yoruba cos they became superior and richer than the edo
@oluwatishe ile ife from benin city …. Edo ppl should know yoruba dosent give a fuck about them .. they’ll always be below
@oluwatishe i have always thought yoruba originate from benin cos we shared the same ancestors with edo… but now I understand why edo are angry with yoruba they think we stole everything from them
Original owners of Lagos are D Aworis and d Benins period
People are slave traders in Lagos 😂
Awori are the owner
Nobody comments on Lebanese and they have building in at Ebute Meta by Oyigbo Market
Iyaba is an Edo word for “stay for a moment “
O please!
Which also in Yoruba means the same, lol.
Iyaba is a Yoruba word branch a station for a while
@@bunmiadeyinka8152 maybe but that’s not why it is name Yaba, intially it was called Oke odo in Precolonial Lagos( there is a Portuguese map naming it as such) then it was called Mo Ya ba ra, meaning I will make a stop there, in Awori Eko, and it was later shortened to Yaba. There are enough Edo names we don’t need to imagine new ones
@@bunmiadeyinka8152 so sorry I thought you said it was an Edo word. My sincere apologies.
Madam you’re beautiful around the bush, you claimed ado was the founder of eko( Lagos) who’s ado, where did e came from
Excellent question! Na so dem be ooo! They always beat around the bush, always like rabbit caught in the headlights.
The king's in Lagos can never forget their generations from benin are you to tell are were she came from, ado benin prince first oba of Lagos ok
Oyo never had an empire
Which kind of evil this na. You this bini people sha, always deluded.
Yes you are right
Liar bro uyo was am empire
@@Abillsable if it's a lie.. When did the Oyo empire started?
@@Abillsable Ok which empire has/had Oyo? Now I see you calling Ooni (It is not your by Orisha) of Ife an EMPEROR. Emperor? Na wah for the Yariba ooo
This time 1861 the Fulanies also immigrated and also Ajayi Crawder was living then. So they should not eliminate the Fulanies because I did history and geography and Lagos of Nigeria
Nigeria is the only country in the world that lie on his history because of tribe and religion. On the comment section, I see a lot of people arguing, meanwhile, some of these people arguing are less than 25yrs old. Instead of listening and learning, their young minds are already crowded by tribal bias. How can such person succeed in future? We knew b/f now that the Benins and the Yorubas have long history together. The custodian of tradition, which is the oba ,said years ago that the Benins found Lagos. Eko is a benin word. So, somehow, the benin and the Yorubas practically settled here first. It has no benefits to any of the tribe today. But let our history be true.