lawani:


WE ARE SAYING THESAME THING. IGODOMIGODO PREDATED BENIN. THAT WAS AN EDO KINGDOM BUT VERY SMALL. JUST A CITY STATE, THEN THEY MADE A YORUBA MAN KING WHO BUILT A NEW CAPITAL NAMED IFE IBINU NOW CALLED IBINI OR BENIN. THAT CAPITAL WAS A YORUBA CITY COMPARABLE TO WARRI, OWO, IGBOKODA EVEN IFE, ILESA, ONDO. THAT IS THE ISSUE. THEY BROUGHT YORUBA ART AND OTHER KNOWHOW TO THE NEW CITY WHICH BECAME THE HQ OF AN EMPIRE THAT BECAME OF WORLD REKNOWN!. SO, IN A WAY, YOU ARE RIGHT BECAUSE THE MAN DID NOT FIGHT THEM, THEY MADE HIM KING OF THEIR OWN VOLITION BUT THE EMPIRE HE CREATED WAS A YORUBA ONE. HIS PROGENITORS SPOKE YORUBA AND GAVE YORUBA NAMES TO THEIR NEW TOWNS ESTABLISHED ALL OVER. THE CAPITAL WAS OVERWHELMED BY PEOPLE FROM THE MAN'S PLACE. HOWEVER, EDO LANGUAGE AND CULTURE MUST BE PRESERVED AS WELL AS OTHERS ACROSS BOARD. THAT I BELIEVE, IS THE WAY FORWARD.

WOULD YOU SAY THE PEOPLE OF IGODOMIGODO MADE A MISTAKE BY MAKING A YORUBA THEIR KING? YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IS THE SOLE REASON BENIN CITY IS A MAJOR AFRICAN URBAN CENTER TODAY.

1. Oranmiyan spent very little time in Benin before he left in anger, naming it Ile ibinu, from which it has been adapted to Benin. Note: Oranmiyan spent very little time in Benin before he left for good!!!

2. Neither oranmiyan nor his successor, eweka built Benin.this was done by oba ewuare.


Can you stop telling lies now?