[b][/b] The Lagos monarch, Oba Rilwan Akiolu has allegedly said that Lagos is not part of Yoruba land - Oba Akiolu had in a week ago reportedly snubbed Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Barely one week after he reportedly snubbed Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi when they met at a function, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has allegedly released bombshell, saying Lagos is not part of Yoruba land. NAIJ.com gathered that a statement reportedly emanated from Akiolu’s palace, detailed the historical background of Lagos and why it should not be regarded as part of Yoruba land. READ ALSO: New details emerge on why Oba Akiolu snubbed Ooni of Ife The purported statement read: “Coming from the palace, with what I was told by my late paternal grandmother who is a descendant of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi and also reading from factual Historical books, let me share this Knowledge with you all on Eko/Lagos. Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu “Modern day Lagos was founded by Prince Ado, the son of the Oba of Benin, Prince Ado was the first Oba of Lagos, the son of the Bini King, Prince Ado, named the town Eko until the Portuguese explorer Ruy de Segueira changed the Maritime town to Lagos, which at that time from 1942 was Portuguese expedition center down the African Coast. “It was a major centre of the slave trade until 1851. Lagos was annexed by Britain via the Lagos treaty of cession in 1861, ending the consular period and starting the British Colonial Period. The remainder of modern day Nigeria was seized in 1886 when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was established in 1914 Lagos was declared its capital due to the struggle of the Bini King. “Lagos experienced growth prior to the British Colonial rule and even more rapid growth during the Colonial rule throughout the 1960s, 70s, continued through the 80s and 90s till date. Thanks to the Awori's, Bini's, Yoruba's, migrants across the nation and world at large, as no particular group of people can take the glory alone. “Lagos is made up of Lagoons and creeks. The Lagos lagoon, Lagos Harbour, five cowne creeks, Ebute-Metta creeks, Porto-Novo creeks, New canal, Badagry creeks, Kuramo waters and Light house creeks. “The Awori's and Bini's are known to be the first settlers of the Eko land. The Awori's are speakers of a distinct dialect close to that of the Yoruba language with a rich Bini mixture. Traditionally, Awori's were found in Ile-Ife, they were known to be the Bini's who followed their self-exiled Prince, the first son of the Ogiso (now called Oba) of Benin Kingdom, whose step-mother was after his head. “The exiled Benin Prince Izoduwa known to the Yorubas as Ooduwa (Oduduwa) was made ruler of the Ife people due to his powers and followers from the Great Benin-Kingdom. “Izoduwa (Ooduwa) was made the first King of Ile-Ife in 1230 AD. His followers from his father's Kingdom in Benin are the today's Awori people who settled in Eko now called Lagos. “In the 1300, the King of Benin-Empire heard from one of his traders who was a settler in Eko on how the Bini's were treated by the Awori's who lived in their area. Upon hearing this, the King of Benin commanded the assembling of a war expedition, led by his son, Prince Ado, which headed the settlement of the Awori's and demanded explanation. “On arriving Eko, Prince Ado and his Army were more than received. The Aworis asked the Bini Prince to stay and become their leader. Ado agreed on the condition that they surrender their sovereignty to the Oba of Benin, to which the people agreed. Hearing this, the King of Benin gave his permission for Prince Ado and the expedition to remain in Eko. “The Oba of Benin sent some of his chiefs including the Eletu, Odibo, Obanikoro and others to assist his son, Oba Ado in the running of Eko. "From the crowing of Prince Ado as the first Oba of Lagos (then called Eko), Lagos served as a major center for slave trade from which the Aworis, the Oba of Benin and his son the Oba of Lagos and all the children/descendants who took over as his successors for over four centuries supported the trade. “The Oba of Benin was the head of the Benin Empire which are the present day Western, Southern and Eastern modern day Nigeria. The King never obliged anyone to speak the Bini language as he believed everyone was entitled to their own choice of language. “The name Eko was given to it by the first king of Lagos, Oba Ado, the young and vibrant Prince from Benin. Eko was the land now known as Lagos Island, where the king palace was built. READ ALSO: I did not snub Ooni of Ife - Oba Akiolu FINALLY reveals what truly happened "The palace is called Idugaran meaning "palace built on pepper farm" Oba Ado and the warriors from Benin together with the early Bini's settlers in Eko and the Awori people settled in the southern part of Eko called "Isale Eko". "Isale literally means bottom ". Must have been used to indicate downtown (as in down town Lagos) The statement further states that: “Until the coming in of the Benin's 1300AD , Lagos geographical boundary was Lagos mainland, Lagos Island, the seat of the Oba of Lagos then consisted of a pepper farm and fishing post. No one was living there. “About 1450 AD some Yorubas who hailed from Isheri in Ogun-state and Ekiti were allowed by the King to settle in Eko during a war, they came in a very large numbers thereby surpassing the numbers of the Awori's and Bini's. (Hence Yorubas claim to own Eko due to their numbers). “Oba Ado fell in love with a beautiful woman whose father was Awori and mother a daughter to one of the chief; they had two sons and also a daughter Erelu Kuti, who begot Ologun Kutere who later became King. Bombshell as Akiolu allegedly says Lagos is not Yoruba land “Oba Akintoye, a descendant of Prince Ado whose mother was the first queen from Awori ascended the throne as Oba of Lagos in 1841, he attempted to ban slave trade with the help of the British, but the local merchant, the Aworis, Bini's and a few Yorubas who were already integrated and married to Awori's and Bini's strongly opposed the intended move and disposed and exiled the king and installed Akintoye's brother Kosoko as Oba, at exile in Europe, Akintoye met with British Authorities who had earlier banned slavery in 1807 the British decided to support the deposed Oba to regain his throne. “With the success of the British intervention in 1851, Akintoye was reinstalled as Oba of Lagos. In practical terms, however the British influence over the Benin Empire had become absolute, and then years later in 1861 Lagos was formally annexed as a British Colony. “This led to the fight of the British and the Bini King, the leader of the Benin Empire for years, which finally led to the fall of the Empire and the capturing of Oba Ovonramwen. “Oba Akintoye of Lagos was the first Oba not to be buried in Benin. Prior to this, all the Kings of Lagos were buried in Benin. They passed on taxes to the Oba of Benin until the British settled in. READ ALSO: Fayose reveals REAL reason he will not stop criticizing Buhari “Until today, the Oba of Lagos is the head of all the Obas in Lagos because the Binis believe that wherever they or their offspring are they are senior. The status of the Oba of Lagos is different from other Obas most of whom were given back their crowns and staff of office only within 40 years ago. “Those who got their lands back was the original land owners they were mostly descendant of Prince Ado others children of the Olofin.

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10 people 10 different stories... Abeg na money we come make for Lagos..... Since the day I saw a man with Oyo tribal. Mark claiming son of the soil I gave up on real Lagosians

Let awori people catch you
See as Igbos dey masturbate on the thread
Omo if he still catch you na LAGOON straight

d way dis old man stupidity is growing by the day I'm scared oo

Hmmm

Oba is right
Lagos belongs to the Binis

Lagos belongs to The Benin Kingdom.

The only mistake the Binis made was failure to enforce the Bini Language as the official Language.

Akinolu is not Yoruba's name, maybe he forgot to add it. Let him tell us more doctoring history..

PapaBrowne:
Lagos belongs to The Benin Kingdom.

The only mistake the Binis made was failure to enforce the Bini Language as the official Language.

The binis never imposed their language on any vassal states as they believed their culture to be unique and wanted to keep it undiluted.
That is why Esan, Urhobo, Ijaw, Itsekiri and even some parts of yoruba though under the Bini throne in the old days, still maintain their identity.

My Oba has spoken..Its not yoruba land but bini ad iboland..So as a lagosian that makes me a bini boy..My oba can never be bullied under oni ogunwusi shakespare the tourist..
TEAM AKIOLU
GOD BLESS LAGOS
GOD BLESS NiGERIA
GOD BLESS BINIS AND IBOS
To oni shakespare..pls make sure you wash your dirty hands properly next time u wanna shake my king..You wan use dirty hand wey you use wipe your yansh shake my oba..Take time!

Benin people are actually Igbos, which automatically makes Lagos Igboland.

Eko o ni baje o

Oba yii gan self

However,when igbos read the article.

sod09:
d way dis old man stupidity is growing by the day I'm scared oo

Mr sod u better watch it..My king is not stupid..lagos throne is bini throne..Lagos can never be under ife..period.
Thank God my oba have made it clear to the historians hear on nairaland,Evry time una go dey tell me say I no Sabi history..I sure say una don hear from the owner of the throne.

History is speaking,not the oba, unless its a distorted history.

SIRmanjar:

Mr sod u better watch it..My king is not stupid..lagos throne is a bini throne..Lagos can never be under ife..period.
Thank God my oba have made it clear to the historians hear on nairaland,Evry time una go dey tell me say I no Sabi history..I sure say una don hear from the owner of the throne.

Poor you!

Everyone know the Binis only had the throne for 3 generations - Ado, Gabaro and Ashipa.
Providence saw to it that a Lagos princess bore a child for the Ijesha high priest who eventually became the Oba of Lagos.

PapaBrowne:
Lagos belongs to The Benin Kingdom.

The only mistake the Binis made was failure to enforce the Bini Language as the official Language.

Nigeria was colonised and ruled by Britain.

Hence, Nigeria belongs to the UK right

I like it when a man knows how to go back in time. Kudos to the Oba of Lagos on this one. However,in order for the story to be totally flawless,certain dates have to be set straight. For instance,the Bini military incursion into Lagos is often said to date back to the mid-1500s(during the reign of Oba Orohgbua of Benin) by Lagos history scholars and not 1300 as the Oba's account stated. I think the Oba has done a good job of reawakening this discussion. It makes for good entertainment for history afficionados like yours truely here.

Am starting to like this man

IamaNigerianGuy:

And the truth shall set you free.

'Eko', 'Osodin', 'Etin-Osa' are these yoruba names ?
There are many more historical clues that point to Lagos as a province of Bini.
Those who know their history will understand

Oba gha to kpe e !
Ise !!

Oshodi means one who does the odd thing/action

Eti Osa means the edge of the lagoon

I am not sure what Eko means.

Always ask when you are not clear.

Binis ruled Lagos briefly. They never founded it neither were they the indigenous settlers.
Even then, they have lost it to the Yorubas forever.

Wake up!

VirginFinder:


Poor you!

Everyone know the Binis only had the throne for 3 generations - Ado, Gabaro and Ashipa.
Providence saw to it that a Lagos princess bore a child for the Ijesha high priest who eventually became the Oba of Lagos.

See them oo! The historians don dey fall out.
Oga how u take know,abi where you there?Abi na u be the high priest?Abi are you Herodotus?The owner of the throne has spoken..SHIKENA!

Lagos was found by the binis

Lagos will forever belong to the yorubas.


I can see most people don't know the history of Lagos and that's why they are spewing trash above.

You keep looking at lagos only from the angle of who owns the throne of Oba of Lagos.

The oba of Lagos today doesn't have jurisdiction over the entire lagos, his influence lies mainly in isale eko, he can't influence anything in ikorodu, epe, badagry, oshodi, abule egba, ketu etc

The original owners of the oba of Lagos throne are the aworis, the aworis migrated from ile-ife,.the aworis are direct descendants of olofin , one of the sons of oduduwa. The binis don't have any ancestral claim to lagos nor did they ever conquered lagos through a war.

The awori willingly welcomed a bini prince called ado, and accepted to be under the bini rule due to the civil war in the Yoruba nation then I.e they needed protection because they were not strong militarily.

But the bini rule lasted for just three generations or so. And the aworis took over the throne. ..so howcome people are saying modern day lagos belongs to the binis?

Why didn't you say epe and ikorodu which is owned by the ijebus also belongs to the binis or oshodi or badagry.

Lagos is the Commonwealth of the Yoruba nation the yoruba culture and language is dominant in Lagos . .we have exclusive rights to it, and we owe nobody any explanation

SIRmanjar:

See them oo! The historians don dey fall out.
Oga how u take know abi where you there?Abi na u be the high priest?The owner of the throne has spoken..SHIKENA!

That's why you need to be a reader. I didnt have to be there to know the history. Ever seen the Lagos Island dynasty chart before?

The Oba will soon deny the report. He dare not spew such bunkum.

Hmmm

backtosender:
Lagos was found by the binis

Nah!
Rather Lagos Island's first 3 obas were of Bini ancestry. That's it.

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VirginFinder:


Oshodi means one who does the odd thing/action

Eti Osa means the edge of the lagoon

I am not sure what Eko means.

Always ask when you are not clear.

Binis ruled Lagos briefly. They never founded it neither were they the indigenous settlers.
Even then, they have lost it to the Yorubas forever.

Wake up!

Revisionist.

The problem with us is we refuse to accept history and so are smothered by our ignorance. Even the Oba of Lagos, custodian of the tradition and culture acknowledges his origins. Who then are you ? For your information, we are only setting the record straight. The Edo people do not wish to reclaim the land.