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Port Harcourt Was Named After A Pedophile: Writer Clamours For Name Change by freakyamanda(f): 4:42pm On Jul 27, 2018
A Nigerian writer and literary critic, Ikhide Ikheloa has argued that the name of the capital city of Rivers state be changed because the city is named after a pedophile.

The famous city of Port-Harcourt, named after Lord Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1910 to 1915. Lord Harcourt's nickname was "Loulou".

History has it that when the new Port was established in 1912, Lord Federick Lugard did not know what to name it. He wrote to Lord Harcourt, who was overseeing all the British colonies, seeking his permission to name the new port after him.

According to his Biography on Wikipedia, Lord Harcourt was a well-known pedophile; a sexual predator attracted to both sexes. It is said that when faced with public exposure, Harcourt committed suicide by taking an overdose of a sedative.

See Wikipedia excerpt below:

http://www.todaysecho.com/port-harcourt-was-named-after-a-pedophile-nigerian-writer-argues-for-name-change/

Re: Port Harcourt Was Named After A Pedophile: Writer Clamours For Name Change by bedspread: 4:55pm On Jul 27, 2018
Sir Lugard did a lot of Harm to this Nation of ours..

I refuse to call him Lord
Re: Port Harcourt Was Named After A Pedophile: Writer Clamours For Name Change by loveth360(f): 5:44pm On Jul 27, 2018
just like bullhari is.

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