afam4eva:

@akinmeru
Dede Momodu's mum is Yoruba and he studied Yoruba in school. That explains his likeness for Yoruba.

Lagos was originally inhabited by the Awori subgroup of the Yoruba people. Under the leadership of their Olofin the Awori moved to an island now called Iddo and then to the larger Lagos Island. In the 15th century the Awori settlement was attacked by the Benin Empire following a quarrel and the island became a Benin war-camp called "Eko" under Oba Orhogba, the Oba of Benin of the time.

odumchi:

This is an interesting topic. Judging from the comments, I think it would be immture to say that the Edo people are related to the Yoruba or Igbo. I've even noticed some characters saying that "Edo" is a Yoruboid ethnic group.  
But first, let me start by saying that Edo is not a singular "tribe". The Edo nation is made up of many ethnic groups which are the Edo, Esan, Urhobo, Etsako, and Isoko. These people live in the swath of territory from the Southern tip of Delta state to some parts of Ondo and north into Edo state and Kogi state.

Linguisticaly, the Edo are closer (not related but closer) to the Igbo. For example in Edo "Oselugbua" means God and it is the same in Igbo. "Ohimwin" (If I'm correct) means "river" in Edo and it also resembles the Igbo "oshimili". There are also many other words and linguistic concepts shared by the two languages and communities mixed with Edo and Igbo populations do exist in present day Edo State. One community that is a great example of this relationship is the Igbanke people. Although Igbo, the Igbanke (who reside in Edo state) speak a dialect which might sound sound like Edo but is still distinct enough to be called Igbo. Culturally, the Edo people might also seem to be closer to the Igbo than they are to the Yoruba. The Edo nation also maintains a four day week c3ycle much similar to that of the Igbo.

In addition to this, many early technologies were shared among the Igbo and the Edo. These technologie were later introduced to the Yoruba by means of Edo interaction and conquests. This quote from Christopher Ehret's Civilizations of Africa talks about this in greater detail.

"This figure form the kingdom of Benin is a fine example of the tradition of scultping in brass, using the lost-wax method, which was known at least as early as the ninth century (Igbo Ukwu) in the regions on both sides of the Niger River."

In pre-colonial times, the Niger River was an important trade avenue between the Igbos on both banks of the river and the Urhobos to the South and the Edos farther in-land. However, most of the contact that occurred between the Yourba and Edo was limited since there were no main water-routes to Edoland via Yorubaland. However, most of the "similarities" that we see today occurred after Edo military conquest. So in short, I'd like to say that the smiliarites between Igbo and Edo aren't much but they are greater than the simlarities between the Edo and Yoruba.

shymmex:

Y'all need to know that "EKO" means only Lagos Island - people were living on the mainland, Epe, Badagry, Lekki and Ikorodu before either the Binis or Aworis got to Lagos, Stop post fake history that only belongs to the thrash can - Aworis are not the only ones from Lagos, Spewing this BS makes them feel larger than life - the Ijebus and Eguns were living in Lagos before the Aworis left Ile-Ife - and the same goes for the Binis,

The Ijebus got to Nigeria before Ile-Ife, y'all need to stop spreading lies, We're Yorubas as well but don't force your fake history on us, Even if I've never really lived in Nigeria, I know my people and our history,

According to the Edo oral tradition, during the reign of the last Ogiso, his son and heir apparent, Ekaladerhan, was banished from Igodomigodo (modern day "Benin Empire 1180-1897" as a result of one of the Queens having deliberately changed an oracle message to the Ogiso. Prince Ekaladerhan was a powerful warrior and well loved. On leaving Benin he travelled in a westerly direction to the land of the Yoruba.

At that time, according to the Yoruba, the Ifá oracle said that the Yoruba people of Ile Ife (also known as Ife) would be ruled by a man who would come out of the forest. Following Ekaladerhan's arrival at the Yoruba city of Ife, he changed his name to 'Izoduwa' (which in his native language meant 'I have chosen the path of prosperity') and became The Great Oduduwa, also known as Odudua, Oòdua , of the Yoruba.

On the death of his father, the last Ogiso, a group of Benin Chiefs led by Chief Oliha came to Ife, pleading with Oduduwa (the Ooni) to return to Igodomigodo (later known as Benin City in the 15th century during Oba Ewuare) to ascend the throne. Oduduwa's reply was that a ruler cannot leave his domain but he had seven sons and would ask one of them to go back to become the next king there.

alj harem:


I am awori, clam down. Yes you are right

andrewozed:

Afam stop concluding in the light of your reasoning always look at the fact and know that it is possible that you might be wrong. Are you an expert on history? am from edo, igbanke is in edo, the speak the same language with abgor in delta state because they share almost the same landmass. The akoko edos are yoruba settlement, the igalas speak yoruba fluently that's why they bear yoruba names, they wouldn't just give their children yoruba name if they don't know the meaning. Go and read about the history of great bini empire in the 15th century before posting a thread ignorantly and even bragging with it.

shymmex:

@Βουκέφαλος

WHO GIVE A F/U/CK I bet your mum will give a phuck when I canine her and her saggy bosoms from behind, Kitty,  Ph/u/c/k off!!!

tpia@:

Yes, yoruba magically jumped over edo and delta states to dance with igbos on the other side of the niger.

Makes sense.

exotik:

the cultural myth is that yoruba is not close to igbo.

stone/rock
yoruba - okuta
igbo - okute

masquerade
yoruba - ekpo
igbo - ekpo

money
yoruba - ogho
igbo - ego

amen
yoruba - ase
igbo - ise

orisha is a diety in both yoruba and igbo, and they both had bronze/brass casting.

and dat was just from the top of my head and im not an expert. so imagine if  experts in language and customs are to probe further, the results would be astonishing and you will find out these two noise makers in south of nigeria are actually one and same people formerly known as yorugbo

I am awori, clam down. Yes you are right

exotik:

the cultural myth is that yoruba is not close to igbo.

stone/rock
yoruba - okuta
igbo - okute

masquerade
yoruba - ekpo
igbo - ekpo

money
yoruba - ogho
igbo - ego

amen
yoruba - ase
igbo - ise

orisha is a diety in both yoruba and igbo, and they both had bronze/brass casting.

and dat was just from the top of my head and im not an expert. so imagine if  experts in language and customs are to probe further, the results would be astonishing and you will find out these two noise makers in south of nigeria are actually one and same people formerly known as yorugbo

shymmex:

. . .Nairaland showed me why my mum used to tell me that Ibo people are greedy, and they've agbari Ojukwu (whatever that means), I guess expansionism and greediness are the reasons why people don't trust the Ibo,  Stop this bickering, Ibo people,  Nigeria is bigger than one tribe,  

andrewozed:

Afam stop concluding in the light of your reasoning always look at the fact and know that it is possible that you might be wrong. Are you an expert on history? am from edo, igbanke is in edo, the speak the same language with abgor in delta state because they share almost the same landmass. The akoko edos are yoruba settlement, the igalas speak yoruba fluently that's why they bear yoruba names, they wouldn't just give their children yoruba name if they don't know the meaning. Go and read about the history of great bini empire in the 15th century before posting a thread ignorantly and even bragging with it.

odumchi:

Masquerade in Igbo is "nmanwu". Only a few communities say "ekpo". The word for stone also varies in dialects. Nri-Awka says Okute, my people say Nkuma. Money is alo various. Everyone says "ego" but some say "ikpeghe or okpogho". By the way, money in Edo is "ikpogho".

And how did you arrive at the bolded?

Your post sounds heartfelt.  But to be fair, Ibos are not the only ones that display tribalism on Nairaland (and I'm not just talking about this thread).  Furthermore, you don't always know if the "tribalist" behind the username is actually what they claim; we've seen posters with seemingly Yoruba names posting anti-Yoruba messages, and vice versa.

It appears it will not end any time soon.  You can even see explicitly racist/offensive topics make it to the home page as fast as lightning.    

I commend the Politics Section Moderators for their efforts.  But, the buck stops with the owner.

shymmex:


Thanks, fam, I have noted the notorious tribalists like onlytruth, dayokanu, ezeuche, exotik etc, I'll try to avoid them - these clowns breed tribalism, I tell ya, I grew up with a lot Nigerian kids that never cared about their tribes - we only saw ourselves as Nigerians and black Africans, I developed an interest in Nigerian history before 1914 a couple of years ago - and the funniest thing is that the guy who introduced it to me was a RASTAFARIAN, and since then I have found out every tribe in Nigeria is the SAME PEOPLE - just with different tongues, we all migrated from the same place,

Yorubas, Binis, Igbos, Hausa etc, are all not indigenous to where they're in present day Nigeria - we all migrated from different places, We might even be the same people but we now speak different languages,

Even most of the present day English people are GERMANS - but we Africans do HATE studying our history and migration patterns - that's why we're in the mess we're in today,

alj harem:


I am awori, clam down. Yes you are right