Scholar disgraces Femi Fani-Kayode and demolishes claims on Igbo/Yoruba history with facts and figures
Indeed the action group developed as a result of Ibo domination of politics in Nigeria with Awolowo
selling tribalism to his people as the only way to check the Ibos who he felt had taken his birthright by sweeping the elections into the western house of assembly. It was only after putting Fear into the average Yoruba man at the time did they cross carpet. These are facts. Awolowo started tribalism in Nigeria that is why he never ruled our country. Hate can never stand. All the Ibos ask for is fairness and competition. Open up all the jobs positions and academic spaces in our institutions and let us compete and we would see who comes out on top
Nigeria anyway has no choice. To remain relevant in the world,it must adopt best practice and become a merit driven society . When this occurs the Ibo would again dominate for in the words of the greatest African writer of all time the man who has sold the most books and the only African whose books have been translated into more languages than any – professor Chinua Achebe- “the Ibo is a creature built for competition held down neither by religion no tradition”.My Yoruba brothers stop crying the game has only just started. Thank God GEJ would do another four years. It would only help to crate a level playing field for all Nigerians. To those who claim they were first at everything I have one simple thing to say. Again, I get am before no be property. Game on.
• FEMI AGAIN LIES WHEN HE SAYS, “LAGOS IS OUR LAND”
Femi to answer your question who owns Lagos, the question can be answered in a number of ways
Constitutionally Lagos is owned collectively by all Nigerians. What we know as modern Lagos started when the British annexed Lagos as a colony. Till today most of the titles for landed property in places like Ikoyi Victoria Island Yaba Ebutte-Metta, Lagos Island, etc., take their root from the Queens registry. The said titles were recorded in her Majesty’s registry evidencing the parcels of land allocated. These titles after independence were passed on the Federal Government and held until the recent sale to private individuals under the Obasanjo administration. Now the owners of the Land are private individuals from various ethnicities. Further communities in Lagos have also sold extensive land to new owners who come from other parts of Nigeria. When you sell a property and receive adequate monetary compensation for the property do you still own the property? Femi, answer me. The Ibos have worked hard and bought their properties from constituted authority and thus like every Nigerian have a right to lay claim to Lagos for they own a part of it. Femi what is all this talk about Ibos owning Lagos? Why are the Yoruba not concerned about the Ibos owning Ibadan Ife or Akure? Why is there so much emphasis now on the Yoruba owning Lagos? Is it because Lagos has all the attractions that other major cities in the South West do not have? Femi, the truth is that modern Lagos as we know it today is a product of the collective efforts of all Nigerians – Ibos inclusive.
The Third Mainland Bridge, Eko bridge , Tincan Port, Apapa Port , NItel building , Carter Bridge, all the fly overs that you see; Federal Palace Hotel, Ikoyi hotel, just to name a few was not built with Cocoa money but mainly from oil money. I would refer you to the 1 2 3 4 development plans of the Federal Government and see what allocation Lagos got directly from the federal government for development. It is wrong for the Yourba to now start claiming Lagos and asking other nationals to go home. Let me ask you further how many states in the South West produce the resource which we all depend on? My dear Femi only one – Ondo – yet all the States from the south west continue to derive benefits from the Federal Government and there is nothing wrong with that. For we are a federation. And all the federating states have certain rights as well as obligations to its citizens. Femi, Nigeria fought a bitter civil war to ensure we are one nation and so nobody would ever divide us again neither you nor Orji UzoKalu. If we all start saying our Lagos, our oil, our Abuja our gas, collectively, we would all be losers.
Historically the rights of who own Lagos are clear Lagos was a Benin town with a Benin Oba who paid tribute to the Oba of Benin indeed his chiefs were the descendants of noble Benin families. The Benin empire ran Lagos for over 400 years before the colonial powers took over.
Yes the dominant people in Lagos were Yoruba but they formed not the rulers of the town but the subjects of the Oba just like we find in the United Kingdom today where people are subjects of the queen of England and not citizens. I would explain citizenship rights to you later.
So who owns Lagos? All of us! Take Abuja for example – who owns Abuja? The land was bare land owned by the Gwari people and in a span of 30 some years federal resources turned bare land into a paradise on earth. So who owns Abuja? Can the Gwari who are the original owners say to the Yoruba there – go back home? My answer is simple no they cannot. That city was developed by our collective efforts and resources indeed if anything the Gwari should be grateful to the Almighty for bringing them such lucky federal development. The South East continues along with the south-south to produce the resources that drive our economy. Imo, Abia, Anmabra are oil producing states. The reserves of oil in Anambra State are now proven to be more than that of Rivers. The Ibo speaking part of Delta also has huge deposits of gas and we thank the Almighty for blessing this land called Nigeria. Who owns these resources? All Nigerians. So when you lay claim to Lagos as “our town”, I say to you my dear you are myopic. We all own this land with its resources. Fashola has only built on a good foundation – federal effort. He must learn to correct his mistakes and not be misled by FaniKayode whose family has been in the hate business for decades. His father was directly responsible with Akintola for operation Waite that led to the destruction of the first republic and later a civil war.
We must not allow his son to sell hate to us as Nigerians. When the trouble starts Femi would run to London where I am sure he holds dual nationality. Where do we have to run to? We must focus our efforts to ensure that we build a collective future for our children. We must collectively defeat these hate mongers.
A DEFINITION OF THE AVERAGE YORUBA MAN
I have had liaisons with Yoruba people; several are disciplined, visionary, focused and determined; these belong to an unusual ilk to which Femi can never belong – as several as his shots at elitism are, we can still see the mud on the skin of him. He belongs to that mediocre ilk, that unscrupulous bunch who have sold all their land and borrowed money from the Ibo trader to go to London to work as a toilet cleaners. These ilk have taken advances from their places of work and bought tickets on credit to be like the jones who are visiting London where their children are cleaners and house boys in London in order to pay their school fees. Most of their sons now return as homosexuals and crack heads from London. And the Ibo man laughs. Their women slip out at night to be serviced by Ibo traders who understand the game . The Yoruba husband is never there at home to satisfy madam. He is in London Paris New York. He comes home only to find his Lola or is it Nike heavy with child and he is happy. They are both happy or pretend to be happy. For the Yoruba life style is to pretend even when you know the truth. And an Ibo child is born. Who is the fool? The Oxford trained Yoruba lawyer or the UNN trained Alaba trader who has been having fun with Nike or Lola? You see, the present day Yoruba man is the Wise Man Who died in the Foolish Mans backyard. The Ibo man has him figured. His land is not his land he has sold it. His home is not his home for he is never there. His wife sleeps around for lack of warmth and ends up as a mistress of the Ibo trader, Emeka. And the worst part is his child is not even his. He has Ibo blood deep in his vain and would inherit all his property. Who now is the fool? That is the true position of most Yoruba homes today. It is happening today in Ikoyi VI ikeja etc. Many a Yoruba man is the wise man who died in the foolish man’s backpack yard.
THIS UNWELL HATE PREACHER CALLED FEMI FANI-KAYODE
Femi, return all the money you stole from the Ministry of Aviation and stop hiding behind your own personal agenda. For someone who cares so much about his country he would not have stolen 29 billion Naira meant for the development and rehabilitation of our airports. We are not surprised at your behaviour you come from a long line of thieves; Your real grandfather was shot dead in a court house in Lagos for duping a returnee slave descendant . Igbos say if a child does not know what killed his father, what killed his father will kill him. Like your grand pappi, the historic thievery of your ancestry and the arm of the law – this time in the authority of the EFCC have come for your blood. De ja vu.
Let me significantly have the Nigerian people know this too: that the name FaniKayode comes from your maternal side and the Kayode part is a borrowed name from a friend. That you father dropped his real name out of shame. That was the only way he could practice law in Lagos.Femi tell us who your fathers father is?Stop hiding behind all Yorubas; who is your fathers father you bastard?A slave is always the one to shout the most for fear of being identified as a slave. The Yoruba nation would never trust your family, you drug-addicted son a dead thief.Your paternal grandfather was killed for stealing. Your father worked for the Ibos all his life heading the NCNC for most of his political career and the great ObafemiAwolowo never trusted your father Remi.
Even in 1979 again your father worked against the great Awolowo and joined the NPNNigeria and the Yoruba nation would never forget these facts. Again, you see your own political life? De ja vu. Which party did you just cross-carpet to? I think the drugs you are taking are affecting you. Better face your EFCC cases – and squarely too – and stop trying to gain favour with the Yoruba nation.You can never correct certain known facts try as heard as you want. Again the Yourba are not a race but an ethnic group- Cambridge fool.
Yes we may be traders now but we have bought up all your land. Look at Lagos; the you-called“host community” sells their land and then starts crying “Igbo domination!” after using the money for owanbeh. Wise man way die for foolish man backyard- that is the average Yoruba.
Half of your women slip out and sleep with our Ibo traders and present the children as the first sons of prominent Yoruba families.Then you say the Yoruba are the first to go to school and the owners of Lagos: again history calls you to its books: Eko is a Benin word for camp; Idumota is a Benin word;Udumagbo is a Benin word; Eti OSA is a Benin word;the oba of Lagos was a vessel of the Oba of Benin crowned by the Olotu.What history did you study in Cambridge you crack head?The Yoruba were the slaves of the Benin empire sold to faraway places like Brazil. You grandson of a thief; say more and we would tell you a few truths.
♦ Author, Samuel Okafor has a PhD in History.
The bitter truth about the Igbos” –The Lies of Femi Fani Kayode (Part 1) >>>
Femi Fani-Kayode: The bitter truth about the Igbos >>>
- Statewide Livestock Vaccination Exercise Flags Off In Kebbi - October 1, 2025
- Nigeria 2027: Breaking Free from the Suffocating Cycle of Power - September 28, 2025
- Why Nnewi might keep getting less from their Assembly Members - September 27, 2025
One comment
Don G
September 15, 2022 at 4:14 pm
The writer of this piece demonstrated through out his write up what he tried to condemn FFK for.
Calabar was also an FCT and developed by our oil money but can other indigenes lay claims to it because they hsve bought lands and build property.
Every state receives federal allocations but every tribes have their ancestral lands regardless of whether other people bought lands their. The entire write up reeks with propaganda and lies