NO YORUBA PERSON CAN DEFINE THE MEANING OF EKO. IT WAS THE PORTUGUESE THAT NAMED THE LAND 'LAGOS' WHEN THEY DISCOVERED IT. LAGOS MEAN 'LAGOONS'.

WHO OWNS LAGOS? 

I live and work in Lagos. I spent 90% of my earnings in Lagos. I pay my tax in Lagos. In this Lagos, many has taken it as their first home . Our children schools in Lagos. We sanitate Lagos every Thursday morning. But every election year, strange languages will start coming out from some strange quarters that believed Lagos belongs to them. 

A simple study of the history of Lagos shows that Lagos was founded by a Benin prince. Even the current Oba of Lagos admitted to that. Apart from them, every other ethnic group in Lagos are settlers including the Yoruba people that are claim Lagos. The original name of Lagos is Eko and Eko is not a Yoruba language. Till today, no Yoruba person can explain the meaning of 'Eko' as I can explain the meaning of my state which 'Anambra'.

In Anambra state , there is a river we call 'Omambra River'. The  meaning of 'Ana' in English language is 'Land'. So the creators of Anambra state simply took Ana (land) and took 'mbra' from Omambra to form 'Ana-mbra' state which means "The land of Omambra". That was the origin of the name of my state which is Anambra. But no Yoruba person can define the meaning of Eko. It was the Portuguese that named the land 'Lagos' when they discovered it. Lagos mean 'Lagoons'. 

Yoruba people should stop claiming to be owners of Lagos. All the  indigenous people in Lagos are settlers. Lagos was counted as a Yoruba state because it is located in Southwestern part of Nigeria.

But if those who claims to be owners of Lagos continues to intimidate other Nigerians living in Lagos, then we will have no choice than to stop participating in some certain things in Lagos. How can I as a Nigerian citizen be disallowed to contest an election in Lagos simply because someone believed I am not a Yoruba person? 

Census is coming. If you claim that I don't have the right to contest election in Lagos, why then should I submit myself to be counted as a Lagosian during census? I suggest that during this upcoming census, all the Igbo people, Efik, Urhobo, Ijaw, Tiv, Idoma, Akwanga, Nupe, Hausa, Fulani,etc  living in Lagos should refuse to be counted as Lagosians. Let the Yoruba people that are claiming the owners of Lagos submit themselves to be counted since Lagos is their land.

Remember, the amount each state of the federation gets each months from federal allocation depends on the population of the state. The number of local government each state has depends on the the population of the state. This is the reason why no one will remind you that you are not a Yoruba person when it is time for census. They will urge you to make sure that you are counted. Some states will even count their cows as the residents of their state because they want federal allocation coming to their states each month to be huge. During census, tribalism will disappear to reappear during election.

This time around, our mumu edon do! You can't deceive us forever. We won't drag Lagos with you. Lagos belongs to you as you said. But please, please don't involve us during census. Get ready to be counted alone.