Thanks for the information. I will go to my Facebook for more responses.
Prof. Segun Ogungbemi
Prof. Segun Ogungbemi
Según Ogunbemi,The inflammatory and provocative Facebook statements I referenced could not have caused the Oba's anger because, 1) the statements were made AFTER the Oba's threatening statements went viral, and 2) because the statements were made by those who support the Oba's position and were reacting to the outrage it caused by digging in and reinforcing the Oba's xenophobic political statements. They were stretching the Oba's threats and divisive rhetoric further, saying that a vote for PDP/Agbaje was a vote for an Igbo takeover of Lagos, and that a vote for APC/Ambode is a vote for preserving Lagos for the Yoruba and preventing the said Igbo takeover. In other words, in the last 48 hours since the scandal broke, the Oba's despicable words have birthed new xenophobes and emboldened old, closeted ones. Their postings can be seen on Facebook interspersed between the huge number of posts condemning the Oba's words.--On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Segun Ogungbemi <seguno2013@gmail.com> wrote:"I have seen vile Facebook posts in the last 24 hours saying that a vote for PDP/Jimi Agbaje is a vote for Igbos and for "Lagos as a No Man's Land," and that a vote for APC/Akinwunmi Ambode is a vote to preserve Lagos for the Yoruba and to keep the Igbo from taking it over."
The above is inflammatory and. provocative enough to cause the anger of Oba of Lagos. If there is no fire there cannot be smoke. Whoever is behind such postings should put an end to it.
Lagos State belongs to the Yoruba. When the Oba of Lagos said that he owned Lagos he was referring to the cultural belief and practice of the Yoruba that the Royal Highnesses own their domains in Yorubaland. Therefore, the Oba of Lagos is simply claiming his traditional and cultural rights by saying he owns the land.
It is absolutely wrong for Ibos to say that Lagos is no man's land.
Such arrogant statements of some of our Ibo brothers/sisters are probably responsible for the hate utterances of the paramount monarch of Lagos.
I remember a similar attitude was demonstrated in Kaduna and some other parts of the north in the 60s, which escalated the crisis that eventually snowballed to war.
The right thing to do when one sojourns in another culture is to study it and respect the people. Any vulgar utterances from the sojourner could spark disturbances. The Yoruba are the most accommodating among the major ethnicities in Nigeria that I know of and it should not be abused by any non indigenes living in their land.
Prof. Segun Ogungbemi
> On Apr 7, 2015, at 8:37 PM, Moses Ebe Ochonu <meochonu@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have seen vile Facebook posts in the last 24 hours saying that a vote for PDP/Jimi Agbaje is a vote for Igbos and for "Lagos as a No Man's Land," and that a vote for APC/Akinwunmi Ambode is a vote to preserve Lagos for the Yoruba and to keep the Igbo from taking it over.
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