Thanks IBK, they also did a massive land and property buy-up throughout Lagos in anticipation of future claims to Lagos. At first, they printed a pamphlet “Lagos belongs to the West” to argue for Yoruba exclusive ownership but later Awolowo compromised to save the cooperate existence of Nigeria because Sir Ahmadu Bello said the North had already made sacrifice by joining the federation, when they are in Lagos, they don’t want to be under the control of the Government of the Western Region. But Awolowo’s real calculation was this: you can’t restrict peoples access to Lagos and if Lagos as federal capital was under the Western Region, the Govt of the region would be responsible for all those people under its aggressive program of free education and modernization, so the booming population of Lagos was going to be a great financial liability!
On 4/8/15, 6:12 PM, "Ibukunolu A Babajide" <ibk2005@gmail.com> wrote:
Bode,
The boundary was at Idi Oro and Boundary in Apapa Ajegunle. Until 1967 if tax officers are chasing tax defaulters once the run across at boundary or Idi Oro they are safe.
Cheers.
IBK
On 8 Apr 2015 20:30, "Bode" <ominira@gmail.com> wrote:
-- --"Lagos does not belong to the Yoruba. Lagos belongs to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “ObiWe are back in the 1950s! This was one of the battles the Awolowo and the Action Group fought before Nigerian independence. Please correct me: my understanding is that they finally agreed to draw the boundary of the Western Region from Ikeja all the way through Surulere. So, it is not accurate then or now to claim that the whole of Lagos belongs to the Federal Government or was ever part of the capital city.Bode
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