Like I have said before, now, the Edos didn’t conquer Lagos, neither did the Oba of Benin have a child there because he was drowned by the Ilajes and Mahins on his way back to Benin. The Edos and Itsekiris went to Lagos together around the 1500s to hunt down Olague, who was chased from Warri by the Olu of Warri to Mahin, where he ruled as king and still became a problem to the Itsekiris and Benins.

Warri and Benin declared war on Mahin Kingdom. The Olu of Warri got to Mahin, including the Oba of Benin. The war was won by the two groups, and Olague jumped into a boat and ran towards Lagos.

The Olu of Warri returned to the capital of Warri, and the Oba of Benin was given 3000 Itsekiri soldiers with fleets who followed him to hunt down Olague. When we got to Lagos, our own history told us we met Aworis, Ijebus, and other Ife groups in Lagos.

The Oba was placed in an entry of the area by Awori’s and the itsekiri’s went to Epe because they found their people who spoke same language with them. The two entry points of the area was blocked by Benin in Eko and itsekiri’s in Epe. We did not found anywhere in Lagos. We were settled by the people we met there.

We didn’t go there to fight them; they gave us camps to stay while we continued our search for Olague. How can you claim it to be Benin or Edo land when Edo never fought one battle against the people?

If Edo went there to search for someone, then you’re saying it belongs to them. Does that mean Itsekiris should make claims to owning Epe? No, it’s not ours, neither is it yours.

The Itsekiris and Benins went there to hunt someone, not to conquer. Edo doesn’t own Lagos; Itsekiris don’t own Lagos. We were accepted as warriors who came to hunt down a man. That is the true history.

If they say it’s not true there are evidence of this. This history is with itsekiri’s and ilajes/mahin. In Warri we have an entire forest named after him as Olague Forest reserves. And a creek was also named after him as Olague Creek.

He was also talked about briefly in Great Benin written by ROTH hence the statement from the Oba of Benin is wrong because Lagos was never founded by Benin.