Actor Yul Edochie has dismissed talks that Lagos State is a no man’s land, declaring instead that it is a Yoruba state.
The 41-year-old made the statement in an Instagram post he captioned “Let’s kill Tribalism before it kills us” on Saturday.
“I’ve lived in Lagos since 2011.
“Built my house in Lagos.
“Not once have I experienced any form of hate or rejection from the Yorubas.
“Anytime Yoruba boys see me on the street, they gather to greet me, and it’s love always,” he wrote in the post.
The son of Nollywood legend Pete Edochie then addressed the argument over ownership of the state.
According to him, the statement that Lagos is a no man’s land is wrong.
“Lagos is a Yoruba state in a Yoruba land.
“Imagine someone saying that Anambra is a no man’s land.
“That’s crap.
“Anambra is an Igbo land.
“You can’t come into someone’s land and tell the person it’s a now a no man’s land.
“Na you dey find trouble.
“Nobody can deny the fact that the Igbos have contributed immensely to the development of Lagos.
“Other tribes have contributed in their own ways too.
“And the Yorubas have been largely accommodating as well. It shouldn’t take away the fact that Lagos is a Yoruba land. We no dey drag ownership.
“Let’s kill tribalism before it kills us,” he concluded his post.
The last of six children, Yul Edochie was raised in Lagos and Enugu.
His post about Lagos is coming amid the tension created by the ongoing general elections in Nigeria.
