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The former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani (San), has strongly condemned the recent redenomination of a large Lagos bus stop, describing it as a dangerous ethnic agenda that threatens the fragile a unit of Nigeria.
Ubani was reacting to the decision of the outgoing president of the development area of the local council of Bariga (LCDA), Hon. Kolade Alabi David, to rename the famous Charly Boy bus stop at the Baddo bus stop, in honor of the famous music star Yoruba, Olamide.
While recognizing the results of Olamide, Ubani, a legal and political analyst, he denounced what he described as a “systematic and silent cancellation” of the names of the places in Lagos historically associated with non -Yoruba residents, in particular to the Igbo community.
“This act goes beyond entertainment or local politics. He remained a tribal prejudice and exclusion,” said Ubani.
“What we are witnessing is a subtle but disturbing effort to rewrite the rich cultural history of Lagos in a way that questioned the contributions of other ethnic groups”.
Ubani, who has lived in Lagos since the 1980s and built a multi -ethnic legal practice in the State, said that the renamed public reference points model without public consultation or justification threatens to reverse the earnings of national integration.
According to him, Lagos, once known as Melting Pot of Nigeria, is gradually renamed as an ethnightly space in which the names with non -Yoruba roots perceived are deleted without explanations.
He asked: “These names were imposed illegally? They were not once approved by the government institutions themselves? What has changed and why now?”
Ubani warned that actions like this, especially if conducted under the pretext of administrative decisions, could feed resentment, ethnic profiling and deepen national disunity at a time when the country is struggling with insecurity and social division.
“This growing trend of road compensation based on ethnic calculations betrays the progressive and accommodating image of the Yoruba people,” he said.
He also criticized the state government of Lagos and the local ministry of the local government and the affairs of Chieftancy for not having issued political guidelines or guaranteeing the participation of the community in the rename process.
“The public infrastructure bears the memory and identity of a people. When the names are changed arbitrarily, he sends a dangerous message – that some stories no longer count,” Ubani observed.
He added that while it can be acceptable to honor remarkable figures, to do it at the cost of eliminating other bequests, in particular those rooted in the multicultural identity of Lagos – is unjust, non -democratic and insensitive.
Ubani urged the authorities to reverse what has called a “retrogressive tendency” before it becomes a precedent for ethnic domain in public policies.
“Our greatness as a city and as a nation lies in peaceful coexistence, in mutual respect and in the appreciation of diversity – not in exclusion and silent hostility”, he warned.
Asking transparency and inclusion in such decisions, Ubani concluded with a passionate appeal: “Lagos must not become a theater of ethnic cleaning through the names of the roads. He lets the aggravated and systemic hatred through public policies be stopped – is a solemn appeal”.
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