To every action, there is equal and opposite reaction. I will use myself as an example. I am from Ogun State, but some of my extended family members are from Lagos. Sounds strange right? Lagos, as a State, was created in 1967 and Ogun in 1976. My people have existed as one. Till today, part of my panegyrics is the same with that of many indigenous Lagosians.
Ọmọ iwájú ọlọ́kọ̀ tí n sowó,
Ẹ̀yìnkulé ọlọ́kọ̀ tí ń sèjìgbà ilẹ̀kè
Ògèdègédé ọlọ́kọ̀ tí ń tàn yẹbẹyẹbẹ lójú omi
Ọmọ ká fọ̀pá wàá, ká fàjẹ̀ wàá,
Ká fògèdègédé ọwọ́ wakọ délẹ̀ Ìṣẹri
Back to the discussion at hand. I wasn't really interested in the affairs of Lagos. It's like the properties of my distance cousin. But when we start seeing videos of people in far away Anambra and other Eastern States holding meetings and saying "Lagos is not negotiable, we have to capture Lagos," my sense of preservation will be triggered. It would be stupid of any Yorùbá person to watch people with conquest mentality take over Yorùbá Land.
"I'm from Osun/Ogun/Ondo/Oyo/Ekiti State. I'll never claim to be from Lagos. We Yorubas don't do like that."
So why are you crying over Lagos matter? You've been lamenting because someone is identifying as a Lagosian.
Town crier, did I identify as someone from your state?