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Lagos State Government has expressed displeasure with the promoters of the “Gangs of Lagos” film/series over what it described as “cultural misrepresentation” as well as portraying the culture of the state in a derogatory manner.

In a reaction by the state government, the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf said the Ministry, being the regulatory body and custodian of the culture of Lagos State, viewed the film/series as a mockery of the Heritage of Lagos.

Earlier, Prince Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu, the Apesinọla Ẹyọ Ọba Alakẹtẹ Pupa Ọkalaba Ẹkun, a cultural group, had condemned the film, calling for an immediate withdrawal.

Shodipe-Dosunmu described the film as “ethnic profiling, sacrilegious and outrageous trash.”

Meanwhile, the commissioner expressed her disappointment with the promoters of the film, Jade Osiberu and Kemi Akindoju, for portraying the Eyo Masquerade as a gun-wielding villain while adorning the full traditional regalia.

Instructively, the Eyo Festival is rarely observed and only comes up as a traditional rite of age for Obas, revered Chiefs and eminent Lagos Indigenes while the Eyo Madquerade is used as a symbol of honour for such personalities and remarkable historical events.

According to Akinbile-Yussuf, “We are of the opinion that the production of the film ‘The Gang of Lagos’ is very unprofessional and misleading while its content is derogatory of our culture, with the intention to desecrate the revered heritage of the people of Lagos.

“It is an unjust profiling of a people and culture as being barbaric and nefarious. It depicts a gang of murderers rampaging across the State”.

The state government maintained that “the Adamu Orisha, popularly known as the Eyo Festival, is rarely observed and only comes up as a traditional rite of age for Obas, revered Chiefs and eminent Lagosians.”

Akinbile-Yussuf, stressed that “the Eyo Masquerade is equally used as a symbol of honour for remarkable historical events.

“It signifies a sweeping renewal, a purification ritual to usher in a new beginning, a beckoning of new light, acknowledging the blessings of the ancestors of Lagosians.”

Lagosians are not Gangsters - Says Eyo custodian, Shodipe-Dosunmu

In an earlier reaction via a statement, Shodipe-Dosunmu, described the film as reckless, disgusting distortion of the sacred illustration of Lagos culture.

According to him, “There is a film presently being promoted by one Jade Osiberu and another character called Kemi Akindoju. The so called movie is an ugly, hate filled mockery of the Lagosian heritage.

“In their reckless, disgusting distortion of the sacred illustration of the Lagosian culture the film makers reduced the Eyo masquerade into a gun toting killing machine, clothing their misfit actors in the full regalia of the Eyo and with the Aga depicting some Conclaves.

“This is a total abomination. It is not only a distortion of our culture, it is a dark insidious profiling of our people as criminals and murderers rampaging across Lagos.

“The Adamu Orisha is a treasured cleansing ritual, a sacred rite performed on the age of an Oba or for their coronation.

“It is also used to honor distinguished Lagosians as their final rite of transition.

“Since Ejilu and Malakin, the brothers of Olori Olugbani first initiated the Eyo rite in celebration of Oba Ado Keme, the Adamu Orisha has become a sacred ancestral heritage celebrated with awe and deserving adoration.

“It signifies a sweeping renewal, a purificational ritual to usher in a new beginning, a beckoning of new light, acknowledging the blessings of our ancestors.

“To use the sacred Adamu Orisha Masquerade as an object of terror and loose criminality is to savage and despoil the Lagosian tradition.

“It is vile, evil, perverse; an utterly sadistic mangling of who we are as peace loving, accommodating and enlightened people.

“We demand an immediate withdrawal of this sacrilegious and outrageous trash.

“We demand that the National Film and Video Censors Board and all appropriate authorities to ban this blatant mockery disguising as cinematography and impose the most punitive sanctions on the sponsors of this venomous ethnic profiling.

“We also appeal to the Lagos State Government, the Oba of Lagos Alayeluwa Oba Rilwan Akinolu, all the custodians of our tradition including the Alaworo of Adamu Orisha and Akinsiku Chief Ademola Dosunmu to rouse up in protective defense of our tradition against the ravages of these agents of condemnable pollution of all that we cherish in this sacred soil of Oba Ado Keme.

“Ethnic profiling is recognized as a crime against humanity by the International Court of Justice.

“This provision can also be invoked against these sacrilegious hate baiters.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/04/gangs-of-lagos-film-a-mockery-of-our-heritage-lagos-govt/

Lol

I think the producers where even cautious not to project Lagos in its entirety because of young viewers.

Ask all the Olori Eyos, how much they were paid for the film........

Any film that tells the story of how Tinubu uses thuggery to keep Lagos down, LASG will always go after such movie. they attacked shanty town ?

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I back in the late 80s and early 90s when as a kid in Festac Town, Eyo Festival was done and it was a sight to behold. The festival for almost three decades have stopped at festac. I think it only holds at Lagos Island. Such a beautiful rare event.

If the film portrays Eyo Festival as bad, then the movie should be banned. That's a sacrilege to a culture people practice.

Who is the producer of the film again

Misplaced priority.. Everything about the black man na culture, tradition, abomination, sacrilege, blah blah, yet we cannot provide ordinary basic amenities for our people. Nonsense talk.

This film just disappointed me. It is so sad. All these young woke boys and girls could have done is get a for review before releasing it. If you are tellling our story via film; we have a right to see it before you show the world.

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Omooba77:
Lagos State Government has expressed displeasure with the promoters of the “Gangs of Lagos” film/series over what it described as “cultural misrepresentation” as well as portraying the culture of the state in a derogatory manner.


In a reaction by the state government, the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf said the Ministry, being the regulatory body and custodian of the culture of Lagos State, viewed the film/series as a mockery of the Heritage of Lagos.

Earlier, Prince Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu, the Apesinọla Ẹyọ Ọba Alakẹtẹ Pupa Ọkalaba Ẹkun, a cultural group, had condemned the film, calling for an immediate withdrawal.

Shodipe-Dosunmu described the film as “ethnic profiling, sacrilegious and outrageous trash.”


Meanwhile, the commissioner expressed her disappointment with the promoters of the film, Jade Osiberu and Kemi Akindoju, for portraying the Eyo Masquerade as a gun-wielding villain while adorning the full traditional regalia.

Instructively, the Eyo Festival is rarely observed and only comes up as a traditional rite of age for Obas, revered Chiefs and eminent Lagos Indigenes while the Eyo Madquerade is used as a symbol of honour for such personalities and remarkable historical events.

According to Akinbile-Yussuf, “We are of the opinion that the production of the film ‘The Gang of Lagos’ is very unprofessional and misleading while its content is derogatory of our culture, with the intention to desecrate the revered heritage of the people of Lagos.

“It is an unjust profiling of a people and culture as being barbaric and nefarious. It depicts a gang of murderers rampaging across the State”.

The state government maintained that “the Adamu Orisha, popularly known as the Eyo Festival, is rarely observed and only comes up as a traditional rite of age for Obas, revered Chiefs and eminent Lagosians.”



Akinbile-Yussuf, stressed that “the Eyo Masquerade is equally used as a symbol of honour for remarkable historical events.

“It signifies a sweeping renewal, a purification ritual to usher in a new beginning, a beckoning of new light, acknowledging the blessings of the ancestors of Lagosians.”

Lagosians are not Gangsters-Says Eyo custodian,Shodipe-Dosunmu

In an earlier reaction via a statement, Shodipe-Dosunmu, described the film as reckless, disgusting distortion of the sacred illustration of Lagos culture.

According to him, “There is a film presently being promoted by one Jade Osiberu and another character called Kemi Akindoju. The so called movie is an ugly, hate filled mockery of the Lagosian heritage.

“In their reckless, disgusting distortion of the sacred illustration of the Lagosian culture the film makers reduced the Eyo masquerade into a gun toting killing machine, clothing their misfit actors in the full regalia of the Eyo and with the Aga depicting some Conclaves.

“This is a total abomination. It is not only a distortion of our culture, it is a dark insidious profiling of our people as criminals and murderers rampaging across Lagos.

“The Adamu Orisha is a treasured cleansing ritual, a sacred rite performed on the age of an Oba or for their coronation.

“It is also used to honor distinguished Lagosians as their final rite of transition.

“Since Ejilu and Malakin, the brothers of Olori Olugbani first initiated the Eyo rite in celebration of Oba Ado Keme, the Adamu Orisha has become a sacred ancestral heritage celebrated with awe and deserving adoration.


“It signifies a sweeping renewal, a purificational ritual to usher in a new beginning, a beckoning of new light, acknowledging the blessings of our ancestors.

“To use the sacred Adamu Orisha Masquerade as an object of terror and loose criminality is to savage and despoil the Lagosian tradition.

“It is vile, evil, perverse; an utterly sadistic mangling of who we are as peace loving, accommodating and enlightened people.

“We demand an immediate withdrawal of this sacrilegious and outrageous trash.

“We demand that the National Film and Video Censors Board and all appropriate authorities to ban this blatant mockery disguising as cinematography and impose the most punitive sanctions on the sponsors of this venomous ethnic profiling.


“We also appeal to the Lagos State Government, the Oba of Lagos Alayeluwa Oba Rilwan Akinolu, all the custodians of our tradition including the Alaworo of Adamu Orisha and Akinsiku Chief Ademola Dosunmu to rouse up in protective defense of our tradition against the ravages of these agents of condemnable pollution of all that we cherish in this sacred soil of Oba Ado Keme.

“Ethnic profiling is recognized as a crime against humanity by the International Court of Justice.

“This provision can also be invoked against these sacrilegious hate baiters.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/04/gangs-of-lagos-film-a-mockery-of-our-heritage-lagos-govt/

Lagosians are not Gangsters-Says Eyo custodian,Shodipe-Dosunmu. From Adeniji, Ita Alagba, Pelewura, Iga Idugaran, Jankara, Apasile, Agarawu. Let not just say anything.

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Lagosians are not Gangsters-Says Eyo custodian,Shodipe-Dosunmu. From Adeniji, Ita Alagba, Pelewura, Iga Idugaran, Jankara, Apasile, Agarawu. Let not just say anything.

That is there tradition.......

Bastardized heritage

Heritage of corruption

I can't the last time I sat down to watch a Nollywood movie.

Please can someone help me summarize the movie...

Una don start again

Which one is ethnic profiling, is it not Yoruba man and actors that made the movie

But attacking Igbos on election day is not a mockery of your cultural heritage?

Like I said earlier I thank God the producer and director are Yorubas, if not they would have started another round of propaganda, hate and wickedness....

EKO TI BAJE ....ALREADY

LAGOS (LAGBERO) IS IRREPARABLY DAMAGED..
THE SYMBOL OF LAGOS HAS CHANGED FROM 3 WISE MEN (EYOO) .. CHANGED TO COUNTLESS STICK WELDING TOUTS AT THUGS.

YOU WANT TO BECOME A GOVT OFFICIAL.... FIRST BECOME A TOUT.

YOU WANT TO BECOME A KING... FIRST BECOME A TOUT.

YOU WANT A PHD... BECOME A TOUT.

WANT TO BE A LAWYER & SAN..BECOME A TOUT & THUG.

NOBODY SHOULD BLAME THE FILM. THE FILM IS A REFLECTION OF THE REAL LAGOS OF TINUBU DYNASTY - LAGBERO

THIS IS NOT THE LAGOS JAKANDE BEQUEATHED TO US..

LAGOS IS NOW TINUBU'S LAGBERO.
A STATE THAT INCUBATES, MENTORS , ACCELERATE & SPONSORS EXTORTION, EXPLOITATION & RENT SEEKING, THUGGERY & TOUT.

LAGOS OR LAGBERO IS SYNONYMOUS WITH OFFICIAL TOUTING & THUGGERY BY POLITICAL AND TRADITIONAL LEADERS OF THE STATE.

Snatching ballots on camera while police watched isn't but showing secret in the society in an entertaining way is degradation of culture. Useless govt. The dissenters will keep coming up with new ways to sensitize their viewers.

Hmmm.

All dis OverHyped Naija cinema movies. Too fake and never Original. 😕

Zubby Michael and Yul Edochie Asaba films are Better jare.

They have finished acting the film. If the government don't like it they should go to court.

Brendaniel:
But attacking Igbos on election day is not a mockery of your cultural heritage?

Like I said earlier I thanks God the producer and director are Yorubas, if not they would have started another round propaganda of hate and wickedness....

It was EXACTLY this kind of comment that made one Evil-minded, Partisan Mod to ban me.

because really if it was an IgboMan that directed or Produced this movie,
some Tribalists would have spinned it that he is trying to Desecrate Lagos. 😒

They should never have used the EYO masquerade in dt movie. First thing I said when I saw EYO with guns killing people.
Disgusting!

nnepodatti:
Any film that tells the story of how Tinubu uses thuggery to keep Lagos down, LASG will always go after such movie. they attacked shanty town ?
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There have been many gang movies about Lagos and gangs in politics, starting with king of boys. The Lagos state government or Isale Eko descendants did not complain. It’s the EYO masquerade potrayed shooting guns they are talking about. Why do u guys keep gaslighting? Same way u disregarded the issue wt Gbadebo’s tweets, and started talking about yorubas hating intertribal children.

I neer to watch this movie then.

So it's ethnic profiling and seun allowed his supper mod to it on FP?

Seun

LivingSage:
I neer to watch this movie then.

So it's ethnic profiling and seun allowed his supper mod to it on FP?

Seun

nnepodatti:
Any film that tells the story of how Tinubu uses thuggery to keep Lagos down, LASG will always go after such movie. they attacked shanty town ?

It is wonderful how those who think IPOB Terrorists can do no wrong

and that it is the right of Simon Ekpa and Ipob to Lockdown the SE every Monday

On pain of death always complain about Lagos Agberos

kokoA:
Misplaced priority.. Everything about the black man na culture, tradition, abomination, sacrilege, blah blah, yet we cannot provide ordinary basic amenities for our people. Nonsense talk.

If you try it in China or north Korea, nah death..

Those are not blacks..

okoo

The film must have gone through Censors Board.........

Everything is a mockery in Nigeria

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No need to criticize the movie, it will only attract more folks to watch it.