Akitoye (died September 2, 1853), sometimes wrongly referred to as Akintoye, reigned twice as Oba of Lagos; first, from 1841 to 1845, and a second time...
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Lagos during the reigns of Obas (monarchs) Adele, Dosunmu, Oluwole, and Akitoye, helping the latter two Obas gain political power. She married Oba Adele...
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Ibikunle Alfred Akitoye (1871–1928) was Oba of Lagos from 1925 to 1928 during what some historians refer to as the "Interregnum" years of the exiled Oba...
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captain. Oshodi Tapa explained Akitoye's escape to Kosoko by saying that Akitoye put his enemies in a trance. Akitoye thereafter arrived in Abeokuta where...
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replaced him with Akitoye, who previously lost his throne to Kosoko and asked the British to help him return to power. In return, Akitoye promised to end...
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the slave-trade-friendly Oba Kosoko, helping to install the amenable Oba Akitoye and signing the Treaty between Great Britain and Lagos on 1 January 1852...
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Docemo, reigned as Oba of Lagos from 1853, when he succeeded his father Oba Akitoye, until his own death in 1885. He was forced to run away to Britain under...
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John Beecroft, British Consul in the Bights of Benin and Biafra) and Oba Akitoye, the newly installed Oba of Lagos. The treaty was signed following British...
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many children among whom were future Obas, Eshinlokun, Adele Ajosun, and Akitoye. Other children included Akiolu, Olukoya, and Olusi. All Obas of Lagos...
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John Beecroft to encourage the overthrow of King Kosoko. The new King Akitoye was a docile non-slave-trading puppet. The Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron...
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Oba Oluwole died in an explosion at the Oba's palace in 1841, Akitoye became Oba. Akitoye naively tried to appease an embittered Kosoko by inviting him...
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Akitoye, and supporters of the deposed Kosoko led to fighting in August 1853. An attempt by Kosoko himself to take the town was defeated, but Akitoye...
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Oluwole Oba of Lagos Reign 1837 - 1841 Predecessor Adele Successor Akitoye Born Oluwole Lagos Died 1841 Lagos Burial Lagos Father Adele Religion Ifá...
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and deposed and exiled the king, and installed Akitoye's brother Kosoko as Oba. Exiled to Europe, Akitoye met with British authorities, who had banned slave...
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father was Oba Ologun Kutere and his siblings were Obas Osinlokun and Akitoye, thus the Ologun Kutere line has remained the dominant line in the Obaship...
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His father was Oba Ologun Kutere and his siblings were Obas Adele and Akitoye, making the Ologun Kutere Obaship line the dominant one in Lagos. Among...
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Royal Navy in 1851. The British thus replaced Kosoko with Akitoye again. In 1852, Akitoye and the British consul John Beecroft signed a treaty to free...
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in July 1845 on Oba Akitoye's palace resulting in Akitoye fleeing to Abeokuta. Tapa played a diplomatic role by granting Akitoye safe passage through...
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sentimental gifting from the people of Lagos to the Oba of Benin. Oba Akitoye, who was re-installed to the throne by the British, "seized the opportunity...
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leaders who refused to agree to British treaties to outlaw the trade. Akitoye, the 11th Oba of Lagos, is famous for having used British involvement to...
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and in which Oba Kosoko was ousted, resulting in the ascension of Oba Akitoye. During the bombardment the British Navy lost two officers and ten men...
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Successor Eshugbayi Eleko Born Oyekan 1871 Lagos, Nigeria Died September 30, 1900 Lagos Burial Iga Idunganran House Akitoye, Dosunmu Father Oba Dosunmu...
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Oba Sanusi Olusi (died 1935) was a wealthy trader who succeeded Ibikunle Akitoye as Oba of Lagos from 1928 to 1931 during what some historians refer to...
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Idewu Ojulari, Oba (1829–1832) or until 1835 Oluwole, Oba (1837–1841) Akitoye, Oba (1841–1845, 1851–1853) Kosoko, Oba (1845–1851) Nembe Kingdom (complete...
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father of Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Beko Ransome-Kuti, and Fela Kuti Ibikunle Akitoye (1871–1928), Oba of Lagos J. K. Randle (1909–1956), Businessman and Socialite...
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Lagos: The British capture the city of Lagos and replace King Kosoko with Akitoye because of the former's refusal to ban the slave trade. 1852 Hawaii 1852...
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Oyekan was the second Christian Oba of Lagos, the first being Ibikunle Akitoye. He was considered a pacifist and bridge builder during his reign. Adeyinka...
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now known as the Reduction of Lagos resulting in the installation of Oba Akitoye (and the ouster of Oba Kosoko) who signed the Treaty Between Great Britain...
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call the "interregnum years", and that saw the reigns of Oba Ibikunle Akitoye (from 1925 to 1928) and Oba Sanusi Olusi (from 1928 to 1931). Oba Eleko...
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Amisu, Kehinde O.; Ehichioya, Deborah U.; Ogunsola, Folasade T.; Coker, Akitoye O. (February 2007). "Associated risk factors and pulsed field gel electrophoresis...
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