Kosoko

Eshilokun

Eshilokun was the Oba of Lagos from 1780 to 1819. Eshilokun became king following the expulsion of Oba Adele Ajosun, who was accused of negligence in the keeping of cultural sanctity. Like his…

Kosoko was the Oba of Lagos between 1845 and 1851. His insistence on slave trade was the pretext for the 1851 British bombardment of Lagos for which he went into exile in Epe, a town 60 kilometers…

Apati

Apati was the 19th Century Egba chief, one of the warlords who dominated the political life of the tribe from the time when the people newly settled at Abeokuta to the time when the first…

Dosunmu

Dosunmu, name spelt Docemo in the Victorian Lagos era, Oba of Lagos between 1853 and 1885. He was responsible for the cession of Lagos to the British crown, thereby making Lagos a colony. His…

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