Akitoye

Akitoye
Oba of Lagos
Reign	1841 - 1845 1851 - 1853
Coronation	1841
Born	Lagos
Died	Lagos
Burial	Nigeria

Akitoye, sometimes wrongly referred to as Akintoye, was the 11th Oba of Lagos.^[1][2]

Biography

Akitoye was a grandson of previous Oba Ologun Kutere. He is known for trying to ban slave trading. He experienced opposition from Madam Tinubu, a slave trader and adversary to British involvement in Lagos, and was overthrown by his nephew in 1845. He then met British troops, whose country had banned slave trading in 1807, and conspired to regain his seat in return for helping to suppress of the slave trade among the Yoruba people of Lagos. He overthrew his nephew in 1851, signed a treaty with the British government to end the slave trade in Lagos on 1 January 1852, and ruled for two more years until his death on 1 September 1853.^[3] He was succeeded by Oba Dosunmu. To commemorate his death, the first ever Eyo procession was held in Lagos.^[4] Akitoye's grandson Ibikunle Akitoye reigned as Oba of Lagos from 1925-1928.

References

1. A. Orugbani (2005). Nigeria since the 19th century. Paragraphics. ISBN 9789782954381.
2. Lawal Babatunde Adams; Tinubu Foundation (2002). The history, people and culture of Ita-Tinubu community. Lagos, Nigeria: Tinubu Foundation. ISBN 9789780569310.
3. Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. 6. OUP USA. p. 148. ISBN 9780195382075. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
4. Williams, Lizzie (2008). Nigeria (New ed.). Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt Travel Guides. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-84162-239-2.

External links

• CAjay2a.htm