PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
before 1630.Rulers
were...
- Oba ADO [Edo] 1630/1669, son of Esikpa (Prince
of Binin of Eweka Dynasty), 1st Eleko of Eko.
- Oba GABARO [Guobaro] (brother) 1669/1704
- Oba AKINSEMOYIN 1704/1749
HRH Princess Eletu Kekere 1749/1750
- Oba OLOGUN KUTERE 1750/1775, married
and had issue.
- Oba AJOSUN ADELE I (qv)
- Oba ESHINLOKUN (qv)
- Oba AKITOYE (qv)
- Prince Ogunye, married and had issue.
- Prince Ajose Imiekun, married and had issue.
- Prince Emmanuel Esugbayi Ajose, married and had issue.
- Professor Prince Oladele Ajose, of the
Ologun-Kutere Ruling House,
contestant
for the throne in 1964, married and had issue.
- Prince Omoyele Arinola Ajose, married and had issue.
- Prince Omooba Ajose
- Prince Michale Omoyele Ajose, of the
Ologun-Kutere Ruling House, born
late
1940's, educated at the Holy Ghost School, St. Gregory's College,
before
proceeding to the United Kingdom and the United States of America,
attaining
a degree in Applied Economics and a Masters in Business Administration
respectively, married to a Princess of the Akinsemoyin Royal House.
- Oba AJOSUN ADELE I 1775/1780
and 1832/1834
or 1811/1821 and 1835/1837 (#1p.5),
married (amongst others), Queen Efunroye Tinubu from Abeokuta, and had
issue.
- Oba OLUWOLE (by Tinubu) (qv)
- Oba ESHINLOKUN 1780/1819 or 1821/1833, married and had
issue.
- Oba IDEWU OJULARI (qv)
- Oba KOSOKO (qv)
- Oba IDEWU OJULARI 1819/1832 or 1833/1835
- Oba OLUWOLE 1834/1841 or 1835/1841
- Oba AKITOYE 1841/1845 and 1851/1853, died 3rd September
1853.
- Oba KOSOKO 1845/1851 (deposed), ancestor of Pr. Adebola
Disu-Ige
(1936-),
and Prince Dele Idris Kosoko. He died after 1863.
- Omo Oba Meshimo Kosoko, eldest son of Oba Kosoko,
ancestor of the
Meshimo
family, married and had issue.
- Prince Youssuf Meshimo, married and had issue.
- Prince Sikiru Alade Kosoko
- Prince Muftau Moyosore Atanda Meshimo-Kosoko, married
and had issue.
- Prince Abdul Morakinyo Adekunle Kosoko, married and
had issue.
- Princess Maryam Elizabeth Fadekunbi Kosoko
- Prince Tara Morayo Adewale Kosoko
- Princess Faroukat Fadekunbi Kosoko, married and had
issue.
- Prince Mouyeddin Mobolaji Kosoko
- Prince Mohammed Moradeyo Kosoko
- Omo Oba Olojo Kosoko, second son, ancestor of the Olojo
family.
- Oba DOSUNMU [Docemo] 1853/1885, had issue. He died 26th
February 1885.
- Prince Akitoye Dosunmu, married and had issue.
- Prince Yekini Dosunmu, married and had issue.
- Prince Hakim Dosunmu, resident and Business man in
Washington DC.
- Prince Rasheed Dosunmu, former Deputy Director
Nigerian Customs,
Principal Secretary (retd.) of Chieftancy Affairs under President
Shagari,
married and has issue.
- Prince Aramide Odumosu
- Prince Razak Adewale Dosunmu, an Inventor and
Business man with four US
patented products, married and has issue.
- Grant Dosunmu
- Raliat Dosunmu
- Prince Fatai Dosunmu, an Architect in Washington DC,
married and has
issue.
- Taiwo Dosunmu
- Kehinde Dosunmu
- Prince Olabisi Dosunmu
- Prince Kolawole Dosunmu, Business man in London,
England, married and
has
issue.
- Nicholas Dosunmu
- Lolade Dosunmu
- Prince Ayesoro Dosunmu, Business man, resided in
Benin Republic,
married
and had issue.
- Muba Dosunmu
- Afisu Dosunmu
- Abinbola Dosunmu
- Unknown (4 or 5 generations), had issue.
- Princess Abimbola Dosunmu-Shitta, 1st Erelu Oba of Saki
Town in Oyo
State
1999/-, 1st Yeye Omobalufon of Lagos. Patrilineage is the Ifaro line of
King Dosunmu and the matrilineage is the Ado ruling house of Saki.
- Oba OYEKAN I 1885/1900, married
and had issue.
He died 30th September 1900.
- Prince Kushanu Abiola Oyekan, married
and had issue.
- HRH Oba ADEYINKA AKINOLA OYEKAN II
(qv)
- Oba ESHUGBAYI ELEEKO 1900/1925 and
1931/1932
- Oba IBINKUNLE AKITOYE 1925/1928
- Oba SANUNSI OLUSI 1928/1931
- Oba FALOLU DOSUNMU 1932/1949, died 3rd
September
1949.
- HH Sir Oba MUSENDIKU BURAIMOH ADENIJI-ADELE
II 1949/1964, born 13th November 1893,
married and had issue. He died 12th July 1964.
- Prince Dr. Gbadebo Adeniji-Adele, married and had issue.
- Prince Babatunde Omogbolahan Adeniji-Adele, presently
based in the U.K.
- Prince Ademola Adeniji-Adele fl.1995
- Prince Adelani Adeniji-Adele, married
and has issue.
- Prince Adewale Adeniji-Adele
- Prince Oyekan Adeniji-Adele
- Prince Sultan Ladega Adeniji-Adele, a University of Lagos
trained
Mathematician.
- Princess Nanny Adeniji-Adele
- HRH Oba ADEYINKA AKINOLA OYEKAN II
1964/2003,
installed February 1965, belongs to Dosunmu lineage, born on
30th
June 1911, educated at Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos, Eko Boys’
High
School, Lagos and Kings' College, Lagos, before he moved to the School
of Pharmacy, Yaba College, from where he qualified as a pharmacist in
1933.
It was this profession he was practising up till 1965, when he ascended
the throne to become the 18th monarch of Lagos. He was permanent
chairman
of the Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, appointed chancellor,
Federal
University of Agriculture, Makurdi in 1991, married and had issue. He
died
7th March 2003.
- Princess Kofoworola Jinadu (née Oyekan)
- Princess Adepeju Oyekan
- Prince Obalade Oyekan, born 15th October 1955.
- Princess Abioye Oyekan
- Prince Kolawole Oyekan, Aremo of Lagos.
- Princess Remilekun Olajumoke (née Oyekan)
- Oba Mobadenle Obalade Oyekan ESIMIKAN II, Onilado of
Ilado
1996/-
- Prince Isiola Famokun Oyekan, born 8th November 1958.
- Prince Ademiju Adekinte Oyekan
- Prince Adeyinka Abiola Oyekan
- Princess Olori Adefunke Elegushi (née Oyekan)
- Princess Toluwalade Alalade (née Oyekan)
- Chief Ayodele Oyekan, Bajulaiye of Lagos,
installed 12th August
2001.
- Prince Adediran Oyekan
- Princess Adebopo Oyekan
- Princess Adetola Oyekan
- Prince Falade Oyekan
- Prince Oriyomi Oyekan
- Princess Molara Oyekan
- Princess Adetoun Oyekan
- Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu AKIOLU I (see
above)
OTHER MEMBERS: Royal or Ruling
Houses include
- Ajose, Kosoko, Dosumu, Akinsemoyin.
- Chief Nasiru Dosunmu, current Paramount Apena of Lagos,
married and has
issue.
- Prince Lanre Dosunmu (eldest son),
Lecturer/Teacher/Accountant in
Manchester
& London.
- Prince Dr. Ade Dosunmu (second son), Medical Doctor in
the U.S.A.
- Prince Tejumade Durosinmi
- Princess Tejumade Alakija
- Prince Bisi Sango-Doyin
- Chief Olayiwola Balogun, died 9th December 2000
- Alhaja Suliat Adedeji (sister), died 14th November 1996.
- Prince Farouk Adewale Adele
- Prince Moroof Adele
- Prince Lasisi Ojora, Olori-Omoba, head of the Adele
Ajosun
Royal
House, married and has issue.
- Prince Otunba Adekunle Ojora, re-nowned businessman and
corporate
identity.
- Alhaji Prince Musiliu Tijani
- Prince Sikiru Adele Salvador
- Prince Rasaki Adele
- Princess Khadijat Adele-Dosunmu
- Prince Tosin Adele
- H.R.H. Princess Abiola Dosunmu, Erelu Kuti of
Lagos, Acting Oba
of Lagos 7th March to 22nd May 2003.
- Princess Layiwola Ogundimu (Akinsemoyin Lineage), Junior
Erelu of Lagos
- Prince Kazeem Akitoye
- Princess Taiye Eleko Dosunmu
- Chief Shakoor Ajose, the Suenu of Lagos.
- Chief Tajudeen Idris, the Alagbeji of Lagos.
- The 11 nominees are for the vacant throne in 2003 are as
follows.
- Prince Aremo Fola Pearse (Esinlokun lineage)
- Prince Kolawole Abayomi Balogun (Esinlokun lineage)
- Prince Ademuyiwa Dosunmu (Akitoye lineage)
- Prince Otunba Adekunle Ojora (Adele Ajosun lineage)
- Prince Sammy Adebiyi (Akinsemoyin lineage-Shadeko branch)
- Prince Rasheed Modile (Akinsemoyin lineage-Jolasun branch)
- Prince Tajudeen Olusi (Akinsemoyin lineage-Aina Egbe
branch), also
received
concurrent nominations from the Olusi and Akinsemoyin lineages.
- Prince Adetutu Oladipo Eko (Akinsemoyin lineage-Gbosebi
branch)
- Prince Monsur Akinola Williams (Akinsemoyin lineage-Amore
Olukokun
branch)
- Prince Rilwan Tunde Akiolu (Akiolu lineage)
- Prince Kwam Alade Zaid (Akiolu lineage). An analysis of
the nominations
shows that five of the 11 nominees came from various branches of the
Akinsemoyin
house, two from the Akiolu house, two from Esinlokun and one each from
the Akitoye and Adele Ajosun.
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