Oba Eshugbayi Eleko (died 1932), alias "Eleko of Eko", was the Oba of Lagos from 1901 to 1925, and from 1931 to 1932. His father was Oba Dosunmu.[1] Eleko's struggles and legal victory over the British colonial government symbolized the struggle between indigenous rights and colonial rule in Nigeria. The outcome of the "Eleko Affair" led to the Eleko's deposition as Oba and deportation to Oyo between 1925 and 1931, years that some historians now 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).
^Robert L. Sklar (8 December 2015). Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation. Princeton University Press, 2015. p. 44. ISBN 9781400878239.
EshugbayiEleko (died 1932), alias "Eleko of Eko", was the Oba of Lagos from 1901 to 1925, and from 1931 to 1932. His father was Oba Dosunmu. Eleko's...
The Oba of Lagos, also known as the Eleko of Eko, is the traditional ruler (Oba) of Lagos. The Oba is a ceremonial Yoruba sovereign with no political...
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2, 1949) served as the Oba of Lagos from 1932 to 1949, succeeding EshugbayiEleko. He was a former fisherman and a member of the House of Dosunmu. Oba...
some historians refer to as the "Interregnum" years of the exiled Oba EshugbayiEleko. Oba Sanusi Olusi was a grandson of Olusi, and great grandson of Oba...
some historians refer to as the "Interregnum" years of the exiled Oba EshugbayiEleko. Ibikunle Akitoye was the first western educated and Christian Oba...
Pelewura, leader of the Lagos Market Women's Association, Oba EshugbayiEleko, the Eleko of Eko at the time, Amodu Tijani Oluwa, the Chief Oluwa of Lagos...
"Gunpowder Plot Case". When the Privy Council decided that the exiled Oba EshugbayiEleko could apply for a writ of habeas corpus from one judge to another,...
(1845–1851) King Dosunmu [Docemo] (1853–1885) Oba Oyekan I (1885–1900) Oba EshugbayiEleko (1901-1925 & 1932) Oba Ibikunle Akitoye (1925–1928) Oba Sanusi Olusi...
Omo-Oba) introduced EshugbayiEleko to Blaize, and Blaize, in turn, introduced EshugbayiEleko to Governor MacGregor, who recognized Eleko as Oba of Lagos...
whose politics diverged as a result of the Lagos Eleko crisis. Alakija was opposed to EshugbayiEleko, the Oba of Lagos and the Oba's supporters including...
leader and trader and in 1910, was given a chieftaincy title by Oba EshugbayiEleko. In the 1920s, she was leader of the Ereko meat market and with the...
colonial government did not have the right to deprive his overlord EshugbayiEleko, the Oba of Lagos, of his ancestral powers. To this end, he served...
January 2012. EshugbayiEleko v. Government of Nigeria [1931] UKPC 37, [1931] A.C. 662, P.C. (on appeal from Nigeria). EshugbayiEleko, p. 670. See also...
Lagos Colony. 1900 - Ibadan-Lagos railway begins operating. 1901 Oba EshugbayiEleko in power. Carter Bridge built. Lagos Institute founded. Population:...
January 2012. EshugbayiEleko v. Government of Nigeria [1931] UKPC 37, [1931] A.C. 662, P.C. (on appeal from Nigeria). EshugbayiEleko, p. 670. See also...
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