Ibikunle Akitoye

Ibikunle Akitoye
Oba of Lagos
Reign1925-1928
Coronation1925
PredecessorEshugbayi Eleko
SuccessorSanusi Olusi
BornIbikunle Akitoye
1871
Lagos, Nigeria
Died1928
Lagos
ReligionChristianity
Ibikunle Akitoye
Alma materCMS Grammar School, Lagos

Ibikunle Alfred Akitoye[1] (1871–1928) was Oba of Lagos from 1925 to 1928 during what some historians refer to as the "Interregnum" years of the exiled Oba Eshugbayi Eleko. Ibikunle Akitoye was the first western educated and Christian Oba of Lagos. Akitoye's reign also marked the association of Lagos Obas with non-traditional religions.

  1. ^ Allister Macmillan (1993). The Red Book of West Africa: Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial Facts, Figures & Resources. Spectrum Books, 1993. p. 113. ISBN 9789782461735. Retrieved 30 July 2017.