Oyekan I

Oba Oyekan I
Oba of Lagos
Oba of Lagos
Reign1885 - 1900
Coronation1885
PredecessorDosunmu
SuccessorEshugbayi Eleko
BornOyekan
1871
Lagos, Nigeria
DiedSeptember 30, 1900
Lagos
Burial
Iga Idunganran
HouseAkitoye, Dosunmu
FatherOba Dosunmu

Oba Oyekan I (died September 30, 1900) reigned as the Lagos Monarch from March 1885 - September 30, 1900. He ascended the throne about a month after the death of his father Oba Dosunmu.[1]

  1. ^ Folami, Takiu (1982). A History of Lagos, Nigeria: The Shaping of an African City. Exposition Press, 1982. pp. 37–40. ISBN 9780682497725.