20 Facts About Adeyemo Alakija

Oloye Sir Adeyemo Alakija, was a Nigerian lawyer, politician and businessman.

Adeyemo Alakija served as a member of the Nigerian legislative council for nine years starting in 1933.

Adeyemo Alakija developed close relationships with many organizations and communities among whom were the Lebanese and Syrian community in Nigeria, he was decorated with a medal of the cedars after his visit to Lebanon in 1949.

Adeyemo Alakija held the chieftaincy titles of the Lisa of Egbaland and the Woje Ileri of Ile-Ife.

Adeyemo Alakija was born to the family of Marculino and Maxmilliana Assumpcao; he was the youngest of the seven children in the family.

Adeyemo Alakija's father was of Egba ancestry and his mother was the daughter of Alfa Cyprian Akinosho Tairu of Oyo.

Adeyemo Alakija's eldest brother Maxwell Porphyrio Assumpcao-Alakija was a barrister in Bahia and father in-law of Sir Olumuyiwa Jibowu, and one of his brothers was Olayimika Alakija, a former member of the Nigerian Legislative Council.

Adeyemo Alakija later studied at Oxford University in the early 1930s, and became an ardent proponent for the provision of tertiary education to Nigerians during the colonial period.

Adeyemo Alakija then proceeded to study Law in London, earning his qualification in 1913, and thereafter opened a law practice in Lagos.

Adeyemo Alakija was opposed to Eshugbayi Eleko, the Oba of Lagos and the Oba's supporters including the Jamat Muslims and Macaulay.

Adeyemo Alakija was a candidate in the 1923 legislative elections but lost.

Adeyemo Alakija was the first president of the Island Club.

Sir Adeyemo Alakija was a newspaper entrepreneur who co-founded the Daily Times of Nigeria with Ernest Ikoli and Richard Barrow, who was the president of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce.

Adeyemo Alakija assumed the chairmanship of the paper's publishing arm, the Nigerian Printing and Publishing Company.

Adeyemo Alakija was a member of the governor's executive council and was president of the Nigerian Youth Movement.

Adeyemo Alakija was heavily influenced by the tidal waves of cultural nationalism in Nigeria during the early twentieth century.

Adeyemo Alakija was influential in the development of Egbe Omo Oduduwa and later the Action Group and was donor to both organizations.

Adeyemo Alakija sent most of his children from his first wife to Britain for education.

Chief Adeyemo Alakija was a founding member and president of the Island Club of Lagos and was a founding member and Vice President of the Nigeria Football Association in 1933.

Adeyemo Alakija's grandson is Kojo Annan, a Ghanaian businessman and son of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.