Akitoye's father was Oba Ologun Kutere and his siblings were Obas Osinlokun and Adele.
13 Facts About Akitoye
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Consequently, Akitoye was installed as Oba of Lagos.
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Akitoye tried to placate Kosoko with gifts and granted him the title Oloja of Ereko or owner of Ereko.
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In turn, Akitoye recalled Eletu Odibo from Badagry, leading Kosoko to declare that if Eletu Odibo returned to Lagos, he would "make himself king".
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Akitoye, in turn, deployed his crier singing "I am like a pin firmly driven into the ground, which is always hard to root out but ever remains firm".
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Akitoye eventually accepted defeat, escaped up the lagoon to the north, and was granted safe passage through the Agboyi Creek by Oshodi Tapa, Kosoko's war captain.
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Oshodi Tapa explained Akitoye's escape to Kosoko by saying that Akitoye put his enemies in a trance.
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Akitoye thereafter arrived in Abeokuta where he was granted asylum.
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Madam Tinubu and other Akitoye allies fled to Badagry upon Kosoko's accession to the Lagos throne.
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Akitoye's anti-slavery position appears born of self-interest considering his connection with the well known slave trader Domingo Martinez who backed Akitoye's unsuccessful attack on Lagos in 1846.
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On January 1,1852, Akitoye signed the Treaty between Great Britain and Lagos abolishing the slave trade.
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Akitoye died on September 2,1853 and was succeeded by his son, Oba Dosunmu.
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Dosunmu believed Akitoye was poisoned by Kosoko's loyal chiefs: Oshodi Tapa, Ajenia, and Ipossu.