The Idejos gave him land, a disused pepper farm on which he built his house (Iga Idunganran—palace at the pepper farm). Ado succeeded his father, Ashipa. Ado’s children were Akinsemoyin ...

They were called the Idejos – they came from Ife. But later, the white men and the Oba of Benin overpowered us and picked the Oba of Lagos to rule us. Since then, we followed them like slaves.

A major issue that was roundly dealt with at the lecture is the subject of Lagos being a no man’s land. Before now, a few individuals and groups have claimed that Lagos doesn’t belong to any ...