Person
Akitoye
Akitoye was Oba of Lagos from 1841 to 1845 and again from 1851 to 1853. Driven out by his nephew Kosoko in 1845, he sought British support, and in 1851 a British naval force bombarded Lagos, removed Kosoko and restored him. He signed a treaty with Britain abolishing the slave trade in 1852 and died in 1853, succeeded by his son Dosunmu.
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