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Basorun Gaa
Basorun Gaa was the head of the Oyo Mesi council who dominated the Oyo Empire from around the 1740s until he was executed c. 1774. He forced several Alaafins to their deaths and ruled through his own family and supporters. He was overthrown and killed by the Alaafin Abiodun.
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