Baba Adinni

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Baba Adinni is a Yoruba chiefly title. It is often conferred by local obas in Nigeria's Yorubaland region, usually to Muslim men who have contributed to society or government in some fashion.

List of Baba Adinni of Lagos

• Pa Arunmonikun from (1841-1891)

• Mohammed Shitta Bey (1891-1895)

• Pa Yesufu Alufa Shitta-Bey (1895-1911)

• Pa Apatira (1911)

• Pa Tiamiyu Savage (Bashorun Olowogbowo) (1911-1919)

• Imam Adam Ali Fayati (1919-1924)

• Imam Abass Opere (1924-1937)

• Pa Bombata And Pa Akinyemi (up to 1967)

• Alhaji Waheed Elias (1967-1976)

• Alhaji Wahab Iyanda Folawiyo (1976-2008).

• Abdul Hafeez A. Abou (2008-2024

• Alhaji Sikiru Alabi-Macfoy (2024- till date)

See also

• Oba (ruler)
• Nigerian traditional rulers

References