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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.^[1]

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) ^[1]

Alhaji Wahab Iyanda Folawiyo (1976-2008).

Abdul Hafeez A. Abou (2008-2024

Alhaji Sikiru Alabi-Macfoy (2024- till date)

See also

References

1 2 Kotun, Prince Bolakale (2008). History of the Eko Dynasty. p. 154. ISBN 9789789019557. Retrieved July 14, 2026.

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