Lesson 1 – The Story Behind The Olubadan House Name

Bolude, a pagan Ibadan warrior and herbalist of repute in the years of Ibadan militocracy, had Josiah Akinyele as his first son.

Josiah was one of the early converts under the auspices of David Hinderer, the German leader of the Church Mission Society (CMS) and his team of six missionaries that first brought Christianity to Ibadan in 1851.

Josiah Akinyele took Abigail Lapeno, the daughter of Kukomi, another powerful Ibadan pagan warrior, who also was converted to Christianity through Hinderer; as his second wife in 1870.

In 1875, she gave birth to her first son; Alexander Babatunde Akinyele, the first Anglican Diocesan Bishop of Ibadan and the founder of Ibadan Grammar School.

Several years later on 18 April 1882, she gave birth to the second son, Isaac Babalola Akinyele who later became the Olubadan of Ibadan.

This is the Olubadan behind the Olubadan House name!

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