The Erelu's duties include advising the king on social matters, advising him on people deserving of titles, making sure things run well at the palace, and all those are in the gazette of the. She was from Owu in Abeokuta and was an Iyalode (high-ranking female chieftain). In those days, there was a beautiful collaboration between the government and traditional institutions. Erelu Kuti IV Abiola Dosunmu, Queen mother of Lagos, Yeye Oodua of Ife, Nigeria, King Sobhuza ii, Princess Ncengencenge Dlamini and Prince Mcwasho Dlamini of Eswatini birthday, The Giant King Mwami Mutara III Rudahigwa of Rwanda, A Close confidant of the traditional rulers of Lagos. When I became the Erelu, the number of honourary chiefs we had in Lagos State were just over 100. On Abimbola's French birth certificate, Fernandez wrote that his own birth year was 1936, not 1929. She married a lagos noble chief and became a chief herself in her own right. Lagos Princess, Abiola Dosunmu, the Erelu Kuti IV of Lagos state has said the desecration of the palace of Oba of Lagos was inevitable because the rulers has failed in their responsibilities to the people. Like the fabled goddess of the Verges, Erelu Abiola Dosunmu ages with elegance and grace. [1][2] Her maternal grandmother was an Iyalode of the Owu Egba. [38] His daughter Abimbola and his last partner Halima became embroiled in a bitter dispute about inheritance. [5] His father was named Camut Akinwale or Kanut Akinwande Fernandez, born with the first name Yesufu, which he later changed. I think a society gets whatever they desire in terms of governance, progress and social services. Goes On Stage In US, Germany, PHOTO NEWS: Lagos Tourism Ministry Receives New Perm Sec, Abosede Adelaja, MC Oluomo Discharged From Lagos Hospital, Travels Abroad, Buhari Didnt Know About Plans To Arraign Onnoghen At CCT Osinbajo, Microsoft 4Afrika Partners FirstBank To Spport SMEs, Tourism: Lagos Economy Records Over N50Bn Cash Transactions In December, Dangote Refinery Receives Major Component, Apple To Release Three New iphone Models In 2019, Nigerian Society Honours Ex- Ekiti Dep. In 2007, Dosunmu was publicly ordered by Fernandez to stop using his surname. Sad, Desperate Vanity of Orji Kalu Turns Instagram Into His Oyster, Debt and disease! When she met Fernandez in 1972, she was a widow with two children. She was reported to have nursed the fear of being cut off from her fathers inheritance. The mix-up in the name of the MFB is not deliberate. She is a direct descendant of Oba Dosunmu of Lagos, and is therefore of both royal Yoruba and royal Bini origins. Abiola Dosunmu, better known by her family name Abiola Dosunmu, is a popular Nigerian erelu Kuti of Lagos. Darryl Hinton The Erelu of Egbaland is my mothers side and the Erelu of Lagos has to do with the Kingdom of Lagos. That also helped me when I got involved in traditional activities. And when people see this, the respect they used to have for traditional rulers flies out of the window. [6] She is also said to have "revolutionized the traditional Aso Oke business to become the multi-million dollar industry it is today". [10] Dosunmu met Chief Antonio Deinde Fernandez, an Amaro member of the Olumegbon chieftaincy family of Lagos, in 1972. For Erelu of Lagos, Princess Abiola Sherifat Dosunmu, the last few months have been the most horrendous of her life.
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