Lagos Town Council: What You Should Know
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Lagos Town Council was created in 1950 as an administrative unit of Lagos under a new local government law in succession to the council created by the ordinance of 1941.
Oba Adele II of Lagos contested for the leadership of the Lagos town council but lost to Dr Abubakir Ibiyinka Olorunnimbe. Olorunimbe served as the Mayor of Lagos until the council was dissolved due to the accusations of corruption levelled against him by the councillors.
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Oba Adeniji Adele had resigned from the council at that time because of the mayor’s non-acknowledgement of his royal status during council meetings.
The Council was reorganized in 1953 under Obafemi Awolowo’s premiership and this saw the abolishment of the office of the mayor and the Oba becoming life president.
![Lagos Town Council: What You Should Know 6 National Council of Dr. Abubakir Ibiyinka Olorunimbe addresses Nigeria and Cameroon campaign rally as Mayor of Lagos in 1952.](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Mayor-of-Lagos-584x480.jpg)
Later on, the council collapsed as Lagos was removed from the Western region. In 1959, it was re-designated as a local government.
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