The Ola-Idewu Onikoyi branch
The Historical Fact of the Ola-Idewu Onikoyi Family branch of the Onikoyi dynasty of Ikoyi and imoba land,Lagos state.
Welcome to the world of the Ola-Idewu Onikoyi’s Family
Here, we proudly showcase the historical, cultural, and modern significance of this great and dynamic branch of the larger Onikoyi Dynasty of Ikoyi and Imoba Land (Lagos), as well as its deep-rooted connections to Isale Eko (Lagos Island) and Eko Akete (Lagos State).The Ola-Idewu Onikoyi Family stands as one of the ten royal idi-igi (branches) of the prestigious Onikoyi Dynasty, which has, for generations, produced and nurtured the revered title of the Onikoyi of Ikoyi and Moba Land in Lagos State.While the Onikoyi Dynasty oversees and receives royalties from ancestral assets and properties across Moba Land, it also maintains ownership and influence over several assets and properties located in Isale Eko (Lagos Island). These royalties are traditionally redistributed among the nine other idi-igi (branches) of the Onikoyi lineage, ensuring fairness and unity within the dynasty.The succession of the Onikoyi of Ikoyi has endured through generations due to a classical rotational selection system. This system ensures equitable representation among the ten idi-igi (branches) of the royal family, which are as follows:
- Fafunwa
- Ojubiari
- Kubayije
- Ilumo
- Idewu
- Kugbamola
- Ajose Aluko
- Dosumu Ajiwe
- Adelu
- Dosumu
This ancestral rotational succession principle allows not only the sons of the family to ascend as Onikoyi of Ikoyi, but also extends eligibility to the sons of the dynasty’s unmarried or married daughters.This well-structured and time-tested rotational model has ensured stability and fairness within the Onikoyi dynasty for centuries. Its simplicity, transparency, and effectiveness have made it a model of succession that has inspired similar systems in communities across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands.
Interestingly,idewu who was the first son and the first child of the ancestor monarch,Multi onokoyi has strong tiles to idumota area of Lagos Island. From there joined block of there 2 houses at Enu owa street leading to the iga oba of Lagos,one of their important patriarch Lasisi Ifaremi Onikoyi(Baba pupa) gave birth to Alhaji Mustapha Ayoola Onikoyi and his sister Iya Taju. Other Notable patriarch includes:
Late Ogunlana Onikoyi branch (baba teacher)
Late Salawu Onikoyi (Baba baasi)
Late Akinola Onikoyi (Baba Musiliu) Branch-The father of the current secretary of the Ola-Idewu Onikoyi Branch.
Late Iya Seriki Branch (matriarch of the seriki branch)
Genealogy tree of Late Lasisi Faremi Onikoyi(Baba pupa)
The late patriarch,Lasisi Faremi Onikoyi married two wives,Iya Mustapha and Iya Taju. Late prince Mustapha Onikoyi
One of the Ola-Idewu Onikoyi family branch patriach,Alhaji Price Mustapha Ayoola Onikoyi. The son of Lasisi Faremi Onikoyi and his mother,the daughter of His Royal highness(HRH) late OBA FAROMBI DISU LINEAGE of Isolo Lagos state.
Double prince Mustapha went on to marry Four wives including
- Alhaja Agba Who begat Alhaja Serifat Durosimi (nee)Onikoyi
- Alhaja Rekiyat who begat (1) Late Prince Mukila Okunnu (2) Late prince Mutiu Onikoyi (3) Late prince Muniru Onikoyi (4) Princess Mutiatu Adebisi Adenekan(nee)Onikoyi (5) Late princess Muinatu Ayoka Onikoyi (6) Late Prince Muibi Onikoyi
- Late Alhaja Sekinat Onikoyi who begat (1) Late Prince Shamusideen Onikoyi (2) Princess Ariike Onikoyi (3) Princess Molara Onikoyi
- Alhaja Wulamat Onikoyi who begat Alhaji prince Fasasi Onikoyi
The Ola-Idewu Onikoyi Family branch 