Birthday greetings to my Oba of Lagos, by Dele Sobowale

“It is the part of a king to do good to his subjects and be maligned for it” – Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC, King of Macedonia.
Seldom does this column write about our Royal Fathers. Today, two of them are the focus of attention – for the best of reasons. His Imperial Majesty Alayeluwa Oba Rilwanu Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu I, CFR, who, unknown to many people, is a lawyer, Fellow of the Nigerian Law School, Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management, Oba of Lagos and Permanent Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, celebrated another birthday last week. This article should have been published then. But, the commitment to publish a tribute to Chief Kesington Adebu...