Sir Adetokunbo Ademola became the first indigenous Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1958, succeeding Sir Stafford Foster-Sutton. He held the office until 1972, guiding the judiciary through the country’s transition from colonial rule to independence.
Egba Alake is one of the five sections of Egbaland, the others being Oke – Ona, Gbagura, Owu and Ibara (historically, Ibara is part of yewa, not Egba, although it is located in the present day Abeokuta geographically).It is a traditional state which joins with its bordering sections to form something of a high kingship. The Alake of Abeokuta or Alake of Egbaland, is the traditional ruler of the Egba clan of Yoruba in the city of Abeokuta in southwestern Nigeria.
The Egba are ancient freedom-fighters, highly intellectual, artistic and agriculturalist Yoruboid-speaking people that forms the sub-set of the larger Yoruba ethnic group of West Africa, particularly in Nigeria and the Republic of Benin. Egba people who were also traders reside in Southwestern Nigeria in the city of Abeokuta, the Capital of Ogun State.
