The king immediately communicated this fear to Aremo Adeyemi, suggesting perhaps that he be returned to Oyo palace. His fear was that he would debar the young boy the opportunity of pursuing his education with the uncertain life that undergirds the life of an exile. The Aremo, in those days, said the Alaafin, were very powerful, had their separate quarters and were indeed almost as powerful as the king. He had been sent by his father, Oba Adeyemi to his friend, the Alake to equip him with experiences of other lands and climes, in preparation for the arduous task of adulthood and possible future Alaafin.Īccording to him, as they were arriving Osogbo, the entourage heard a very deep trumpet miles away welcoming the exiled king into Osogbo.Īs they savoured the trumpet, the young Lamidi moved close to the Alake and told him that he was sure that the firstborn (Aremo) of his father, Oba Adeyemi, Tiamiyu Adebayo Adeyemi, must be the one behind the trumpet. The women subsequently sent petitions to Britain against the Resident and Alake and on January 3, 1949, the Alake had to abdicate the throne after his deposition by the British government.Īs the Alake abdicated the crown and left with a tiny entourage out of Egbaland, young Lamidi made up the small crowd.

Today, however, the table has turned and we are poised to reverse the equation by deploying our vagina as a weapon of conquest to play the role of husband on you O you former men conquerors, the head of the vagina has sought vengeance. This led to mass protests of about a thousand women who marched outside the kings palace with their furious demand and legendary hate songs against the Alake and demanding the abolishment of direct taxation in mid-October 1946. Ransome-Kuti and her crew in AWU bombarded the colonial office with petitions against the Alake and the Resident between August 1946 and May 1947.

The refusal of many of the women living in Abeokura and its environs to pay the tax had landed them either in jail or their being made to pay fines.

She also sought to fight the reigning patriarchal nature of society which ensured that this oppression was not censured. In the palace of Egba, Lamidi had his early education at the Ake Palace Elementary School. He sent his children away from the palace, into the homes of people who were struggling with life, to do menial jobs and confront the rigour of life.Īccording to Oba Adeyemi, his father abhorred indulgent princes and chose to have his children scoop life lessons that moulded great men outside the power and glory of the palace.įor instance, while young Lamidi trained as an Islamic cleric in Iseyin, he also underwent tutelage in Oyo under a disciplinarian and an Anglican school teacher, Pa Olatoregun, an Anglican school teacher.

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