Birthday Greetings to My Oba of Lagos, by Dele Sobowale

Dele Sobowale pays tribute to the Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu I, who celebrated his birthday the previous week. He notes that the monarch is also a lawyer and served as a police officer, rising to the rank of assistant inspector general, and credits his discipline with restoring order and safety in Isale-Eko. Sobowale says he is related to the Oba by marriage and supported his accession to the throne, despite criticism portraying him as distant and ruthless.