Akinsemoyin

Oba Akinsemoyin Ya yi sarauta a matsayin Oba na Legas daga kusan shekarun 1704 zuwa 1749. Mahaifinsa shi ne Oba Ado da 'yan uwansa Erelu Kuti da Oba Gabaro, wanda ya gaje shi. 

Kamar yadda rahoton kotun mai shari’a JO Kassim na ranar 19 ga watan Satumbar 1978 ya bayyana, akwai ‘ya’yan Akinsemoyin guda shida da aka gane, waɗanda suka haɗa da, Sadeko, Amore/Olukokun, Abisako, Jolasun, Gbosebi da Aina Egbe. 

Ga wasu daga cikin fitattun zuriyar ‘ya’yan Akinsemoyin: Onisiwo, Oniru, Oluwa, da Akogun. 

 Ƙaura a Badagry a ƙarƙashin mulkin Oba Gabaro da harkokin kasuwanci 
Akinsemoyin ya samu rashin jituwa da ɗan uwansa, Oba Gabaro kan naɗa ‘ya’yan Olofin a matsayin sarakuna, lamarin da ya sa Akinsemoyin ya kori Badagry. A Badagry, Akinsemoyin ya fuskanci kasuwanci kuma ya kulla dangantaka da masu cinikin bayi na Turai.

 Gabatar da bautar bayi zuwa Legas 
Lokacin da Gabaro ta rasu, Akinsemoyin ya zama Oba a wajajen shekara ta 1704  duk da Gabaro tana da ɗa, Eletu Kekere ko a wasu asusun Eletu Omo.  Akinsemoyin ya kafa sana’ar bayi a Legas ta hanyar gayyato ‘yan kasuwar bayi na Portugal da Brazil waɗanda ya haɗu da su a gudun hijira a Badagry. Masanin tarihi JF Ade Ajayi ya tabbatar da cewa Akinsemoyin ya baiwa abokan cinikinsa na Brazil da Portugal wani kaso na cinikin bayi. A cikin lokaci, Legas ta mamaye tashar jiragen ruwa na Whydah da Porto Novo a matsayin babbar tashar bayi a Bight na Benin. 

A zamanin mulkin Akinsemoyin, Iga Idunganran ya kasance a karon farko da aka lulluɓe shi da tayal, wanda aka ce ’yan kasuwar bayi na ƙasar Portugal ne suka ba su kyauta.

 Mutuwa 
Akinsemoyin ya rasu a shekara ta 1749. Ko da yake yana da 'ya'ya 4, Eletu Kekere, ɗan Gabaro ya gaje shi a matsayin Oba.  

 Martaba 
Daga cikin ‘ya’yan Oba Ado guda 3 – Gabaro, Akinsemoyin, da Erelu Kuti, zuriyar Akinsemoyin ne kawai suka ƙasa samar da Oba na Legas. Banda ɗan Gabaro Eletu Kekere, duk sauran Obas sun kasance zuriyar Erelu Kuti kai tsaye daga Ologun Kutere. Wannan "babban rashin bin ka'ida"  yanzu ya zama batun cece-kuce da shari'a yayin da zuriyar Akinsemoyin ke ƙalubalantar naɗin sarautar Oba na Legas na yanzu, Rilwan Akiolu, a kotu. 

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