Isaac Babalola Akinyele

Oba Sir Isaac Babalola Akinyele, KBE (18 Afrilu 1882 - 30 Mayu 1964 ) shi ne Olubadan na farko da ya yi karatu (mai mulkin gargajiya ba) na Ibadan, kuma Kirista na biyu da ya hau gado sarauta.

 Iyali 
Bolude, jarumi na Ibadan a lokacin yakin basasa da yawa na Ibadan kuma mai kula da magunguna wanda ke yin addinin gargajiya na Yoruba na suna a cikin shekarun Ibadan militocracy, yana da Josiah Akinyele a matsayin ɗansa na farko. Josiah na ɗaya daga cikin masu tuba na farko a ƙarƙashin jagorancin David Hinderer, shugaban Jamusanci na Church Mission Society (CMS) da ƙungiyarsa ta mishaneri shida waɗanda suka fara kawo Kiristanci zuwa Ibadan a 1851. Josiah Akinyele ya ɗauki Abigail Lapeno, 'yar Kukomi, wani jarumi mai iko na arna na Ibadan, wanda kuma ya tuba zuwa Kiristanci ta hanyar Hinderer; a matsayin matarsa ta biyu a 1870. 

A shekara ta 1875, ta haifi ɗanta na farko; Alexander Babatunde Akinyele, Bishop na farko na Anglican Diocesan na Ibadan . Shekaru da yawa bayan haka a ranar 18 ga Afrilu 1882, ta haifi ɗa na biyu, Isaac Babalola Akinyele . 

 Ayyukan gwamnati 
Ya bi sawun ɗan'uwansa kuma ya yi fice a ilimi. Tare da misalin 'yan uwan Akinyele, mutanen Ibadan sun fara ɗaukar batun ilimi da muhimmanci har zuwa 1910, mai mulki ya yi shelar; wannan ya sa ya zama tilas ga kowane gida ya aika akalla yaro ɗaya zuwa makaranta ko biyan tarar fam biyar. Tun daga Pax Britannica na 1893, Ibadan ya fara zama a rayuwar farar hula wanda ke haifar da noma koko; wanda CMS ta gabatar a kusa da 1890, da sauran kamfanoni noma da kasuwanci. Isaac Akinyele ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin ma'aikacin gwamnati, ya shiga ayyukan gwamnati a cikin ƙananan matsayi waɗanda aka tsare 'yan Najeriya a waɗannan kwanakin, ya zama mai bincike kwastam na Majalisar Gundumar Ibadan a cikin 1903. Ya tashi a cikin matsayi, daga baya ya zama babban alƙali na kotun asali. Ya kuma kasance dan kasuwa mai cin nasara sosai; ya kafa gonakin koko a duk Ibadan da kewayenta.

 Ayyuka, bauta, da shaida 
Ya kasance mai hankali ga siyasa, ya sami shahara a cikin shugabanci da yanayin siyasa na Ibadan. A shekara ta 1911, ya rubuta kuma ya buga wani littafi mai iko game da tarihin Ibadan mai taken "Iwe Itan Ibadan".   A shekara ta 1914, shi da ɗan'uwansa sun shiga Egbe Agba O'Tan, ƙungiyar ƙarni na goma sha tara ta membobin ƙwararrun Yorùbá da suka himmatu ga yaƙi da dalilin ƙabilarsu, a bayyane yake magajin Egbéô Odùduwà a cikin yanayin zamantakewar Yoruba, da kuma Ibadan Progressive Union a cikin yanayin Ibadan. Ɗan'uwansa Alexander Akinyele, shi ne mai kula da IPU na farko, kuma yanayin son zaman lafiya ne ya rinjayi Tarayyar wajen tsara tsarin maye gurbin Olubadan mai sauƙi, mai zaman lafiya, kuma wanda ba ya raba shi (mai mulkin gargajiya) wanda aka ɗauka a matsayin mafi yawan rikici a Yorubaland. Kafin 1924, Isaac Akinyele ya kasance mai ibada na Anglican. Ya kasance mutum ne mai bin addini sosai kuma ya kasance mai bin mahallin da kuma al'adun addinai, saboda yana da ra'ayin cewa addini ba tare da girmama tushen al'adu ba; za a ci gaba da ganin shi a matsayin addinin baƙi ta 'yan ƙasar arna. Ya kasance fadada waɗannan ra'ayoyin masu ƙarfi waɗanda suka sa ya rabu da babban alamar orthodox don shiga Alkawarin Bangaskiya; magajin Ikilisiyar Manzanni ta Kristi, Ikilisiyar Pentecostal ta farko a Najeriya. Ya zama Shugaban farko na wannan Ikilisiya. Wannan ya fara fitowar Pentecostalism; wanda ya sami babban tushe a Najeriya ta zamani.

A shekara ta 1933, Isaac Akinyele ya zama wakilin Ibadan Native Authority . Ya zama Ibadan Oloye a 1935, matsayin da yake kusantarwa a hanyar Kirista. Misali, lokacin da aka nada shi Balogun, daya daga cikin manyan mukamai na birnin wanda ya dace da Duke na Turai kuma wanda ya haɗa da rike ma'aikatan bikin na ofis wanda za a shafa shi mako-mako da jinin tumaki. Rashin yin hakan an yi imanin cewa zai kawo mutuwa a kan wanda ya raina al'ada. Isaac Akinyele yana da ma'aikatan Kirista da aka yi, tare da gicciye da aka sanya a saman, waɗanda membobin coci suka keɓe tare da addu'a da azumi. A shekara ta 1948, Sarkin Ingila da Gwamnatinsa a Najeriya sun girmama shi, ya zama Jami'in Order of the British Empire . A ranar 17 ga Fabrairu 1955, ya zama Olubadan (mai mulkin gargajiya) na Ibadan. Kodayake wasu sun ki amincewa, saboda kin amincewarsa da Addinin Isese, an zaba shi da rinjaye. Daga baya aka ba shi lambar yabo a matsayin KBE daga Elizabeth II na Ƙasar Ingila a 1956 yayin Ziyarar jihar da ta kai Najeriya.

 Rashin zafi 
A shekara ta 1962, mulkin Akinyele ba da daɗewa ba ya shiga cikin rikice-rikicen ci gaban siyasa a Yammacin Yamma, Najeriya, sakamakon haka ya kasance karuwar rikice-rikice a cikin Action Group tsakanin shugabansu, shugaban Obafemi Awolowo, da mataimakinsa kuma firaministan Yammacin, shugaban Samuel Ladoke Akintola. Wannan ya zo karshe lokacin da Alhaji Adegbenro, mai goyon bayan Cif Awolowo ya nada shi Firayim Minista daga Gwamna Sir Titus Aderemi, Oòni na Ilé-Ifé. Mayhem ya ɓarke a cikin Majalisar yayin da sabon Firayim Minista ke gabatar da gwamnatinsa don kuri'ar amincewa. Bayan barkewar tashin hankali tsakanin 'Yan majalisa a cikin majalisa da kuma magoya bayansu a waje, an sanya yankin a karkashin dokar ta baci. An dakatar da gwamnati kuma an nada Dokta Moses A. Majekodunmi a matsayin mai gudanarwa na yankin Yamma. A duk lokacin rikicin siyasa, Isaac Akinyele wanda tare da wasu mambobin House of Chiefs ya kasance minista ba tare da fayil ba a cikin gwamnati ya kasance mai nisa, yana sanya kansa a hannun kowane shirin zaman lafiya wanda Ibadan ya kasance wurin zama a lokuta da yawa. Ya yi mulki na shekaru goma kawai amma ya bar gado mai dorewa. Ya mutu a watan Mayu 1965.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1965