John Otunba Payne

John Augustus Otunba Payne (1839 - 1906) ya kasance ɗan Najeriya ne, mai gudanarwa kuma marubuci wanda ya kasance fitaccen mutum a Legas a cikin karni na sha tara. Ya kasance Babban Mai Rijista na Kotun Koli ta Legas kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai Rijista a sassa daban-daban na mulkin mallaka kamar Kotun 'yan sanda, Kotun Babban Alkalin, Kotun Shari'a da Laifuka da Kotun Karamin Biyan Kuɗi.  Ya samar da shekara-shekara na Yammacin Afirka da Legas Almanac wanda ya buga wasu bayanan tarihi. Ya kuma kasance mai shirya taron da ake kira Society for the Propagation of Religious Education .

 Rayuwa 
An haifi Payne a shekara ta 1839; mahaifinsa ya fito ne daga gidan sarauta a Ijebu Ode .  Ya kasance daya daga cikin samfuran farko na CMS Grammar School, Legas. Ya kasance babban aboki na James Johnson kuma ya kasance mai zaman kansa kuma mai kula da Cathedral na Christ Church, Legas . Ya kuma shawarci Awujale na Ijebuland da su ba da izinin mishaneri na Kirista. Ta hanyar tasirinsa, an ba da izinin mai wa'azi na Kirista ya yi wa'azi a Ago Iwoye . 

Payne kuma an san shi da rubuce-rubucensa a cikin almanac na shekara-shekara. Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ya shigar ya haɗa da bayyanar kotu na tsohon Oba Dosunmu, wanda aka kira shi. An tuhumi Payne da gudanar da rantsuwar ta hanyar mai fassara .

 Mutuwa 
An kashe Payne a gidansa a Legas ta hanyar wani ba a san shi ba a cikin 1906.  Ba a warware kisan da ya yi ba.
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