Akinsemoyin

Exile in Badagry under Oba Gabaro's reign and commercial activities Akinsemoyin had a disagreement with his brother, Oba Gabaro over installation of Olofin's descendants as chiefs, resulting in Akinsemoyin's banishment to Badagry. At Badagry, Akinsemoyin was exposed to commerce and built relationships with European slave traders.

Ascendancy and introduction of slavery to Lagos When Gabaro died, Akinsemoyin became Oba around 1704 Akinsemoyin established the slave trade in Lagos by inviting Portuguese and Brazilian slave merchants whom he had met in exile at Badagry. Historian J. F. Ade Ajayi asserted that Akinsemoyin granted a monopoly on slave trade to his Brazilian and Portuguese trading partners. Lagos, in time, overtook the ports of Whydah and Porto Novo as the leading slave port in the Bight of Benin.

Death Akinsemoyin died in 1749. Though he had 4 sons, was succeeded as Oba by Eletu Kekere, Gabaro's son.