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((Short description|Ruler of Ibadan, Nigeria (1882–1964)))
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[[Sir]] '''Isaac Babalola Akinyele''', [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] (18 April 1882 – 30 May 1964<ref>Gerald H. Anderson [https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ8BFk9K0ToC&dq=Isaac+Babalola+Akinyele&pg=PA8 Biographical dictionary of Christian missions]</ref>) was the first educated [[Olubadan]] (non-[[hereditary]] traditional ruler) of [[Ibadan]], and the second Christian to ascend the [[throne]].

==Family==
Bolude, an Ibadan [[warrior]] during the many war campaigns of the Ibadan and [[herbalist]] who practiced the traditional [[Yoruba religion]] of repute in the years of Ibadan militocracy, had Josiah Akinyele as his first son. Josiah was one of the early converts under the auspices of David Hinderer, the German leader of the [[Church Mission Society]] (CMS) and his team of six [[missionaries]] that first brought Christianity to Ibadan in 1851. Josiah Akinyele took Abigail Lapeno, the daughter of Kukomi, another powerful Ibadan pagan warrior, who also was converted to Christianity through Hinderer; as his second wife in 1870. 

In 1875, she gave birth to her first son; [[Alexander Babatunde Akinyele]], the first [[Anglican]] [[Diocese|Diocesan]] Bishop of Ibadan. Several years later on 18 April 1882, she gave birth to the second son, Isaac Babalola Akinyele.

==Civil service==
He followed in his brother's footsteps and excelled academically. With the example of the Akinyele brothers, Ibadan people started to take the issue of the education seriously to the extent that in 1910, a [[proclamation]] was made by the ruler; that made it compulsory for every household to send at least one child to school or pay a fine of five [[pound sterling|pounds]]. Since the [[Pax Britannica]] of 1893, the Ibadan had started to settle down to civil life occasioning [[Theobroma cacao|cocoa]] farming; introduced by the CMS around 1890, and other agricultural and business [[Organization|enterprises]]. Isaac Akinyele worked for a time as a civil servant, entering government services in the junior ranks to which Nigerians were confined in those days, becoming a customs [[inspector]] for the Ibadan District Council in 1903. He rose through the ranks, later becoming chief judge of the native court. He was also a very successful entrepreneur; establishing [[Theobroma cacao|cocoa]] plantations throughout Ibadan and its environs.

==Work, worship and witness==
He was politically sensitive, gaining fame in the [[chieftaincy]] and political milieu of Ibadan. In 1914, he and his brother joined the '''Egbe Agba O'Tan''', a frontline nineteenth century association of members of the educated [[Yoruba people|Yorùbá]] elite committed to fighting the cause of their tribe, clearly a precursor of the [[Egbe Omo Oduduwa|Egbé Ọmọ Odùduwà]] in the Yoruba social environment, and of the Ibadan Progressive Union in the Ibadan context. His brother Alexander Akinyele, was the first patron of IPU, and it was his peace-loving nature that influenced the Union in devising an easy, peaceful and non-divisive Olubadan (non-hereditary traditional ruler) succession plan regarded as the most non-contentious in Yorubaland. Prior to 1924, Isaac Akinyele was a devout [[Anglican]] [[layman]]. He was a very religious man and was a great adherent of contextualisation and acculturisation of religious beliefs, because he held the view that religion without respect to cultural roots; would perpetually be seen as alien religion by the pagan citizenry. It was an extension of these strong views that made him break away from the main [[Orthodoxy|orthodox]] brand to join the '''Faith Tabernacle'''; the precursor of the [[Christ Apostolic Church]], the first Aladura Pentecostal Church in Nigeria. He became the first President of that Church. This started the emergence of [[Pentecostalism]]; which has gained tremendous grounds in contemporary [[Nigeria]].

By 1933, Isaac Akinyele had become a councillor of the Ibadan Native Authority. He became an Ibadan [[Oba (ruler)#Aristocratic titles among the Yoruba|Oloye]] in 1935, a position which he always approached in a Christian way. For example, when he was appointed '''Balogun''', one of the city's highest positions which corresponds roughly with the European ''Duke'' and which entails the holding of a ceremonial staff of office which is to be anointed weekly with sheep's blood. Failure to do so was believed to bring death upon the disdainer of the tradition. Isaac Akinyele had a Christian staff made, with a cross affixed on top, dedicated by church members with prayer and fasting. In 1948, he was honoured by the King of the United Kingdom and his Government in Nigeria, becoming an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]]. On 17 February 1955, he became the Olubadan (non-hereditary traditional ruler) of Ibadan. Although some objected, because of his total rejection of the [[Yoruba religion|Isese religion]], he was chosen by an overwhelming majority. He was subsequently [[knight]]ed as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]] from [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] in 1956 during her [[state visit]] to [[Nigeria]].

==Ebullition==
In 1962, Akinyele's rule was soon engulfed in the turbulent political development in [[Western Region, Nigeria]], the result of which was a growing rift in the [[Action Group (Nigeria)|Action Group]] between its leader, chief [[Obafemi Awolowo]], and his deputy and premier of the Western Region, chief [[Samuel Ladoke Akintola]]. This came to an end when '''Alhaji Adegbenro''', Chief Awolowo's supporter was appointed [[Premier]] by Governor Sir [[Titus Aderemi]], the Oòni of [[Ife|Ilé-Ifẹ]]. Mayhem broke out in the [[House of Assembly]] as the new Premier was presenting his government for a [[vote of confidence]]. Following the subsequent outbreak of violence both among the [[Member of Parliament|parliamentarians]] in the assembly and among their supporters outside, the region was placed under a [[state of emergency]]. The government was suspended and Dr. '''Moses A. Majekodunmi''' was appointed sole administrator of the Western region. Throughout the entire political crisis, Isaac Akinyele remained aloof, placing himself at the disposal of any peace initiative for which Ibadan was a venue on several occasions. He ruled for only ten years but left an enduring legacy. He died in May 1965.

==References==
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==Sources==
* [[Theophilus Adeleke Akinyele]]: "Ibadan – the town, the gown and the dawn" derived from "Readings in Political Economy and Governance in Nigeria" Published by CSS Ltd. 2002
* ((cite book | author=Falola, Toyin  | title=Yoruba Gurus | publisher=Africa World Press | year=2000 | isbn=0-86543-699-1))
* [[Nigeria]] Year Book, 1974, 1975, 1976–1978, 1979, 1980 ([[Lagos]]: Nigerian Printing & Publishing Co.).

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