Abiola Dosunmu

Chieftain|Chief Abiola Dosunmu (formerly Dosunmu-Elegbede-Fernandez, born 29 July 1947), is a Nigerian businesswoman, socialite and Nigerian Chieftaincy|traditional aristocrat. In addition to a variety of other chieftaincy titles, she currently holds that of the Erelu Kuti IV of Lagos.

Quotes

• The territory of Lagos has always been an extension of the Benin Kingdom in the sense that they used it as a passage to the port for their trading and interaction with foreigners. We all know that foreigners visited the Benin Empire long before colonialism and signing of the treaty of Lagos.
  • https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/12/eko-row-benin-people-owned-lagos-awori-paid-royalties-to-them-erelu-abiola-dosunmu/

• I have been there and I believe in it; I believe that our culture, our tradition is what we are and is who we are and then if we make it second-class, then we will remain second-class people in the world"".
  • https://punchng.com/many-joining-lagos-founders-debate-ignorant-erelu-dosunmu/

• While other countries were granted debt reliefs, our lenders initially refused to grant same to us because they said we were a wealthy country, and didn’t deserve it. At the end of the day, we got it, had a clean slate and were not saddled by any loans.
  • https://punchng.com/at-over-70-im-as-young-enterprising-as-i-used-to-be-erelu-dosunmu/