Oba Oyekan I (ya rasu 30 ga Satumba,1900) ya yi sarauta a matsayin Sarkin Legas daga Maris 1885-Satumba 30,1900.Ya hau karagar mulki kamar wata guda bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa Oba Dosunmu.

Oyekan I
Oba na Lagos

Rayuwa
Haihuwa Lagos,, 1871
ƙasa Najeriya
Mutuwa Lagos,, 30 Satumba 1900
Makwanci Iga Idunganran
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifi Dosunmu
Sana'a

Prince Oyekan vs.Cif Apena Ajasa ya faru

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A cikin shekarar 1883,Oba Dosunmu,mahaifin Oyekan ya kira taro don magance tashe-tashen hankula tsakanin Cif Apena Ajasa da Cif Taiwo Olowo duk da haka Cif Ajasa yana barazana ga Oba da sauran sarakuna.Da ya kalli matakin barazanar Apena Ajasa,yarima Oyekan ya mari Cif Ajasa ya kara da cewa kada Ajasa ya zagi Oba a Iga Idunganran (fadar Oba)Oba Dosunmu ya ki amincewa da abin da Oyekan ya yi,ya kuma la'ance shi yana mai cewa "Yaron da ya aikata haka ya kamata a rasa" .Cif Taiwo Olowo,abokin hamayyar Cif Apena Ajasa,ya ji dadin abin da Oyekan ya yi,kuma ya yi tir da abin da Oba Dosunmu ya yi masa yana mai cewa "Ba za a rasa yaron ba amma zai yi tsawon rai na wadata"

Rushewar tasirin Obaship a lokacin mulkin Oyekan

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Obaship ya ragu da kuɗi da kuma tasiri a lokacin mulkin Oyekan.Oyekan ya karɓi raguwar kuɗin shiga da gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta Burtaniya ta biya daga Fam 1,000 zuwa Fam 200 (daga ƙarshe ya tashi zuwa £400 a shekarar 1898). Oyekan kuma ba shi da goyon bayan manyan sarakuna irin su Apena Ajasa da ya yi karo da su a shekarar 1883.A karshe,rashin goyon bayan manyan sarakuna irin su Apena Ajasa ya hana Oyekan yin wasu hukunce-hukuncen shari’a da aka tanadar wa Oba Dosunmu a cikin 1861 Yarjejeniyar Cession.[1]

Oba Oyekan ya rasu ne a ranar Talata 30 ga Satumban shekarar 1900 bayan ya yi jinya na wani lokaci.Ya yi mulki na tsawon shekaru 15 a matsayin Oba na Legas.

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