History of samuel akintola

Nigerian politician (1910–1966)

ChiefSamuel Ládòkè Akíntọ́lá(Listen^ⓘ) otherwise known as S.L.A. (6 July 1910 – 15 January 1966) was a Nigerian politician, aristocrat, orator, and lawyer. ^[1] He served as Oloye Aare Ona Kakanfo XIII of Yorubaland and served as premier of Western Nigeria from independence in 1960 till his assassination in 1966.^[2][3]

Early life

Akintola was born in Ogbomosho to the family of Akintola Akinbola and Akanke, his father was a trader and descended from a family of traders. At a young age, the family moved to Minna and he was briefly educated at a Church Missionary Society school in the city. In 1922, he returned to Ogbomosho to live with his grandfather and subsequently attended a Baptist day school before proceeding to Baptist College in 1925. He was a teacher at Baptist Academy from 1930 to 1942, he was a member of the Baptist teachers' union and thereafter worked briefly with the Nigeria