Badagry Division Explained

Badagry Division is an administrative division of Lagos State in Nigeria.

The ancient town of Badagry, also known as Badagri, is located in Nigeria and was one of the five divisions established by the Lagos State in 1968. It has a troubled past and an important present. With a history dating back nearly 593 years, the little coastal town and lagoon port is one of the most significant cities in Nigerian and African colonial history.

History

Badagry Division figures in the history of relations and contact between Nigeria and Europe, as it was a major slave outpost and market prior to British colonization. It was also the place where, in 1842, Christianity was first preached in Nigeria; this was memorialized by the Agia Cenotaph.

Local government areas

It consists of four local government areas:

• Ojo
• Amuwo-Odofin
• Ajeromi-Ifelodun
• Badagry

Major settlements

• Badagry
• Ibereko
• Oke oko
• Ajara
• Ajido
• Akarakumo
• Gbaji
  • Aseri Egan
• Aganrin
• Ahanfe
• Epe
• Posi
• Mowo
  • Itoga Ebiri
• Ekunpa
• Aradagun
• Berekete
• Mosafejo
• Gayingbo-Topo
• Kankon Moba
• Lopoji/Ropoji
  • Oranyan Tafi-Awori
• Yeketome
• Pota
  • Seme Border Iyafin
• Farasime
• Mushin

Awori District settlements

In the Awori District are:

• Awodi-Ora
• Ishasi
• Oto-Awori
• Ijanikin
• Ilogbo
• Oko-Afo
• Sibiri
• Apa
• Idoluwo-ile
• Ado-Soba
• Ibeshe
• Irede
• Irese
• Mebamu
  • • • Itewe Igede Ajangbadi Iyagbe
• Ajegunie
• Aiyetoro
• Festac Town
• Satellite Town
• Iba
• Kirikiri
• Agboju-Amuwo
• Okokomaiko
• Ojo
• Amukoko
• Alaba-Ore
• Ijoiin
• Igbanko
• Imore
• Ijegun
• Mushin
• Isolo
• Ota
• Ilemba-Awori
• Itire
• Ipaja
• Agege
• Ibereko

Tourist sites and monuments

• Agia Cenotaph, Badagry – site where Christianity was first preached in Nigeria in 1842.
• Atlantic Slave Route/Port [Badagry – Marina and Gberefu Beach].
• Badagry Museum [Old British District Officer’s Building], Marina, Badagry.
• Early Missionaries’ Cemetery [1845], Hospital Road, Ahovikoh Quarters, Badagry.
• Eko University of Medicine and Health Sciences is located in Badagry Division.
• First Storey Building in Nigeria, – constructed by the CMS [Anglican Mission] in 1845.
• Lagos State University, [LASU], Ojo.
• Nigeria-Benin Republic International Border, Seme, Badagry.
• Nigeria-French Language Village, Badagry, Inter-University Centre for French Language Studies
• Ologe Forest Reserve, Ologe, Oto Awori Town, off Badagry Expressway
• Lagos State University of Education, [LASUED], Oto Awori.
• Ogu Stately Drums [Sato] introduced in 1543 – Akarakumo
• Ogu Toplisen Shrine, Hunto Quarters, Badagry – where Badagry Monarchs [Aholu] are crowned.
• Palace of De Wheno Aholu [King] Menu Toyi 1, Akran of Badagry, Jegba Quarters.
• Relics of Slave Trade, Badagry-Mobee Compound, Seriki Abass Slave Barraccoon [1847]; Boeko, Boekoh Quarters, Vlekete Slave Market, Posukoh Quarters – Badagry where the Lander Brothers were tried in 1825.
• Tomb of George Fremingo, [1620] alias Huntokonu, first slave merchant in Badagry
• Trade Fair Complex, Ojo [site of annual Lagos International Trade Fair].
• Whispering Palms [Recreation Resort], Iworo.^[1]

External links

• Lagos State Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Lagos. 2021-06-16. Lagos State Government. en-US.