Ado (Lagos Oba)

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|name = Ado

|succession = 2nd Oba of Lagos

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|reign = 1716–1755

|coronation = 1716

|predecessor = Ashipa

|successor =Gabaro

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|issue =Gabaro, Akinsemoyin, Erelu Kuti

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|father = Ashipa

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|birth_place = Benin

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{{Short description|2nd Oba of Lagos}}

Oba Ado (original Bini name was Edo){{cite book

|author=Saburi Oladeni Biobaku

|title=Sources of Yoruba history: Oxford studies in African affairs

|year=1973

|publisher=Clarendon Press, 1973

|isbn=978-0-19-821669-8

|page=39

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGl1AAAAMAAJ&q=guobaro

|accessdate=30 July 2017

}}{{cite book

|author1=Deji Ogunremi

|author2=Biodun Adediran

|title=Culture and society in Yorubaland

|year=1998

|publisher=Rex Charles Publication in association with Connel Publications, 1998

|isbn=9789782137739

|page=80

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dm8uAQAAIAAJ&q=guobaro

|accessdate=30 July 2017

}} who reigned from 1630-1669 was the second Oba of Lagos. He was son of Ashipa an Awori-Isheri Chieftain appointed as the first ruler of Eko by the Oba of Benin and a Daughter of the Oba of Benin. {{cite book

|author=Remi Olajumoke

|title=The Spring of a Monarch: The Epic Struggle of King Adeyinka Oyekan II of Lagos

|year=1990

|publisher=Lawebod Nigeria, 1990

|isbn=9789783088504

|page=39

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mggzAAAAIAAJ&q=ashipa+1600

|accessdate=30 July 2017

}} Ado's son, Gabaro was the third Oba of Lagos.

Second Oba of Lagos

Ado collected yearly tributes from his subjects which in turn were remitted to the Oba of Benin as tribute.

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