John Otunba Payne

John Augustus Otunba Payne (1839 – 1906) was a Nigerian sheriff, administrator and diarist who was a prominent personality in Lagos during the nineteenth century.[1] He produced an annual West African and Lagos Almanac which published some historical notes.Payne was born in 1839; his father was from a royal house in Ijebu Ode.He was a close friend of James Johnson and was a layman and warden at Christ Church Cathedral, Lagos.Through his influence, a Christian preacher was allowed to preach in Ago Iwoye.
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