Taiwo Olowo
Governor Glover then established a political partnership that put Taiwo on the path to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Lagos.In return, Taiwo enjoyed monopolistic privileges over all others in access to Isheri trade routes and markets.[7] The historian Kristin Mann notes that the exact dates of Taiwo Olowo's redefinition as a merchant and manumission from slavery are unknown.[8] He also served as an emissary of the British colonial government in Lagos, and was ambassador to the court of the King of Porto Novo.The Taiwo Olowo cenotaph was erected over his tomb by the Brazilian-Lagosian master builder Senhor Jorge DaCosta in 1905.
