The 13th Oniru of Lagos (Chief Yesufu Abiodun Oniru) with three minders, arriving at the BBC in ceremonial robes, London, March 12th 1952. -------------------------------------------------Chief Yesufu Abiodun Oniru was 120 years old when he died in 1984, he was born during the reign of Oba Dosunmu of Lagos (1853-1885) at a time his own great grandfather; Chief Akiogun was the head of the Oniru settlement and the tenth Oniru of Lagos. (Ron Burton/Keystone/Getty Images)
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