Exclusive: Read the treaty signed in 1888 between Yoruba and Queen of England ceding Yoruba territories
The treaty ceeded all Yorubaland including Ijebu, Abeokuta(Egba), Ketu(comprising greater part of Benin Republic), and Oyo(comprising all of Ekiti, Ijesha, Ilorin, Lokoja, Oke-Ogun, Osun, Ibadan, Oke-Igbo, Ife etc) and some parts of Benin to Great Brittain though at gun point