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{{Infobox royalty
|name            = Ado
|succession      = [[Oba of Lagos|''2nd'' Oba of Lagos]] 
|image           = Ado_Hill_Entrance,_Ado-Awaye.jpg
|caption         = Ado Hill Entrance, Ado-Awaye
|reign           = 1716–1755
|coronation      = 1716
|predecessor     = [[Ashipa]]
|successor       =[[Gabaro]]
|regent          = 
|spouse          = 
|issue           =[[Gabaro]], [[Akinsemoyin]], [[Erelu Kuti]]
|issue-link      =
|issue-pipe      =
|house           = 
|father          = [[Ashipa]]
|mother          = 
|birth_date      = 
|birth_place     = [[Benin Empire|Benin]]
|death_date      = 
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}}

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

''' [[Oba (ruler)|Oba]] Ado''' (original [[Bini people|Bini]] name was Edo)<ref>{{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
}}</ref><ref name="Deji">{{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
}}</ref> who reigned from 1630-1669 was the second [[Oba of Lagos]]. He was son of [[Ashipa]] an [[Awori tribe|Awori]]-Isheri Chieftain appointed as the first ruler of [[Lagos|Eko]] by the [[Oba of Benin]] and a Daughter of the Oba of Benin. <ref name="Deji"/><ref>{{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
}}</ref> 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. 


==References==
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{{Obas of Lagos}}


[[Category:People from Lagos]]
[[Category:Obas of Lagos]]
[[Category:History of Lagos]]
[[Category:Yoruba monarchs]]
[[Category:17th-century monarchs in Africa]]
[[Category:17th-century Nigerian people]]
[[Category:17th-century in Lagos]]

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