BRITISH OCCUPATION OF LOGAS

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The following factors led to the British acquisition of Lagos in 1851:

  • The British desire to abolish slave trade was introduced by the Portuguese and the Brazilians.
  • The internal political instability and dynamic government in Lagos paved the way for the British intervention.
  • The British had the intention or ambition to secure stable trade with the interior and as a result, occupied the area to enable them to operate there.
Others are Viewing:
  1. INCREASED BRITISH PRESSURE ON YORUBA LAND
  2. THE BRITISH ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA UP TO 1900
  3. THE IJEBU INTERVENTION AND THE BRITISH PUSHING YORUBA LAND -1892:
  4. KING JAJA OF OPOBO AND THE BRITISH
  5. NANA OF ITSEKIRI AND THE BRITISH
  6. THE COLLAPSE OF OLD OYO EMPIRE
  7. THE GREAT TREK

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