Our legal case
A treaty Britain signed, and the promises it made.
The 1888 Britain–Yorubaland treaty of trade and friendship was ratified in 1890 and made into British domestic law. We are going to court over its promises, and over the incorporation of Yorubaland into Nigeria in the Amalgamation of 1914.
Letters, arguments and updates
- Legal caseStrategies for implementing the 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty
On 13 February 2004, we formed the Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK) to give voice to the Yoruba community domicile in the UK. We have moved at…
- Legal caseThe power of the treaty that Britain signed with Yorubaland in 1888
A treaty of friendship and preferential trade that Britain concluded with Yorubaland in 1888 has been in concealment for more than a century. The Yoruba Party in the…
- Legal caseImplementation of the Britain-Yorubaland Treaty of 1888
I write in my capacity as the leader of the Yoruba Party in the UK (YPUK) to seek support for the implementation of the 1888 Britain-Yorubaland Treaty. On…
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