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Contemporary Security Challenges in Nigeria: Historicising the 1931 ‘Ogun Okuta’ (Stone War) in Akure

The Native Authority Revenue Ordinance of 1917 introduced a direct tax system to Southern Nigeria for the first time.This development was greeted with resistance by people in some towns, such as Aba, Iseyin and Akure, among others.The collection of taxes led to a war popularly known as 'Ogun Okuta' (Stone War) of 1931 in Akure and its environs.This paper discusses the role played by the Deji (Diadem) of Akureland, Oba Afunbiowo Adesida I, in the crisis.This study is imperative because Oba Adesida's reign has been described severally as peaceful, but findings show that his subjects humiliated h…