{"id":4159,"date":"2025-06-21T05:12:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T04:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kadio.me\/?p=4159"},"modified":"2025-06-21T06:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:01:48","slug":"3-must-see-statues-and-monuments-to-see-in-ikejaand-oregun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kadio.me\/?p=4159","title":{"rendered":"3&nbsp;must see&nbsp;Statues and Monuments to see in Ikeja and Oregun."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"s4\">Do you know that statues and monuments are tangible reminders of people and events,&nbsp;they&nbsp;are a visual narrative of a historical figure, happenings and the past. They are important tools for documenting history and is a&nbsp;very important tool&nbsp;for&nbsp;memorialization. In this post&nbsp;i&nbsp;want to share with you 3 significant statues and monument around Ikeja mainland axis In Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GLAD I SAW GIGANTIC STATUE IN LAGOS #kadio #shortsafrica #PULLUPYOSHORTS #SHORTS #GLADUCAME #statue\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AgmZQjzSwlg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">20-&nbsp;Feets&nbsp;Awolowo sitting down statue&nbsp;by Kadishi Oliseh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kudirat Abiola &nbsp;Cenotaph<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s4\">The Kudirat Abiola Cenotaph is a monument erected to honor&nbsp;Alhaja&nbsp;Kudirat Abiola,&nbsp;she was a democracy activist,&nbsp;a mother, and wife to&nbsp;Chief M.K.O Moshood Abiola.&nbsp;She played an important role in advocating for her husband&nbsp;Chief M.K.O Moshood Abiola (he was the winning candidate of the 1993 presidential election),mandate&nbsp;and democratic rights before her assassination on June 1996. The cenotaph&nbsp;is also an&nbsp;important physical structure that symbolizes&nbsp;Nigeria\u2019s&nbsp;struggle for democracy, justice and political freedom&nbsp;especially during the 1990s military rule period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5066-1.jpg?resize=960%2C642&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5066-1.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5066-1.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5066-1.jpg?resize=768%2C514&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5066-1.jpg?resize=416%2C278&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5066-1.jpg?resize=856%2C572&amp;ssl=1 856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image of&nbsp;The Kudirat Abiola Cenotaph&nbsp;from punch newspaper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s4\">The cenotaph was erected&nbsp;and&nbsp;commissioned&nbsp;in 2000&nbsp;by the Lagos State&nbsp;government under Senator&nbsp;Bola&nbsp;Ahmed&nbsp;Tinubu, and&nbsp;restoration was done by the administration of Governor Babajide&nbsp;Sanwo&nbsp;Olu. You can find the Cenotaph monument along Mobolaji Johnson way in Oregun, Lagos, beside&nbsp;Coca-Cola&nbsp;plant, near the old toll gate along Oshodi-Ikeja express way&nbsp;Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Headless Fela Anikulapo Kuti Statue&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s4\">Headless Fela Anikulapo&nbsp;Kuti statue &nbsp;which is also called the liberation statue &nbsp;is a 25 foot fiberglass monument located in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.. It was created by Nigerian Artist&nbsp;AboloreSobayo.&nbsp;. The statue&nbsp;was unveiled&nbsp;on October 15,&nbsp;2017&nbsp;by Governo Akinwunmi&nbsp;Ambode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5069-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C577&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5069-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5069-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5069-1.jpg?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5069-1.jpg?resize=416%2C234&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5069-1.jpg?resize=856%2C482&amp;ssl=1 856w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5069-1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image of&nbsp;Headless Fela Anikulapo&nbsp;Kuti&nbsp;statue &nbsp;from the guardian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s4\">The statue was created&nbsp;to commemorate&nbsp;Felas&nbsp;legacy, his philosophy as a&nbsp;musician, activist and social critic. It can be found at Allen roundabout,Ikeja Lagos. The statues serves as a reminder of the fight for freedom, liberation from neo-colonialism, bad&nbsp;governance&nbsp;and human dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DRIVING PASS THE FAMOUS HEADLESS STATUE, WHO IT IS? #shorts #shortsafrica #kadio #creativitydecoded\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G5nkThwjSjA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video of&nbsp;Headless Fela Anikulapo&nbsp;Kuti&nbsp;statue by Kadishi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>20-&nbsp;Feets&nbsp;Obafemi Awolowo&nbsp;sitting down&nbsp;statue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 20-feet Obafemi Awolowo Statue was unveiled mat Lateef Jakande Road, Ikeja, on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. It is located on&nbsp;Obafemi&nbsp;Awolowo way by the&nbsp;Lagos Television junction, Lateef Jakande Road, Ikeja. The artist who did the Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the artist, Hamza Atta. It is important to note that Obafemi Awolowo was a prominent Nigerian statesman, nationalist, and political thinker, known for his advocacy of federalism, social welfare, and progressive policies.&nbsp;He was also a key figure in the Nigerian independence movement and the leader of the Action Group party and he coined the Naira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5071-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C797&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5071-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C797&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5071-1.jpg?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5071-1.jpg?resize=768%2C598&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5071-1.jpg?resize=416%2C324&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5071-1.jpg?resize=856%2C666&amp;ssl=1 856w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5071-1.jpg?w=1284&amp;ssl=1 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image of&nbsp;20-&nbsp;Feets&nbsp;Awolowo sitting down statue&nbsp;from Punch newspaper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s4\">These statues and monument serves as an educational landmark, and they preserve&nbsp;Nigeria\u2019s&nbsp;cultural and historical heritage. They would help reinforce and reinform the public&nbsp;and&nbsp;promote historical awareness of the historical &nbsp;figure and event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s4\">All videos of the statues by me Kadishi Oliseh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s4\">Image of&nbsp;The Kudirat Abiola Cenotaph&nbsp;from punch newspaper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s4\">Image of&nbsp;Headless Fela Anikulapo&nbsp;Kuti&nbsp;statue &nbsp;from the guardian&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image of&nbsp;20-&nbsp;Feets&nbsp;Awolowo sitting down statue&nbsp;from Punch newspaper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Do you know that statues and monuments are tangible reminders of people and events,&nbsp;they&nbsp;are a visual narrative of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_disable_site_padding":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[11,35,101,9],"tags":[104,16,103,102],"class_list":{"0":"post-4159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hobbies","8":"category-lagos-living","9":"category-statues-and-monuments","10":"category-travel","11":"tag-landmarks","12":"tag-lifestyle","13":"tag-monuments","14":"tag-statues","15":"cs-entry","16":"cs-video-wrap"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kadio.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_5066-1-1.jpg?fit=960%2C642&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4121,"url":"https:\/\/www.kadio.me\/?p=4121","url_meta":{"origin":4159,"position":0},"title":"NIKE ART GALLERY: A HIDDEN GEM ART  GALLERY TO VISIT IN LAGOS THAT OFFERS FREE ENTRY","date":"August 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Do you know that Lagos is a vibrant city in Nigeria? 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