Bashorun Gaa became Prime Minister and the head of the Oyo Mesi during the reign of Alaafin Onisile in 1750.
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Gaa was a brave and powerful man who was respected and feared by the people of Oyo-Ile for his potent charms and supernatural strength. It was said that he had the power to transform into any animal he wished.
He was feared to the extent that he became more authoritative than the Alaafin who made him the Bashorun.
Gaa’s tyranny started in the days when Labisi was being prepared for the throne of Oyo. He killed the prince’s friends and silenced his supporters, thereby starting his...
...own rule, which he surreptitiously did with the installation of puppet kings from whom he demanded homage.
However, it was impossible for him to become the Alaafin as he bore no blood of Oranmiyan to claim the throne.
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