The institution of chieftaincy in Lagos dates back to the very beginning of the settlement of the Island. The descendants of Ogunfunminire and Olofin opened up the new territory and collectively became a new class of chiefs known as the IDEJO, led by Olumegbon.
The statue represents three of these different grades of chiefs, namely the ldejo (landed gentry), the Akarigbere (kingmakers) and the Abagbon (military chiefs). The artwork by renowned sculptor, Dr Sodeinde, is located at the entry to Lagos at Ojota, where there used to be a tollgate. Colonel Raji Rasaki, the then Military Governor of Lagos State, commissioned the statue on 30 November 1991.
