Explanation:
i. He championed the cause of the chiefs and people of Lagos against the Lagos High Court over land ownership
ii. Supported labour unions to organise strikes and rallies and fight for their rights
iii. He was the first to establish political party in Nigeria-the Nigeria National Democratic Party (NNDP) in 1922
iv. He was the first National president of National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC)
v. He was the father of all the Nigerian nationalist leaders. He was a rallying point for nationalists.
vi. He was instrumental to the establishment of Nigerian wing of National Council of British West Africa (NCBWA)
vii. He founded the Lagos Daily Newspaper
viii. He led a protest against the 1946 Richards Constitution
ix. He represented Nigeria in various constitutional conferences
x. He led his party, NNDP to win elections in the Lagos Municipal Council between 1923-38
xi. He joined other nationalist leaders to write petitions to the Colonial Office in London to com-plain about the evils of colonialism
xii. His activities led to the introduction of the Elective Principle in Nigeria.