Sheikh Alli Balogun was born in 1830, to a Nupe Prince of Tapa ancestry and an Awori woman of Isale Eko extraction. He was named Alli Abubakar. He was the seventh child of Abubakar aka Makanjuola.
Given his reach, wealth, and influence in Lagos, it was a question of time before Alli- Balogun would play the politics of his time. The seed for his full involvement in Lagos politics was sown by the British Colonial Government in 1899 when the Colonial Governor, Sir William MacGregor appointed Alli Balogun a member of the General Sanitation Board. This was a time, nationalistic fervor was unfolding and smoldering, as it were. In 1908, Sir Walter Egerton was Governor of Lagos and he had wangled three ordinances through the Legislative Council before presenting it to the Central.
The Alli-Balogun Dynasty of Lagos hereby expresses its immeasurable appreciation to all that felicitated with us on the Special events marking our Patriach 90th Anniversary from the 13th July-23rd July 2023. Your moral financial support not to talk of your antendance of these events, not only assured us of our Patriach place in lagos history, but also united our family. On our part we Greet and congratulate ourselves, for this unique feat that brought all of us, including the Alli-Baloguns in the Diaspora together. Awa ni omo, Balogun dodondawa, Balogun dodondara, awa omo Tapa Lenpe, aafi kunlikuli je iyan, pelu Alajoobi, mo yo fun gbogbo waa, moyo fun raami, mo ki raa wa fun Asee yori, aku inawo, aajose wa koni Di ibaje. Eebi wa a ma gboro sii, ni oola olodumare.