Morenikeji Lasisi, popularly called Baba Kekere lives in Alaafin of Oyo’s palace, he has served 3 Alaafins.
They are:
1. Oba Adeniran Adeyemi II, Lamidi’s father between 1945 & 1956
2. Oba Gbadegesin Ladigbolu II between 1956 & 1968
3. Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, between 1970 & 2022
He must run errands for the king.
He walks briskly in and around the Alaafin of Oyo palace, he is very popular not only because of his diminutive figure but because of his humility and he does not get angry.
Some call him a man with the repository of knowledge of the Palace, palace library or archive because he has the history offhand.
He is called Baba Kekere possibly because of his height. His age is unknown because his birth was not recorded but it is assumed that he should be over a hundred (100-year-old) or a hundred and fifty (150-year-old) years now.
