Alimotu Pelewura
Chief Alimotu Pelewura | |
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| Born | c. 1865 |
| Died | 1951 (aged 85–86) |
| Monuments | Pelewura Market on Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos |
| Occupation | Women activist |
| Years active | mid 1920s – 1951 |
| Era | Colonial Nigeria |
| Title | Iyaloja of Lagos |
| Term | mid 1920s – 1951 |
| Successor | Abibatu Mogaji |
| Political party | Nigerian National Democratic Party |
Chief Alimotu Pelewura, ⓘ(c. 1865–1951) was a Nigerian trader who was leader of the Lagos Market Women's Association, a Lagos-based market women advocacy group. She was also an important political ally of Herbert Macaulay.