Daniel Akomolafe Anirare Aladesanmi II OBE CFR (1902 – 7 January 1983) was a Yoruba Oba who reigned as Ewi of Ado Ekiti in Nigeria from 1937 until 1983.
[5] In 1940 residents of Ado Ekiti protested Aladesanmi's reign, but the colonial government refused to remove him.
[6] The following year he set up an advisory board to supervise developmental projects in Ado Ekiti regarding construction, transportation, and city planning.
[4] Aladesanmi was appointed Deputy President of the Western House of Chiefs[3] on September 28, 1960 and was a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
[8][9] During his reign Aladesanmi traced the history of migrant settlers in the Ekiti kingdom since the twelfth century and their connection to the Ilesun people.