Lagos was the birthplace of polo in Nigeria and the year was 1904. It was introduced by British Naval Officers and was played on an airstrip that was shared between the Lagos Polo Club and the Ikoyi Club.

Then the club was most probably made up of a playing field and temporary movable tents and the horses were most probably stabled in the barracks.

Then in 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II, King of Germany presented a sterling silver Cup (now known as the Independence Cup) for a championship between Nigeria and the German Cameroon's. The Lagos Polo Club developed rapidly over the next 30 years in line with the city of Lagos.