Ijebu, Owo Explained

Official Name:Ijebu
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Nigeria
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nigeria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Ondo State
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:WAT
Utc Offset:+1
Coordinates:7.1833°N 40°W

Ijebu-Owo is one of the five quarters that together make up the township of Owo, in Owo local government area of Ondo State, south-western Nigeria. The transmission of courtly culture flowed in both directions between Owo and Benin kingdoms from the seventeenth century till date.[1] Oral tradition claimed that the founders of Owo and Ijebu-Owo were the descendants of Ojugbelu Arere, the first Olowo of Owo who was a descendant of Oduduwa, the pioneer ruler of Ile-Ife.[2] The king of the Ijebu-Owo is called Ojomo Oluda and the incumbent Ojomo Oluda is Oba (King) Kofoworola Oladoyinbo Ojomo, a retired General of the Nigerian Army.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Exchange of Art and Ideas: The Benin, Owo, and Ijebu Kingdoms. metmuseum.org. 13 December 2013.
  2. Smith (1988), Kingdoms of the Yoruba, p.51.
  3. Web site: Royal Rumble in Ijebu, Owo. Vanguard News. June 28, 2015.