Ilesa Explained
Ilesa |
Pushpin Map: | Nigeria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nigeria |
Coordinates: | 7.6167°N 4.7167°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nigeria |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Osun State |
Leader Title: | Owa Obokun Adimula |
Leader Name: | Aromolaran II |
Population Total: | 384,334 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Note: | (metropolitan area) |
Blank Name Sec1: | National language |
Blank Info Sec1: | Yorùbá |
Ilesa is a historic city located in Osun State, southwest Nigeria; it is also the name of a historic kingdom (also known as Ijesha) centred on that town.[1] [2] [3] The state is ruled by a monarch bearing the title of the Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijesaland.[4] The state of Ilesa consists of Ilesa itself and a number of smaller surrounding cities.[5] [6]
The Ijesa, a term also denoting the people of the state of Ilesa, are part of the present Osun State of Nigeria.[7] Some of the popular towns of the Ijesa are Odo-Ijesa, Ilaje, Igbogi, Ise-Ijesa, Ibokun, Erin Oke, Erin Ijesa, Ijeda-Ijesa, Ipetu Jesa, Ijebu-Jesa, Esa-Oke,Esa Odo, Ipole Ijesa, Ifewara Ijesa, Ipo Arakeji, Iloko Ijesa, Iwara Ijesa, Iperindo Ijesa, Erinmo Ijesa, Iwaraja Ijesa, Oke-Ana Ijesa, Idominasi, Ilase Ijesa, Igangan ijesa, Imo Ijesa, Alakowe Ijesa, Osu Ijesa, Eti Oni, Itaore, Itagunmodi, Iyinta, Itaapa, Epe Ijesa, Omo Ijesa, Eti-oni, Ibokun, Inila, Ijinla, Iloba Ijesa, Odo Ijesa, Imogbara Ijesa, Eseun Ijesa, Iloo, Owena Ijesa, Ido Ijesa, Ido Oko, Ibala Ijesa, Ere Ijesa, Ilahun, Ibodi, Ijaaregbe, Ikinyinwa, Idominasi, Ilowa, and Ibodi.[8]
The state of Ijeshaland was founded c.1300 by Ajibogun Ajaka Owa Obokun Onida Raharaha, a warlike youngest son of Yoruba Projenitor Oduduwa.
Areas in Ilesa
Oral history
According to the historian Samuel Johnson:
Odo - Ile was Oduduwa's Grandchild by Oduduwa's Eldest Daughter (Logun Edu's own son became the First Odole of Ijesaland - [Prime-Minister/Secretary of State of Ijesaland]
Institutions in Ilesa
Ilesa Grammar school
One of the grammar schools in Ilesa is Ilesa Grammar School. Its 90th anniversary was celebrated in 2024.[9]
University of Ilesa
University of Ilesa formerly known as College of Education, Ilesa, was established on March 31st, 2022 by the former governor of Osun State Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola. It was upgraded to a University by Governor Ademola Adeleke[10] [11] who set up a review committee to ascertain the establishment of the institution.[12]
College of Health Technology
Among the schools in Ilesa is the College of Technology, which is located at Imelu in Ilesa.[13] [14]
Hospital in ilesa
There are several Hospitals in ilesa city which are.
- Wesley Guide hospital ilesa,located in bolorunduro street Ilesa.[15]
- Wesley Guide hospital (Obafemi Awolowo Teaching hospital located in oke Ayose Ilesa.
- Oba Adenle Memorial hospital
- living petals medical center.[16]
Colonial assessment
The village was described by the Rev. William Howard Clark in 1854 in the following manner: "For its cleanliness, regularity in breadth and width, and the straightness of its streets, the ancient village of Ilesa far surpasses any native town I have seen in black Africa."[17]
The Ijesa Monarchs
There are four royal houses amongst which accession to the throne is supposed to be rotated: Biladu, Bilagbayo, Bilaro and Bilayirere. Rulers, under the title of Owa Obokun Adimula, have been as follows:
Owa Ajibogun 1150- 1255 |
Owa Owaka Okile | 1260-1358 |
Owa Obarabara Olokun Eshin | 1360-1459 |
Owa Owari | 1466 - 1522 |
| 1522 - 1526 |
Owa Atakumosa | 1526- 1546 |
Owa Obokun Oge- | 1572-1587 |
Owa Obokun Bilayi- Arere | 1588- 1590 |
Owa Obokun- Yeyeladegba(Female) | 1646 - 1652 |
Owa Obokun -Yeyegunrogbo(Female) | 1652-1653 |
Owa Obokun Biladu I | 1653- 1681 |
Owa Obokun Biladu II | - |
Owa Obokun Bilaro | 1681-1690 |
Owa Obokun Waji(female) | 1691-1692 |
Owa Obokun Waiye (female) | 1692-1693 |
Owa Obokun Waiyero(female) | 1698-1712 |
Owa Obokun Bilagbayo | 1713-1733 |
Owa Obokun Ori-Abejoyo(female) | 1734-1749 |
Owa Obokun Bilajagodo “Arijelesin" | 1749-1771 |
Owa Obokun Bilatutu"Otutu bi Osin" | 1772-1776 |
Owa Obokun Bilasa"Asa abodofunfun" | 1776-1788 |
Owa Obokun Akesan | 1789-1795 |
Owa Obokun Bilajara | 1796-1803 |
Owa Obokun Odundun | 1804-1814 |
Owa Obokun Obara | 1814-1832 |
Owa Obokun Gbega-aje | 1832-1846 |
Owa Obokun Ofokutu | 1846-1858 |
Owa Obokun Aponlese | 1858-1867 |
Owa Obokun Alobe | 1867-1868 |
Owa Obokun Agunlejika 1 | 1868-1869 |
Owa Obokun Owewe-niye | 1869-1874 |
| 1875 - 1893 |
| Mar 1893 - Nov 1894 |
Owa Obokun Alowolodu | 1894-1895 |
Owa Obokun Ajimoko 1 | April 1896- September 1901 |
Owa Obokun Ataiyero[Atayero] | 1902-1920 |
Owa Obokun Aromolaran 1 | 1920-1942 |
Ajimoko "Haastrup" -Regent | 1942 - 10 Sep 1942 |
Owa Obokun | Ajimoko II "Fidipote" | 10 Sep 1942 - 18 Oct 1956 | 1942-1956 |
J. E. Awodiya -Regent | 18 Oct 1956 - 1957 |
Owa Obokun Biladu III "Fiwajoye" Ogunmokun 111 | 1957-1963 |
... -Regent | Jul 1963 - 1966 |
Owa Obokun Agunlejika 11 | 1966-1981 |
| 1982 - ? | |
Notable people
- Israel Olatunde Adedeji-Orolugbagbe: JP, BA London (erudite scholar and educationist) (Odole Yoloye descendant)
- Royal High Chief Adebola Oyeleye Adedeji-Orolugbagbe: RHC Oyegbulu 1 - Odole-Owa of IjesaLand, prime minister/secretary of state, IjesaLand (Odole Yoloye descendant)
- T. M. Aluko OBE OON[18] [19] [20]
- Akinloye Akinyemi
Nigerian major[21] [22]
- Chief Lawrence Omole: business mogul and industrialist[23] [24] [25]
- Tosho Obembe: business mogul and industrialist[26]
- L.O Ayeni Rational: business mogul and industrialist[27]
- Fajemisin: medical doctor[28] [29] [30]
- Wale Omole: university Lecturer and former vice-chancellor OAU Ile Ife[31] [32] [33] [34]
- Olu Abiola, Business mogul and industrialist[35]
- Ibidapo-Obe: university Lecturer and former vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos[36] [37] [38] [39] [40]
- Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi
Commander of the Order of Niger, CON and President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)[41] [42] [43] [44]
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (An Odole Gidigbi Faloju Descendant) [45] [46] [47] [48]
Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and a professor of political science[49] [50] [51]
Comedian (also known as Baba Sala)[52] [53] [54] [55]
Nigerian Minister of Health and a former Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan[58] [59] [60]
pastor and general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God[61] [62] [63] [64]
pastor of CAC WOSEM.[65]
pastor and general superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministries[66] [67]
- Prince Adegoke Aromolaran: business mogul and industrialist.[68]
- Yinka Jegede-Ekpe[69]
- Chief Ogedengbe Agbogungboro of Atorin, IjesaLand: First Obanla of Ilesa
- George Obimakinde Obembe: engineer and first president of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.[70] [71]
External links
- http://osun.gov.ng/about/major-towns/ilesa/
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