ADO-ODO HISTORY AND CULTURE

 THE HISTORY, PEOPLE, CULTURE AND TRADITION OF OKE-ODAN, SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA (1780-2023) BY PRINCE DAPO ODUNFA - A CRITIQUE The author established that Oke Odan was founded in 1780 by different groups, namely exiles and refugees from Egba-Dahomean wars. He dealt with the impacts of Owiwi war and the pre-emptive Egba military offensive of survival against her peaceful Egbado (Yewa) and Awori corridors of Ado, Ota among others The author identified Eyo, Ilaro, Ilobi and Erinja quarters as major constituents of Oke Odan. He also identified six different schools of thought on the origin of Oke-Odan including pro-Ado strand which he attributed to Ipokia Intelligence Report which stated that Oke Odan emerged on Ado Odo Kingdom territories. He dismissed this premise on the ground that the Kuoye Ajalangba elements that fled to Ado Odo had returned to Oke Odan. The author dismissed the claim of Ilobi Erinja communities as the foremost groups that founded Oke Odan on the ground that the...

 UPDATE ON MISSING GAPS IN PROFESSOR BANJI AKINTOYE NARRATIVES ON AWORI SUB CREED OF YORUBA RACE IN NIGERIA The History of Aworis (by Abiodun Adeosun, (Apapa : Robinson Publishers Ltd.,1997), stated that Ota is one of several Awori towns with premium on Ota.  In 1997, the Aworis of Lagos and Ogun States combined efforts to present a Memorandum for the unification of all Aworis in Lagos State to redress marginalization arising from balkanization into Lagos and Ogun states. A proactive Awori Group named "Awori Laa" as a socio-cultural association led by the late Prof. Babatunde Fafunwa of blessed memory. It alluded to the history of Ado-Odo particularly her triumphant exploits during the Egba Dahomean wars of ex vassal Kingdoms liberation from yoke of Oyo imperial authority in the 19th century. The Egba-Ota-Ado war account was used extensively to debunk Ẹ̀gbá conquest theory of the Aworis that was submitted to the Committee on State, Local Government Creation and Bo...

 This perhaps explains the foundation regarding how Oduduwa and Obatala got to Ado.      There were  several civil wars in Ife over several decades. Three of them stand out because Oduduwa was an active participant. The third one would lead to Obatala, his main adversary losing his greatest lieutenant and war general, Obameri.  Obameri joining Oduduwa would be the turning point of Ife administration and abolition of the confederate system which Obatala was its chairman.  Following the abolition, Obatala and his group were decimated and forced to move from the Ife metropolis to Ideta Oko. Adding to their woes was an outbreak of smallpox which reduced their numbers even further.   Oduduwa would go on to display the leadership that won the hearts of men like Obameri by bringing Obatala's group back to the metropolis and making Obatala the head of priests or Chief Priest.  The last war of supremacy between Obatala and Oduduwa leading to the ...