Ijebu, Owo

Ijebu
Town
Ijebu
Coordinates: 7°11′N 5°35′E
Country	Nigeria
State	Ondo State Southwestern Nigeria
Government
• Type	Civilian
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

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]

Notable people

• Olagbegi Atanneye I. The first paramount ruler of Owo Kingdom.

• Agboola Ojomo Agunloye II. Was the second paramount Yoruba king of Ijebu-Owo in Ondo State.
• Kofoworola Oladoyinbo Ojomo. He ascended to the throne as the paramount Yoruba king of Ijebu following the death of King Ijebu II.
• Engr Richard Omotayo Adewale(ASAE)

References

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