WHAT HAPPENED IN IBADAN? A MUST READ STORY BY TOMILOLA
Ìbàdàn (Ìlú Ẹ ̀ bá-Ọ ̀ dàn) aka Ile Oluyole, Ilu Ogunmola Meaning: "Between the forest and plains" Ibadan - Running splash of gold and rust flung among seven hills, like broken china in the sun - J.P Clark. Location of Ibadan in Nigeria Ibadan, surrounded by seven hills, is located in south-western Nigeria. It is the capital of Oyo State, and is reputed to be the third largest indigenous city in Nigeria after Kano and Lagos respectively. It is populated dominantly by the Yorubas. It was founded in the 18th Century. According to local historians, before the existence of Ibadan, Oyo kingdom, a then very powerful kingdom governed a lion share of Yorubaland. Hence, Ibadan was born when, Lagelu, the Jagun (Chief of War) of the Oyo empire left the Oyo Kingdom with some of his best warriors from Oyo town, Ogbomoso and Ilesa, to found their military outpost to prevent attack on Oyo kingdom from surrounding towns such as Ijebu, Egba and Ado warriors and thei