Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi’s entry as Akarigbo is installed

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi’s entry as Akarigbo is installed

Akarigbo is the head of all the kings in Remo land. The first Akarigbo was Igbodein, child of Aka, who was married to Onigbo. Onigbo was one of those that followed Obanta into Ijebuland originally. King Igbodein’s poetic praise (oriki) was: Owa Mojo-nmogun ofin. After he settled down at Oke Iyemule, he was quoted as saying: Ore mo! This was because he relocated to the new home in anger around the year 1450. It was Aroyewun Akarigbo who moved the people out of Iyemule and relocated them to Orile Ofin. The other Akarigbos at this early time were Luyoruwa, Radolu, Koyelu, Muleruwa, Tewogbuwa, Arioko, Liyangu, Otutu bi Osun, Erinjugbotan, Faranpojo, Igimisoje (who was renowned for leading his people (in 1872) to settle in the place now known as Sagamu, on a land owned by a man named Bammowu, after the Makun war of 1862.

Please Subscribe: https://goo.gl/5VGvtm

Please follow us:
FACEBOOK
Twitter
Google+
Pinterest
Pinterest