HISTORY of AJAYI OGIDIOLU RULING FAMILY of IGBO-ORA

HISTORY of aJAYI oGIDIOLU rULING FAMILY of IGBO-ORA

Lajorun , a great hunter migrated from Ikole- Ekiti and founded Igbo-Ora . He married Olupeeti, the daughter of baba aso who was the founder of Iberekodo-Igbole. The marriage of lajorun and Olupeeti was blessed with three children- Omobale,Okonu and Olugbekan. Olugbekan gave birth to Atambala ( Otaobola) and a female child named Abayomi. Subsequently after, Atambala became the Baale of Igbo-Ora. Some kilometers away from Igbo-Ora,a settlement had been founded by Akintan and his family. Akintan migrated from Fedegbo village which has today become part of Ogbomosho. The settlement founded by Akintan was named after his root, Fedegbo where he came from. The new Fedegbo shared boundaries with communities in Oke Oyan and Yewa region of Ogun State. It was close to the border areas with republic of Benin .

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Ajayi ogidiolu aur Igbo-Ora kingship ka bunyadi rishta

Ojo was encouraged to settle down and established a home at Igbo-Ora. He was subsequently installed as Olukotun in honour of his economic and military services to the people of Igbo-Ora. He became popularly known as Ojo Olukotun. In addition to this, Abayomi, the sister of Atambala was given to him as wife.The marriage was blessed with an only child named Ajayi Ogidiolu. Ajayi grew up to become a powerful soldier and war hero and later as the Architect of the present day Igbo-Ora.This is how Ajayi Ogidiolu became connected with the Atambala dynasty and the stool of Igbo-Ora kingship. In essence, both families share a common root and heritage as offsprings of Olugbekan and descendants of Olupeeti and Lajorun.

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Ajayi ogidiolu ki shart aur alag saltanat ki buniyad

Before Ajayi accepted to mount the throne, he gave a condition that he would rule not as an offshoot of Atambala but he would rule from his father’s house and that he would rule on merit as a war hero and not because his mother was a princess. So he established a separate entity different from Atambala family. That is why he ruled as Ajayi Ogidiolu 1 instead of Atambala 11. Adeoye , his son took the title Ajayi Ogidiolu 11 instead of Atambala 111. Oyerogba Oyewole who ruled from Atambala family took the title of Atambala 11 . In essence, Ajayi Ogidiolu created a separate identity for himself right from the beginning.

Ajayi had three surviving children. Each of these children came from different mothers . The names are listed herewith:

Ayepola: ajayi ogidiolu khandaan ka mashhoor shahzada

Oyinkanola married a man who came from Ayetoro in Egbado( Yewa area of Ogun state). To the couple, a child was born. The name of the child is Ayepola. Ayepola grew up in the family compound under the tender care of his parents and his grandfather to become a famous prince of Ajayi Ogidiolu family . He married six wives and had a lot of children listed below ( arrangement is not in the order of seniority):

Grand children of ayepola

A.from oyediran

B. from taiwo

C. from oyetoro

D. from oyewola

E. from morenike

1. Sarah

Kurumiloju Adeoye( Muslim name is Jinadu) was the youngest child of Ajayi Ogidiolu and was the ruler of Igbo-Ora from 1941 till his death on 16th April, 1975. Adeoye had four wives who bore children for him.The names of these wives and their children are as follows:

A. Adesiyan

Children:

B. Foworanu

Children:

C. Lapiye

Children:

D. Adeoti

Children:

Grandchildren of adeoye

A. from okesipe

B. from okerinde

C. from salamotu

( only child)

D. from orimadegun

E. from nusirat

( only child)

F. from rabiat

G. from hawau

H. from munirat

I. Alimoh

K. from sidikat

( only child)

All the grandchildren of Adeoye are great grandchildren of Ajayi Ogidiolu.

The second child is Olabiyi. Olabiyi had 9 children from different wives. The names of the children are listed below.

Olabiyi

Children:

Grandchildren of Olabiyi

A. Oyeyemi

B. Oyerogba

C. Oredola

The list will be updated later on as we get more information about the female children of Olabiyi and their offsprings.

The grandchildren of Olabiyi are thus great grandchildren of Ajayi Ogidiolu.

Historically, Ajayi Ogidiolu and Atambala ruling houses share the some root as has been previously explained.

The Chieftancy Edict of 1957 separated Ajayi Ogidiolu ruling house from Atambala ruling house in spite of the fact that both are intrinsically linked, historically related and share a common heritage.

Based on this common root and heritage , the Ademola Adenekan chieftancy review commission of 1976 has merged the two ruling houses – Atambala ruling house and Ajayi ruling house together as an entity with the nomenclature ‘ Atambala ruling house . The commission concluded that Ajayi Ogidiolu ruling house is a part of Atambala ruling house and both should be together in a two - ruling house system. Ademola Adenekan commission of enquiry of 1976 in a review of the 1957 Baale of Igbo-Ora chieftancy edict recommended to Oyo state Government that the four ruling houses be merged into two on the basis that all the ruling houses in Igbo-Ora arose from two families. The Commission thus recommended two ruling houses viz.

This recommendation was approved by the Government in 1977. This has effectively made Ajayi ruling house a component of Atambala ruling house.