21/02/2025
The History of Ibillo
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Last update June 11, 2020
History
Ibillo was founder on its present site by a man of the name who was more probably an early emigrant from Benin. It was sacked by the Ibadan and its people took refuse near Ogugu were they remained some years before being driven back again by the Okpes. They submitted to the Nupes , accepted “ajele” and paid tribute.
Ibillo has been administered since 1890 from Ikiran, Kabba, Okene, Iddo, Fuger and Auchi. Ibillois one of the central town in our country and the political headquarter of ward four (4)
Administration
According to archives records almost every statement made about the administrative organization of Ibillo was hotly disputed, but the following account represent the probable truth. The village is divided into four (4) territorial quarters, the people of each being divided into two families.
Ekoya
Oze
Ohuasi
Efolo
Uhianukonrin
Ilava
llese
Ekun
Ubianukeke
Ekuma
Ohaose
Odo
Families elect their own heads and function as administrative units. In ancient times the quarter -head was the priest of the quarter –fetish, but under the leading personality acquired the position and descendants of all post holders are now claiming to be quarter heads.
The chief priest or their lineal descendants are also striving to regain their authority and it is interesting to note that other claimant only assert their equality with them and not superiority over them. Thus although the Udezi, Amaru, Otaru and Agbin are admitted to be the spiritual head of the four quarters there is at least one claimant to the temporal headship of each. The title of Udezi is always held by a member of the Ubianure family of Ekoya, Azaru by a member of llava family of Oze, Otaru by a member of Ilasa family of Ohuase, and Agbin by a member of Ekun family of Efolo. The quarter cannot be said at the
present time to be a functioning administrative unit.
In ancient times the Udezi as the controller of three o
