Igbara-Oke Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Ondo State, Nigeria
About Igbara-Oke
The history of Igbara-Oke, according to historians, could be traced back to the fifteenth century migration fromIle-Ife, of Olowa Arajaka and his children, Alarelu and Adeyiba, who were then known as brave warriors. Igbara-Oke is popularly addressed with the panegyric "Omo Eleye Ti N Ke Weye," for being a town that never lost any battle and was never conquered by any town during the inter-tribal wars. According to the historians, it was reported that the then Oba ofIlesahad sent emissaries headed by Ogedengbe to Olowa, when they heard of the prowess of Igbara-Oke at the war. The name Igbara was gotten from a forest called "Aigbara" where Adeyiba was born. The forest also contains a kind of leaf called "Ewe Aigbara" that served as an herbal remedy for diseases during that time.
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