IJEBU ITELE

 Ijebu Itele is a town in Ogun State, Ijebu-East LGA. It is considered a traditional state because it is headed by a king (Oba) with the royal title of Moyegeso, a part II Oba as stated in the official gazette in 1990 of the Ogun State Government. The incumbent is Oba Mufutau Adesanya Kasali Iboriaran I.


The town is known to have produced notable individuals amongst which are; Otunba Adedoyin Olaide Ogunde, a past president of ICAN and a partner at KPMG Peat Marwick Ani Ogunde &co., one of the top chartered accountants in Nigeria, was born in the town. Alhaji Chief, a previous deputy governor of Ogun State. Rafiu Ogunleye was from the Itele neighborhood of Agbodu. Prof. Samuel O. Onakomaiya, a late educationist and previous deputy vice chancellor at what is now Olabisi Onabanjo University (formerly Ogun State University), was from Itele. Late Chief Mrs. Opeoluwa Solanke-Ogunbiyi (Nee Obisanya), who was well-known as Mama WASU in the United Kingdom in the 1940s and 1950s, was a native of the community. Activities in the twin varies from farming, fishing to trade. A typical Ijebu man from Itele is excepted to own a piece of land for farming and the women also into trading.


Orthodox education in Itele was mainly provided by Christian missionaries. The Anglican and Catholic missions, respectively, established the first group of educational institutions. The Anglican ministry initially founded St. John's Anglican Primary School in the early months of 1898, and St. Francis School followed. The town has actually developed in terms of educational institutions because it can now brag of having a large number of them, including universities as well as government-controlled and publicly owned schools. The Ogun East Senatorial District's first of its kind. Itele High School, a community school founded in 1978 and run by the state government, is the primary secondary school in the municipality. Additionally, there is Louisville Girls High School, a wealthy private girls-only high school which was founded in the late 1990s. However, the Federal Executive Council of the Federal Government of Nigeria approved the establishment of Hallmark University, Ijebu-Itele, a privately owned tertiary school on March 15, 2015, under the chairmanship of the then vice president of Nigeria, Namadi Sambo.


The inhabitants of Itele have a diverse cultural heritage, just like the rest of the Ijebu people. Itele is actually thought to play a significant role in the Ijebu Kingdom. Ijebuland had just left Ile-Ife when Obanta came, according to history. He took a short break in Itele before moving on to Ijebu-Ode. He lost his mother there, Gborowo, close to the Osun River in Itele. In honor of the mother of Obanta, the waterway is now referred to as Osun Gborowo. Because of this, the Awujale typically dispatches a cow to Itele for sacrifice each year in honor of Gborowo. The sons and daughters of the town come together once a year, specifically in the month of November, to honor Itele Day. Jigbo festival, Agbo masquerade, and other celebrations are also held in the community.


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