Omupo

Omupo
Town
Omupo
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 8°16′29.18″N 4°47′45.14″E / 8.2747722°N 4.7958722°E / 8.2747722; 4.7958722
Country  Nigeria
State Kwara State
LGA Ifelodun LGA
Government
 • Olomu of Omupo HRM, Oba Muhammed-Yakub Adebayo Buari (Ilufemiloye II)
Population
 • Ethnicity Yoruba (Igbomina)
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Website http://www.kwarastate.gov.ng/ (Kwara State website)

Omupo (or Omu-ipo) is a rural Igbomina town in the Ifelodun local government area of south-eastern Kwara State, Nigeria.[1] It is near a fortified archaeological site.[2] In February 2017, two children were killed in the town by practitioners of Yoruba religion.[3]

Location

Omupo is 191 miles (308 km) southwest of Abuja, 24 miles (38 km) southeast of Ilorin, 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Ajasse Ipo, 10 miles (15.9 km) northeast of Offa, 138 miles (222 km) northeast of Ibadan and 217 miles (350 km) northeast of Lagos.

History

Early settlers migrated from Ife, source of the Yoruba people. The town was founded by Ikuojenrola Adebari Alomole, the surviving son of Ifá priest Awogbola Olomu Aperan. Olomu Aperan was a prince of the Obadio royal family, one of eight autonomous monarchs who met in Ife. He left home during the early 14th century to protest the denial of his request to ascend the throne of Obadio because he had lost most members of his immediate family to an epidemic. Efforts to persuade him not to leave because of his advanced age were fruitless, but he was reminded of the repercussions of his defiance on his burial rites if he died while traveling: his children would have to pay the traditional fees generation after generation, wherever they might settle. However, he left with his supporters. After many years in the wilderness he met Fagbamila Ajagun-nla, the first Orangun of Ila, at Igbo Ajagun-Nla and established a kingdom with him.[4]

Rulers

  • Awobimpe - Regent (over 50 years)
  • Oba Ladubo - 1728-1788
  • Oba Oyewusi Ayinla - 1788-1832
  • Oba Makaaye Adungbelogun I - 1832-1858
  • Oba Oyelegbin - 1858-1876
  • Olomu Ododo - 1876-1887
  • Oba Adekanye - 1887-1896
  • Oba Muhammad - 1896 (seven months)
  • Oba Awerijaye I - 1896-1908
  • Oba Adeosun - 1908-1912
  • Oba Olomu Aderohumu Oyehanbi - 1914-1939
  • Oba Olomu Buhari - 1939-1947[5]
  • Oba Afolayan - 1948 (six months)
  • Oba Erubola Ajiboye Ajide - 1948-1960
  • Oba Abdullahi Alao (Awerijaye II) - 1960-1974
  • Oba Jimoh Olarinoye (Makaaye II) - 1974-2009
  • Oba Yakubu Adebayo Buari (Ilufemiloye II) - 12 June 2010 - present

Oba Jimoh Olarinoye was born to the royal family of Baba Alabi Oyewale during the reign of Olomu Aderohunmu Oyehanbi (1914–1939). The prince lived in Omupo before he went to Lagos in 1945, and was a businessman there until he was appointed by the Kwara State government to succeed his brother Oba Abdullahi Alao Awerijaiye II in 1974. His reign was peaceful and saw growth and development, including:

  • A 1976 electrification project
  • A town hall in 1981
  • A health center in 1981, upgraded to a cottage hospital by the state government in 1993

Oba Olarinoye died in the early hours of 30 April 2009 at age 94. Four wives, 22 children, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren survived him.[6]

Oba Yakubu Adebayo Buari (Ilufemiloye II) was born in Omupo on 1 January 1952 to the royal lineage of Olomu Mohmmed Suleiman Buari, the twelfth Olomu of Omupo. He had his primary and secondary education in Nigeria and his post-graduate education at the London School of Accountancy in the United Kingdom. He has a Master's of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Ilorin.[7]

Education

Christianity reached Omupo in 1926 through the Igbomina Anglican Diocese. The town's first primary school was established by the Anglican Church in 1942. The Omupo Moslem community built a primary school in 1956, and the Omupo Anglican Grammar School was founded in 1967.[8]

Projects

The following community projects were commissioned:

  • Piped water (1961)
  • Electricity project (1974)
  • Omupo Muslim College (1994)

The Omupo Constituency was created in 1979 for a representative to the Kwara State House of Assembly.

References

  1. ↑ "Satellite map of Omupo, with labels". Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Usman, Aribidesi (Winter 2007). "Enclosed Walls in Northern Yorubaland, Nigeria". Africa Update Newsletter. Central Connecticut State University. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Azeez, Biola (16 February 2017). "Suspected ritualists behead two children in Omupo, Kwara". Nigerian Tribune. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Bello, Abdul-Rahoof Adebayo. “A short history of Omupo". National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos. 2007
  5. ↑ "Olomu Buari Dynasty". Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Bello, Abdul-Rahoof Adebayo. “Life and Times of Oba Jimoh Aweda Olarinoye". National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos. 2010
  7. ↑ compassnewspaper.com Olomu-designate of Omupo town emerges
  8. ↑ "Welcome, old students!". Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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