Ibadan( Yoruba:Ìbàdànor fully (Ìlú) Ẹ̀bá-Ọ̀dàn, (the city at) the edge of the savannah) is the capitalcity of Oyo Stateand the third largest metropolitan area, by population, in Nigeria, after Lagosand Kano, with a population of over 3 million Ibadan is also the largest metropolitan geographical area. At Nigerian independence, Ibadan was the largest and most populous city in the country and the third in Africa after Cairoand Johannesburg.

badan is located in south-western Nigeria, 128 km inland northeast of Lagos and 530 km southwest of Abuja, the federal capital, and is a prominent transitpoint between the coastal region and the areas to the north. Ibadan had been the centre of administration of the old Western Regionsince the days of the Britishcolonial rule, and parts of the city's ancient protective walls still stand to this day. The principal inhabitants of the city are the Yorubas.

badan came into existence in 1829. [ 2 ]According to local historians, Lagelu, theJagun(commander-in-chief) of Oyo kingdom and generalissimo, left Oyo with some his best warriors from Oyo, Ogbomoso and Ilesa, to found their military outpost to prevent attack on Oyo kingdom from Ijebu and Egba and ado warriors and their allied in Eba Odan, which literally means 'between the forest and plains.' According to HRH Sir Isaac Babalola Akinyele, the late Olubadan(king) of Ibadan (Olu Ibadan means Lord of Ibadan), in his authoritative book on the history of Ibadan,Iwe Itan Ibadan,printed in 1911, the first city was destroyed due to an incident at an Egungun(masquerade) festival when an Egungun was accidentally disrobed and derisively mocked by women and children in an open marketplace full of people. In Yorubaland, it was an abomination for women to look an Egungun in the eye because the Egunguns were considered to be the dead forefathers who returned to the earth each year to bless their progeny. When the news reached the then Alaafin of Oyo, he commanded that Eba Odanbe destroyed for committing such abominable act.

Lageluwas by now an old, frail man; he could not stop the destruction of his city, but he and some of his people survived the attack and fled to a nearby hill for sanctuary. On the hill they survived by eating oro fruit and snails; later, they cultivated the land and made corn and millets into pap meals known asoori or eko, which they ate with roasted snails. They improvised a bit by using the snail shells to drink the liquefiedeko.Ultimately, Lageluand his people came down from the hill and founded another city called Eba'dan

The new city instantly grew prosperous and became a commercial nerve centre. Shortly afterwards, Lageludied, leaving behind a politically savvy people and a very stable community. The newly enthroned Olubadanmade a friendly gesture to the Olowu of Owuby allowing Olowu to marry his only daughter, Nkan. Coming from a war campaign one day, the raging Odo Oba ( River Oba) would not allow Olowu and his army to cross until a human sacrifice was performed to appease the angry river[ citation needed]. The chosen sacrifice was Nkan. The Olubadanwas infuriated at hearing of Nkan's death; he sent an emissary to inform the Alafin of Oyo, some of now Yoruba kings and rulers. Then the Olubadan sent his army to attack the powerful Olowu of Owuand defeated him. The Olowu committed suicide to escape being captured by the Ibadan army. The battle shattered the great Owu kingdom into pieces till today. Some of it remains in the mother town which is the present Orile-Owu in Osun State, while others are in Ogun State, known as Owu Abeokuta, etc.

A part of Ibadan was historically an Egbatown. The Egba occupants were forced to leave the town and moved to present-day Abeokuta under the leadership of Sodeke as result of their disloyalty. Ibadan grew into an impressive and sprawling urbancenter so much that by the end of 1829, Ibadan dominated the Yorùbá region militarily, politicallyand economically. The military sanctuaryexpanded even further when refugeesbegan arriving in large numbers from northern Oyo following raids by Fulaniwarriors. After losing the northern portion of their region to the marauding Fulanis, many Oyo indigenes retreated deeper into the Ibadan environs.

The FulaniCaliphate attempted to expand further into the southern region of modern-day Nigeria, but was decisively defeated by the armies of Ibadan in 1840.

Oluyoke 1 a.k.a sa mi n sa oo

Ibadan ni mo wa o