Notable among the warriors were Fabunmi Okeemesi, Ogedengbe Agbogun gboro of the Ijesas,

justmi1:
After the Fulanis systematically captured and made Ilorin their territory, they sacked the old Oyo Empire in 1835/1636.

They were still not satisfied with their victory; they wished to extend their rule deep into the heart of Yoruba land.

Thus in 1840, they set to capture Osogbo , a Yoruba town. The Fulanis, under the command of Ali , the Hausa balogun of Ilorin, laid siege on osogbo.
When the king of Osogbo realized that the Ilorins were too strong for the Osogbo army, he summoned the Ibadans for help.

Ibadan immediately sent some auxiliaries to Osogbo under the command of Obele alias Mobitan , and Alade Abimpagun.

As this force could not stop the Ilorins, another contingent was sent to Osogbo under a more experienced leader.

But still the Ilorins won every battle and gained more ground.

When Ibadan realized that the Ilorins were becoming more threatening to Yoruba land, they sent a large and stronger force under Balogun Oderinlo to crush the intruding forces and Jammas of Ilorin.

When Oderinlo and his men arrived at the battlefield, they realized that things had gone worse than they thought.

They could not show their faces in the open field for the fear of the Ilorin horses, and for about 20 days after their arrival at Osogbo, they could not fight outside the town thickets.

Oderinlo suggested that Elepo, a brave Ibadan warrior was badly needed at the war-front. Elepo had been rejected by the war-chiefs of Ibadan for his actions at the late Agbamaja expedition.

As soon as the message from Oderinlo reached Ibadan, the Bashorun wished he could send Elepo to Osogbo but could not go against the wish of other war-chiefs.

The Bashorun gave Elepo a cow to worship his god, Ori , and pray for the victory of Ibadan at the war-front


At the war-front, the Ibadan could not attack the Ilorins during the day because Osogbo was practically in a plain and the Ilorin horses might have advantage of them with disastrous results.


They decided to attack at dusk when the Ilorins would no longer be able to use their horses. About 2:pm, the well prepared Ibadan army left the gate of Osogbo for the battlefield.

They were to keep a strict watch and arrest anyone suspected to be a spy.

About a mile from the Ilorin camp, they halted and arranged the order of the attack.

The Osogbo army and the earlier auxiliaries were to handle the center of the battlefield, chiefs Abitiko and Labuju were to command the right wing, Balogun Oderinlo with the rest of the Ibadan war-chiefs were to form the left wing of the army.

The Ilorin camp was then attacked at midnight. The watchword was “ Elo ni owo odo? ” (How much is the ferry fare?

The reason this watchword was chosen was because the river Osun had to be crossed in entering Osogbo from the south, and anyone who could not tell this was likely to be an enemy.

Stampede engulfed the Ilorin camp as the Ibadan army set it on fire.

The Ilorins could not offer the slightest resistance; they were smoked with the gunpowder of the Ibadan guns.

This attack was a success for the Ibadan. Some Ilorin war-chiefs were captured in the attack. Prominent ones were:
1. Jimba the head slave of the Emir;
2. One of the sons of Ali the commander in chief;
3. Chief Lateju;
4. Ajikobo the Yoruba Balogun of Ilorin.

The first two were released while the latter two, being Yoruba by birth, were regarded as traitors and were executed.

This was a huge victory for the whole of Yoruba land.
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After the Osogbo victory, Ibokun, an Ijesa town not far from Osogbo was taken by the Ibadans for being an ally of Ilorin.

After this war, Ìbàdàn later became a force building a formidable war machinery than later prosecuted many other wars with resounding victory.

Notable among the wars was the KIRIJI WAR where the Ibadan warlords formed a historic alliance with the Igbajos.

Even though Igbajo became the war front for many years that the war lasted, it was never captured by the raging Ekiti parapò warriors.

Rather it was a place where many of them met their Waterloo.

Notable among the warriors were Fabunmi Okeemesi, Ogedengbe Agbogun gboro of the Ijesas,

Apasikoto pasigegele of Igbajo and Latoosa of Ibadan to mention a few.

There were many more great warriors of the time.

It’s worthy to note that the KIRIJI WAR was the last war in Yoruba land.

It’s also recorded as the longest native war between in Africa.

Since then the Yoruba people have continued to build strong bonds among themselves and they have sustained the peace.

We must continue to tell our children the history of the Yoruba people and the bond which our father had built so that we can continue to see ourselves as one.

If the Ibadan people can sacrifice their lives for the people of Osogbo in other to safe other towns and villages in Yoruba land and in essence the carnage of innocent people were prevented, then, we the modern Yorubas have no reason to divide ourselves for political reasons or any reason at all.

Source:https://dailytimes.ng/the-osogbo-war-of-1840-lessons-to-be-learnt/

seunmsg:


I see Sunday Igboho as the modern day Fabunmi. Fabunmi started the Ekitiparapo (Kiriji) war to rid Ekiti land off the criminality and excesses of the Ibadan ajeles. Sunday Igboho is similarly fighting to rid the entire Yoruba land off the criminality and excesses of criminal herdsmen. Fabunmi succeeded in achieving his aim, Sunday Igboho will also succeed.

justmi1:
After the Fulanis systematically captured and made Ilorin their territory, they sacked the old Oyo Empire in 1835/1836.

They were still not satisfied with their victory; they wished to extend their rule deep into the heart of Yoruba land.

Thus in 1840, they set to capture Osogbo , a Yoruba town. The Fulanis, under the command of Ali , the Hausa balogun of Ilorin, laid siege on Osogbo.
When the king of Osogbo realized that the Ilorins were too strong for the Osogbo army, he summoned the Ibadans for help.

Ibadan immediately sent some auxiliaries to Osogbo under the command of Obele alias Mobitan , and Alade Abimpagun.

As this force could not stop the Ilorins, another contingent was sent to Osogbo under a more experienced leader.

But still the Ilorins won every battle and gained more ground.

When Ibadan realized that the Ilorins were becoming more threatening to Yoruba land, they sent a large and stronger force under Balogun Oderinlo to crush the intruding forces and Jammas of Ilorin.

When Oderinlo and his men arrived at the battlefield, they realized that things had gone worse than they thought.

They could not show their faces in the open field for the fear of the Ilorin horses, and for about 20 days after their arrival at Osogbo, they could not fight outside the town thickets.

Oderinlo suggested that Elepo, a brave Ibadan warrior was badly needed at the war-front. Elepo had been rejected by the war-chiefs of Ibadan for his actions at the late Agbamaja expedition.

As soon as the message from Oderinlo reached Ibadan, the Bashorun wished he could send Elepo to Osogbo but could not go against the wish of other war-chiefs.

The Bashorun gave Elepo a cow to worship his god, Ori , and pray for the victory of Ibadan at the war-front


At the war-front, the Ibadan could not attack the Ilorins during the day because Osogbo was practically in a plain and the Ilorin horses might have advantage of them with disastrous results.


They decided to attack at dusk when the Ilorins would no longer be able to use their horses. About 2:pm, the well prepared Ibadan army left the gate of Osogbo for the battlefield.

They were to keep a strict watch and arrest anyone suspected to be a spy.

About a mile from the Ilorin camp, they halted and arranged the order of the attack.

The Osogbo army and the earlier auxiliaries were to handle the center of the battlefield, chiefs Abitiko and Labuju were to command the right wing, Balogun Oderinlo with the rest of the Ibadan war-chiefs were to form the left wing of the army.

The Ilorin camp was then attacked at midnight. The watchword was “ Elo ni owo odo? ” (How much is the ferry fare?).

The reason this watchword was chosen was because the river Osun had to be crossed in entering Osogbo from the south, and anyone who could not tell this was likely to be an enemy.

Stampede engulfed the Ilorin camp as the Ibadan army set it on fire.

The Ilorins could not offer the slightest resistance; they were smoked with the gunpowder of the Ibadan guns.

This attack was a success for the Ibadan. Some Ilorin war-chiefs were captured in the attack. Prominent ones were:
1. Jimba the head slave of the Emir;
2. One of the sons of Ali the commander in chief;
3. Chief Lateju;
4. Ajikobo the Yoruba Balogun of Ilorin.

The first two were released while the latter two, being Yoruba by birth, were regarded as traitors and were executed.

This was a huge victory for the whole of Yoruba land.
.
After the Osogbo victory, Ibokun, an Ijesa town not far from Osogbo was taken by the Ibadans for being an ally of Ilorin.

After this war, Ìbàdàn later became a force building a formidable war machinery than later prosecuted many other wars with resounding victory.

Notable among the wars was the KIRIJI WAR where the Ibadan warlords formed a historic alliance with the Igbajos.

Even though Igbajo became the war front for many years that the war lasted, it was never captured by the raging Ekiti parapò warriors.

Rather it was a place where many of them met their Waterloo.

Notable among the warriors were Fabunmi Okeemesi, Ogedengbe Agbogun gboro of the Ijesas,

Apasikoto pasigegele of Igbajo and Latoosa of Ibadan to mention a few.

There were many more great warriors of the time.

It’s worthy to note that the KIRIJI WAR was the last war in Yoruba land.

It’s also recorded as the longest native war between in Africa.

Since then the Yoruba people have continued to build strong bonds among themselves and they have sustained the peace.

We must continue to tell our children the history of the Yoruba people and the bond which our father had built so that we can continue to see ourselves as one.

If the Ibadan people can sacrifice their lives for the people of Osogbo in other to safe other towns and villages in Yoruba land and in essence the carnage of innocent people were prevented, then, we the modern Yorubas have no reason to divide ourselves for political reasons or any reason at all.

Source:https://dailytimes.ng/the-osogbo-war-of-1840-lessons-to-be-learnt/

sinkhole:
Fabunmi of Ekiti started the movement, formed alliance with the Ijeshas and he had absolutely no problem in making Ogedengbe of Ilesha the generalissimo of the allied force.
Though the Ekiti Parapos alligned with the Ilorin to fight the Ibadans in those days, things have changed now and the Yorubas are now far more united, the Fulanis will be surprised at what will hit them!
Mind you, I strongly oppose war

NutritionGuru:
The Greatest African Sage ever liveth said and I quote "Problems are like plants, they have roots that must be soughtout and uprooted if you really want to permanently Solve them." Every Black African should always look at Yoruba Problem through that spectacule, because if other Nigerian Tribes knew what would have befallen them had it been that Yorubas didn't serve as Shock-absober and Boofer Solution for british wickedness and even genocide Agenda against all Blacks, they would Probably been non-existent today's if they half of British Manipulation applied on Yorubas was applied on them.

OP, you are yet to free yourself from mental Shackles from British Manipulation of Yorubas against Yorubas. You and your type are still brainless and never did any Movie to portray the Great Victory of United Yorubas over our Enemies in 1840, but busy posting thing that Divides Yorubas just as the Colonial Masters planned it.
The guy I quoted below is one of them, the Satanic agents of Division are already here again! Years after he wrote the Book, he apologized before he died for erroneously trying to belittle the Contributions of those other Yorubas to the Victory. Even Ibadan itself was Originally formed by Yorubas from all those Ekiti, Ajaseh Ipo, Owo, Ilesha, Abeokuta, Oyo, Obokun, etc that migrated from all over Yoruba Lands to Trade together there and finally Settle down there as One Big Yoruba Family.

With the age-long constant self-confessed Desire of those that Billgates descended from to drastically Reduce Black Africans Population, you should know that Yorubas as the first People that met when they first try to move into what is now Known as Nigeria, they would maximally use their Deception to reduce their Population if impossible to wipe them out. Yorubas took the invisible wicked manipulative mental Bullets of from the British for all other Tribes in Nigeria. If not that Yorubas are Strong as a People, they would never have recovered form the invisibly deadly Anti-African Deceptive Manipulations from the European. Yorubas are the greatest Victims of British Colonial Manipulations because they stayed far Longer with us before they started proceeding to other inner parts of Nigeria.

He also exposed that he too was a Victim of the wicked mental manipulation of the Yorubas against Yorubas that was wickedly orchestrated by the British Colonia Masters who so effectively sowed seeds of bitter discords, ego and hatred among Yorubas by satanically intentionally impossing Some Yorubas over others: that finally climaxed into Kiriji Battle among Yorubas later. He also tasked we the coming Generations of Yorubas to learn from the senseless Kiriji battle and be on the look out for Real Enemies that try to play Yorubas against one another.

Any Yoruba that still don't know that Fulanis are far lesser than Yoruba in War and Evey other thing should go and read about the Jalumi War which Yorubas also mercilessly Won to fully Restore Ilorin as part of United Yoruba Empire.
In the Jalumi war, Yorubas again Unitedly defeated the Mammoth Hausa/Fulani-controlled Army up into the Center of Ilorin and was about to install an Oba but the Whites stepped in and prevented it. The emir of Ilorin has always been there shivering because he is there with the help of their backed FG. The Problem of Nigeria is far deeper than you thought!

AroleOduduwa2:
We will send the Fulani back Sudan where they originate from.

seunmsg:


I see Sunday Igboho as the modern day Fabunmi. Fabunmi started the Ekitiparapo (Kiriji) war to rid Ekiti land off the criminality and excesses of the Ibadan ajeles. Sunday Igboho is similarly fighting to rid the entire Yoruba land off the criminality and excesses of criminal herdsmen. Fabunmi succeeded in achieving his aim, Sunday Igboho will also succeed.

VladimirPutiin:



How can you be supporting Igboho and Tinubu at same time ??

seunmsg:


And what’s wrong in supporting Igboho’s initial quest to rid the south west forest of criminals who were killing and kidnapping my people and still be support a brilliant and innovative candidate like Tinubu for president?

Obamaofusa:


In the Jalumi war,the Ibadans defeated the large Fulani/Hausa/rebel Yorubas army up into Ilorin and wanted to install an Oba but the whites prevented this.The emir of Ilorin has always been there shivering because he is there with the help of the FG and omo ale Sarakis.Emir time is up in Ilorin.This is the last emir.

flokii:
Some people without history too will come and be calling Yorubas cowards.. when the only war they know is civil war that saw their coward general flee to Abidjan.
The battle of their messiah Kanu with Kuje beans and mosquitoes is also highly revered to them. Yeye!

VladimirPutiin:


Tinubu never condemned or spoke out against the killings in Yoruba land. He has kept quiet and keep romancing the people that are carrying out those atrocities on his people. I’m surprised because same Igboho you adore has attacked Tinubu on some occasions and even accused him of sabotaging his efforts.

Tunjibalogun:

Stop attracting hate to us. The focus is on our yoruba victory. Leave igbos alone, let us focus on this. When they come attacking u will say they're troublesome. Well yoruba warriors actually sacrificed for us

seunmsg:


I see Sunday Igboho as the modern day Fabunmi. Fabunmi started the Ekitiparapo (Kiriji) war to rid Ekiti land off the criminality and excesses of the Ibadan ajeles. Sunday Igboho is similarly fighting to rid the entire Yoruba land off the criminality and excesses of criminal herdsmen. Fabunmi succeeded in achieving his aim, Sunday Igboho will also succeed.