History of Ikare people

The origins of the two major segments of Ikare are primarily traceable to the Yoruba cradle of Ile-ife, where the Olukare and the "Owa Ale" emigrated from at different distant intervals.
Batimehin the progenitor of Owalukare,was a prince of the Owa Ilare and migrated earlier from Ilare with Fagbamila Orangun Ile Ila, perhaps after his Ita-Ijero festival en route to Bariba land in search of his brother Oranmiyan's company , and settled at Wawa in Bariba land when Alafin himself settled at Katunga or Oyo Ile.
Other members of the Ilare family like the Ekinmogun, and the people of Ijare to mention a few also emigrated with Oranmiyan the Alafin and settled at Epin and Ijare respectively. (insert ijare origin map in ibariba near okuta town) all in Bariba and of which the locations are still available till today
Fortunately, Ondos and the Ijare people still recognize this historical link with the Alafin except for Ikare.
Please note that this singular migration history was responsible for placing Ikare, and mostly Akoko, and even Owo under the Northern protectorate for several years until Owo regained her freedom in 1903, while Ikare, under the Olukare Ajagunna, 1 (1846-1897) brought the entire Akoko out of this bondage in December 1918.
Throughout all the above sojourns and settlements in the North, the Muslim culture was interwoven with the Yoruba culture and her king embraced Islam like the Alafin of Oyo, just as Islam gained ground in Ondo and even in Owu Abeokuta, which similarly were located at Owu Falls in the � Ifelodun local government of present day Kwara state of Nigeria.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE ISLAMIC INFLUENCE OF OLUKARE OF IKARE-AKOKO
The whole of Ikare, even up to Owoland by achieval history, were in the Northern protectorate. Some people claimed they were the founders of Ikare and have nothing to do with the Islamic culture like you find now in most areas of Okun land, Ikole and Aiyedun areas of Ekiti state that similarly suffered the same fate like Ikare.
You could then imagine the influence of Islamic culture on the early settlers of such towns.
According to the evidence an article published and presented and quoted here, by C Komolafe, who confirmed in this book,that Ikare inherited authority from Oyo Ile, just as the lineage of the paramount ruler prince Alila, who became Oba Olukare Alila, inherited royalty from the previous Alaafin of Oyo Ile.Other emigrants who arrived at Ikare in the late seventies were fully engaged in the Yoruba intertibal wars to free Yoruba land also from Nupe and Fulani jihadists.
They retained much of the traditional Yoruba myth because they migrated mostly from the Yoruba land of Ife and Ekiti forests.hence their Eulogy and folk songs are rendered in Ekiti dialets like their siblings in Oka called Omo Owalusi.ref the history of Owamilere and Isefa groups in Oka-Akoko.please note that Oka Akoko was then reffered to by the colonial master as the Kukuruku Hills.
The Ikare descendants of the Old Oyo lineage as restated in this article can be classified as the first settlers in Ikare to which the Owalukare ruling house belongs and hence the Islamic influence on them.
The Okunland were not as lucky like Ikare, Ikole,Obo and Owo to exist from the Northern proctetorate "hence the soul of okunland was expressed by her vote for exit. It is NOT an insurrections or secession for Okun to flee the North. It isn't matter of hatred or contempt for the North or any of its people. It's simply a vote to return home, to where we are supposed to be"
The arguments in support are as follows:
All of the regions from the coast to the Niger River were part of the Old Oyo Empire until the Jihad, which began in 1806 and eventually sacked Oyo Ile in the west and the Nupe Calvary swept across the Niger River in the east into what is now eastern Kwara and the northern portion of Okunland. The Old Oyo ILE was located in Kwara State, roughly north and west of Igbeti. The Oyo Empire spanned the eastern half of what is now Togo, the Southern Benin Republic (formerly Dahomey), Oke Ogun, northern Kwara up to Jebba, and eastward along the Niger River to Lokoja and the coast. Through the perfidy of Abdulsalami and the traitor Aare Ona Kakanfo, the Othman, Dan Fodio, invaded the Old Oyo Empire, sacked Oyo ILE, and captured Ilorin. The Nupe invaded the eastern flank of the Oyo Empire after the western section of the empire fell apart, essentially ravaging and "occupying" most of what is now Yagba and Bunu, as well as raiding the rest of Okunland. The Nupe invasion was marked by the mass murder of able-bodied males and the transport of them as slaves. As individuals ran for their lives, there was also tremendous population relocation. Except for Pategi, which had been founded as a trading post between the Oyo Empire and the Nupe, there were no Nupe villages south of the Niger River until the invasion. Keep in mind that the Nupe's progenitor was one of Oranmiyan of Ife's sons, according to history. Many Nupe people returned to their original settlements after the British forced them out, while others stayed with the people with whom they had relocated. As a result, Okun people exist in the states of Kwara, Ekiti, and Ondo. Since then, Okunland has had significant demographic mixing. In today's Okun, it's rare to find a group that doesn't include other Okun people. For instance, Yagba is the ancestor of all Atemotos in Bunu today. In Kabba, there are members of the Bunu clan, while in Yagba, there are members of the Ijumu and Ijumu clans. The Ijumu people descend from Yagba now, and vice versa. Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting a Taraba-based member of the Atemeto Clan. In Cross River and Akwa Ibom, Atte is also-ran present. These are only a few examples of how war and the ensuing slavery tangled us up. One item to consider is that because we Okun are so diverse, we should perceive each other as one.
Nigeria was divided into administrative districts by the British. The Lagos Colony, the Southern Protectorate, and the Northern Protectorate were their first targets. The terrible amalgamation of 1914 combined these countries to establish Nigeria. Kabba Province used to encompass not just all of present-day Kogi State but also the Owo and Ikare Divisions of current-day Ondo State, as well as the Ikole Division of current-day Ekiti State. Kabba Division, Igbirra Division, Igala Division, and Kogi/Koto Division were among the divisions in the province. Only four (4) of these divisions were entirely Yoruba. Ikare, Ikole, Kabba, and Owo were the names of the four characters.
According to archival archives, between 1900 and 1903, the Southern and Northern Protectorates' boundaries were demarcated. Since they were all under the Oyo Empire and were Yoruba by tribe,
the Southern Protectorate (my main concern is who was the natural king at this period of Ikare history ,and how could such a king have escaped Islamic influence? )demanded that the 4 Yoruba Divisions be placed under Kabba Province. The Ikare, Ikole, and Owo Divisions were sent to the south to join their relatives, while the Kabba Division was left in the north unjustly.

WHY?
The Royal Niger Company's Constabulary, with headquarters in Lokoja, liberated Kabba Division from the Nupe. They also took Nupe and the majority of the Northern provinces. The Colonial Office was later paid 260,000 pounds to surrender the area to the UK. So they couldn't transfer the Kabba Division's. to Yoruba .

Extract from my book the History of Ikare and that of the Owalukare family.
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This is a fake history of Ikare

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This is a fake history of Ikare

Since you know the correct history, kindly put it here.