THE BRIEF HISTORY OF IPOTI-EKITI
The history of Ipoti-Ekiti is premised on the fact that the town is fundamentally made of three principal groups referred to as CLANS. These are ỌWA, IPO/Idofin (from Ile-Ife - Oyo Ile - Ajase Ipo), and ẸJIYAN.
According to the factual historical records, Owa and Ipo Hunters, in the course of their hunting exercises, met at a place called “IMUJA ODE”, where they shared pleasantry and agreed to go and invite their people from their initial settlement to come and live together in the present location and subsequently mutually agreed to be called Ipoti-Ekiti. The agreement to live together was as a result of the discovery of a drinkable stream called “YAO”, which they felt would serve their thirsty need. Ipo/Idofin people firstly settled at Igbo Osun very close to Ila Orangun in Osun State, while Owa people settled at Igbo Olua, close to the present Odo Owa-Ekiti.
Adeyemi Adeọba was a sibling to Aremo Oduduwa, who left Ile Ife with his brother to settle at Oyo Ile. He left his brother behind at Oyo Ile to establish his own domain, not very far from Oyo Ile as a farmer/hunter. There he got married to a lady who gave birth to three male children. Adeyemi Adeoba later paid homage to his father, Oduduwa with his family. When he was leaving Ile Ife again ,Oduduwa handed to him a pigeon and perforated calabash known as (Ikoko Ajere) and was instructed that wherever the pegion gave up ghost(died), there he should bury and cover it with the calabash and settle down to establish his kingdom. On getting to Ajase Ipo, the pegion died and there he established his kingdom. He later married another woman at Ajase Ipo and this woman gave him male child. After his demise, there was an argument on who mount the throne of their father among the male children. The youngest child, i.e. the child of the youngest wife was installed as the new Oba.This drama at Ajase IPO angered the three senior brothers...
How did it happen? The tradition is as follows:
A very beautiful but childless woman, named Iwa consulted Baba Agboniregun (aka Ifa Orunmila) and wanted to know the reason for her barrenness. Ifa assured her that three male issues were in Store for her if she would make an offering to placate the gods. She complied and was asked to carry the sacrifice to Esu shrine at Aramoko.
“In the process, she was accosted and arraigned before the Alara. The king greatly enamoured by her beauty and charm, took her for a wife rather than punish her: She begat a male child. Thereafter, she became the target of an intrigue in the court of the Alara and she absconded”
She when back to the Ifa priest and complaind. Ifa priest told her that she would have to repeat the offering, which on this occasion she carried in a thick darkness to the Esu shrine at Ijero. She ran into trouble again and was caught. The Ijero people felt that she had brought some harmful charms to the town and was therefore taken to Ajero for a fitting sentence. The Ajero surprised every member of his Iwarafa Mefa, his inner cabinet, when he became infatuated with the woman’s beauty, and finally made her his Olori. IWA had another son for Ajero. But her misfortune, which trailed her wherever she went, did not leaver her alone. The other queens hated her because she became the most beloved Olori. The hatred was the type that she had to abscond from Ajero’s palace once more. She went back to the Ifa priest who told her that her offering remained one. She was to do it at Ila, and again she ended up becoming a wife of Orangun. Here she had her third male child called Ogboye. The Ifa prediction thus came to pass. Iwa eventually returned to Ife, a happy mother of three princes.
Ogboye eventually succeeded his father as Orangun. At this time, the thrones of Ara and Ijero were respectively occupied by his two half brothers. IWA’s three sons were now kings of their respective kingdoms and she was so happy. In the heart of joy, she sent an aide, bearing precious gifts, to congratulate the three of them on their accession to the thrones of their different fathers.
“The gifts (packed in three baskets) consisted of Segi (blue glass beads) and Okun (red stone beads) Over these valuables were spread Eepa (i.e. Scorched remnants of food scraped from cooking pots)
The Alara opened his pack and was galled by the sight of Eepa, a common man’s food. He refused to believe that his mother could send such a mean present to him, he declined to receive it. The Ajero at whom the messenger next called reacted in like manner; turning the messenger away. The poor messenger, now downhearted got to Aafin Orangun laden with three packs. The King was in an ecstasy and had sent him presents. He opened the basket and unlike his brothers, showed no qualms about its contents. He nibbled at the eepa to savour it. He also caused the people around to partake of the titbit. When the eepa was exhausted the King could scarcely believe his eyes at the sight of the underlying treasure” The Messenger seeing how excited the king had become related the reactions of Alara and Ajero to him. Orangun ordered that he be relived of the two baskets, which he now sent back to the two monarchs to repair what to them would have been a most painful loss. The following verse in the rituals of Ifa brings this traditions constantly to memory.
“Ibinu gbonrangandun l’awo ile Alara
Edo fufu l’awo oke ‘Jero
Iwa pele tu lo di’fa f’Orangun Aga
Omo a s’oro lo mi lolo su
Meaning:
Hot temper is the secret of the house of Alara
Short temper is the secret of hill of Ijero. Simplicity of manners cast the oracle in favour of Orangun Aga (son of he) who celebrates Oro at the cropping of new yams.
But the story did not end there.
Source : THE BOOK "THE MIRROR OF IJERO KINGDOM.
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Yellow Bar women been having children for multiple men from time immemorial.

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