Sleekydee:
great write up...iRepLampese!!!

ezanafe:
Historical Origin (Circa 1700 AD)

The International African Institute London has, since 1945, been engaged in the preparation and publication of an Ethnographic Survey of Africa, the objective being to present information on the various peoples of Africa in terms of location, natural environment, economy, crafts, social structure, political organization, religious beliefs and cults. A Committee of the Institute set up under the Chairmanship of Professor Radcliffe Brown under took the editing of the survey with the generous collaboration of Research Institutions, Anthropologists, the British Colonial Development and Welfare Funds and the Belgian authorities through the Commission d’Ethnologie of the Institute Royal Colonial Belge. The Book titled Ethnographical Survey of Africa, The Benin Kingdom and The Edo-Speaking Peoples of South Western Nigeria was co-published by R.E. Bradbury and P.C. Lloyd in 1957.

In that publication Ibillo was classified as number 5 of the 28 autonomous or semi autonomous Edo speaking communities in the northern part of Kukuruku Division with the population of 4,180 people including stranger element and Leper Settlement vide the 1952 Census Bulletin with 8 families and 4 wards. The ancestors of most of these communities were said to have migrated from Benin or from the Yoruba country on the west while Ibillo was stated to have originated from Ife. This historical origin of Ibillo substantiated the earlier report titled: An Intelligence Report on 34 Independent Villages of the Kukuruku Division, Benin Province by R.L.V. Wilkes D.O. (District Officer) published in 1940. Also by this Report Ibillo was said to be founded by a man called Ibillo who was stated to have come direct from Ife. Ibillo was administered since 1890 from Ikare, Kabba, Okene, Ido, Fugar and Auchi and in 1920 became part of Imeri District under the Onimeri. This historic fact was confirmed by the Mid Western State of Nigeria Administrative Research and Support Division Report on the Investigations into the Role of Chiefs in the Mid Western State 1970. Ibillo population as at 1940 was 615 people and under a native administration comprised of Elders Council and Age Grade System at both the quarters and village levels.

Cc: O. A. Richard
Ezanafe. O.

ezanafe:
great guy... up OKPAMERI... i have been longing to meet someone from Edo State on Nairaland.

ezanafe:
great guy... up OKPAMERI... i have been longing to meet someone from Edo State on Nairaland.

Sleekydee:



hehehe, we full here bro.....

Funjosh:
Ibilo, Lampese are they Yoruba or Edo.

ezanafe:
They are Edo but originated from the Yoruba race.

Redoil:
do they speak Yoruba as their native language if no then they are not from yorubaland.

TonySpike:


Ibillo is part of the greater Akokoland, although politically they are Akoko-Edos. Yoruba culture is predominant in this area and a dialect of Yoruba language is officially spoken in this area. So, it is logical to categorise them as part of the Yoruba commonwealth.

RAO1:
Oh ! I do pass along these places when travelling to Kogi state.. I thought they are part of Ondo/Kogi state.
Ibilos love selling fried yam.

Redoil:
do they speak Yoruba as their native language if no then they are not from yorubaland.

ezanafe:
Their native language is Ibillo and they originated from Yoruba and some how they diverted from speaking Yoruba to Ibillo dialect.

Redoil:
i put it to you that they are not from Yoruba land. Yoruba people know ho to re write history to make it look as if every other tribe around them are from Yoruba.

Redoil:
i put it to you that they are not from Yoruba land. Yoruba people know ho to re write history to make it look as if every other tribe arround them are from Yoruba.

scholes0:


Are you saying you know the people of Ibillo, Ikpeshi, Isua, Ogori ,Imeri, Lamkpeshe, Ososo, Etc more than the people themselves?
If you have been through the area, you will know that these people of Northern Edo/North-East Ondo (AKOKO/AKOKO-EDO) are Yoruba, with some Edo influences.
Each group in Akoko and surrounding areas have their own language, one town can have one language/local dialect, but the general language and predominant culture in the area is Yoruba.

ezanafe:
Sir, Ibillo's official spoken language is Ibillo. But truly Yoruba culture is predominant in the area. Thanks

TonySpike:


Don't mind that guy. He is just another Igbo troll who has so much dislike for Yorubas.

scholes0:


Are you saying you know the people of Ibillo, Ikpeshi, Isua, Ogori ,Imeri, Lamkpeshe, Ososo, Etc more than the people themselves?
If you have been through the area, you will know that these people of Northern Edo/North-East Ondo (AKOKO/AKOKO-EDO) are Yoruba, with some Edo influences.
Each group in Akoko and surrounding areas have their own language, one town can have one language/local dialect, but the general language and predominant culture in the area is Yoruba.

TonySpike:


Don't mind that guy. He is just another Igbo troll who has so much dislike for Yorubas.

Redoil:
hmmm. Do you realy think i am another igbo guy just because i associated more with them on nairaland? Wonder why?
Ok let me take you round akoko edo all the towns clann and languagestowns include
1.Igarra,
2.Enwan,
3.Aiyegunle,
4.Ugboshi-Afe, 5.Ibillo,
6.Ikiran-Ile,
7.Somorika,
8. Lampese,
you can cotinue reading from this links which is copied from a research i contributed to.
https://m./457065920985347?view=permalink&id=886182438073691&refid=18&_ft_&__tn__=%2As.
I am from ososo with name; omokhowa

ezanafe:
hmmmm Ososo guy. i can now see.

Redoil:
hmmm. Do you realy think i am another igbo guy just because i associated more with them on nairaland? Wonder why?
Ok let me take you round akoko edo all the towns clann and languagestowns include
1.Igarra,
2.Enwan,
3.Aiyegunle,
4.Ugboshi-Afe, 5.Ibillo,
6.Ikiran-Ile,
7.Somorika,
8. Lampese,
you can cotinue reading from this links which is copied from a research i contributed to.
https://m./457065920985347?view=permalink&id=886182438073691&refid=18&_ft_&__tn__=%2As.
I am from ososo with name; omokhowa

Redoil:
one thing i am very sure of is that the people of akoko edo speaks more than 20 languages and which Yoruba is not part off. The fact that the people of akoko edo have decided to assimilate and associate with Yoruba people, culture, and language for easy access to trade with them does not make akoko edo people more or less originated from Yoruba land.

scholes0:


No you cant take me around the area, because I am very familiar with all the areas you listed, and it is something anybody can google up and paste....... look up Akoko-Edo on wikipedia or google, and the name of all those towns are there.
I am telling you the reality on ground in these places.
Even the thread OP already told you how he and his people self identify, but you still insist on being adamant....... Whatever man.

scholes0:


The people of Akoko Edo are very fragmented, just like the peoples of Akoko proper. Almost every town have different languages and dialects, but speak Yoruba as a general language. And it is not for trading with Yoruba people but rather, trading and relating with themselves..
Between Isua Akoko (Ondo state) and Ogori Magongo (Kogi state) for example, you might come across up to 20 languages and dialects, how else are they supposed to communicate with one another.

Culturallly speaking the area is at the boundry where yoruba-Edo and Ebira meet, and the people theselves are a mixture of all three, with Yoruba ancestry being dominant.

scholes0:


dont be fooled so easily by what he claims to be.
Anybody can call themselves anything on the internet.