After Aare Afonja became independent of the Oyo empire, the Fulani cleric known as Sheu Alimi who worked for him as a marabout was the one who led Muslim prayers in Ilorin. According to the Afonja descendants union, he died before Afonja and upon his death a new Imam was to be chosen, Afonja then supported Solagberu a Yoruba Muslim against Abdulsalam, Alimi's son to be chief Imam, saying the post was not hereditary, this degenerated into a civil war in which Aare Afonja was killed by Abdulsalam and his supporters, most of whom were Yoruba Muslims. After the news spread across Yoruba land, Muslims were persecuted and there was a major Yoruba Muslim exodus to Ilorin making the place one of the four major Oyo successor states at the time, the rest were Ijaiye under Kurunmi, Ibadan under Oluyole and Ogbomosho of Toyeje. Abdulsalam, son of Alimi was Imam of Ilorin at that time and he led an Ilorin calvary incursion into Ijesa land during the Pole war, Ogun Pole. The main part of the Ilorin calvary was destroyed in the Ijesa forests by soldiers hiding behind thickets to emerge upon the horsemen suddenly, cutting them down amidst shouts of Pole! Meaning Down! which gave the war its name. That was the first defeat of the Ilorin, the second was at Osogbo by the Ibadans during which the Balogun Ajikobi was captured and sent to the Alaafin to be executed for treason. Other people were executed by the Ibadans while the slaves were released back to Ilorin. The final defeat of Ilorin that removed Ilorin as a major player in Yoruba land was by Ibadan in 1877, that time Ilorin was allied with the Ijesa and Ekiti against Ibadan in the Jalumi war, the Ilorin, Ijesas and the Ekitis allied together to sack a city allied with Ibadan and the three armies approached the city from different directions. As it played out, the Balogun of Ibadan mobilized the Ibadan and was able to outwit the allied forces after suffering some defeats. The Ibadan turned on the Ijesa and crushed them, turned on the Ilorin and the Ilorin retreated. The Offas who were allied with Ibadan got news that the Ilorin were in retreat, they then cut the Odo Otin bridge and thousands of Ilorin men, women and horses perished in the Odo Otin river, that event gave the war the name Jalumi. Ilorin never recovered from the defeat neither did they forgive the Ibadan fully but they cooperated henceforth. Later, whenever the Ibadan were moving an army to suppress the Ijesas they would send presents to the Ilorin for their cooperation or even ask them to send a brigade or so of troops. This continued until the Kiriji war broke out between the Ijesa/Ekiti and Ibadan, the Ilorin then seized the opportunity to ally fully with the Ijesa, the war continued until a British peace along with colonisation was slammed on the whole area. Later Ilesa was made the first LG headquarters in Nigeria as the capital of the Yoruba rebels. Ilorin was under the control of the Baloguns and they saw the British as allied with Ibadan, so the Balogun Ajikobi and Alanamu initially did not cooperate with them. The Imam or Emir was not a political chief but a priest, made so because the 19th century Oyo saw the Fulani as a superior race. The Emir was propped up by the Baloguns and financed by them. He was the Muslim leader. Amir Al Mumin. It was the Balogun Ajikobi who signed Ilorin under British protection in 1897. When a resident officer was posted there, he complained to Lagos that he was under the vice grip of the Balogun Alanamu, then the Balogun was deported to Jebba, he continued to exert influence from there and was again deported to Lokoja, the Balogun Ajikobi was also deported to Yola or so. Lord Lugard recognised Balogun Ajikobi as in charge but when traditional rulers were being graded, the Baloguns were graded second class while the Emir who had no political power or influence was graded first class and we are here today. However, a certain Balogun Alanamu who was in the NPC was able to manipulate the party to support a Dan Gambari to be named as Emir probably after realising they were wrong to be making only the Fulani Emirs in Ilorin. So today the Emir of Ilorin is of Hausa descent, a Yoruba man of Hausa descent and not Fulani. The Balogun Alanamu was smart enough to fix that. So the idea that Ilorin is part of the Fulani North should be jettisoned. It was never and will never be. Jebba land is 100 km North of Ilorin, 33 towns under one Oba both in Kwara and Niger states. None is Fulani headed. The Bariba in Niger are also not Fulani. When Nigeria breaks up which will be soon, they will ally with Yoruba, not Hausa-Fulani.


So in our new country, the best bet will be to ban all Abrahamic spiritualities totally. There will therefore be no need for an Emir on any of our lands, the Olu of Ilorin can then be properly inaugurated which will be father of all original Earth people of all spiritualities excluding Abrahamic ones. May Olodumare help us make it a reality for peace to reign. Ase.

lawani:
After Aare Afonja became independent of the Oyo empire, the Fulani cleric known as Sheu Alimi who worked for him as a marabout was the one who led Muslim prayers in Ilorin. According to the Afonja descendants union, he died before Afonja and upon his death a new Imam was to be chosen, Afonja then supported Solagberu a Yoruba Muslim against Abdulsalam, Alimi's son to be chief Imam, saying the post was not hereditary, this degenerated into a civil war in which Aare Afonja was killed by Abdulsalam and his supporters, most of whom were Yoruba Muslims. After the news spread across Yoruba land, Muslims were persecuted and there was a major Yoruba Muslim exodus to Ilorin making the place one of the four major Oyo successor states at the time, the rest were Ijaiye under Kurunmi, Ibadan under Oluyole and Ogbomosho of Toyeje. Abdulsalam, son of Alimi was Imam of Ilorin at that time and he led an Ilorin calvary incursion into Ijesa land during the Pole war, Ogun Pole. The main part of the Ilorin calvary was destroyed in the Ijesa forests by soldiers hiding behind thickets to emerge upon the horsemen suddenly, cutting them down amidst shouts of Pole! Meaning Down! which gave the war its name. That was the first defeat of the Ilorin, the second was at Osogbo by the Ibadans during which the Balogun Ajikobi was captured and sent to the Alaafin to be executed for treason. Other people were executed by the Ibadans while the slaves were released back to Ilorin. The final defeat of Ilorin that removed Ilorin as a major player in Yoruba land was by Ibadan in 1877, that time Ilorin was allied with the Ijesa and Ekiti against Ibadan in the Jalumi war, the Ilorin, Ijesas and the Ekitis allied together to sack a city allied with Ibadan and the three armies approached the city from different directions. As it played out, the Balogun of Ibadan mobilized the Ibadan and was able to outwit the allied forces after suffering some defeats. The Ibadan turned on the Ijesa and crushed them, turned on the Ilorin and the Ilorin retreated. The Offas who were allied with Ibadan got news that the Ilorin were in retreat, they then cut the Odo Otin bridge and thousands of Ilorin men, women and horses perished in the Odo Otin river, that event gave the war the name Jalumi. Ilorin never recovered from the defeat neither did they forgive the Ibadan fully but they cooperated henceforth. Later, whenever the Ibadan were moving an army to suppress the Ijesas they would send presents to the Ilorin for their cooperation or even ask them to send a brigade or so of troops. This continued until the Kiriji war broke out between the Ijesa/Ekiti and Ibadan, the Ilorin then seized the opportunity to ally fully with the Ijesa, the war continued until a British peace along with colonisation was slammed on the whole area. Later Ilesa was made the first LG headquarters in Nigeria as the capital of the Yoruba rebels. Ilorin was under the control of the Baloguns and they saw the British as allied with Ibadan, so the Balogun Ajikobi and Alanamu initially did not cooperate with them. The Imam or Emir was not a political chief but a priest, made so because the 19th century Oyo saw the Fulani as a superior race. The Emir was propped up by the Baloguns and financed by them. He was the Muslim leader. Amir Al Mumin. It was the Balogun Ajikobi who signed Ilorin under British protection in 1897. When a resident officer was posted there, he complained to Lagos that he was under the vice grip of the Balogun Alanamu, then the Balogun was deported to Jebba, he continued to exert influence from there and was again deported to Lokoja, the Balogun Ajikobi was also deported to Yola or so. Lord Lugard recognised Balogun Ajikobi as in charge but when traditional rulers were being graded, the Baloguns were graded second class while the Emir who had no political power or influence was graded first class and we are here today. However, a certain Balogun Alanamu who was in the NPC was able to manipulate the party to support a Dan Gambari to be named as Emir probably after realising they were wrong to be making only the Fulani Emirs in Ilorin. So today the Emir of Ilorin is of Hausa descent, a Yoruba man of Hausa descent and not Fulani. The Balogun Alanamu was smart enough to fix that. So the idea that Ilorin is part of the Fulani North should be jettisoned. It was never and will never be. Jebba land is 100 km North of Ilorin, 33 towns under one Oba both in Kwara and Niger states. None is Fulani headed. The Bariba in Niger are also not Fulani. When Nigeria breaks up which will be soon, they will ally with Yoruba, not Hausa-Fulani.


So in our new country, the best bet will be to ban all Abrahamic spiritualities totally. There will therefore be no need for an Emir on any of our lands, the Olu of Ilorin can then be properly inaugurated which will be father of all original Earth people of all spiritualities excluding Abrahamic ones. May Olodumare help us make it a reality for peace to reign. Ase.

Insightful

Op, please are you an Ilorin indigene?

Do youa actually believe a time will come when Yoruba will become oba in Ilorin?

And what made you think Nigeria will soon divide?

Alimi never betrayed afonja, I keep telling people but...

achieverme:
Op, please are you an Ilorin indigene?

Do youa actually believe a time will come when Yoruba will become oba in Ilorin?

And what made you think Nigeria will soon divide?

All Ilorin indigenes are Yoruba, so, really it does not matter anyone of them who is Emir if it is an Islamic place but some are Yoruba descent while others are of various descent; I mean recent paternal descent because no one is of a single descent. ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY MUST FALL, then no need for Emir. Nigeria will divide because it is not sustainable. Bariba, Nupe will take their lands, so also Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo. No question of where Ilorin will fall. There is no need to restructure Nigeria, we are not one nation, just same way Russians and Germans are not one nation. What is the basis of nationhood? Is it language? Which language? So let us stop flogging a dead horse so that we can develop. I am an Ijesha man, a Yoruba, one of the Ife peoples of West Africa, then I am an Earthling.

lawani:


All Ilorin indigenes are Yoruba, so, really it does not matter anyone of them who is Emir if it is an Islamic place but some are Yoruba descent while others are of various descent; I mean recent paternal descent because no one is of a single descent. ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY MUST FALL, then no need for Emir. Nigeria will divide because it is not sustainable. Bariba, Nupe will take their lands, so also Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo. No question of where Ilorin will fall. There is no need to restructure Nigeria, we are not one nation, just same way Russians and Germans are not one nation. What is the basis of nationhood? Is it language? Which language? So let us stop flogging a dead horse so that we can develop. I am an Ijesha man, a Yoruba, one of the Ife peoples of West Africa, then I am an Earthling.

Hmmmm....it is clear you know very little about ilorin

achieverme:


Hmmmm....it is clear you know very little about ilorin

What do you know about Ilorin? Ilorin has 6 ruling families of which all are Yoruba. No non Yoruba indigene of Ilorin but 4 have Yoruba descent as in Yoruba founding fathers while one is Hausa and one is Fulani. In Ilesa we have families whose founders are Nupe, Ebira and what have you.

lawani:


What do you know about Ilorin? Ilorin has 6 ruling families of which all are Yoruba. No non Yoruba indigene of Ilorin but 4 have Yoruba descent as in Yoruba founding fathers while one is Hausa and one is Fulani. In Ilesa we have families whose founders are Nupe, Ebira and what have you.

So, is sulu gambari, the present emir, a Yoruba or Fulani or Hausa?

lawani:


All Ilorin indigenes are Yoruba, so, really it does not matter anyone of them who is Emir if it is an Islamic place but some are Yoruba descent while others are of various descent; I mean recent paternal descent because no one is of a single descent. ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY MUST FALL, then no need for Emir. Nigeria will divide because it is not sustainable.Bariba, Nupe will take their lands, so also Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo. No question of where Ilorin will fall. There is no need to restructure Nigeria, we are not one nation, just same way Russians and Germans are not one nation. What is the basis of nationhood? Is it language? Which language? So let us stop flogging a dead horse so that we can develop. I am an Ijesha man, a Yoruba, one of the Ife peoples of West Africa, then I am an Earthling.

omenka will not like this oooo.

achieverme:


So, is sulu gambari, the present emir, a Yoruba or Fulani or Hausa?

Take that as an assignment.

lawani:


Take that as an assignment.

In other words, you don't know

achieverme:


In other words, you don't know

op doesnt know poo about ilorin

ilorin indigens, though they bear mostly yoruba names, are of fulani blood and character. Their orientations have been changed b'cos they are genetically fulani and their loyalty is toward sultan and muslim north

all dis are crap

No,not the op. It is you and the person you quoted that doesnt know anything about ilorin,re-read his post again and if u dont comprehend it means u only av little or no knowledge about ilorin's history,but if u'r keen to know better i recommend u search for the book;ILORIN,THE JOURNEY SO FAR,by L.A.K jimoh,pls read with open mind. Till this day,the fulanis aren't up to 20per cent of ilorin whole population and anything can happen that will see them challenged,take it that its only inter-marriages that av saved their ass till this day,but its matter of time,when their cup is filled we will chase them back to futa jallon where they belong.

Armaggedon:
op doesnt know poo about ilorin

ilorin indigens, though they bear mostly yoruba names, are of fulani blood and character. Their orientations have been changed b'cos they are genetically fulani and their loyalty is toward sultan and muslim north

rash47:
No,not the op. It is you and the person you quoted that doesnt know anything about ilorin,re-read his post again and if u dont comprehend it means u only av little or no knowledge about ilorin's history,but if u'r keen to know better i recommend u search for the book;ILORIN,THE JOURNEY SO FAR,by L.A.K jimoh,pls read with open mind. Till this day,the fulanis aren't up to 20per cent of ilorin whole population and anything can happen that will see them challenged,take it that its only inter-marriages that av saved their ass till this day,but its matter of time,when their cup is filled we will chase them back to futa jallon where they belong.

When we say 6 ruling families, that excludes the masses, of which 90 percent are Yoruba descent and see themselves as such. Then there are Nupe, Bariba, Malian, Hausa and etc descent. If Fulani are close to 20 percent, what about Hausa! Can people of Fulani descent outnumber Hausa descent anywhere in Nigeria? That is the issue. People of Yoruba descent in Kano will outnumber Fulani descent in that city but Kano is Hausa while Ilorin is Yoruba, however, people of Fulani descent tend to say they are Fulani when they are infact either Yoruba or Hausa as far as Nigeria is concerned. However, there are places in Nigeria where Fulani culture dominates and their language is lingua franca. I have seen Yoruba people who say they can speak the language as a result of living in those places. People of Ilorin of whatever descent are Yoruba today. The Fulani descendant of the Sokoto caliphate can be claiming that identity but of what use is that for an Ilorin man?

rash47:
No,not the op. It is you and the person you quoted that doesnt know anything about ilorin,re-read his post again and if u dont comprehend it means u only av little or no knowledge about ilorin's history,but if u'r keen to know better i recommend u search for the book;ILORIN,THE JOURNEY SO FAR,by L.A.K jimoh,pls read with open mind. Till this day,the fulanis aren't up to 20per cent of ilorin whole population and anything can happen that will see them challenged, take it that its only inter-marriages that av saved their ass till this day, but its matter of time,when their cup is filled we will chase them back to futa jallon where they belong.

you just cofirmed what i wrote. Btw did u say with time they will leave? Ilorin can only be theirs with time. Inter marriage can only help them consolidate their grip and with time gain full ownership by forming bulk of the indigeneous pple as with the case with north Africa. It will take this process.

1 conquer and Islamization of indigeneous pple

2 rapid intermarriage between them and indigenous pple

3 formation of mixed identity cosisting of half their own and half the indigeneous pple

4 finally a whole new fulani and islamic identity is formed after obliterating the identity of indingeneous pple through marriage, religion, racism and terror.

You can check the stage ilorin is

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have u been to ilorin before?if u are on ground here u wouldn't av arrived @ ur assertion. The lingua franca today is yoruba,even d ruling house have long ago yorubanised themselves,the emir addresses the people in yoruba. In recent years the population of d metropolis have contn to rise mostly with yorubas leaving the north and others from southwestern state that av historical connection with the ajikobis and alanamu's whom form bulk of d population already. If a plebicite is conducted today,believe me ilorin's will win it to stay with the southwest. Like i said earlier,ilorin is a melting pot of different tribe and culture,its only if u r on ground u will understand the trend of things.

rash47:
^^

have u been to ilorin before?if u are on ground here u wouldn't av arrived @ ur assertion. The lingua franca today is yoruba,even d ruling house have long ago yorubanised themselves,the emir addresses the people in yoruba. In recent years the population of d metropolis have contn to rise mostly with yorubas leaving the north and others from southwestern state that av historical connection with the ajikobis and alanamu's whom form bulk of d population already. If a plebicite is conducted today,believe me ilorin's will win it to stay with the southwest. Like i said earlier,ilorin is a melting pot of different tribe and culture,its only if u r on ground u will understand the trend of things.

The lingua franca at anytime was never any other language than Yoruba. Never Fulani. Sheu Alimi was an onion seller in Iseyin and Ogbomosho before relocating to Ilorin on Aare Afonja's invitation. So he addressed people only in Yoruba never Fulani. The Northernmost Yoruba towns are in Niger state not Kwara state and they do not have Emirs but Obas. There was never a time that Ilorin was part of a Sokoto caliphate and Iwo was also an Islamic state just like Ilorin. They used wholesale sharia in the past but they were alligned with Ibadan while Ilorin was alligned with Ijesa and Ekiti during the civil war.