Desola:

Ikorodu was originally called Oko Odu which was founded and created by farmers from Remo. Read up on your history! Ikorodu is historically Ijebu and certainly of Remo extract!

davidif:

This is excellent, i think my home state should remerge with Ondo state also. IN FACT WHILE THEY ARE AT IT, NIGERIA SHOULD ONLY HAVE 6 STATES LIKE THE DAYS OF OLD WITH EACH LGA BEING SELF SUFFICIENT.

The Clown:

good one.
my one suggestion is;
why not take the Idomas from Benue State and the Igalas from Kogi State and merge them to become one state? These two people profess brotherhood to each other so much that you cannot readily differentiate an Idoma Man from an Igala man. Most timeS they understand each other and bear the same names. Why leave the Igalas with the Okuns and Igbiras with whom they have close to nothing in common? Again, why leave Idomas with the Tivs with whom they practically have nothing in common? And the case is, why the Idomas are practically diminished unto in existence in Benue State, the Igalas are excessively exerting to the point of arrogant dominance in Kogi State, bringing to mind the notion that they are making up for their brothers' predicament in Benue State. PLEASE MERGE THEM AND CREATE ATMOSPHERE FOR PEACE. Kogites, what do you say?

God bless you. That's a good point!

Kobojunkie:

I know this to be the case because I spent quite a significant portion of my life in the one, and spent some years schooling in the other- long enough to understand there are differences between Ijebu folks(both those who live in Ijebu itself and those who live in Ikorodu) and the Ikorodu ijinles in Ikorodu.

Here is a piece on the history of the town
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/282631/Ikorodu
Even the dialect is quite different.

OAM4J:

Kobo, Ikorodus are Ijebus, likewise some part of Epe in Lagos. Even the link you posted does not suggest otherwise.

The Ijebu dialect differs from one region of Ijebu to another.

town, Lagos state, southwestern Nigeria. It lies near the Lagos Lagoon, on the Bight of Benin, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Lagos.[size=13pt] A traditional settlement of the Awori people (a subgroup of the Yoruba), [/size] it became important in the mid-19th century as a trading post of the Remo (Ijebu-Remo) kingdom on the trade route from Lagos to Ibadan. During the Ibadan-Ijaiye wars (1860–65), [size=13pt]the Ikorodu traders, encouraged by both Ibadan and Lagos, decided to break from their Ijebu overlords [/size] and smuggled arms across the Ijebu-Egba blockade to Ibadan (58 miles [93 km] north-northeast). In 1865, when the Egba decided to punish Ikorodu, British forces from Lagos intervened and decisively defeated the Egba army in a battle at Ikorodu.

Kobojunkie:

Uumm . . .  That is not what it says. Read it again. The Aworis are not Ijebus. Most of Lagos, Ikorodu included is awori and not Ijebu
Yes dialects differ from one region of Ijebu to the other but yet none the same with what you have in Ikorodu.

Kobo, Ikorodus are Ijebus, likewise some part of Epe in Lagos. Even the link you posted does not suggest otherwise

OAM4J:

Aworis? You really dont know Lagos. Aworis bother never reach majidun not to talk of Ikorodu. (Lagos consist of 4 major groups, The Eko people , the Awori, the Egun and Ijebus)

Forget the common Yoruba dialect you find on the streets of Ikorodu, the real Ikorodu (Awon omo Oga) speak Ijebu dialect (one of my ex is from Ikorodu) and their traditional food is Ikokore same with other Ijebus.
I was born, bread and buttered in Lagos and my mum is Ijebu.

Kobojunkie:

That Ikorodus eat Ikokore does not mean they are Ijebus. What you hear in Ikorodu is not really same as the common yoruba dialect. Oga does not speak Ijebu. Ikorodu definitely might have some Ijebus in it(well duh) but Ikorodu is not Ijebu.

The history of Ikorodu is as rich as the enviable track record of its sons and daughters who have not only excelled in their chosen careers, but have also left their footprints on virtually all the strata of our national history for posterity to see. It is the history of a people whose ancestors, according to available history, descended from the Remo stock of Yoruba tribe who came settle on a plateau and named it Ikorodu, a shortened word from-Oko Odu-which literally means Odu farm. Odu now in extinct vegetables specie used for cloth dying, grew luxuriantly on this plateau, hence the early settlers for want of a better name, found it convenient to name their new found settlement after this abundant vegetable.

With time, Okorodu changed to Ikorodu. The fact of the history seems to tilt in favour of Oga as the founder of Ikorodu. This by extension, confirms the Remo link in the origin of Ikorodu. The males among the early settlers in Ikorodu had facial tribal marks found among the Remo. The late Oba Adenaike Alagbe had such tribal marks.

The new settlement in the heart of a massive forest was first used by the sons of Akarigbo, Koyelu of Orile Offin Shagamu-Oga, Lasuwon, Rademo, Anoko, Osonusi (alias Ogbonyari) Igimisoje, Otutubiosun, Oladepo and Seku made. The extended area now known as Ikorodu was used by these sons of Akarigbo of Ijebu Remo for hunting and farming. As to the time of founding of the first settlement, we found it convenient to repeat ‘Igbogbo E Ko Do, KI Pakodo I do, KI Koodu I do.’

http://www.ikoroduoga.net/history.html

Ikorodu Oga; We the citizens of Ikorodu Town of Lagos State of Nigeria, in UK & Ireland have found a common ground for embracing ourselves and appreciate the value of a concerted effort towards the co-ordination of social-cultural activities geared towards the development of our people and town.

We have decided that for the ultimate reason of realising the objectives we set ourselves and establishment of an organisational structure for the purpose of execution of intents and purposes.

As a result of the above we have decided to enact for ourselves a governing document which shall take precedence over in all matters to which it relates and shall from the nucleus of rules and regulations, decisions and resolution, etc. (Powers)

Background; Ikorodu town is a division of Lagos State of Nigeria. Ikorodu Town, Title Head, Ayangburen of Ikorodu We have been blessed with a strong common language, which is "Ijebu". In Nigeria today, Ikorodu town remains as the most elegant and sociable society in the country. It is on the basis of profound love and a strong cordial relationship in midst of this town, which inspired a group of indigenes of Ikorodu Town that prompted them to find a common ground for embracing ourselves in the United Kingdom and Ireland

http://www.ikoroduoga.net/homepage.html

nakedall:

Nawa for my people o, yesterday the song na separation, today na merger weytin go be to-row? Anyway, we need more states for the money and power to reach many people.

Alxmyr:

Another worthless discussion.
Waste of thread,