Reflections on 1760 Owo history; Ọlọwọ Àjàkà


By Akinọla Laṣekan


Àjàkà became the 20th Ọlọwọ of Ọwọ after the death of his father Ọlọwọ Ajágbúsì-Ekùn in 1760 . He reigned for 21 years until his death in 1781.


He was a ruthless and blood-thirsty man. Ọwọ people feared him to the extent that his younger brother, Adedipẹ Eléwù-Okùn was chosen secretly to succeed their father.


However, on the day Adedipẹ Eléwù-Okùn was to be crowned, Àjàkà found out and raced to Ugbó-Ọgwàta where the installation rites was to be performed by the Uloro kingmakers. https://www.irohinodua.org/reflections-on-1…tory-olowo-ajaka/