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Inisa Town In Osun State by duro4chang(m): 6:15am On Sep 29, 2022
INISA TOWN (INI-ÒRÌṢÀ).
OUR HISTORY, OUR PRIDE.
Inisa was founded many centuries ago by Ooku, a brave prince and warrior from ofa-Eesun, a small but Historic settlement near Ofa in the present Kwara state. Ofa-Eesun herself was founded by a prince of the Alaafin royal Dynasty of old Oyo from this historical link with Ofa, the princes and princesses of Inisa are commonly referred to as "OMO MOJO" While people of Inisa are generally referred to as "Inisa Oyemojo" the word "OYEMOJO" is a combination of the words (name), "OYE and MOJO". one refers to the paternal parentage and the other to the maternal parentage of Ooku, the founder of Inisa. Ofa-Eesun was later destroyed during the Nupe in cursions into the Northern Yorubaland in the 17th century. The Ofa-Eesun people subsequently moved in masse to found the present of a town. Ooku contested the throne of Ofa and lost. The Beginning the chieftaincy dispute coupled with some related domestic problems caused Ooku to migrate from Ofa-Eesun. He was said to be childless as that time of his life. He had to consult ifa oracle for the solution of his problems. The oracle directed him to move away from his family and homestead to find solutions to his problems. The oracle also informed him that there were two important gods in his ancestral or family lineage I. e. Obatala and Ogun, and that two gods must be accorded respect and veneration. As a result of the Ifá predictions, Ooku moved out away from his people and founded a new abode now known and called Inisa.When he arrived at his new abode, he sat under a tree at a place now known as POPO, in the town. Having reached the spot and as he sat under a tree to rest,he found sixteen (16)snails around the area. He interpreted the incidence of the snails as a fulfillment of an aspect of the Ifa oracle divination. He eventually chose the spot as the location of Obatala shrine. Snails are favorite. Meat of the Obatala god. He eventually became a committed devotee of Obatala god.

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