HISTORY OF AGBOWA-IKOSI, LAGOS STATE

The 31st Oni of Ife by name Lafogido from Okerewe Oliworo Ruling House of Oranmiyan Odede gave Birth to Owa Otutubiosun. Owa Otutubiosun later became Awujale of Ijebu Ode in 1537. Awujale Owa Otutubiosun begat many sons, out of whom there were to be brave one among them according to the predication of Ifa Oracle. This brave one is later to be known as ONA-OSA.
OLAYENI OWA OTUTUBIOSUN, alias: ONA-OSA left Ijebu-Ode and set out for a journey. Being directed by a virgin soothsayer at Iwopin, they settled at the first camp and named the place IBUDO-ONA-OSA. They later left there again and settled near a Lagoon and named the place EGUN-Mo-OSA-WO. After some years, OLAYENI OWA OTUTUBIOSUN decided to visit his father at Ijebu-Ode which when he got there, he met his father being attacked with foot yaws (OGODO-ESE). He then brought his father down to Egunmosawo to be cured with Lagoon water. After cure, he took his father back to Ijebu-Ode. On his way coming back with his entourage, they got to a virgin forest which was good for farming, they settled down there and named the place IBUDO-OWA = IDOWA.
OLAYENI LIWORU and his entourage later returned to Egunmosawo where they all lived happily till the time of the raiding of riverine area by the Portuguese in the name of slave trading. This happened in 1670.
In 1891, the Portuguese came back again which made them to shift their settlement back to ORIWU after consultation with Ifa Oracle. At this same period, there were a lot of wars in various places in Yoruba land generally. These wars made a lot of strangers migrated to ORIWU. The ruler (Olori Ilu) of Agbowa at this time was OKIKIESO OGUNDE 1. This was when they moved to ALE-ODO = ALEDO.
DAGBUREWE OWA OTUTUBIOSUN was crowned the OBA OFIBUDO-OWA = IDOWA in 1540 and his son ONOSA was crowned Oba Agbowa in 1608. ONOSA gave birth to six children: OGUNDE, OGUNNOWO, IFESHILE, GBODI, OGUNDE and OGUNJA.
In 1899, BELLO AMOSUNOLA ODUMERU OGUNDE ONOSA became the Oba of Agbowa. He was a wealthy and civilized king, having travelled and being in rapport with the Europeans then. During his tenure as a king, he brought many white men to Ikosi for trading. He organised Local Police, Local Court, etc. It was during his time that western education was introduced. He brought both Islamic and Christian Religious by inviting both Muslim Teachers and Missioners. Missionary then was J.H Rickettts.
During the tenure of OBA BELLO AMOSUNOLA ODUMERU OGUNDE II, Agbowa was having 18 villages under his rulership. Even the law court recognised and affirmed that by virtue of descendant and ownership, these 18 villages belong to Agbowa. The villages are IPONMI, AGURA, MURA, ALARU, OKOOTO, OKELISA, OKEAGBO, OJUAGBEMO, AYETORO AJAKAYE, OKETELE ORIYANRIN, OKE ELETU, IGBOKUTA, GBERIGBE, IGBOSAN and IGBENE. ODUMERU OGUNDE II ruled for 22years, he died on Friday, Seventh day of January 1921 (07-01-1921).
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