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Opin War: How Ilorin subjugated the Ekitis



The Opin war brought a vast stretch of Ekitiland up to Ikole under Ilorin`s rule. This war began as a simple search for a runaway slave called Esu, who escaped from Ilorin to Ekitiland, where he became a marauder against Ilorin traders passing through that territory. The episode began when Esu:

“left Ilorin and settled first at Egbe then at Itagi and finally at Isan, leading a predatory life in those regions, kidnapping peaceful traders, sparing none, and was particularly hard on the Ilorin traders. In that way, he became a person of some importance in those parts; hence the Ilorins were now resolved upon capturing him alive.”

The pursuit of Esu by Ilorin`s troops involved the ransacking of villages after villages in Ekitiland to fish him out. The search sometimes degenerated to outright plundering. As the troops trailed him from one town to another, plundering worsened. Plundering spread wider and wider caused unbearable hardship everywhere. The intensity and the extent of the plundering forced the victims to put up some resistance which initially resulted in skirmishes. Later it escalated to a full-scale war between Ilorin and the Ekitis. As the war progressed, Ekiti towns fell in rapid succession to the ever-conquering Ilorin cavalry and from that time, became part of the expanding Ilorin Emirate.

At one stage, Esu was trailed to Opin and a siege was mounted against the town by the Ilorin army. Unable to contain the siege or break it, Opin appealed to Ibadan for help and this was given. With this help, Opin held its ground gallantly against the Ilorin cavalry for three years before its defences crumbled and the town was taken by Ilorin. Esu, however, escaped and was pursued to Isan but as the town fell he escaped again to Ikole causing Ikole, too, to be besieged and taken by the Ilorin army.

After the capture of Ikole, the Ibadan contingent, which was assisting the Ekiti withdrew and returned to Ibadan. The Ilorin cavalry, too, could not advance further because of the tropical vegetation of Ekitiland. The capture of Ikole extended the suzerainty of Ilorin from the city wall in Ilorin through the whole of Igbominaland to Eruku on the verge of Yagba territory and from there through the whole Ekitiland now within Kwara state, across the border to Ikole, which is now in Ekiti state. This vast territory became a colony of Ilorin. It remained so from about 1860 till 1896 when the British colonial administration in Lagos intruded and drove Ilorin`s resident administrator, Ajeles, away from Ishan, Ikole and Aiyede.

Ovi2020:
They didn't loose the crops. The produce is right there in the farms. Its plantain so you dont harvest if you dont have a buyer yet. In one of the emails they sent they said they were going to sell off in the local markets. Now when the lockdown began they sent another mail saying they cant export bc of the pandemic. So why not sell in the local market like they earlier said. Other farms are still selling in the local market and paying off their investors.
Now they want to refund investors capital, what about the produce (the plantains). Are they going to throw them away. This is not a crop failure. And there is a local market here in the country even if they cant export.

I get your point, but why don't you think this way... Maybe their projected profit is based on foreign earnings, you can't compare to local market sales. This lock down can prevent exportation, even food crops are been destroyed in USA due to low patronage. So I think if am their manager, I will suggest they sell it in local markets, return the investors' capitals and use the remaining gross profit to settle expenses in operations, pay taxes and reinvest. So after lock down we all can move on, shikena!

That's why your capital is only insured not the interest. If It's ponzi, you won't be getting your capital talk less of interest. Read the terms and conditions of their insurance policy.

let me explain to you op in simple terms. Ethereum, bitcoin, bitcash etc are all cryptocurrencies, we have over 500. bitcoin and ethereum are top at the chart. you need more research if you want to know more.

Now all MLM platforms like million money create a referral system in order to earn ethereum . million money can crash or forage or whatever . but ethereum and bitcoin can't crash not in the nxt 10 yes cause most developed countries use it for trade.

So the best thing if u earn this ethereum , you can keep of safe in ur E wallet like coinbase or luno

Power is not constant nor static, it changes with time no matter how tight you hold. It just swing like that naturally and uncontrollably. Africans, British, Romans, Persians, Greece, have all had their share, Americans presently sooner or later it will shift.

According to conspiracy theories, Religious philosophies and different studies power will shift to Asia. China is prime candidate, well in conclusion few centuries back nobody would have imagine The great Rome will loose her power grip, or the great Mongolian hordes will vanish, or the undefeated Greeks or the Almighty Britain
the pendulum swings, and no force can stop it.

Mumu talk! As long as necessary, and we all should know this will be with us for a while until there is a cure or vaccine.

We can pause humanity just because of a virus, we had a worse case before Spanish flue and black death each causing over 50m deaths.

We have worse diseases killing millions of people yearly like diabetes, Malaria,HiV,hepatitis and cancer etc , no country is shutting down since.

Corona virus fatality is less than 5%, that is if 100 people have corona virus, we will only have about 5 deaths. But poverty, hunger,economic breakdown, insecurity etc which are aftermath effects of the economic shut down will kill millions of people in a short while.

Best solution, rapid,free and cheap test conducted by clinics, pharmacies, hospitals located in all strata's of the society eg higher institutions, schools, communities etc.

Compulsory use of face mask and washing of hands, and for little kids at schools basic education about the virus can be taught.. Like washing hands, dont shake hands, and temperature check at the schools

We can also key in, cheap ventilators and testing kits from Senegal not to be waiting for China, at least 10billion naira can get us the testing kits of about 25million units $1 each from Senegal, that alone will be more than enough.

My father land is not Nigeria, my father land is Yoruba land.

Everything has expiring date...the cornerstone has become the rejected stone

There are two ways to learn, hard way or easy way. Either of the two they will learn

Corona dey sleep for nite?

You guys are still playing tribalism cards abi? Hunger will soon unite u....continue.

Offpoint:
Money Heist one of the most boring movie I've ever watched.
After so much hyping by nairalanders, i bought the season 1/2.... I stopped watching from season 1 episode 3....



Anyways, I'm back.

Money Heist is underated.

Like Governor, like Commissioner. pls anyone with the name of the app? And dont tell me it only works in kogi state

China is the next world power, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. The record of the Kroos

Because they are rulers not leaders.

Righteousness89:
These are the evil spirits we talk about!!

Once they see u are empty, they enter you and you begin to display Strange Folly..

It's a Risk to be empty in these perilous and evil days.. Many things are flying and Moving around looking for where to enter..

The Worst of all is that once they have Disgraced and Messed you, they Abadon u and go for another person

Ensure you are not Empty
Ephesians 6
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

I guess you are a living witness

Story story ooo! Complete it when next you get a govt appointment

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Agberooo:
God bless you
the noob thinks that it's easy to start doling out artillery and tanks to a remote places you nothing about
you hardly defeat rebels with war equipments sef

sure bro, you only oppress unarmed citizens. But when they are armed, even USA cant survive it.

Xisnin:
You know nothing about war.
Even a million youth will scatter at the sound of real gun.

Armed youths with guns, am sure u took note of that. Further more, there are international laws guilding how you manage internal crises, mass killing of your citizens will be termed as war crime. Libya, Sudan, Ivory Coast and so on.

BuddhaPalm:
Sorry, not true.

Tanks plus all sorts of armored vehicles, bombers, artillery, training etc ensures this will be a one-sided massacre no matter how many times you run this experiment.

"God is on the side with the best artillery." ––––– Napoleon Bonaparte

Artillery for street on citizens, how many artillery you want to fire on 100k armed citizens coming at once in all directions like a flood? All police stations, army barracks will be swept off like chaffs. Revolution and uprising is different from conventional war when u have time to prepare, this is a sudden and simultaneous attacks and guess what is from your own people. Thats what CIA use to topple many top dictators, so think again.

Anyone with a gun can kill ,even 8yrs boy no big deal. 500k determine youths armed with local guns can crush the Nigeria security outfits with 24hrs. Am sure thats less than 1% of the total youth population of this country. But we are just so dumb and timid even sheep cant be so dumb.

We are in desperate times, we should take measures. People do things u cant imagine cause of hunger and they care less of the consequences. Parents sells their children or eat them just to survive, hunger is a very painful way to die

Yenefer:
Chadian Army are hausa and fulani... Lemme exercise ur memory.

not at alll, they are related to kanuri. They have their language too, Nigeriens are the ones related to fulanis....those from Niger

Yenefer:
The Army now is just a political party. Army that's is weaker than bandits, fulani herdsmen, kidnappers, BH etc....

Hausas are weak same with fulanis thats why they attack the vulnerable during war or riots. they take strength in their multitude and surprise attacks. Have u ever seen hausa or fulanis fight and open war and win alone? A large percentage of them fill the military, thats why Nigerian military is weak. southerns have more experience and heart for open wars, d ijaws, igbos, yorubas, benins etc. If there will be a breakway, the north wont stand the chance there alot of allies that will join the southern Army

OP, I got your point. But considering the virus is airborne and also spread fast with great speed it's something of high priority.

Example: sample population of 100m, without proper management 10% of the population can contact within few weeks. With 3% death rate, we are looking at 300k death within few weeks.

Now the rate is at 5% worldwide:- 1m cases with 50k deaths

Let me break it down for you. What u meant is that a large churnk of Nigerians are irredeemably wicked and greedy. Hence, they dont have the moral justification to criticize the government.

Alas, this is wrong assertion. Leaders are to lay down rules and enforce compliance, but when the leaders are the major transgressors to the laid down rules the followers are on auto mode to follow their path.

Esin waju ni teyin wo sare!

Ok

When you share money by cash what do you expect? No traces, No documentation and no transparency even a saint like me will keep some for myself.

MrPRevailer:
It can happen anytime from now. Are your rapturable?
Don't take the mark of the Antichrist on the RIGHT HAND or FOREHEAD in the One World Government and financial system.
When the rapture happens, there will be great deception and censorship. It will be dismissed or deceptively explained by mainstream media.

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My brother no be everything be rapture mongering, worst things have happened before we still gather dey noni.