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Gwaihir:
Please stop yapping like an illiterate.

Ijebu impeding Ibadan from trade and yet they need to ally with the Brits? Who really then was the trade starving Ibadan or the Brits? And if there were so invincible as you claim, why did they need to ally with the Brits?

Now let me tell you about facts, before the Brits, there was the Ekiti war that had Awujale Fidipote to send Balogun Onafowokan to wage war in Ibadan. That particular king was vehemently against the order of things then and wanted what was rightly due to him on his own land. That was how the Kuku name came into prominence. Ijebus were the first to start using arms which gave them an advantage over the rest of Yoruba land which saw even the Ooni send an emissary to Awujale Fusngbuwa when the Owu were pummeling the Ife, not Ibadan that you claim had a stronger military might. It was the Ijebus that help finish off the Owus which is why they are in that part of Ogun state today. The Ooni was about to lose his kingdom and it was the Awujale of that time that made Ifes not to tell sorry tales about what could have befallen their forefathers in time past.

To add to it, it was Balogun Kuku who sold arms to Ibadan and it was his turncoat that saved Ibadan from being pummeled further. It is all in history, please go and read up.

It may interest you to know, Ijebu was immuned through out the various wars that plagued Yorubaland not until the British came. Not Ibadan that was assaulted by the Alaafin and became what it is by the combined efforts of Ijebu,Owu,Egba warriors for it to stand as what it is today. There is even a district in Ibadan that belongs to the Ijebus as a result of the wars and you say they were invincible? Show me a place in Ijebu where any other tribe holds a district in it.

I have the links if you want.

walexy100:
Ibadan was founded by warriors from Ilesha, Ogbomoso and Oyo as a war camp to ward off attacks from Ijebus, Ekitis and Ados (Binis) against Oyo kingdom

https://www.nairaland.com/3239459/jalumi-war-1878-ibadan-vs

LordGuru1:
Even Uthman dan fodio fought against the North, but the North is now united, that's why they are dominating Nigeria. Ojuckwu dragged igbos to senseless war that got over 3Million of them killed, yet they put that behind them, forgave him and still celebrated him. While senaible Tribes are uniting to be Stronger and dominate other races, some is posting useless Yorubas history that further divides us. Past Yorubas historians are too narrow minded trying to get local glory for their towns, there are plenty great War Histories that should be written about Yorubas United Military Intelligence. I've not read a single History, except short writeups, about Jalumi war of 1835 and Ajashe/Oshogbo War of 1840. For this 2 Historical Wars, Yorubas Military Intelligence and merciless Soldiers came together from Ekiti, Oyo, Ondo, Egba, Ibadan, Ijesha, etc... to wage a fierce War against the advancing Hausa/Fulanis massive troups and slaghteted them all once and for all. They never returned to try Yorubas again after that 1840 War. If not for the Unity displayed by the Yorubas then, all Yoruba Lands would have been enslaved like Ilorin and had Emirs installed instead of our wonderful Obas as we know it today. Yorubas should stop trying to dominate themselves, they should join hands and dominate their enemies and conquer the World, that's what sensible Tribes do. I'm suspecting that an igbo created this thread to bring back disUnity among Yorubas that are already Uniting and getting stronger. GOD is watching you. Whatsoever a man sow, that he shall reap. You sow discords and problems among other People....

lawani:
I read somewhere that over 50,000 ibadan troops accompanied the British. Only Ilorin And Ijebu Restricted The British. The Ibadan were allies of the British Throughout as if to ratify the odu ose meji the conqueror that birthed ibadan. True To That Odu, Ibadan Has never been conquered in war.

omofunaab:
Is there any land without strangers?

Malawian:
This "war", did it come before or after the Yoruba kings wrote to the British, begging them to come and colonize them for free?

OBAGADAFFI:
When Ooni of Ife Oba Sijuade was busy selling out to Politicians.

Awujale was standing firm.

Gwaihir:
Please stop yapping like an illiterate.

Ijebu impeding Ibadan from trade and yet they need to ally with the Brits? Who really then was the trade starving Ibadan or the Brits? And if there were so invincible as you claim, why did they need to ally with the Brits?

Now let me tell you about facts, before the Brits, there was the Ekiti war that had Awujale Fidipote to send Balogun Onafowokan to wage war in Ibadan. That particular king was vehemently against the order of things then and wanted what was rightly due to him on his own land. That was how the Kuku name came into prominence. Ijebus were the first to start using arms which gave them an advantage over the rest of Yoruba land which saw even the Ooni send an emissary to Awujale Fusngbuwa when the Owu were pummeling the Ife, not Ibadan that you claim had a stronger military might. It was the Ijebus that help finish off the Owus which is why they are in that part of Ogun state today. The Ooni was about to lose his kingdom and it was the Awujale of that time that made Ifes not to tell sorry tales about what could have befallen their forefathers in time past.

To add to it, it was Balogun Kuku who sold arms to Ibadan and it was his turncoat that saved Ibadan from being pummeled further. It is all in history, please go and read up.

It may interest you to know, Ijebu was immuned through out the various wars that plagued Yorubaland not until the British came. Not Ibadan that was assaulted by the Alaafin and became what it is by the combined efforts of Ijebu,Owu,Egba warriors for it to stand as what it is today. There is even a district in Ibadan that belongs to the Ijebus as a result of the wars and you say they were invincible? Show me a place in Ijebu where any other tribe holds a district in it.

I have the links if you want.

musicwriter:
In history, you have to put it in "time" to be able to show they were doing so before external influence. The first Europeans (Portuguese) arrived Lagos in 1425 or thereabout. And afterwards Europeans generally began establishing trading posts in other coastal cities across Africa.

All you have to do is ask the Emir or tell me the period these wars happened before the early 1400's when Europeans arrived.

You also have to tell me what weapons were invented during the so called wars, because weapons of war are mandatorily built during wars. Example; in the short period of the Nigeria-Biafra civil war 1967-1970; Biafra built so many weapons, among them a weapon called "Ogbunigwe", translated in English as "mass killer". Let me know what weapons built across Nigeria and Africa during our wars. I need to see the museums those weapons are heaped.

TOKUGAWA:
bros,when was Ibadan established? When did Ibadan get it's first king?

Oothman:
TOKUGAWA LEYASU . Seems you love Japanese history. I like the story of him and TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI

TOKUGAWA:
Japaneses history was my favorite,Tokugawa n Meiji restoration

TOKUGAWA:
Go and look for Japan: Its history and culture by Morton 1970. Or better still get the full episode of Samurai X(lol)

Gwaihir:
http://nigerianwiki.com/Balogun_Kuku

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owu_Kingdom

https://www.onwar.com/aced/chrono/c1800s/yr10/fowuifeijebu1816.htm

http://dailymedia.com.ng/british-ijebu-war-1892-battle-imagbon/

https://oldnaija.com/2016/03/23/the-ibadan-ijaye-war-1861-1862/

http://bookcraftafrica.com/samplechapter/5066_ibadan.pdf

http://macosconsultancy.com/Ibadan.html

http://www.yorku.ca/nhp/seminars/2003_04/Ojo_Paper.doc

Homotoyosi10
Tirigbosa
Huntamania

Ghettochild..you may have to do more research on your own or contact the official page of the Ijebu kingdom. I think Wikipedia should have references to it.

1kinggy

TOKUGAWA:
For those that wants to read more on this,please grab a copy of Groundwork of Nigerian history. Its the bible of Nigerian history.

TOKUGAWA:
Facts about the Ijebu people of Nigeria:

1. Ijebu’s were the first people to have contact with Euràopeans in 14th Century.

2. Ijebu’s were the first to be educated by western education

3. First people to manufacture gear of wars in history of Nigeria.

4. First people to contend the slavery extortion in the region.

5. The first people to invent money made from Cowry shell, later made Coin called PANDORA
which was acceptable through Africa and Europe

6. Ijebu was the first indigenous CLERK to European missionaries.

7. The Europeans Observers found them more intelligent than the other groups in Nigeria.

8. Ijebu was the one to raise agitation from emancipation from Colonialism.

9. Ijebu king (Orimolusi) was the second Oba appointed by Colonial master for London Conference in 1957 to negotiate independence.

Please stop yapping like an illiterate.

Ijebu impeding Ibadan from trade and yet they need to ally with the Brits? Who really then was the trade starving Ibadan or the Brits? And if there were so invincible as you claim, why did they need to ally with the Brits?

Now let me tell you about facts, before the Brits, there was the Ekiti war that had Awujale Fidipote to send Balogun Onafowokan to wage war in Ibadan. That particular king was vehemently against the order of things then and wanted what was rightly due to him on his own land. That was how the Kuku name came into prominence. Ijebus were the first to start using arms which gave them an advantage over the rest of Yoruba land which saw even the Ooni send an emissary to Awujale Fusngbuwa when the Owu were pummeling the Ife, not Ibadan that you claim had a stronger military might. It was the Ijebus that help finish off the Owus which is why they are in that part of Ogun state today. The Ooni was about to lose his kingdom and it was the Awujale of that time that made Ifes not to tell sorry tales about what could have befallen their forefathers in time past.

To add to it, it was Balogun Kuku who sold arms to Ibadan and it was his turncoat that saved Ibadan from being pummeled further. It is all in history, please go and read up.

It may interest you to know, Ijebu was immuned through out the various wars that plagued Yorubaland not until the British came. Not Ibadan that was assaulted by the Alaafin and became what it is by the combined efforts of Ijebu,Owu,Egba warriors for it to stand as what it is today. There is even a district in Ibadan that belongs to the Ijebus as a result of the wars and you say they were invincible? Show me a place in Ijebu where any other tribe holds a district in it.

I have the links if you want.

omofunaab:
The Owus ran out of their heavily fortified city about 1826. They escaped through their southeastern gate in groups and entered their assailant territories through Ijebu Igbo and spread southward, settling in places like Ikija, Omu, Ayepe and other places. However, the main body of Owu escapees went towards the new settlement of Ibadan

. It is important to state that the present Orile Owu is the same place as Owu Ipole, earlier referred to, where Owus from Iwo and other places resettled in the early 20th century.

The main body of escapees from Ibadan marched across Ogun river and finally arrived at Oke Ata near Abeokuta where Sodeke and other Egba leaders persuaded them to settle about 1834. Again, Owu fought side by side with Egba in the Makun and other wars against Ado Odo and Dahomey in 1842-45. Owu contingents fought and routed Awori at Itori, Yobo, Ifo, Atan, Ota and also occupied those places till today.

Yes, Owu people had fought wars, won battles and settled in very many places between the Niger river and the sea (Owus in Lagos State; Epe, etc.), yet their main stream had settled among the Egbas in Abeokuta BUT, THEY ARE NOT EGBAS, neither are they lJEBUS. (See Johnson’s “History of the Yorubas, p.18). Owu settlements in Ijebu and Abeokuta were not as a result of direct battles or victory over them, but mostly on friendly terms.


https://owulakoda./history-and

lawani:
I read somewhere that over 50,000 ibadan troops accompanied the British. Only Ilorin And Ijebu Restricted The British. The Ibadan were allies of the British Throughout as if to ratify the odu ose meji the conqueror that birthed ibadan. True To That Odu, Ibadan Has never been conquered in war.

BabaRamota1980:
Lagos people have territory in Epe. In fact there are two rulers, one Ijebu the other Lagos.

Ijebu this Ijebu that...Shut yor mouth!

OBAGADAFFI:
The British-Ijebu war of 1892 (The battle of Imagbon)




In 1891, the Ijebu tribe, dwelling between 50 and 60 miles north-east of Lagos on the Magbon river, set a blockade on the trade route from the interior into Lagos, which was a crown colony, and charged customs dues which served as their income. The Awujale, the traditional ruler of Ijebu, closed down the Ejirin market, cutting off Lagos from a source of up-country trade.

The British government persuaded the Awujale several times to open the blockaded route but the Ijebu ruler remained adamant. However, in May 1891, a British acting governor, Captain C.M Denton C.M.G, together with some Hausa troops (mostly slaves who fled the North to South and were recruited by the British army) went to Ijebu kingdom to make an agreement with the Awujale on opening the blockaded route and allowing the free passage of goods into Lagos. The Awujale refused but after much persuasion and pressure, the Awujale agreed in January 1892 on the terms of receiving £500 annually as compensation for the loss of custom revenue.

However, the agreement didn’t last long. A white missionary was denied access to pass through the kingdom and was sent back. The British government were provoked by the action of the Ijebus and authorized the use of force on the kingdom. Britain gathered troops from Gold Coast (Ghana), Sierra Leone, Ibadan, and Lagos (the Hausa troops nearly 150).

Battle of imagbon

Colonel F.C. Scott C.B was the commander of the troops of 450 men piled up by Britain. On the 12th of May, 1892, the captain and his men, including some carriers, sailed up the Lagos Lagoon and landed at Ekpe.
When they got to Leckie, another carriers about 186 in numbers were recruited.
On the Ijebu side, 8000 men with old rifles would be fighting the British. The British underestimated the fighting prowess of the Ijebus thus giving them some hard times in penetrating into the interiors of Ijebu kingdom. The first day, the British army razed down four villages with some of their men sustaining fatal injuries. The next day, they proceeded to Atumba and gunned down the Ijebus with machine guns. Britain lost 12 men which include a Briton and 12 Africans. Every Ijebu villages they came across was burnt to the ground. The Ijebus were really losing the battle but determined to prevent the British army from crossing the Yemoyi river. The goddess of the Yemoyi river was said to have taken human sacrifice in order to prevent the intruders (British) from crossing. The river was dug deeper by the Ijebus to make it impenetrable by all means for the British army. However, the British army managed to cross the sacred Yemoyi river and unleashed havoc on the Ijebus. They proceeded to the village of Imagbon.

The Ijebus had lost over 900 men while Britain lost only 56 men and have more than 30 wounded. The Ijebus were still determined to fight on but shortly afterwards, the Awujale surrendered and admitted losing the war.

The British union flag was later raised above Ijebu Ode. Captain Scot warned his men against pillaging which some didn’t heed to especially the Ibadan irregulars who were later deprived of their arms. The toll gates in Oru built by the Ijebus were destroyed and some of their shrines were also torched.

This bloody war is also known in history as the 1892 Ijebu Expedition.

The British troops were awarded The East & West Africa Medal with Clasp dated ‘1892’.
Today, one of these medals can be found in Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Ijebu kingdom was later annexed to the colony of southern Nigeria.

https://oldnaija.com/2015/11/04/the-british-ijebu-war-of-1892-the-battle-of-imagbon/

omofunaab:
The Owus ran out of their heavily fortified city about 1826. They escaped through their southeastern gate in groups and entered their assailant territories through Ijebu Igbo and spread southward, settling in places like Ikija, Omu, Ayepe and other places. However, the main body of Owu escapees went towards the new settlement of Ibadan

. It is important to state that the present Orile Owu is the same place as Owu Ipole, earlier referred to, where Owus from Iwo and other places resettled in the early 20th century.

The main body of escapees from Ibadan marched across Ogun river and finally arrived at Oke Ata near Abeokuta where Sodeke and other Egba leaders persuaded them to settle about 1834. Again, Owu fought side by side with Egba in the Makun and other wars against Ado Odo and Dahomey in 1842-45. Owu contingents fought and routed Awori at Itori, Yobo, Ifo, Atan, Ota and also occupied those places till today.

Yes, Owu people had fought wars, won battles and settled in very many places between the Niger river and the sea (Owus in Lagos State; Epe, etc.), yet their main stream had settled among the Egbas in Abeokuta BUT, THEY ARE NOT EGBAS, neither are they lJEBUS. (See Johnson’s “History of the Yorubas, p.18). Owu settlements in Ijebu and Abeokuta were not as a result of direct battles or victory over them, but mostly on friendly terms.


https://owulakoda./history-and-migrations/

Outofsync:
Sorry but egbon, you have not refuted any point he made.

What use is your military when they conquer you without a fight. And you then brag that your army has never lost a war!


At least the ijebus fought. Why did Ibadan, home of great warriors roll over without a fight

LordGuru1:
Yorubas should stop trying to dominate themselves, they should join hands...