The Role Of Okerimi-oro In The Co-ordination Of Oro Federation In The 20th Century

The Role Of Okerimi-oro In The Co-ordination Of Oro Federation In the 20th Century

Chapter One

Background Of The Study

Oro is a city in Irepodun Local Government Area in Kwara State. It lies on the Ilorin- Lokoja trace, and is about fifty four kilometers West East of Ilorin, the State capital. Oro force within the middle belt region and a transition zone between the Northern savannah belt and the Southern tropical rainforest.

Oro has a fairly undulating geomorphology with a meager population which is extensively spread over the geography. Notable among the natural or physical geography features in Oro includes the popular Olofian hill with a height of about 1,200 ft above ocean position.1 also there are some important rivery similar as Osin which invariable is the largest with its source in Ila- Orangun It manoeuvre its way through Omido, Agbonda, Esie, Iludun- Oro and Ilala, all in IrepodunL.G.A of Kwara State. Other notable gutters include Agba, Eleru and Ilaga.

With this background, it’s important to note that in the literal development of the Oro communities( Ekumesan- Oro), the people of Okerimi- Oro have indeed played important places that can not be over emphasized.

To this end, the history of Oro general municipalities won’t be complete without mentioning the vital benefactions made by one of her crucial element unit Okerimi- Oro. moment, Oro general communities( Ekumesan- Oro) are a leading light among her contemporaries2 with all the units contributing their proportions towards this. still, it’s important to list the nine general municipalities which make up one reality known as the nine communities of Oro( Ekumesan- Oro).

AFIN- ORO

AGBEOLA- ORO

IDDO- ORO

IJUMO- ORO

IREBODE- ORO

ILUDUN- ORO

OKEOLA- ORO

OKERIMI- ORO

OTUN- ORO

Interestingly still, from the 19th century up till moment, each of the element units of Oro has played and continues playing one significant part or the other towards her concinnity, progress and development. Okerimi- Oro isn’t an exception in this regard as earlier mentioned because the community is blessed with enormous mortal and accoutrements coffers similar as, principal Awodiji and Oke- traco( Okerimi trading company) the donation of these individualities make the city to be a part model and leading position among other Oro general city. Her leadership part can not be under estimated because it has contributed further than any other general member of Oro city towards the political stabilization of the reality.

Objects Of The Study

This exploration work is substantially to concentrate on the benefactions made by one of the element units of Oro land i.e. Okerimi- Oro, towards the progress and development of Oro general municipalities.

This design work will bring to the focus of the general benefactions made by the people of Okerimi- Oro to the present status of Oro area. The work will be an addition to the many formerly done an a related content by the aborigines of Okerimi- Oro, as well as reference point in addition to those published and unpublished accoutrements , similar as Occupational Groups and request in Oro group of townlets, by Afolayan Adeola James, and Socio- Economic Development in Oro from 1900- 20th century, by Oladimeji Jacob among others.

Compass Of The Study

Okerimi- Oro is the major compass of the design due to her commanding part in Oro area in the 20th century which will be the area of attention of the experimenter. It’ll explain how Okerimi- Oro is a sleepy community with her meager population among other element units. still, it’ll examine the colorful conditioning in which the said community engaged in similar as husbandry and marketable conditioning.

More so, it’ll detect the infrastructural installations the people of Okerimi- Oro are endowed with. It also important as it’ll examine the political leadership of Okerimi- Oro. serve it to say, the peremptory Oloro of Oro land is inversely at Okerimi- Oro where he presides over the affairs of the Oro communities. All these together with other applicable issues will be examined in this design work.

likewise, the exploration work would help answer the following exploration questions

The political benefactions of Okerimi- Oro to the Oro area

The places played by Okerimi- Oro in the profitable expectation of Oro area.

places played by Okerimi- Oro towards the educational development of Oro communities.

The places Okerimi- Oro played towards the socio artistic development in Oro area.

The religious benefactions of Okerimi- Oro as well as their military donation in the Oro area. These will be given close appraisal together with the emergence of the structures and trend of changes in Okerimi- Oro.

Exploration Methodology And Problems

In order to give detailed and logical analysis of the issues, it becomes imperative for the experimenter to calculate heavily on both primary and secondary sources. This will make for better and clearer understanding of the exploration content. 3

The study will start with the study of the being literatures. This will be followed by the visit to the libraries to gain information through the saved accoutrements used by the administrations ahead and during the social ages. It would eventually be concluded with field work by which oral data or information will be attained.

still, chains of problems were encountered in the conduct of exploration on this work; the first being the inadequacy of secondary sources of direct applicability to this area. Also, being documents similar as short stories or papers in review had a lot of misrepresentation on the factual events that took place. exemplifications of similar were the papers in review which were written during the request extremity in 1979 whose contents can not be corroborated with oral accounts. For illustration, one of these documents gives the print that Oro groups of townlets came together in 1934 when Oro quarter was created4 but this assertion has no base as the oral interview conducted and archival accoutrements have shown.

Consequently, oral data collection had its own essential problems ranging from inconsistencies, saccharinity, myopic view points, subjectivity, magnification, trip and poor report. still, these problems were answered by lacing oral information with other source of accoutrements as well as relinquishment of holistic approach.

Another important factor that contributed to this problem was that of resistant snitchers whose opinion could be of immense benefit weren’t ready to speak to the experimenter. There are also others who allowed that this exploration was conducted as a result of being inspired by a set of people in theintra-community controversies that have for long overran this area. There were some whose schedule of conditioning was too demanding and these made them delicate to consult. The problem is peculiar to traditional leaders and business men who scarcely have time for interviews. But tis problem was answered by keeping appointment with them and this meant that the experimenter had to travel several times.

Literature Review

There’s no direct literature on this work. supposedly, the many workshop consulted don’t directly relate to the area of the study, but they’ve handed a good background knowledge to the area of study. Among similar work is ATANDAJ.A. “ An preface to Yoruba history ” 5. This book gives an sapience to the literal background of the Yoruba in which Oro group of vill is part. It traces the origin of the Oro people to Ile- Ife and shows that the Igbomina in which Oro people are inclusive, honored Ila- Orangun as their headquarters and Orangun as the supreme head of the group. This book has only shown that the Oro people have a Yoruba tradition with Ile- Ife. still, the book only gives brief literal information on Oro people.

In the same manner, another book named “ Revolution and Power Politics in Yoruba Land 1840- 1893 byS.A. Akintoye ” 6 has been of tremendous use. Although this book too didn’t treat the history of Oro per say-so but it indeed exfoliate some light into the kind of conditions faced by the Igbomina in which Oro was part, during the Yorubainter-war times. It stressed how the Oro people were passed from under one authority to the other as the revolution was passing supremacy from one Yoruba land to the other.

Unpublished work of Afolayan Adeola James named “ Occupational Groups and request in Oro group of townlets, 1900- 1982 ” 7also set up to be academically useful to this exploration work. This work touched the profitable aspect of Oro history. It also talked of traditional request system and its significance in Oro. The main area of applicability of this work is where the work treated the duty hoot if 1933 and that of 1976 request extremity. still, the work failed to examine the political effect of similar extremity since the work is substantially on profitable history. Also, the work bandied the emigration of people of Oro, but this and other vital points were treated from profitable perspectives.

Also available for this exploration work are flyers and magazines dealing specifically on Oro history. The political, social profitable history of the people. But one main point in these work is that they give rather flat accounts of events, thus the constitute a problem which makes it largely delicate to periodise the data they contain.

More so, some journals were also consulted to arrive at perceptible conclusion. utmost of these deals with highlights on the political and profitable pattern of Oro people especially after 19000, similar as; Sunday Herald, January 29, 1984, “ Oloro calls for co-operation ”.8 This review explained the trouble of Oloro in uniting the people of Oro land. still, Nigerian Herald Tuesday July 6, 1976, “ Oloro and his traditional chiefs ” 9 also been useful in locating Okerimi- Oro as an reality and her leadership structures. There also some papers that were written on Oro request which have been of great benefit. still, similar information were used with caution since some of them were written during the request extremity in 1976, also oral source didn’t altitudinous with the accounts given in some of the journals.

also, Archival documents were also of immense benefit. similar documents include in particular, those which treated the 1933 duty hoot and political fate. These are also those which gave accounts of the Oro quarter council particularly on the stirring of the request from Otun- Oro. It also discusses the political factors that came into operation in this issue. still, this document despite their utility, were treated with caution since a lot of the documents were written for sanctioned purpose either to be in favour of some particular actors in the events. It was also discovered that utmost of these documents still, for the fact that they were useful, they contained some information which actually misrepresented some actors in these events.

ORO SCOPE 10, published by Oro Federal Student Union. This magazine contains important information on the origin, climate, marketable conditioning and political association of Oro.

Eventually, in doing defense with the profitable donation of Okerimi- Oro, the unpublished work of Olawale Waheed Mustapha named, “ Some aspect of Economic History of Oro community 1900- 1980 ” 11. was set up to be academically useful. This work touched the issue of Oro dealers at home and in Diaspora. Although the work has been helpful to considerable extent, it failed to give an in depth study of the colorful profitable development in Oro similar as Agriculture, Transport, Communication, Banking, Health, diligence and the conditioning of Oro progressive union in the city.