Ilara-Ogudo Yewa

The Imeko-Afon local government was created from the old Egbado North local government in December 1996, during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. Chief Lawrence Sunday Fatokun was the first Executive Chairman of Imeko Afon Local government an indigen of Ilara Indigenes from the town include the Hon Owolabi Àsàmú, member of the House of Representatives, Abuja 1999-2003 under the SDP party.

• 1. Late. Pa Adeluyi the grandfather of present Oloola.
• 2. Late. Pa Osunleke Emmanuel.
• 3. Hon.Chief Bankole Moses Akanni.The Asiwaju of Ketu land
• 4. Late. Pa Chief Ogunjobi Samuel the first Oluwo and member Caretaker committee of then Ketu Local government, Tata Local Government area Ogun State.
• 5. Hon Adéyemí Peter, Imeko-Afon LGA.
• Hon Adéyemí Peter, won the best CDA award for Ilara in 2006 when he constructed the palace for Oloola of Ilara.

Due to its location, the people of Ilara are mostly traders who engage in international trade between Nigeria and Benin. Farming is another economic activity. The wild vegetation is a mixture of Savannah belt and sparse forest. The climate is tropical with the rainy season commencing around March and ending in November. The soil is fertile for tomatoes, cucumber, golden melon, cocoa, cassava, and other crops like pepper, maize, groundnuts, yam, and teak-timber. There has been a market in the town since about 1898.

Among the annual cultural festival are Oro, Gelede, Bolojo, Iwe cultural Dance, Kete, Sakara, ere Olode, Egungun. The Egungun (masquerade) festival kicks off with “Agan” night (usually on Friday). The following Saturday witness the Egungun parade from their groove “Igbo-Igbale or Igbo-Oje” located at the outskirt of the town, round the major street in a long single queue.

For the Oro festival women are forbidden to come out throughout the festivities, usually three Saturdays in a Year. The Iwe cultural dance is organized by men and women of the same age group to entertain the community on a chosen day of the year. Common attire is chosen and worn on the day. Men use black horse tail for the dance while the women dig it with locally made hand fans.

The Ilara people are fond of "Amala" locally called "Oka" (made from cassava flour), "Tuwo" locally called "Lagba" (made with maize flour), pounded yam, and eko, "Opoporu" soup commonly called "Obe Oodun" is peculiar to the people and the soup is common especially during the festivals. The "Efo-Yarin/Efo-Iyanrin/ Agumata" is the people choice especially when they are to eat "Eko" Imoyo, is prepared by slicing raw tomatoes, onions, peppers mixed with locust beans (Iru) smoke fish or meat.

• Kanga (Benin)
• Alagbe
• Ijumu
• Oke-Odo
• Idisen-en
• Sakara
• Yeye
• Agbaluka
• Alakuta
• Ogelete
• Daramola
• Igbo Osun
• Aitedo
• Igbo-Ogudo
• Odò
• Atan-Efun

The town has two public secondary schools namely: Community High Ilara, established in 1980 and Muslim high School Agbogi, Ilara. The town has two community-based secondary the project been financed solely from the funds locally generated: United Christian College Ajegunle Ilara, and Ajoda Community Grammar School Oke-Odo, Idi-Seen Ilara. There are four public primaries school, namely Methodist Primary School Ilara Ata-Ijoun Road, St John Catholic School Ilara, Muslim Primary School Ilara, Community Primary Ilara Atan-Efun, Ilara. Both Methodist and Catholic Primary School are split into Schools School I & II. The town has two community-owned primary schools still awaiting government takeover; they are Oloola community Primary School Ilara, and Ilara-Ogudo Community Primary School Isokia, Ilara.

There are two private Government Approved Primary and Secondary School in Ilara they are: Iranlowo Oluwa Nursery & Primary School, Living Grace Nursery & Primary School, Fatokun Memorial College Ilara and Living Grace secondary School, Ilara. There are two Primary Schools in Benin side of the town Ecole Primaire Scolaire du Benin Kanga, Ilara and Igbo-Ogudo, Ilara. One Secondary School CEG Ecole Secondaire du Benin Kobejo Road Ilara.

There is mutual understanding between the adherents of the three main religions in town, Christianity, Islam and traditional Yoruba religion. The Methodist Church Nigeria was the first church in town around 1915 the mission established the Primary School in 1935. Followed by Catholic Mission of St. John Catholic Church which equally established school known as St.John Catholic School in about 1957 and Christ Apostolic Church in 1971 then another Church follows. The Muslim community came in some years later and the first chief Imam was Kazeem from Igbaka quarters.

The traditional cultural activities predominantly among Ilara people are typical of the Ketu speaking people. In term of traditional religion virtually all the major deities of the Yoruba i.e Ogun, Sango, Osun, Ifa, and others are worshipped in the community. However, the Aagbona, Ogun-Oko, Ogun-Imasa, Orisa-Gbongbo are peculiar to the community. The Aagbona is the central shrine. The Ogun-Oko is symbolized by a heavy stone place upon the three wooden pillars at the major junction in Ilara, (Kanga Ilara Benin side), from this point the Iwe-Odun cultural dance kicks off to the other part of the town. The orisa Gbongbo equally falls to Benin side and is located along a major road to Kobejo. It is taboo to pass along the street without paying homage to it. So passer-by singing its praise bending and standing upright rhythmically along with the Orisagbongbo shrine site.

• Late Adukanle the Baale 1936 -1980
• Late Chief Arikanki Oguntade the Eesaba 1980-1983
• Late Chief Kehinde Fadunsin the Balógun,

Late Chief Kugbakin the Odofin of Ilara 

Late Chief Lawrence Sunday Fatokun The First Executive Chairman Of IMeko-Afon Local Government, Ogun State Lale Oba Samuel Alabi Adeluyi (The First Oloola of Ilara) 1983-2020Chief Moses.Akanni Bankole. The Asiwauju of Ilara, and Asiwaju of Ketu Land. Hon Tosin Adeluyi The Immediate Past Chairmasn Of Imeko-Afon Local Government. These people were installed in 1978 during the reign of Chief Adukanle the Baale Of Ilara-Ogudo then. and chief Àlàyé Joseph the Ẹkẹrin.

• Oloyee pa
• Ekun o
• Onigbajare mu o
• Ina boo okunkun Biri Biri
• Isana lekule gbo
• Ekun eye idi fule fule
• Ekun nba mu nma se.

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