The Akoko People Of Ondo State. Akoko is a large North-East Yoruba settlement in Yorubaland, the areas spans from Ondo State to Edo State in South-West Nigeria. Akoko takes a large percentage of the Local governments in Ondo State. Out of the present 18 Local Government Councils it takes four, Akoko North-East, Akoko North-West, Akoko South-East and Akoko South-West. Adekunle Ajasin University, a state owned University, is located in Akungba-Akoko. A State Specialist hospital is at Ikare-Akoko, while a general hospital is located in Oka-Akoko. Geographically, Akoko comprises about 40 towns, predominantly situated in rocky areas of Ondo State. The rocky terrain nevertheless, may have help the region to become a melting pot of sorts with different cultures coming from the North, Eastern and Southern Yoruba towns and beyond. Akoko became of the few Yoruba clans with no distinctive local dialect of their town. Mayor Akoko settlements include Ikare, Oka, Oba, Ikun, Arigidi, Ogbagi, Okeagbe, Ikaram, Ibaram, Iyani, Akungba, Erusu, Ajowa, Akunu, Gedegede, Isua, Auga, Ikakumo, Supare, Epinmi, Ipe, Ifira, Ise, Iboropa, Irun, Afin, Igashi, Sosan, Ipesi, Etioro, Ayegunle and Oyin. In addition to this group, there are several other autonomous communities. Akoko is popularly known as the home of education and has the second largest number of Professors in Nigeria, with the Ekiti taking the lead. Ikare-Akoko is the biggest city in the Akoko area. It has an I.C.T resource center where its people have the opportunity to connect to and communicate with other individuals across the country and around the world. In addition, the city also has the largest number of cybercafes in the Akoko area. Also another big and well known General hospital is being located in Ipe-Akoko, and a big secondary school in Ipe-Akoko. Auga-Akoko is a small town located at the North-East of Ikare with about 3000 population mostly involved in farming activities. They are known for production of Cocoa, Coffea, Yam, Cassava which is locally processed to Gari as its called. Auga is made of two towns: Okemole whose inhabitants are predominantly Muslims and Okegbagbo, about 3km apart. In contemporary time, Military, Policing and Para-Military is the common denominator of all Akoko communities. This is clearly displayed in the fact that every Akoko State constituency produced in the last 20 years at least a Commissioner of Police or equivalent in the other Military and Para-Military (Customs, Immigration, Prisons, Federal Road Safety Corps etc). Akoko also produced prominent personality in the person of my late father, Chief S.D.Balogun(JP), Former President of Association Of Nigeria Cooperatives Exporters(ANCE), Former Leader of Alliance For Democracy(AD), Former Chairman of SDP, South-West, and many political post in Nigeria. Akoko also produced the most prominent Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) in the persons of Dr. Olu Agunloye(Former Minister Of Power And Steel) and former Inspector General of Police, Gabriel Sunday Ehindero and former CBN Governor, Mr Joseph Sanusi. Notable members of the Akoko land include: General Jones Oladehinde Arogbofa, New Chief Of Staff To President Goodluck Jonathan, Prophet T.B.Joshua, Founder of Synagogue Church Of All Nations, Bishop Dr. Matthew Oluremi Owadayo Phd, Premier Bishop, Egba Anglican Diocese, Hon Dr Justice Joseph Olakunle Orojo Phd, OFR, CON, ACIArb, First Nigerian Director of the Nigerian Law School, former Chief Judge of Ondo State, author, company law expert, Former Chairman NLRC, Chartered arbitrator HRM Oba Abraham Olategbon Omowa Late Olubaka of Oka Akoko Prince Olorunjube Joseph Olategbon Omowa (Late Chairman Royal Foam Limited), Saint Moses Orimolade Tunolase, founder of the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim World wide(C&S). HRM Oba S.K.A Adedoyin, The Owa-Ale of Ikareland, HRM Oba Kadir Momoh(CON), The Olukare of Ikareland, HRM Oba Francis, The Olupe of Ipe-Akoko, HRM Oba William Adeusi, Onirun of Irun, HRM Oba Saliu Bakare, The Owa of Ogbagi Akoko, HRM Oba S. Kehinde Agunloye, Alauga of Auga Akoko, HRM Oba Adeleye, The Olubaka of Oka Akoko, HRM Oba David Olorunfemi Obasoro(JP), the Oluwade of Akunu-Akoko, HRM Oba Kayode Olusa, The Oludotun of Iludotun-Ajowa Akoko, Pioneer Registrar, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, HRM Oba Adeniyi Adegoroye, The Oloba of Oba Akoko, HRM Oba Momodu, The Akala of Ikaram HRM Oba Daniel O. Adewumi, Agbowuro (III).
Posted on: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:18:49 +0000
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