Iperu Remo
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Iperu Remo Iperu Omo Akesan Bale Oja |
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| LGA and town | |
 Iperu Remo
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| Coordinates: 6°46′N 3°35′E / 6.767°N 3.583°ECoordinates: 6°46′N 3°35′E / 6.767°N 3.583°E | |
| Country |
 Nigeria
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| State | Ogun State |
| Area | |
| • Total | 490 km2 (190 sq mi) |
| Population (2006 census) | |
| • Total | 78,412 |
| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
| 3-digit postal code prefix | 121 |
| ISO 3166 code | NG.OG.IP |
12°16′N 6°33′E / 12.267°N 6.550°E
Iperu or Iperu Akesan Bale Oja is a town near the Ibu River in the Ogun State in southwestern Nigeria. It is the most populous town in Remo Region of the Ikenne Local Government Area. The entire LGA has an area of 137.13 km² and a population of 178,412 at the 2006 census.
It is necessary to talk about the eytmology of the name of the town Iperu. Most names have meanings and are associated with one thing or the other. There are many assertions about the name IPERU as follows:
1.The first school of thought i.e. oral African History says Akesan was said to have settled at the present Akesan market where she sold cooked maize. It was said that there was a palm tree that had sunk close-by where she sat to sell her wares, and there was a hole where the palm tree sank, meaning in Yoruba " Ibiti ope ti ru", the sentence was abridged to "IPERU".
2.The second school of thought i.e. oral African History about the name "IPERU" was that a lot of palm-trees abound around the place where Akesan was selling her cooked maize. The place where there were a lot of palm trees or the place where palm trees flourished meaning in Yoruba "Ibi ti ope ru". The sentence "Ibi ti ope ru" was shortened to the word "IPERU".
3.The third school of thought i.e. oral African History has it that Iperu was an offshoot of Epe in Sagamu. Epe in Sagamu is not a quarter but an independent town of itself, a group of people in Epe town moved out of Epe to develop another town. This can be compared with an establishment of a branch of a company in a new environment. The name of the company remains and only attachment to the new location. From the town EPE, the name "IPERU" was coined. The Odu Ifa Iperu pointed out that Iperu will be greater than Epe. The possibility of Iperu being a chip off of Epe cannot therefore be ruled out.
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