Ogere Remo
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Ogere Remo Ogere, "Omo Onipakala a gbe ni madehin" |
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 Ogere Remo
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| Coordinates: 6°47′N 3°34′E / 6.783°N 3.567°ECoordinates: 6°47′N 3°34′E / 6.783°N 3.567°E | |
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 Nigeria
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| State | Ogun State |
| LGA | Ikenne |
| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
| 3-digit postal code prefix | 121 |
| ISO 3166 code | NG.OG.IP |
Ogere (also referred to as Ogere Remo or Ogere-Remo or Ogere - Remo), is an ancient town in the present Remo Division of Ogun State, Nigeria. The town was founded circa 1401 A.D. Ogere is part of the Ikenne Local Government area of Ogun State. The ancestral home of the Yorubas is Ile-Ife. Oduduwa is the ancestral father of all the Yorubas inside and outside Nigeria. The people of Ogere are Yorubas. They hailed from the ancestral home “Lagere in Ile-Ife” in two different emigrations led by Olipakala and Lowa-Lida respectively. The two are Ile-Ife crowned Princes.
Ogere is situated in a hilly area. The topography of the town justifies the biblical saying which states that “A town that is situated on hills cannot be hid”. Ogere is one of the old thirty three towns that made up “Remo Kingdom”. It is in the South-West of the Kingdom. Ogere has boundaries in the North with Ajura (An Egba Town), in the South with Iperu Remo, in the East with Ode Remo and in the West with Sagamu Remo. Both the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway and Ijebu-Ode / Abeokuta Road pass through Ogere.
The people were principally farmers and traders by profession. They grew rice, kolanut, and cocoa as cash crops. The women traded in gari, rice provisions and textiles. Olipakala, an Ile-Ife Crown Prince, a direct descendant of the Yoruba Progenitor Oduduwa and a warrior was the founder, ancestor and spiritual father of the Ogere people. Olipakala migrated with his senior brother Obanta from Ile-Ife to Ijebu-Ode.
His wife Yemogun also travelled with him. They settled at Ijebu-Ode for a while and no sooner had they settled in Ijebu-Ode than Obanta discovered Olipakala to be a strong radical man. He became difficult to control for Obanta and even started to challenge his authority in social and political decisions as a result, Olipakala was asked to go and settle far away.
Olipakala and his family moved out of Ijebu-Ode and westward. They settled at “Agbele” and called the settlement “Ilagere” where they made their homestead.
Another emigration led by Lowa-Eri the founder of Lagere District in Ile-Ife also decided to move out of Ile-Ife to found another settlement. On their journey, Lowa-Eri the leader of the group died at Ipole and Lowa-Lida; his son then became the leader.
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