OGBOMOSO IN DEFINITION

              OGBOMOSO IN DEFINITION                                 

Ogbomoso is Located between Ilorin and Oyo in the southwestern region of the Nigerian mainland, and is a city in Oyo State, one of the cities for geeks and geniuses in Yoruba land, and the second most populous settlement in Oyo State after Ibadan. 

   In other words, the area called Ogbomoso today is located between Iresa, Ikoyi, Igbon and Ede, with Aresa to the west, Onikoyi to the east, Olugbon to the north and Temi-Ede to the south.

   Ogbomoso was one of the largest cities in southwestern Nigeria. According to the 1963 census, conducted from November 25 to December 2, 1963, which was judged to be technically sound, Ogbomoso was the third largest city in the whole of Nigeria after Lagos and Ibadan, with a population of 319,881 at the time.

   The people of Ogbomoso belong mostly to the Yoruba ethnic tribe, and its population was about 645,000 in the 1991 census, and by 2006 the population had risen to more than one million, although the overwhelming majority of the city's residents are Yoruba people, there are people from other parts of Nigeria and West African countries residing in the city, and there are about 257 surrounding villages and emerging towns that have merged into Sohun Ogbomso's rule.

Ogbomoso remained a secondary site of the ancient Oyo Empire until the beginning of the Fulani invasions of the Oyo Empire in the second decade of the nineteenth century AD. By surviving the Fulani attack, the walled town attracted numerous Oyo refugees and became one of the largest Yoruba settlements. It is noteworthy that the people of Ogbomoso achieved a decisive victory over the jihadist forces, demonstrating the strength of the town, a strength that is evidenced by its remarkable feat of producing seven of the fifteen distinguished Aare Ona Kakanfo "Commander-in-Chief of the Yoruba Country Geos" from the old and new Oyo Empire.  

   According to recorded history, in 1891, Ogbomoso was a walled town, its gates were heavily guarded during the day and securely locked at night, it was a picturesque town with good water from the rest of Yoruba, political relations were maintained with the people of Ibadan, because the country depended for its security on the warriors of Ogbomoso, the wall and moat surrounding the town were strong, and the warriors took full advantage of it by sitting close to each other.  

   In the early 1970s, Ogbomoso city was under only one local government authority, established on April 1, 1973, and on September 27, 1991, Ogbomoso city was formed by the military administration into five local government councils for development and good governance, namely:

1- North Ogbomoso with headquarters in Kinira.

2- South Ogbomoso based in Arowomale.

3- Surulere based in Iresa-Adu.

4- Orire based in Ikoyi-Ile.

5- Ogo-Oluwa based in Ajawa.

Ogbomoso is now one of the country's largest urban centers, populated mainly by farmers, traders, and skilled artisans. Potatoes, cassava, and sorghum are grown for export to the cocoa-producing regions of Yoruba country; teak is also exported, and tobacco is grown for the cigarette factory in Ibadan, 58 miles to the southeast. tobacco is grown for the cigarette factory in Ibadan, 58 miles southeast of the country; locally grown cotton is used to weave traditional Yoruba cloth; and Ogbumsho weavers make Sanyan, a cloth woven from silk brought from Ilorin, 32 miles northeast of the country.  

   The main economy of the land is agriculture: Cashew plantations are widely distributed throughout the land, and in addition, mango plantations are also widely distributed. The people of Ogbomoso were once the largest cassava growers worldwide, and the people of the land also raise domestic animals such as goats and sheep. Other industries include commerce, banking, small-scale manufacturing, and construction.    

   The modern city of Ogbomoso is connected to the northern and eastern parts of Nigeria by an amphitheater, and has a good network of roads within the city.