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Alfa Alimi
The story of Ilorin can never be complete without acknowledging the toils of Alfa Alimi. Alfa Alimi,together with Afonja,is seen as a co-founder of the modern Ilorin Emirate.He was a Fulani scholar who was said to have migrated from Gwadu,Sokoto, a northern part of Nigeria to the present day Ilorin in the 19th century in search of an accommodation to accomplish his Jihad mission in which to preach Islam was also inclusive.Equally important,Alfa Alimi is regarded as the premier emir of Ilorin.He built his mosque and residence in 1831.And this mosque marks the first Jumu'ah mosque in Ilorin and its environs

Historical origin
Very few substantial accounts have been documented about the historical origin of Alfa Alimi.