User talk:Àgó-Àre

Ago-Aare is the headquarters of the newly created Atisbo South Local Council Development Area of Oyo State, South West, Nigeria. It is located at the North-Western fringes of the State, it is about 150 kilometers from Ibadan the State Capital. The existing fully developed area covered approximately six (6) square kilometers. It is unarguably the economic nerve-centre of the Atisbo Local Government Area. It has served as a meeting point for all the Obas and Chiefs in Oke-Ogun region because of its centrality. The town served as an army camp during the colonial era as well as a sport centre for all the primary schools in the defunct Saki Local Council in the early 60s. The town also hosted the then Ifedapo Local Government Farmers’ market.

The name Ago-Aare was coined from Aare chieftaincy title. Linguistically and by customary usages, AGO is settlement or town, while AARE means, supreme war commander, it then translates to THE TOWN OF THE SUPREME WAR COMMANDER. Ago-Aare is home to hardworking, industrious and peace-loving people. The occupation of the people of Ago-Aare includes and not limited to farming, trading, and blacksmithing while some are in the civil service. People of Ago-Aare are law abiding citizens and hospitable.

ORIGIN OF AGO-AARE TOWNSHIP Like all Yoruba settlements, Ago-Aare owes it origin to the Yoruba ancestral town of Ile-Ife from where princes dispersed to found their enclaves. In this case, it was one of the sons of Oduduwa (Akinsale) who left Ile-Ife to found a town known today as Ikole-Ekiti, in present Ekiti State. In the same manner, three of the sons of Elekole; AJIBESIN, ONDUBI, and OSIKAN-ODU also moved out of their father’s kingdom, Ikole. Ajibesin was the eldest of the trio and the leader of the movement. He had a bosom friend; OLA, a native of Okiti Efon (now Efon Alaye in Ekiti State) who went with the three Elekole princes.

Living the adventurous life of princes, exploring new fertile territories in those days, Ajibesin led his followers to a settlement called SAGBAN’DA, a place much troubled by Dahomeyans warlords attacking Yoruba settlers and raiding them for slavery. However, when out for trade, Ajibesin and advance followers were good warriors and they came to the aid of Sagban’da, ambushing the invaders and rescued their captives.

A particular battle in which Ajibesin performed miraculous feats near what is today known as Igbadi Hill forced the Dahomeyans to retreat after destroying Sagban’da while some of the survivors escaped into safety. After a few days, Ajibesin assigned himself the onerous task of exploring bushes to lookout for other survivors and resettled them. His friend Ola was the first to be found. Though, Ajibesin succeeded in resettling the people, the elder of Sagban’da counseled him to settle down at a distance from Sagban’da with a hill between the two settlements. He agreed and led his followers, friend and brothers to a nearby hill which was later named OBATALA in memory of his grandfather OLOFIN son of ODUDUWA.

However, the Sagban’da people soon realized their folly in making the warriors to found their settlement; they maintained a cordial relationship with Ajibesin and paid frequent visits to Obatala Hill. The original Ikole people here were thereafter named AHORO-SEYINDO meaning, settlers behind the Obatala Hill.