History Of Ogedengbe Agbogun-Gboro Of Ijesha Land

Ogedengbe Agbogun-gboro Of Ijesha Land (1822-1910) - Our war hero.

Ogedengbe Agbogungboro was born by Orisarayibi Ogundamola, in 1822 to Apasan Borijiwa and Juola Orisatomi, during the reign of Aponlese I - the Owa of Ilesha.

He was a full war general who fought in many wars e.g the Ekiti Parapo war. He helped liberate villages surrounding Ekiti (Efon, Itaawure, and Oke-Mesi) from their Ibadan oppressor.

He fought during the 1867 attack on Igbajo by llesha and a reverse attack on Ilesha by Ibadan which forced the collapse of the Ijesha army and the flight of Ogedengbe to Ita-Ogbolu.

After the Ekiti Parapo war and the great trouble periods in the history of Yoruba land, Ogedengbe settled back in Ilesha, but his band of war boys could not contain themselves to the new peaceful atmosphere, they went raiding people, harassing and kidnapping innocent citizens.

This prompted Captain R.L Bower to arrest the war general in 1894 with his friend Prince Fabunmi, the Owa of Ilesha. Frederick Haastrup pleaded passionately for the release of Ogedengbe and after much begging to Governor Carter he was released after a lengthy sum of £6,000.00 was posted for his bail.

Ogedengbe was conferred with a chieftaincy title of Obanla of Ilesha in 1898, thus the highest mark for his gallant achievements in the Kiriji/Ekiti Parapo war.

The restless, reckless and powerful Ogedengbe now after so many years of war and fights, now became a respectable chief and his service was known to the people.

He died in 1910.

Ogedengbe Agbogun-gboro
Oya Agbogun-gboro
Oya Agbogun-gboro
Ogedengbe Agbogun-gboro egbin to n be lara re o lerin wo
Iba Iba Iba iba......echo lala