The summarised history of Ido-ani by Oba Olutoye, Alani of Idoani

Ido-Ani came to being less than a thousand years ago. Some Yoruba from Akokoland at the time migrated to Ido-Ani to settle. History has it that one of the grandchildren of Oduduwa followed Oramiyan to Benin, but Benin was in chaos then. They had an Oba but there was a revolution there and the arrival of Oranmiyan settled the crisis and he was made Oba in Benin. When Oranmiyan became the king in Benin, he married one of the daughters of the previous king, called Ogiso in Benin. The woman gave birth to a male child. Then, it was Yoruba language that they spoke in the palace.

When they told the king that his wife had been delivered of a baby boy while he was playing a game with someone; he was so engrossed in the game that he was saying: Owomika (I have subdued him); that is, subdued the person he was playing the game with. The statement came out at the same time they were giving him the news that he had baby. The messenger thought the Oba was naming the new baby: Owomika, not knowing it was about a game. That was how the boy was named Eweka.

So when the baby grew up, Oranmiyan left Benin and called the place Ile Ibinu (angry land) because people there got angry easily. That is why they called the place Bini. It was coined from – Ile Ibinu. It was after Oranmiyan got back to Ile-Ife that he later moved to Oyo to settle. One of his cousins that followed him to Benin was called Ani. He decided to leave Benin to form his own kingdom. When he got here, he met some people who also spoke Yoruba. When he introduced himself to the people he met here, they started adoring him and made him the king of the place. And they called him Alani of Ido-Ani.

What relationship does Ido-Ani have with Benin today, considering the history?

We have so much history with Benin. The original Ido-Ani was founded along the same line with the old Yoruba. Also, we are a border kingdom. Like I have told you, the first Oba came from Benin towards the end of the 17th century and he was called Ani and he came to Ido. Ido in Yoruba language means where one has founded to reside. He didn’t bother to find a new name for the place, it was just called Ido-Ani, meaning where Ani founded to stay. He came with his brother called Ado. He (Ado) spent six months here before he too went away to search for greener pastures. Some of those who came with Ani from Benin then were able to establish some outposts around here that later formed the six communities of Ido-Ani. We have so much history of wars.

For example, the warlords from Ado-Ekiti, took away some of our people, especially the women. The notion was that our women were very pretty and they were going to be married off to the Ekiti people. That is why you see a great number of Ekiti people saying they are connected to Ido-Ani. We also fought with the Nupe people and so on like that. Much earlier, about 300 years ago, Benin was expanding; it had about three Obas, who were very empire-conscious. The languages of many border towns in Ondo State today, including Ido-Ani, have lots of Benin words.

In Ido-Ani, two enterprising hunters from Sosan (a neighbouring community) had the approval of the Ido-Ani people to settle here with some other people to form a section of Ido-Ani called Iyayu, which is the largest of the six communities that form the expanded Ido-Ani. If Iyayu people speak, most of their words are from Edo language. If an Iyayu man goes to Edo today, within a month, he will be speaking Edo language fluently. So that is our relationship with the Edo people.

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Thank you so much for this. As an Idoani daughter living abroad, I've been so curious to know many things about my hometown. Please is there a way I can the full book?

Interesting write up.

duro4chang:
The summarised history of Ido-ani by Oba Olutoye, Alani of Idoani

Ido-Ani came to being less than a thousand years ago. Some Yoruba from Akokoland at the time migrated to Ido-Ani to settle. History has it that one of the grandchildren of Oduduwa followed Oramiyan to Benin, but Benin was in chaos then. They had an Oba but there was a revolution there and the arrival of Oranmiyan settled the crisis and he was made Oba in Benin. When Oranmiyan became the king in Benin, he married one of the daughters of the previous king, called Ogiso in Benin. The woman gave birth to a male child. Then, it was Yoruba language that they spoke in the palace.

When they told the king that his wife had been delivered of a baby boy while he was playing a game with someone; he was so engrossed in the game that he was saying: Owomika (I have subdued him); that is, subdued the person he was playing the game with. The statement came out at the same time they were giving him the news that he had baby. The messenger thought the Oba was naming the new baby: Owomika, not knowing it was about a game. That was how the boy was named Eweka.

So when the baby grew up, Oranmiyan left Benin and called the place Ile Ibinu (angry land) because people there got angry easily. That is why they called the place Bini. It was coined from – Ile Ibinu. It was after Oranmiyan got back to Ile-Ife that he later moved to Oyo to settle. One of his cousins that followed him to Benin was called Ani. He decided to leave Benin to form his own kingdom. When he got here, he met some people who also spoke Yoruba. When he introduced himself to the people he met here, they started adoring him and made him the king of the place. And they called him Alani of Ido-Ani.

What relationship does Ido-Ani have with Benin today, considering the history?

We have so much history with Benin. The original Ido-Ani was founded along the same line with the old Yoruba. Also, we are a border kingdom. Like I have told you, the first Oba came from Benin towards the end of the 17th century and he was called Ani and he came to Ido. Ido in Yoruba language means where one has founded to reside. He didn’t bother to find a new name for the place, it was just called Ido-Ani, meaning where Ani founded to stay. He came with his brother called Ado. He (Ado) spent six months here before he too went away to search for greener pastures. Some of those who came with Ani from Benin then were able to establish some outposts around here that later formed the six communities of Ido-Ani. We have so much history of wars.

For example, the warlords from Ado-Ekiti, took away some of our people, especially the women. The notion was that our women were very pretty and they were going to be married off to the Ekiti people. That is why you see a great number of Ekiti people saying they are connected to Ido-Ani. We also fought with the Nupe people and so on like that. Much earlier, about 300 years ago, Benin was expanding; it had about three Obas, who were very empire-conscious. The languages of many border towns in Ondo State today, including Ido-Ani, have lots of Benin words.

In Ido-Ani, two enterprising hunters from Sosan (a neighbouring community) had the approval of the Ido-Ani people to settle here with some other people to form a section of Ido-Ani called Iyayu, which is the largest of the six communities that form the expanded Ido-Ani. If Iyayu people speak, most of their words are from Edo language. If an Iyayu man goes to Edo today, within a month, he will be speaking Edo language fluently. So that is our relationship with the Edo people.

It was the daughter of an Ogiegor that he impregnated.

There was no time yoruba was spoken in the palace that Bini was not spoken alongside, the Oba was already half Bini following his maternal root

The right word should be "then yoruba was also spoken in the palace

UGBE634:
It was the daughter of an Ogiegor that he impregnated.

There was no time yoruba was spoken in the palace that Bini was not spoken alongside, the Oba was already half Bini following his maternal root

The right word should be "then yoruba was also spoken in the palace

There was no yoruba people speaking anything in the oba palace

UGBE634:
It was the daughter of an Ogiegor that he impregnated.

There was no time yoruba was spoken in the palace that Bini was not spoken alongside, the Oba was already half Bini following his maternal root

The right word should be "then yoruba was also spoken in the palace

Thebadpolitican:


There was no yoruba people speaking anything in the oba palace

That guy is a foool I swear a big foooool !! AreaFada2 boss you see what I am talking about?

AutomaticMotors:





That guy is a foool I swear a big foooool !! AreaFada2 boss you see what I am talking about?

https://www.nairaland.com/7537311/history-agbede. how did she get the name Agbede, it is not intelligible in Edo. I am an historian, not a tribal one

UGBE634:
If you have sense, you would know that According to the oral history of the people, they were blacksmith who migrated from Benin. The Agbede as the name of their village describe their profession

And if you had sense in your Yoruba head were you there when they named their village and what made you think "Agbede" was not influenced by their close Yoruba neighbors in Ondo? You are a Yoruba boy hiding under Edo we have unraveled and disgraced you already!!