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Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Demmzy15(m): 1:08pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
After reading the memorandum sent by the leaders of the Yoruba people of Kwara State to the National Conference, I must repeat much of what I once wrote in this column about the history of the Yoruba of Ilorin and of Kwara. The Fulani never conquered Ilorin nor invaded Yorubaland. These historical facts need to be emphasized and re-emphasized. 20 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Demmzy15(m): 1:08pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Ilorin was, in population, still an Oyo town - probably over 95% Oyo in population. And Ilorin was never conquered or even invaded by any Fulani army. Those influential Oyo men who made Alimi and his son the rulers of Ilorin did so out of fervour for their Islamic faith. http://tribune.com.ng/columns/backpage/diran-apata-s-sunday-message/item/2843-historical-facts-about-ilorin-and-kwara-yoruba/2843-historical-facts-about-ilorin-and-kwara-yoruba 46 Likes 10 Shares |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by vislabraye(m): 1:15pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Ok.... |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by crownprince102: 1:20pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Yeah.... You are right, Ilorin is a town under Oyo empire. Are Ona Kakanfo Afonja (field marshal Afonja) betrayed the Oyo kingdom. That's why a yoruba land of Ilorin is ruled by Emir and Oba. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by samco19: 1:59pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
ok nxt pls |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Chanchit: 2:13pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Na thunder go fire that foolish Afonja anywhere his miserable soul is. 29 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Deltagiant: 2:17pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Ok, but the bottom line is that Ilorin was taken by force by a Fulani led/inspired army. And that the Yoruba mainstream tried to recapture it and failed. And that Ilorin today is an officially Fulani emirate. And that the Fulani wouldn't relinquish Ilorin without a bloody fight as it is their nearest range to the sea. 20 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by tobtap: 2:22pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
ilorin afonja is evidently a yoruba town and the yoruba culture is evident in and around the city it self...the people all bear yoruba names, even the emir...the food,the names,dress,oriki,dance and way of life is YORUBA.... u can go on about the fulani emir there,but the yorubas clearly owns the town and the EMIR is still there because the majority of ilorin indigenes are MUSLIMS... 45 Likes |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by tobtap: 2:22pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
yep 1 Like |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Demmzy15(m): 2:53pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Deltagiant:Please read the article and stop spilling sh't!! 24 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Demmzy15(m): 3:00pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Emir is just a rough name of 'Amir' in Arabic, it means a 'leader'. So it's the influence of Islam not Fulani, Islam wasn't brought to yoruba land by the Fulanis but by the influence of the 'Songhai' empire in Mali. Yoruba Muslims have existed 100s of years before the birth of Uthman bin Foodee(Dan Fodio). So people claiming the Fulanis forced Islam on Yorubas is a big lie! 62 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Deltagiant: 3:01pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Demmzy15:There is nothing in the piece that has not been written previously. 4 Likes |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Demmzy15(m): 3:05pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Deltagiant:So better comment reasonably! 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by sammyj: 3:21pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
This is good historical fact that should enlighten both young and coming generation to eliminate false and wrong impression about Ilorin and Kwara people !! |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by OperationIgrigi: 3:29pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
**grins** Revisionism at it's peak.Ishilove and co. frontpage biko. I wan talk something. Kwara and Kogi belongs to the fulanis they fought for it and own everything including the yoruba vassal there. Any attempt to install an Oba will bring the wrath of the Sultanate upon them. Emirate Kwara is one reason why yorubas do not want this country to divide, they do not want to face the Fulanis wrath over that southernmost fulani emirate. Pure cowardice!. **LOLS** 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by johnmartus(m): 3:44pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
i really enjoyed yours article please can you provide ilorin agenda in national conference? 2 Likes |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by MrBasketball: 3:46pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Nice article! Any Kwara and Ilorin indigenes in house? Click "Share" 4 Likes 42 Shares |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by 2sureguy1(m): 3:47pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
9ice 1 op............u try..............looking 4ward 2 kw hw Nigeria became giant of Africa. |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Texcoco(m): 3:47pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
[b] This is historical revisionism at best....we all saw what happened.The Marabout,Shiek Alimi was sent for to look after the spiritual needs of Hausas and Nupe Muslims,these muslims make up the entire cavalry wing of Alaafin's army, based in frontier town Illorin.Afonja in cahoots with Alimi exploited these elite horsemen to his military advantage against his master afterwhich Alimi keen to oversee an Islamic Emirate and spark a jihad conspired with his son Abubabkr to strangle Afonja(in his palace) thus taking not only control of the area but also the souls of the indigenes....these converted indigenes were the cannon fodder with which a jihad sprang out and nearly swept SW Nigeria.....It was only halted by disagreement amongst the muslim forces as to the formula of sharin yoruba war slaves and booty,the very forested area south of Illorin which made it impossible to lead a cavalry charge as it was in the flat Savanaah range of North central Nigeria and concerted efforts by rival pagan yoruba chiefs to fight a common enemy..........Town after town fell to these Jihadists until there was talk of touching the Quran inside the Atlantic this not only increased their fervour but made them undergo severe hardships. Alas they had no answer to the environment,the tse-tse flies which infected and killed off their horses with trypanosomiasis(sleeping sickness)..without which they were unable to sweep and put to flight pagan yoruba armies.Some jihadists made good infantry men but not all could fight on the ground,so after a military defeat borne from low morale and homesickness, a general call was sounded out for retreat and consolidation thus Illorin carved out yorubaland including environs of present day Kogi state up to Idah to the east and Aladja in present day Northern Benin Republic to the west became an Islamic Emirate...[/b] 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by ednut1(m): 3:48pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
interesting |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Uceee93: 3:48pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Ok. Jst passing....will comment later. ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by shaboti: 3:49pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Okay |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by VickyRotex(f): 3:49pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
No matter the history, Omo Kwara ododo ni mi ![]() ![]() 2 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by nikkypearl(f): 3:49pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
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Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by rexbuton: 3:49pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
Good post.. Here is the next step.. 1. Ask the Fulanis to leave quietly because when Nigeria has entered it's period of turmoil (probably after Buhari dies), Ilorin will be used as a base to launch attacks on the West. And with the Igbos attacking from the Lagoon, no army can fight on two fronts 2. Yorubas should accept the fact that they can never be accepted as true muslims, hence they should all turn to Christ who is the surest and only way to salvation. This way the Fulani will be alienated and leave. Personally I think fulani incursions into the middlebelt should be checked in order not to be caught unawares 3. Arrange a referendum in which people be made to vote for the scrapping of the Emir title. TINUBU can easily swing this.. oh I almost forgot, Tinubu has a religion too... *thinking* 4. Ignore this message and watch Badagry (in Lagos) turned into Baga in a few years Survive any lagoon in the world... Pro tips.. https://www.nairaland.com/2244029/how-survive-lagoon-must-read 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Dexpro: 3:51pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
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Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by oathman(m): 3:51pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
What u fail to realise is that ilorin is a border between the north and the south. Are ona kankafo was sent to war by Alaafin but he failed nd he can't go back to Oyo so he settled down at the border. Alaafin thought he betray him nd wage war against his best warrior. Are ona kankafo realising that the Oyo empire ll defeat him, ask for support and Alliance from the north( not only the fulanis but also the nupes otherwise known as tapa in yoruba) wch re predominantly muslims. To cut my long story short, after the war the ilorin town bcums a settlement for all of them. The fulanis were more organised than the yorubas due to there ways of lyf, they pray togeda, they have Amir(later bcum Emir) nd by this they were able to convert majority of the yorubas to muslims, so when Are ona kankafo died and they av to choose a leader, due to the fact dat majority are now muslims they chose there Amir to be the leader.......PROUD ILORIN BOY 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Historical Facts About Ilorin And Kwara Yoruba by Nobody: 3:52pm On Apr 08, 2015 |
GEJ Till... ![]() 2 Likes 1 Share |
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