Who is Afonja
Ilorin was administered by Afonja, the sixth Are-Ona-Kakanfo (generalissimo) of the Oyo army and successor of Are-Ona Oku of Jabata.

Who is Alaafin Aole

Alaafin Aole is the son of Alaafin Abiodun.
Aole reigned between 1789 and 1796. It was during this period that Shehu Alimi, a Fulani cleric, arrived Ilorin with some of his tribesmen and were all welcomed and hosted by Afonja.

The Curse
After a while, conflict broke out between Alaafin Aole and Are-Ona Afonja. Alaafin Aole had ordered his army general Afonja to attack some towns but Afonja as usual being so scared refused which led to disagreement between the two.

The disagreement heated up to the point that both sides resulted to trash things out with violence.

At this point, Afonja sought the support of Shehu Alimi also known as Salih Janta who had both spiritual and military power. On his way from the Apomu expedition, Afonja stopped at Oyo-Ile to deal with Alaafin Aole. Afonja sent an empty calabash to Aole signifying his rejection as the Alaafin and according to the customs of Oyo, he was to commit suicide at such and he did.

OldNaija gathered that before Aole took his life, he performed a ritual and cursed the entire Yoruba land that their sons and daughters will be taken as slaves and sold to different parts of the world.
Many believe Aole’s curse plunged Yoruba land into a series of inter-tribal wars that broke out in following years such as the Kiriji war, Egba-Dahomey war, Ibadan-Ijaye war and so on.

Death Of Afonja

After defeating Aole, Afonja and Alimi’s relationship strengthened to the extent that Afonja enlisted Alimi’s men into his army and disbanded many of his men whom history claimed he didn’t fully trust. Unknowing to Afonja, the Fulanis were gradually infiltrating his army and before he could realize, it was too late.
This was after Sheu Alimi’s death. His son, Abdulsalam, earnestly yearned to rule Ilorin and clandestinely plotted against Afonja.

In 1824, Abdulsalam’s men shot Afonja arrows till he breathed his last. He was shot so many arrows that his dead body remained suspended in an upright position for a long while.

After Afonja’s death, Abdulsalam declared himself the Emir of Ilorin and pledge allegiance to Sokoto Caliphate...

SLAP44:
After Afonja’s death, Abdulsalam declared himself the Emir of Ilorin and pledge allegiance to Sokoto Caliphate...

So ilorin used to belong to yorubas? This is a big loss.

Afterward, the Yorubas attempted to regain control of Ilorin from the Fulani jammas but failed. Toyeje, the successor of Afonja, led the first and second attempts to drive the Fulani people out of Ilorin.

The second attempt is known in history as Mugbamugba war in which Yoruba people suffered untold defeat in the strive to regain the throne of Ilorin.

helinues:
Una go dey alright Las las

Kingosytex:
the story is really interesting

One chilled bottle of beer for u @ donald95

Donald95:

Two for you my brother. We must speak the truth

SluttanSlayer:
With the trans-Atlantic trade route opening up and growing instability in the north owing to Fulani jihdism, Ilorin as a trading province began to decline.

Afonja wanted a piece of the action in the trans atlantic trade to the south but was schemed out. That is why he led a rebellion against his king and uncle.

Afonja was motivated by Greed.

Donald95:


I never called any tribe , and u people are not the only people that tear their body. Tatoo is also body tearing

amaniro:
This is seriously serous.....

Donald95:


That is eeh. He was so greedy that he betrayed his own flesh and blood

*spits

livebyday:


Respect others tribes , religion and cultures when commenting on this forum

Obey the rules

Cheers

SluttanSlayer:


Not only did Afonja's mutiny led to the Muslim hordes pillaging to the ground the then capital of Oyo (Oyo Ile) but it also saw to the creation of Ibadan from a small remote town south of Oyo-Ile.

Ibadan will become swamped with fleeing oyoruba people. Ibadan began as a massive IDP camp.

Even their name that they call themselves today is as a result of how an Islamic Scholar from Mali documented the Muslim conquest of Ilorin and Oyo-Ile. Oyoruba was coined by Muslim northerners as a mockery to the Oyo people.

Unik3030:
two igbo fools deceiving themselves here meanwhile south east is burning but they don't care. they are only concerned about south west n tinubu

Unik3030:
two igbo fools deceiving themselves here meanwhile south east is burning but they don't care. they are only concerned about south west n tinubu

Iamgrey5:
You people are delusional.

Ibadan defeated the Fulani here in osogbo in the late 1800

Ibadan is not a refugee state

Ibadan was the camp of the second Oyo army

The calvery army was in ilorin, while the gorilla fighters were in Ibadan.

And "Yoruba" wasn't coined by Fulani.

Read history

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalumi_War

Bluehill1051:
Wetin this one dy talk ?

Bluehill1051:
So Afonja exist