Shegunsmart:


Since OP is trying to visit all the tourist attractions in South West, it would have been good if he also add this place to his sites. No knowledge is lost.

Check the below picture, the place is also home to tourists from far and wide.

Yeah, True.

travelwaka, try visit Ugbo, also idanre, Igbo olodumare, Owo palace, Ayetoro community of holy apostles (you'll need boat ), Ondo beach.

all in Ondo state

What of that stature at Ojota Lagos?
Is Moremi stature taller than it?
That one is pretty tall too ooh

The Yoruba culture is a rich and interesting culture with great people, Moremi is an example of the independent Yoruba woman who is industrious and isn't easily intimidated, From Moremi to Mama Kuti to to the mordern day yoruba women activists, our women have surely made their mark on this Earth. God bless our women. The Yoruba moves onwards and forwards.

May the gods be shut up forever and ever Amen!!!
Total destruction upon the gods and their priest!!!

Pillars fire upon them oh Throne of God!!!

Beautiful artwork

zudozz:
The status built by Obinna Onuoha was the BIGGEST



https://www.nairaland.com/2836545/obinna-onuoha-builds-statue-jesus

You're wrong sir.
Obinna Onuoha statue is 28ft

Moremi statue is 42ft

Moremi was nothing but a cheat, running around testing preak.

What is the connection between offa and moremi ajasoro.

Sammy07:


See this Otondo oooo.
do you know the meaning of 42 feet.

Just because you see it from the pics, you're judging it with the pics?

lol, Ofe nsala has really entered your brain, you're not thinking straight.

Oga, pick your brain from where you left it. The stature na "staircase help me" stature.

I am 10000% sure that you and the article writer did not evisage the notion of the staircase until i brought it up and it rebooted your brain but you are still living in denial.

You are the one who is not thinking straight because soured beans gbegiri has blocked your brain

Sammy07:


I'm sure if you get to idanre you'll tell me the hill is less than 100ft

Focus on the overhyped stature first before we talk about your hills where witches reside

Iamgrey5:
Moremi is the person that saved ife from constant raid by people of the ugbo

Ugbo being the Ilaje of today.

She revealed the secret of the Ugbo people to Ife.

Ugbo or Igbos? The story confirmed that igbos had been ile ife since oduduwa fell from the sky

Sammy07:


Yes she's from Offa but she is not being celebrated by her people.

They only named her after one old secondary school. (Moremi high school)

They just recently build a Hall of Fame named Moremi Hall of Fame beside the central mosque at the front of the Olofa of Offa Palace.

Yet to be completed tho.

This reason why I brought it up actually is for all of us Yoruba to know that we are one indivisible people with one destiny ! We are all from the same source and that's what makes us unique as a people.

I hope Kabiesi,Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye would extend invitation to the people of Offa whenever Ile Ife is holding any festival to celebrate Iya Moremi. Such a step would help to further cement our relationship as one Yoruba people.

Thanks bro.

gideonite98:

You shouldn't have responded to the dimwitted fool.
Those forest people were killing the people of ife,raping the women,slaughtering the men and taking them as slaves before moremi was able to learn their tricks and they fought those that came to their land and finally decided to invade those forest people.
So the fool will be happy if they succeeded in killing all the ife people,right?
Saying moremi should not be celebrated....kai dummits plenty for this country.

what year was that?

thatigboman:
Ugbo or Igbos? The story confirmed that igbos had been ile ife since oduduwa fell from the sky

Ugbo are not igbos

Ugbo people are Ilaje whose king is currently known as Olugbo (Olu-Ugbo)

juman:
What is the connection between offa and moremi ajasoro.

She's a native of Offa.

thatigboman:
Ugbo or Igbos? The story confirmed that igbos had been ile ife since oduduwa fell from the sky

You don't know what you're saying bro.
stop eating Ofe nsala.

Ondo / Ekiti people call Igbo(bush) as Ugbo (bush)

If I want to say give me that yam.
in general Yoruba it's, Mu isu yen wa.
in Ondo it's Mu Usu yen ko mi.

go into the bush
General Yoruba - Lo si inu igbo
Ondo dialect - Lo si inu ugbo.

hope you grab.

Emi Omo olugbodo, a bobo yin yun. May the gods bless the land

Sensitivity:
My hometown.
Ìha dé omo Ifè, onílè ló làre

thatigboman:
Ugbo or Igbos? The story confirmed that igbos had been ile ife since oduduwa fell from the sky

Oba Obateru Akinrutan - Olugbo of Ugbo - the richest king in Nigeria. Oba Obateru Akinruntan is the head of Ugbo, Ondo state. He is the second richest king in Africa after king Mohammed VI of Morocco.

Does the name Akinrutan sound like Igbo 's name to you ? Ugbo people are the Ilajes of Ondo state and they are Yorubas. They do not have anything in common with the Igbo of eastern Nigeria.

OROSUNBOLB:


This reason why I brought it up actually is for all of us Yoruba to know that we are one indivisible people with one destiny ! We are all from the same source and that's what makes us unique as a people.

I hope Kabiesi,Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye would extend invitation to the people of Offa whenever Ile Ife is holding any festival to celebrate Iya Moremi. Such a step would help to further cement our relationship as one Yoruba people.

Thanks bro.

True! Seconded.

travelwaka:
Wow Really, I am not aware she was from Offa. Thats nice. Yoruba has a rich cultural history

Yes,you can say that again ! Awa la lasha,Omo Odu - to - da - iwa ,Oduduwa !

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travelwaka:
Facts about this statue
1. It is located in Ile Ife
2. It is the tallest in Nigeria
3. It is the fourth in Africa
4. It was built by the locals
5. All materials were sourced locally

For more information click here https://www.travelwaka.com/moremi-statue-of-liberty-the-story-of-tallest-statue-in-nigeria/

travelwaka:
Moremi Statue is the tallest in Nigeria and it is one of the tourist attractions in Ile Ife Osun State. The story behind this place is about a woman known as Moremi Ajasoro who played an important role in Yoruba history. She helped in liberating the people from oppressors. She paid the price with her only child. The people of Ile Ife made a promise to her that they will forever be her children. This is why she is being celebrated to date.

The story behind it is there was this tribe known as the forest people who are always dressed in leaves that comes to attack their villages and kidnap their people. The people have tried so many things to prevent them from invading their villages but nothing worked. SO she approached the gods and the gods offered to help her liberate her people. However, the gods demanded her most precious asset for sacrifice. Without asking, she accepted the offer.
She followed their instructions and allowed herself to be captured by the forest people. After she was captured because of her beauty, the forest KIng couldn't resist her and he married her. This gave her the time to study the people and she learned about their tricks.

https://www.travelwaka.com/moremi-statue-of-liberty-the-story-of-tallest-statue-in-nigeria/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHbGXCto3rU

They are called Ugbo. They are Ilajes. That was why Obateru (the King of Ugbo and the CEO of Obat oil. Richest king in Africa) had problem with Ooni. because in Ugbo, Moremi was a traitor. Anyways, u no be historian sha. U be travel blogger

travelwaka:
Well, unfortunately, the Government that should be in the forefront of tourism are not really doing much. This was built by the Ooni of Ife. The last part about reading agreements does it relate to this post or just a general advise. Thank you

Which people are the government, if the Ooni is not one of them

Sammy07:
She's a native of Offa.

If we could get from Offa to Ile Ife without cars, how did we do it with the rivers and forests in between

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.”
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

Decryptor:


Focus on the overhyped stature first before we talk about your hills where witches reside

joker!

travelwaka:
Moremi Statue is the tallest in Nigeria and it is one of the tourist attractions in Ile Ife Osun State. The story behind this place is about a woman known as Moremi Ajasoro who played an important role in Yoruba history. She helped in liberating the people from oppressors. She paid the price with her only child. The people of Ile Ife made a promise to her that they will forever be her children. This is why she is being celebrated to date.

The story behind it is there was this tribe known as the forest people who are always dressed in leaves that comes to attack their villages and kidnap their people. The people have tried so many things to prevent them from invading their villages but nothing worked. SO she approached the gods and the gods offered to help her liberate her people. However, the gods demanded her most precious asset for sacrifice. Without asking, she accepted the offer.
She followed their instructions and allowed herself to be captured by the forest people. After she was captured because of her beauty, the forest KIng couldn't resist her and he married her. This gave her the time to study the people and she learned about their tricks.

https://www.travelwaka.com/moremi-statue-of-liberty-the-story-of-tallest-statue-in-nigeria/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHbGXCto3rU

They enjoyed it,now it seems to elude the current generation!!
Ohh liberty,where art thou?

Decryptor:
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Which 42 feet tall? What made it 42 feet? A stature that is at most 18 feet tall was put on a staircase of probably 20 feet high and you say it is the tallest?

So if you are 5 feet tall and you climb a tree of 30 feet in height, then you will tell us you are 35 feet tall when asked of your height?

Stop eating Gbegiri!

That statue is tall my brother....

Thanks for this information, I will research more on it.

ehinmowo:


They are called Ugbo. They are Ilajes. That was why Obateru (the King of Ugbo and the CEO of Obat oil. Richest king in Africa) had problem with Ooni. because in Ugbo, Moremi was a traitor. Anyways, u no be historian sha. U be travel blogger

Senator Rochas Okorocha of Imo state would see this and smile.

He would say this people are in his league. "People that understand how to imotalize with statue"