A place in Yoruba land that was mentioned in the Holy Bible

Surprisingly, the Nigeria city that was mentioned in the Holy Bible is in Yoruba Land

It is so amazing and interesting to come across a popular part of Ogun state, one of the six states of the south west region of Nigeria was mentioned in the Holy Bible.

The Books of the Holy Bible mentioned the jebusites in 36 verses, example is in the book of 1 Chronicles 11:4. And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were.

History made it known that according to the muslim, it was said that one of the Prophet



Muhommad's wife was buried in one of a town in Ijebu.Inhabitants of the land Ijebu (also known as Jebu or Geebu) was a Yoruba kingdom in pre-colonial Nigeria. It was formed around the fifteenth century.

According to legend, its ruling dynasty was founded by Obanta of Ile-Ife. Ijebu is one of the oldest and popular part of Ogun state. The people of Ijebu are well known for their garri making ( cassava flour ) and this has being one of the oldest business they are well known for. The kind of Yoruba spoken in Ijebuland is Ijebu, a Southeastern Yoruba dialect

The Ijebu kingdom was governed by a king and his group of titled elders, who usually were men of a higher status, considerable influence and lots of well known high profiled citizen in the Nigeria politics, example is the late Obafemi Awolowo, late Olabisi Onabanjo,Tai Solarin and so on

The kingdom was one of the most developed in the region with a complex and highly organized government. The capital was at Ijebu Ode where the Awujale had his palace, where HRM Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona is the present reigning king. Like many African societies, Ijebu was also divided into three age ranks , and these groups each had their own leaders.

The Kingdom is made up of several towns and stretches to parts of Lagos State and borders Ondo State. These towns includes Sagamu, Ijebu-Igbo , Imota, Ikorodu, Epe, Lagos , Ijebu-Isiwo, Ogun Waterside, Iwopin, Lekki in Lagos State , Ijebu-Imushin, Ijebu-Ife, Apunren, Erunwon, Isonyin, Ososa, Odogbolu and Ago-Iwoye.