Ilesa

According to the historian Samuel Johnson: Odo - Ile {Logun Edu} was Oduduwa's Grandchild by Oduduwa's Eldest Daughter (Logun Edu's own son became the First Odole of Ijesaland - {Odole Nikunogbo} [Prime-Minister/Secretary of State of Ijesaland] == Institutions in Ilesa ==

Ilesa Grammar school One of the grammar schools in Ilesa is Ilesa Grammar School. Its 90th anniversary was celebrated in 2024. University of Ilesa University of Ilesa formerly known as College of Education, Ilesa, was established on March 31, 2022 by the former governor of Osun State Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola. It was upgraded to a University by Governor Ademola Adeleke who set up a review committee to ascertain the establishment of the institution. College of Health Technology Among the schools in Ilesa is the College of Technology, which is located at Imelu in Ilesa. == Hospital in ilesa ==

There are several Hospitals in ilesa city which are. • Wesley Guide hospital Ilesa, located in bolorunduro street Ilesa. • Wesley Guide hospital (Obafemi Awolowo Teaching hospital located in oke Ayose Ilesa. • Oba Adenle Memorial hospital • living petals medical center. ==Colonial assessment==

The village was described by the Rev. William Howard Clark in 1854 in the following manner: "For its cleanliness, regularity in breadth and width, and the straightness of its streets, the ancient village of Ilesa far surpasses any native town I have seen in black Africa." ==The Ijesa Monarchs==

There are four royal houses amongst which accession to the throne is supposed to be rotated: Biladu, Bilagbayo, Bilaro and Bilayirere. Rulers, under the title of Owa Obokun Adimula, have been as follows: ==Notable people==

• Pa. Israel Olatunde Adedeji-Orolugbagbe, JP - [B.A (Hons) London] Erudite Scholar, Historian {Odole Nikunogbo Descendant}. • Royal High Chief Adebola Oyeleye Adedeji-Orolugbagbe, Odole-Owa IjesaLand Oyegbulu I {Odole Nikunogbo Descendant}. • Royal High Chief Adefioye Adedeji - Attorney and Banker - Risawe Opitan of Ilesa.{Owa-Obokun Atakunmosa Descendant). • • T. M. Aluko OBE OON • Akinloye Akinyemi: Nigerian major • Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi: Commander of the Order of Niger, CON and President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) • Kayode Eso: Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (an Odole Gidigbi Faloju descendant) • Bolaji Akinyemi: Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and a professor of political science • Moses Olaiya: comedian (also known as Baba Sala) • Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola: Governor of Osun State • ==References==