Exclusive photos from the 2017 OJUDE OBA FESTIVAL -#OJUDEOBAFESTIVAL

The annual OJUDE OBA festival which is usually holds 2 days after the salah celebration is here again. All is now set for the 2017 historical event to be witnessed in Ijebu ode, Ogun state, Nigeria

20 Amazing facts about the IJEBUS

Highlights 

1. Ijebu’s were the first people to have contact with Europeans in 14th Century.

2. Ijebu’s were the first to be educated by western education.

3. Ijebu is the largest Ethnic group in Nigeria.

4. First people to manufacture gear of wars in history of Nigeria.

5. First people to contend the slavery extortion in the region.

6. The first people to invent money made from Cowry shell, later made Coin called PANADORA

which was acceptable through Africa and Europe.

7. Ijebu is the only tribe in Nigeria that has its origin from bible days.

8. According to the Biblical account; the Jebusites were a Canaanite tribe who inhabited and build Jerusalem prior to its conquest by king David.

9. Ijebu was the first indigenous CLERK to European missionaries.