Akoko
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~ 815,360 (2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ondo State - 815,360 · Akoko North East: 208,080 · Akoko North West: 246,150 · Akoko South East: 95,790 · Akoko South West: 265,340 | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity · Yoruba religion · Islam |
The Akoko are a large Yoruba cultural sub-group in the Northeastern part of Yorubaland.[1] The area spans from Ondo state to Edo state in southwest Nigeria. Akoko land takes a large percentage of the local governments in Ondo state. Out of the present 18 Local Government Councils it constitute four, Akoko North-East, Akoko North-West, Akoko South-East and Akoko South-West, as well as the Akoko Edo LGA of Edo State. The Adekunle Ajasin University, a state owned university with a capacity for about 20,000 tertiary education students[2] and more than 50 departments in seven faculties is located in Akungba-Akoko.[3] A state specialist hospital is situated at Ikare Akoko, while community general hospitals are located in Oka-Akoko and Ipe-Akoko.
Geography
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Akoko comprises about 45 small towns and villages, predominantly situated in rocky outcrop areas of northern Ondo state.[4] The rocky terrain nevertheless, may have helped the region to become a melting pot of sorts with different cultures coming from the north, eastern and southern Yoruba towns and beyond. Akoko became one of the few Yoruba clans with no distinctive local dialect. Major Akoko settlements include; Oka, Ikare, Oba, Ikun, Arigidi, Ogbagi, Okeagbe, Ikaram, Ibaram, Iyani, Akungba, Erusu, Ajowa, Akunu, Gedegede, Isua, Auga, Ikakumo, Supare, Epinmi, Ipe, Ifira, Ise, Iboropa, Irun, Iye, Afin, Igashi, Sosan, Ipesi, Etioro, Ayegunle and Oyin. In addition to this group, there are several other autonomous communities of varying sizes.[5]
The Akokos occupy a frontier zone of Yorubaland and are bound to the north by the Owé Okun Yorubas and the Ebira people, to the west by the Ekitis, to the south by the Owos ad the Ora, and to the east by the Afemai groups.
- Ikare Akoko is the biggest city in the Akoko area with around 150,000 inhabitants as at 2008.[6] It has an I.C.T resource centre where its people have the opportunity to connect to and communicate with other individuals across the country and around the world.
- Oba Akoko is another town in Akoko South West Local Government. Oba is the gateway to Akokoland as it is the first settlement encountered in a northward direction from the Owo community into the Akoko community.
Culture and Lifestyle
Predominant traditional occupations of the community include large scale agriculture, trading and teaching. The Akoko and Ekiti Yorubas have a socio-cultural value concept known as Omoluka analogous to the general Yoruba concept of Omoluabi which summarises the ethos and virtues of the ideal Akoko man or woman a person's identity of integrity or uprightness. This concept has played a significant role in the indigenous integration, interaction and administration among the people.[7]
Towns and villages
Several mid sized towns and settlements pepper the Akoko landscape. This is a non-exhaustive list of them.[8][9]
- Ikare District
- Ikare
- Ugbe
- Arigidi District
- Arigidi
- Iye
- Irun/Surulere District
- Ese
- Igbooji
- Irun
- Italeto
- Kajola
- Ogbagi
- Ojeka
- Suurulere
- Oke Agbe District
- Afa
- Afin
- Aje
- Ase
- Erusu
- Ibaram
- Ido
- Ikaram
- Iyani
- Oke-Agbe
- Oye
- Oyin
- Ajowa District
- Ajowa
- Eriti
- Gede-gede
- Igasi
- Oge
- Oyin
- Akunnu/Isowopo District
- Akunnu
- Awuga
- Iboropa
- Ikakumo
- Ise
- Oka-Akoko District
- Ayegunle
- Iwaro-oka
- Oka-Akoko
- Epinmi -Akoko District
- Epinmi-Akoko
- Isua Akoko District
- Isua-Akoko
- Ipe Akoko District
- Ipe-Akoko
- Akungba Akoko District
- Akunagba-Akoko
- Eti oro
- Sosan Akoko District
- Sosan-Akoko
- Ifira Akoko District
- Ayegunle
- Ifira
- Ikun-Akoko
- Oba Akoko District
- Ago Ajayi
- Ago Ojo
- Ago Oka
- Ose-Oba
- Supare Akoko District
- Abule Nla
- Ago Flower
- Ago Ori okuta
- Igbo Eegun
- Igbo Nla
Notable people
Notable members of the Akoko clan include:
- Adebayo Adefarati, 1931–2007, former governor of Ondo State
- Bamidele Aturu, 1964–2014, a prominent lawyer and human right activist
- Roy Chicago, d 1989, a highlife musician
- Sunday Ehindero - Inspector General of Police in Ondo State 2005-2007
- T. B. Joshua, b 1963, of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations
- Adetokunbo Kayode, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chairman Gemstones Miners and Marketers Association of Nigeria
- Joseph Oladele Sanusi, former governor, Central Bank of Nigeria
- Moses Orimolade Tunolase, founder of the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim.
- Olugbenga Omole, Member of Ondo State House of Assembly.
Gallery
References
- ^ "Pax Britannica, Security and Akoko Resettlement, 1897–1960". 3 October 2021.
- ^ "About Adekunle Ajasin University". 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Adekunle Ajasin University visitor web portal". 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Pre-colonial Elitism: A Study in Traditional Model of Governance in Akokoland". 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Religious interaction among the Akoko of Nigeria". 3 October 2021.
- ^ "About Ikare, Nigeria". 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Elitism in Precolonial Akoko society, Its disorientation from sociocultural value in contemporary Akoko" (PDF). 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Akoko North East/North West Towns And Villages". 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Akoko South East/South West Towns And Villages". 3 October 2021.
Category:Geography of Nigeria
Category:Ondo State
Category:Populated places in Ondo State
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