Wasinmi, Nigeria

Wasinmi Wasimi
Rural
Nickname(s):  Wasinmi Olose, Wasinmi Orile, Wasinmi Igbó
Wasinmi Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 6°59′N 3°13′E
Country	Nigeria
State	Ogun
Government
• Oniwasinmi of Wasinmi	Oba Emmanuel Osuntogun
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate	Tropical savanna climate (Aw)
Website	http://www.ogunstate.gov.ng/

Wasinmi or Wasimi (Yoruba: Wásínmí) is an Egba town located on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Ewekoro local government of Ogun State. It is a few miles from Abeokuta. It is home to one of the oldest churches in the area, St. Michael's Anglican Church, and home to Odegbami International College and Sports Academy.

History

The name Wasinmi comes from the phrase in the Yoruba language, wá ṣe ìsínmí, which come and rest. It was shortened to Wasinmi, signifying its role as a place of settlement to Gbagura Egba people, who left Abeokuta in search of more farmland. Another possible meaning for the name is wá sìn mí, which means come lead me. Wasinmi is one of the 72 townships under Gbagura. The Gbagura Egba people are one of the 4 subsections of Abeokuta, which includes Oke-Ona Egba, Egba Ake, and Owu. The Gbagura people originated from Ile-Ife like many other Yoruba sub-ethnic groups. They then migrated along what is know the Ibadan-Oyo-Offa Road and Ibadan-Owo Road and met the other groups at the Egba Forest outside what is now Abeokuta in 1834.In the early 1900s, the British administration built a train station in the village, which was a major site of the Adubi War in 1918, also known as the Egba Uprising. St. Michael's Anglican Church was the first church built in the village by newly converted natives, most likely in c. 1920. Odafin Odegbami (c. 1842-1934), ancestor to Amos Tutuola, the Ogunbiyi family, and Odegbami family (including Segun Odegbami and Wole Odegbami) which are very prominent and influential families in Wasinmi, was a spiritual leader and appointed administrator as detailed in Tutuola's book The Palm Wine Drinkard.

First church built in Wasimi

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Sections

Each small group of clans in Wasinmi has their own section with its each unique name. Four of these sections are Wasinmi Igbó, Wasinmi Oríle, Wasinmi Alaafia, and Wasinmi Ọlọṣẹ.

Future

The Ogun State government has started construction to build an international airport in Wasimi. The construction was due to have finished in March of 2019,, but President Buhari has continued to commission the former governor's projects. Many local Wasinmi farmers were angry at the confiscation of land and were given monetary compensations.

Famous People

• Amos Tutuola
• Segun Odegbami
• Wole Odegbami