Ekiti, Kwara
Ekiti, Kwara | |
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| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Kwara State |
| Local Government Headquarters | Araromi-Opin |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Ekiti is a Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Araromi Opin.
It has an area of 480 km² and a population of 54,850 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 252.[1]
Among other communities in Ekiti are: Aare-Opin, Isolo-Opin, Isare-Opin, Osi, Ikerin-Opin, Oke-Opin, Epe-Opin, Owaatun-Opin, Etan, Obbo-Aiyegunle, Obbo-Ile, Eruku, Ajuba, Isapa, Ejiu, and so on.
The present Ekiti Local Government headquarter was never a known community in OPIN LAND, but a compound from Isolo-Opin. This became a legal tussle and various communal unrest when the local government was created.
A land mark judgment later declare Isolo-Opin as entitle to be the headquarter and not Araromi Opin.
One of the credence to this judgment is the fact that there are 12 Opins, who are children of a father and Araromi was never among them.
It has become difficult to effect name changes because of political issues and legislative processes.
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
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