THE OSOORO’S

THE OSOORO’S


Origin of the LUMURE’S, JOOLA’S, AKOKO’S & LEMEIGHA’S

History has it that one of the important chiefs and princes that left Edo with the Abodi was Lumure who decided to stay in the area around the present “Ayeka after Abodi left Irele area and was wandering all over the present Ikale land on his way to Ife. He became the head or oba of his followers and subsequent obas who succeeded his assumed the title of LUMURE.

One of the LUMURE’s son married a daughter of the ABODI at Ikoya kekekte. Her name was MARARU OMOGUNLE Maraolu as reported to be the most beautiful and attractive to several men. She married and gave birth to sons for three different obas first to oba LUMURE of AYEKA’s son called Jagbelegun for when she had a son called Omojuwa. The descendants of Omoguwa are the Lumure of Osooro. Next for whom she had a son called Ademolu for whom she had a soncalled OJOROLALA. She also married one Emegha of the oba of Benin who was then living in a village protected by Orofun and Kusu. The real name of Emegha was olori Uwen which later became his known title

Thus, maraolu gave birth to three sons for three different obas-Jagbelegun for Lumure, Ojorolala for oloro, Ikupadehi later known as LEMEGHA for Emegha wear orofun and kusu (she infact had a daughter called LADERE for Emegha). the famous and the eldest of the three sons was Omojuwa grand-son of LUMURE.

Adereolu the Oloro of Oro migrated from his original homestead to OKA near Ondo where he left some of his followers (His descendants later settled at lyanson) the thereafter came to Aye to see the italic where he, Adereolu met Maraolu, the beautiful daughter of the Abodi.

They fell in love and she gave birth a male child named Jorolala before he Adereolu went back to Oka Eventually Jorolala was taken away to Oka by father. After several years Jorolala left Oka to look for his brother Jagbulegun it whom their mother MARAOLU was staying. By this time Omojuwa with his father Jagbulegun had left Ayeka and had settled at Ikoya kekere with the Abodi and his maternal grand-father. So Jorolala joined Jagbulegun at Ikoya kekekre (now known as Abusoro deped with their mother.

Whenever an eldest son of a oba of Benin ascends the throne of his father, the other princes were regarded as counselors to the oba or Emegha oba. One of the obas of Benin had a war lerd called AGUNARAN who did not give due recognition and respect to the Emeghes.

This was said to be the immediate cause why Olori Uwen Alara Etikan and Aheri all emeghes left Eds kingdom and settled for sometime at more by the Atlantic ocean coast which was part of the territory of the olugbo.

Soon a misunderstanding developed between Olori Uwen and the other three princes which got out to hand and this made Olori Uwen who was their chief priest and driver to leave. He came to Orofun adjacent to which was Kusu. The people had no Oba yet and they welcomed Olori Uwen with them and promised to protect him whenever he would go.

He Olori Uwen Uwen became famous and news gor to Abodi Jabado that an Emegha i.e counselor of the Oba of Benin was at Orofun. One of the owmen sent was maraolu daughter of the Abodi and mother of Jagbulegun and Jorolala. Olori Uwen had Maraolu be-friend her and she bare for him two children (IKUDEHI and LADERE). (The name IKUDEHI was shortened to KADE.

Ikudehi’s mother maraolu who accused of witchcraft she was supposed to have cause a the death of the children of another of Emegha’s wife from Igbotako. So maraolu left Orofun.

When Emegha died, he was buried by his people from Ilaje mure.

It was because Ladere the second child born by maraolu for Emegha plucked a kola-nut forbidden to them until it fell to the ground that blind ants covered the whole village of orofun Neither Kade nor any other knew how to propitiate their god and so orofun was deserted kade, his son Ajaja and his sister Ladere together with her son SEDUE, left orofun and came to their brother and their mother at Ikoya kekere. There t hey met Jorola also.

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