The Iwo Kingdom is a traditional state based on the city of Iwo in Osun State, Nigeria. The Yoruba kingdom, whose ruler is titled "Oluwo of Iwo", was established in the 14th century AD.
The Iwo people, like all other people of Yoruba stock are said to have originally belonged to Ile-Ife from where they migrated sometime in the 14th century. The earliest settlement was founded by Adekola Telu, son of the 16th Ooni of Ife, a female called Luwo Gbagida. The present city of Iwo was founded in the 16th or 17th century.
Rulers
Rulers Iwo were:
Start End Ruler1415 1505 Parin1505 1541 Olayilumi1550 1610 Adegunodo1610 1673 Olufate Gbase1673 1744 Alawusa1744 1816 Ogunmakinde1816 1906 Monmodu Ayinla Lamuye1906 1909 Sunmonu Osunwo1909 1929 Sanni Alabi Abimbola Lamuye1929 1930 Seidu Adubiaran Lamuye1930 1939 Abanikanda Amuda Akande1939 1952 Kosiru Ande Lamuye1953 1957 Raifu Ajani Adegoroye1958 1982 Samuel Omotoso Abimbola1992 2013 Asiru Olatunbosun Tadese2015 present Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi9 November 2015 until present Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi Ilufemiloye Telu 1 from Molaasan Royal family a sub.section of Gbaase ruling house was installed as the 16th Oluwo of Iwoland
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