page_title: Ilaro
hierarchical_section_title: Ilaro
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of the statue of Orona of Ilaro, a great warrior of ancient times by Kayode Afolabi
context_page_description: Ilaro, Ogun State is a town in Ogun State, Nigeria. Ilaro town houses about 57,850 people. Ilaro is the headquarters of the Yewa South Local government, now known as YEWALAND which replaced the Egbado division of the former Western State, and later became a part of Ogun State of Nigeria. Ilaro town is about 50 km from Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, and about 100 km from Ikeja, the capital city of Lagos State.
  Close to this monument is the town hall named after the honourable warrior "’Orona’ Hall". The statue of Oronna and his Leopard are still there for tourists and lovers of history to see.
  Osata was an Ancient Ilaro ruler in the 19th century who sacrificed his own son for his people to enjoy abundance of rainfall at a time Ilaro was plagued with drought. The dialect spoken in Ilaro is the Egbado dialect. When Ilaro indigenes meets outside home, the shout of “Omo Oluwewun” has a magical power of unifying the "Ilu Aro" people.
context_section_description: Ilaro, Ogun State is a town in Ogun State, Nigeria. Ilaro town houses about 57,850 people. Ilaro is the headquarters of the Yewa South Local government, now known as YEWALAND which replaced the Egbado division of the former Western State, and later became a part of Ogun State of Nigeria. Ilaro town is about 50 km from Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, and about 100 km from Ikeja, the capital city of Lagos State.
  Close to this monument is the town hall named after the honourable warrior "’Orona’ Hall". The statue of Oronna and his Leopard (picture above) are still there for tourists and lovers of history to see.
  Osata was an Ancient Ilaro ruler in the 19th century who sacrificed his own son for his people to enjoy abundance of rainfall at a time Ilaro was plagued with drought. The dialect spoken in Ilaro is the Egbado dialect. When Ilaro indigenes meets outside home, the shout of “Omo Oluwewun” has a magical power of unifying the "Ilu Aro" people.
caption: Picture of the statue of Orona of Ilaro, a great warrior of ancient times by Kayode Afolabi
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