𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐎𝐝𝐮𝐝𝐮𝐰𝐚, 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐔. 𝐄𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐛𝐚’𝐬 ‘𝐀 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧’

[1] Oduduwa ruled at Ile Ife.

[2] Oduduwa’s eldest son was named Obagodo.

[3] Oduduwa sent Obagodo away to start a kingdom at another land.

[4] Obagodo founded his own kingdom at Igodomigodo and became Oba.

[5] He was given the title Ogiso and became known as Oba Ogiso.

[6] Oba Ogiso had only one child and his name was Kaladerhan.

[7] Kaladerhan and his mother were banished from Igodomigodo on a false accusation.

[8] Kaladerhan went to found a kingdom at Ughoton.

[9] Kaladerhan’s mother advised him never to return to Igodomigodo.

[10] Kaladerhan refused and resisted all attempts to compel him to return to Igodomigodo after the death of Oba Ogiso.

[11] Kaladerhan heeded his mother’s plea and never returned to Igodomigodo.

[12] Oranmiyan was sent to rule Igodomigodo by Ile Ife as requested by Igodomigodo elders after the failure of the elders to convince Kaladerhan to return from Igodomigodo.

[13] Oranmiyan renamed Igodomigodo to Ile Ibinu.

[14] Oranmiyan renounced his obaship after several years at Igodomigodo.

[15] Oranmiyan left his son Owomika (Eweka) to rule Ile Ibinu and returned to Ile Ife.

* 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘌𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘣𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺

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