Ipetu Igbomina

• History Of The Community

There was a man called Onpetu who was a brother to Oduduwa, the OBA of of Ile -Ife. This onpetu had a son named Obadore. Obadore left Ile – Ife with a crown and two gods, namely Obalufon and Osun. People in the village of IPETU still worship these gods till today, and there is a special one sentence song for Obalufon, saying “Obalufon please save me”.  When he received those three items with the aims to go and found a new town, his father, Onpetu told him that he should settle wherever he first succeeds in killing a female antelope. He left on this mission with his two wives, three children and a hunter to guard them.

On his arrival at Olodun, he tried hard to  kill a female  antelope, but having failed, he moved on to a new place called Ejipetu near IPETU Ijesa. He did not meet with better luck either, so he proceeded to Ipole near Otun (now Ekiti state). He stayed there for three years. While at Ipole one of his wives died and he did not succeed in killing a female antelope. He was amazed and disturbed by all this, so he asked his God, Ifa, about what to do next .Ifa told him that his journey had not ended. Having walked for another three days he reached a big forest where he finally killed a female antelope. He immediately called his people to tell them that they had reached their final destination. They all rejoiced over this new achievement and they named their new home IPETU. The family grew very large over the years, they became a village, and all was going well with them

• Profile Of The Traditional Ruler

The Kabiyesi Onipetu of Ipetu Igbomina was born on 27th February, 1952. He was born into the family of Chief Enisan Olarewaju. Onipetu is a graduate of Ado Ekiti where he has B. Tech. in Building. He retired as a civil servant under KWARA state civil service commission. HRM Oba Samuel Adedayo Olarewaju Erinfolami was installed as Onipetu on 22nd March, 2002. Onipetu is one of the graded kings in Kwara State, he is one of the 3rd Class Obas in the state.