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History of Ilaro


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Osata was an Ancienit 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 as the headquarters of the Yewa/Egbado people 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. Ilaro of the late 19th and 20th century benefited immensely from the Missionaries. The Missionaries introduced religion and western education to the people of Yewa Land. Churches and schools were founded of which the Christ Missionary Church and school was founded as CMS and the first secondary school in Egbado land known then as Egbado College Ilaro, now YEWA COLLEGE was also founded. The Ilaro of today is a mixed religion town because of the hospitable nature of the Ilaro people. Thus there are as many numbers of mosques as there are churches. There are also Muslim Missionary training centers of the Ahmadiyat Muslim Mission and the Nawar-ud- deen Missions respectively.

In the ancient days the major occupation of the Yewa/Egbado people is mostly farming (arable crops and cash crops like cocoa, coffee kola nuts oranges and pineapples.) other farm products include Cassava, yam, okro, rice, banana, plantains and vegetables such as the water leaf, spinach to mention but a few.

The major industry of the Ilaro people for their blessing by nature of very thick forest is the timber Industry. Till date, there are several timber milling industries spread at outskirts of the town for the production of planks and ply woods for both local consumption and for exportation.

During the Nigerian civil war, Ilaro as the headquarters of the Egbado land produced brave warriors who fought for the sustenance of the unity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Notable of these patriots include Major General Olurin (Rtd),late brigadier
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