Ibillo is one of the largest town situated in the Akoko-Edo local government area in Edo State in Nigeria. Ibillo is surrounded by several neighboring towns/villages including Ikiran Oke, Imoga, Ekpesa and Lampese which are all part of the Twenty two communities said to make up the Okpameri group, all within the Akoko Edo local government area with the LGA headquarters in Igarra. [1]
History
Very little is documented about the origin of the people of Ibillo, but, in oral tradition, it is believed that the people migrated from Benin kingdom. The people engage in such occupations as farming, trading, wood processing and pottery. The land is fertile and she has a large market relative to other Akoko-Edo communities. The market is located along Ibillo – Abuja express way. Ibillo has four quarters and rulership is rotated among those quarters. [2] [3] [4]
References
- ^ "Police arrest 'notorious' suspected kidnapper in Ondo". The Nation Newspaper. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Ibillo, the Stop-Over Town of Akoko-Edo". Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ "Edo Road Projects Connect More Communities In Ubiaja, Igarra, Uneme, Others". Leadership Newspaper. 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Bandits barricade bank operations in Edo North, Central districts". Vanguard News. 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
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Ibillo is one of the largest town situated in the Akoko-Edo local government area in Edo State in Nigeria. Ibillo is surrounded by several neighboring towns/villages including Ikiran Oke, Imoga, Ekpesa and Lampese which are all part of the Twenty two communities said to make up the Okpameri group, all within the Akoko Edo local government area with the LGA headquarters in Igarra. [1]
History
Very little is documented about the origin of the people of Ibillo, but, in oral tradition, it is believed that the people migrated from Benin kingdom. The people engage in such occupations as farming, trading, wood processing and pottery. The land is fertile and she has a large market relative to other Akoko-Edo communities. The market is located along Ibillo – Abuja express way. Ibillo has four quarters and rulership is rotated among those quarters. [2] [3] [4]
References
- ^ "Police arrest 'notorious' suspected kidnapper in Ondo". The Nation Newspaper. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Ibillo, the Stop-Over Town of Akoko-Edo". Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ "Edo Road Projects Connect More Communities In Ubiaja, Igarra, Uneme, Others". Leadership Newspaper. 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Bandits barricade bank operations in Edo North, Central districts". Vanguard News. 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
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| This Edo State, Nigeria location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |