History of the ikales
Ikale is one of the several dialects spoken by the yorubas, ikale share Ondo south senatorial district alongside Ilaje and Apoi with ilaje been the largest
Majority of Apoi are migrants from ikale but that is not the focus of this article(Shabomi kiribo igbobini and Ojuala have major migration pattern from Ikale and this explains why the Apoi speak a full mix of ikale and ilaje dialects
There was a few Apoi migrant(from modern day bayelsa but no one can say for sure who got there first and how they mixed up to become one community)
Ikale also shares boundary with odigbo local government which is made up of mainly Ondo people
Ikale also have kindred people in ogun state like Ayede Ayila Arafen and mobolorunduro
Places like Siluko Olumoye and some farm camps in edo state have considerable ikale population
The origins of ikale is mainly divided into 3 (though this author does not like such words)
Ile ife Ugbo and Akoko
Ikale is made up of 14 communities
Ikoya
Ode Irele
Omen
Igbodigo
Idepe (okitipupa)
Ode Aye
Erinje
Osooro
Igbinsin Oloto
Akotogbo
Ajagba
Iyansan iji Osun
Osooro is a conglomeration of Igbotako ilutitun iju odo iju oke erekiti and omotosoo towns
On the origins of the name according to M A Fabunmi it became a name after the edi festival in ife on the 7th day after rites have been done elders woukd say A ka ile
This greeting then stuck as a point of reference to describe the day the ikales migrated out of ife
Erinje, Ode irele, Ajagba igbodigo igbinsin olotofor example are a core Ugbo migrant people
Akotogbo was founded after the destruction of Arogbo ile by the portuguese
Idepe also known as Okitipupa owes its migration from usen(also known as Ufe kekere in modern day edo state)
Below is the oriki of okitipupa people
Oma jegun a beyan meji onoja ke he waro
Ji irere ti le uba bi ne n’ode usoyen (usen)
Oma jegunyomi Abejoye
Oge fifun ye se Oba usen
Translation
We are the descendants of jegun
We were born at Ode Usoyen
By the white robbed jegunyomi
The Oba of usen
It is important to note that why the Abodi of Ikoya(or some may say Abodi of Ikale) claims ancestry to benin this author does not believe this claim after careful study
