Ikorodu is a city and Local Government Area in Lagos State

Lagos State

Lagos State is an administrative division of Nigeria, located in the southwestern part of the country. The smallest in area of Nigeria's states, Lagos State is the most populous state in Nigeria and arguably the most economically important state of the country and west Africa, containing Lagos, the...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

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. Located along the Lagos Lagoon

Lagos Lagoon

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, it shares a boundary with Ogun State

Ogun State

Ogun State is a state in South-western Nigeria. It borders Lagos State to the South, Oyo and Osun states to the North, Ondo State to the east and the republic of Benin to the west. Abeokuta is the capital and largest city in the state...

. As of the 2006 Census Ikorodu had an enumerated population of 535,619.

History

Ikorodu was founded by Yoruba

Yoruba people

The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language...

s who settled in the area. The name Ikorodu is a form of Oko Odu, which means "odu

Odu

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 farm." During the 19th century Ikorodu was an important trading post for the Remo kingdom, it achieved this by being situated along the trade route between Lagos and Ibadan

Ibadan

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.

In August 2007, floods killed six people in Ikorodu and forced the evacuation of more.

Traditional rulers

Since its founding Ikorodu has been ruled by the Rademo and Lasunwon royal families. Following is the list of Obas of Ikorodu:

• Lasunwon
• Rademo
• Lugbekan (Lasunwon)
• Dotelu (Lasunwon)
• Kaalu (Lasunwon)
• Oguntade I (Rademo)
• Petu (Rademo)
• Kuyinu (Rademo)
• Ireshe (Lasunwon)
• Idowu Alagbo (Rademo)
• Odesanya (Lasunwon)
• Orelaja (Rademo)
• Ogunlaru (Lasunwon)
• Aina Odubote (Rademo)
• Odunjumo Araba (Lasunwon)
• Tundie  (Lasunwon)
• Ajayi Owujebe (Lasunwon)
• Adenaike Alagbe (Lasunwon)
• Samuel O. Ladega (Lasunwon)
• Salawu Oyefusi, incumbent (Rademo)

Schools

• Government College Ikorodu
  Government College Ikorodu
  Government College Ikorodu is a college in Ikorodu, a city and Local Government Area in Lagos State, Nigeria.Government college Ikorodu was established in September 1974 as a co- educational secondary school with an initial intake of about 200 pioneer students...
  
  
• Shams-el Deen Grammar School
• Ikorodu High School
• Government Technical College
• Civil Service Model College Igbogbo
• United High School and many more.
• Private basic and secondary established schools are numerous in Ikorodu and its environs
• Lagos State Polytechnic Ikorodu was founded in 1977
• Caleb University Imota, Ikorodu (A private own University)
• Lagos State University, Ikorodu Study Centre
• Winners' Chapel Ikorodu, Faith Avenue, Ikorodu

List of cities in Lagos

External links

• Ikorodu Local Government