THE VINTAGE STORY OF EYEMODE

THE VINTAGE STORY OF EYEMODE:
The Royal Mother of Ewi Ado, Ajero of Ijero, Elekole of Ikole and Grandmother of Olowo of Owo Kingdom

In the pre-colonial era of the Yoruba Country,The Ajero of Ijero,The Ewi of Ado, and the Elekole of Ikole were said to be uterine brothers at a certain stage, being born of the same mother called ” Eyemode’.
The burial place of this royal mother is at a place called ” Okiti Eyemode” along the Ikole and Ado boundary and similar story is told about Oloye of Oye and Onire of Ire-Ekiti, their mother was buried in a shrine called ” Yeye Aye” ( Mother of the World) along the boundary of Ire and Oye.

The Ajero of Ijero is also connected to The Oore of Otun-Ekiti through Oore Agbayangoye who was the maternal grandfather of Ajero Okinbaloye of Ijero.
Alara, Ajero and Orangun are said to be have been uterine brothers of the same mother, Iwa (Ademiregun )who was later buried near a rivulet called Yao” in Ipoti-Ekiti” today.

The relationship of the Ekiti premier kings and other Yoruba kingdoms from the abnitio of history and ancient times were autonomous despite the fact that they were originated from the same source, Ile-Ife (The cradle of all Yoruba kingdoms and Olofin Oduduwa princes).Nevertheless,many of the Yoruba kingdoms were interwoven by royal marriages.For example, The earliest Alara of Aramoko, Ajero of Ijero and Orangun of Ila were uterine brothers born of the same mother known as Iwa(Ademiregun) who later died while visiting her children and was later buried at a rivulet called “Yao” or “Iya O”(Hail mother!) at Ipoti-Ekiti (Ogbonlu ) today.

Oral traditions in Igbomina land had it that Orangun Ogboye, the third Orangun of Ila in history who reigned around 1290-1314 A.D at Ila-Yara was a sibling of Ajero Owarede(the grandfather of Ajero Ogbe and his younger brother,Prince Otutu) who reigned at the old Ijero Atoose before the Ijero people migrated to Ilede,Ilukuno and finally settled at the pres