It is located in the Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, very close to the border with Benin.

[3] Imeko is a small, spread out village in a hilly region of Ogun State a few kilometers from the Benin border.

[5] Imeko is the home town of the mother of the Prophet "Papa" Samuel Oshoffa, who founded the Celestial Church of Christ in 1947 in Dahomey (now Benin), moving to Nigeria in 1979.

[4] In 1973, a visionary, Pa Muri Adoye[4] told Oshoffa of a visitation by a troop of angels who had said the Celestial City must be built at Imeko in a place called Igbo-Ifa, home of the traditional Yoruba deity Orunmila.

Travelers from Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, for example, face a long coach ride costing the equivalent of a month's minimum wages.

Edward Olayinola Oladokun saying that the burial would erode Oshoffa's intentions for Celestial City to become a pilgrimage centre.

Work began, foundations were laid and some pillars erected, but a 2002 report said that the Celestial City was still essentially a building site.

[4] Senior Prophetess Rosaline Bola Sodeinde, known as the "spiritual daughter" of the church founder, was reported to have been raising funds in 1995 for the purpose of building a basilica at Celestial City.

[15] During his short tenure in 2001, Pastor Ajose ordered that the seminary at Makoko, in the outskirts of Lagos, be transferred to Imeko.

One of the youth leaders said that the people of the town wanted church elders to develop Celestial City faster, making it more than just a burial ground.

In a statement dated 27 January 2009, Evangelist (Prophet) Samuel Olumuyiwa Oshodi said, "All projects in the Celestial City, Imeko ... have become major embarrassment to right thinking Celestians – just because we lack Godly leadership".

Based on the beach/pool score, the best time of year to visit Imeko for hot-weather activities is from early December to late January.

[18] In Imeko, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds varies significantly during the annual cycle of seasons.