It has a land area of 43 square kilometers (17 sq mi) and had a population of 427,878 people in 2006.

It was carved out of Agege Local Government, with headquarters in Ifako, and predominantly populated by the Egba Yoruba people .

The major settlements are Ogba-Ijaiye, Ifako, Oke-Ira, Iju-Ishaga, Obawole, Iju-Ogundimu, Fagba, Agege Pen Cinema, Ojokoro[4] among others.

Hon (Apostle) Oloruntoba Oke was elected and sworn in as the Executive Chairman for a second term by the former State Governor, His Excellency, Gov.

(Prince) Usman Akanbi Hamzat as the Executive Chairman, after a local government election held in July 2021.

The city is served by Agbado station,[5] located in the Local Council of Agbado-Oke Odo[6] and part of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit project.