Ilara Yewa is a Nigerian town in the west of Ogun State, Nigeria about 91 kilometers northwest of Abeokuta.

People under the leadership of Baba Obosu, Aduitan, Ogbe and Dosunmu to mention just a few left Ketu in search of wild-life.

On getting to the forest they killed an elephant, and as they opened its stomach they found “Ose Sango and Edun Aara”.

They were amazed and afraid of the turn of events as such they consulted Ifá the oracle who told them not to eat the elephant but bury it instead and settle in that place.

The French colonist asked if there were other communities who wanted to join, which made the Ketus reach out to Ilara during the reign of Regent Alaba Ida the then Alaketu in 1893-1894.

The soil is fertile for tomatoes, cucumber, golden melon, cocoa, cassava, and other crops like pepper, maize, groundnuts, yam, and teak-timber.

The following Saturday witness the Egungun parade from their groove “Igbo-Igbale or Igbo-Oje” located at the outskirt of the town, round the major street in a long single queue.

The Iwe cultural dance is organized by men and women of the same age group to entertain the community on a chosen day of the year.

Men use black horse tail for the dance while the women dig it with locally made hand fans.

The "Efo-Yarin/Efo-Iyanrin/ Agumata" is the people choice especially when they are to eat "Eko" Imoyo, is prepared by slicing raw tomatoes, onions, peppers mixed with locust beans (Iru) smoke fish or meat.

In term of traditional religion virtually all the major deities of the Yoruba i.e Ogun, Sango, Osun, Ifa, and others are worshipped in the community.

So passer-by singing its praise bending and standing upright rhythmically along with the Orisagbongbo shrine site.