Ode-Irele (Irele) is a town in Ondo State of Nigeria, West Africa.
Ode-Irele is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) by road west of the town of Okitipupa.
[2] On 15 April 2015 a group of young men broke into the inner sanctum of the shrine to Molokun, the god of the land, in Ode-Irele.
[4] This was followed by the deaths of twenty youths in the community due to methanol poisoning from drinking a locally distilled brew containing unidentified herbs.
[5][6] Chief Moses Enimade, the king of Ode-Irele, believes that the deaths were in punishment for the sacrilege.