Oke-Onigbin

Oke-Onigbin is a community in the heart of the Isin Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria.

Oke-Onigbin, formerly referred to as Oke, was renamed by the Alaafin of Oyo in an era during which the town paid homage to the ruler with a basket full of snails in the dry season.

Thus "oke" in the Yoruba language refers to a hill or upland, while "oni" signifies possession and "igbin" means snail(s).

The founder of modern Oke-Onigbin, "Baba Akoo", was said to have migrated from another Igbomina settlement known as Ikosin.

The office of traditional rulers in Oke-Onigbin is rotated among the ruling families who are descendants of Baba Akoo.

The first ruler was Baba Akoo himself, the founder of the town and ruling house called Bara Ile Nla.

He was succeeded by his son, Egbaraojosan Bara from the Ile Nla Ruling house, and then by Aniyaloye.

Female figure from Oke Onigbin, Shango Shrine