This included Owu refugees from the Owu-Ibadan Wars, Saros from Sierra Leone that returned after being kidnapped and taken into slavery, and Christian missionaries.

Early Christians facing persecution and seeking newlands to practice their faiths found Wasinmi a place of choice, though the influence of the powerful Ogboni groups persisted under the superintendence of the Iledi at Ijumo Ologboni, which served as the custodian of tradition across the length and breath of the vastlands on the outskirts of Abeokuta extending far out into Iro, Ifo and Isheri.

Certain groups of people, who also included Muslims and Christians seeking a separate place to practice their faith, planted churches and mosques.

The multi-ethnics of the Egba Alake, Gbagura, Owu, and Oke-Ona continued to rule the town rotationally till date.

The founding fathers agreed to a rotational governance and administrative style which unanimously united all the villages and gave them hope.

Wasinmi continues to thrive and has become an economic and trading post, holding immensely potentialities for the good people of Ogun State.

[3][4] In the early 1900s, the British administration built a train station in the village, which was a major site of the Adubi War in 1918, also known as the Egba Uprising.

Other notable and influential families include the family of Chief James Ifayanran Enitan, the Oluawo of Iledi Ogboni which administers traditional religion and governance over several villages and towns including Ijumo Ologboni, Gbangba, Tepona, Jibode, Ilaho, Onibontuje, Ajade, Loti, and several surrounding villages.