INTERESTING FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ABEOKUTA

As Laffmattazz with Gbenga Adeyinka 1st and Friends gears up to rock the rock city (Abeokuta), we bring you some facts you may or may not know about "Olúmon"

Here are some facts about this ancient and paramount city that seats as the capital of Ogun State and also the pride of Egbaland.

1.  Abeokuta was a sovereign nation for 20 years and 11 months before the British almagamated her with the rest of Nigeria. She had her own laws, Police Force, Civil Service and was well organized. The Alake was the head of the defunct government known as the Egba United Government (1 February 1893- 1 January 1914). The almagamation with the rest of Nigeria did not go down well with the Egba people and this resulted in the Adubi War (1918). 2.  Abeokuta was founded in 1830, with Sodeke as her leader. The initial name of Abeokuta was “Oko Adagba” meaning “Adagba’s farmstead”-Adagba was an Itoko farmer. Sodeke who led the Egbas met him there.

3.  Abeokuta means ‘under a rock’, signifying the protection which the Olumo Rock offered the Egbas during attacks.

4. Since the discovery of Olumo Rock, no one has fallen from it. Not even once.

5. Eastern side of the Olumo Rock in Ikija, Abeokuta

6.  The first church in Nigeria, St. Peter’s Anglican Church, is in Abeokuta.

7. The first Baptist Church in West Africa and the first local government in Nigeria (Abeokuta South) are in Abeokuta.

8.  The first secondary school in Nigeria was sited in Abeokuta before it was relocated to Lagos as CMS Grammar School due to unknown reasons.

9. BThe first hospital in Nigeria, Sacred Heart Hospital, is in Abeokuta. It is still functioning.

10.  The first bridge in Nigeria (Sokori Bridge-1903) built by a Nigerian (Mr. John Adenekan) without European supervision is in Abeokuta.

11.  The first Newspaper in Nigeria (Iwe Iroyin) was founded in Abeokuta in 1859.

12.  The first president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers and the first woman to drive a car were from Abeokuta. They both married each other

13. On October 1st 2016. Laffmattaz with GBENGA Adeyinka and friends tagged Olumo rocks edition berths at the Kuto Cultural Center Abeokuta.
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