Ayetoro Gbede

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Ayetoro gbede
Ayetoro gbede Ayetoro gbede
Coordinates: 7°59′00″N 6°00′00″E / 7.98333°N 6.00000°E / 7.98333; 6.00000Coordinates: 7°59′00″N 6°00′00″E / 7.98333°N 6.00000°E / 7.98333; 6.00000[1]
Country	Nigeria
State	Kogi State
Local government	Ijumu
Population
• Total	15,000
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT (UTC+1))

Ayetoro Gbede is a town along the Ilorin – Kabba federal highway in Ijumu, a kingdom and local government area in Kogi state, Nigeria. Ayetoro gbede is located in central Nigeria, approximately 420 kilometers northeast of Lagos, while it is 315 kilometers away from Abuja, the nation's capital. It is 21 kilometers away from Kabba Town. It is in the Kogi west senatorial district and Kabba/Ijumu federal constituency. The town was established over ninety-one years ago.^[2] The inhabitants of the town speak their local dialect of Okun and Gbede, which is a Yoruba dialect.The current king is Oba Sunday Ehindero.

The first house in Ayetoro gbede was built in old market. Ayetoro is also blessed with cashew seed and farming influence. The first community high school in Ayetoro gbede was established in September of 1979.

History[]

Ayetoro Gbede is believed to have been founded in 1927 by Christian missionaries, and the town consists of 10 communities. People of the town are believed to have originally migrated from Gbede district to the current location. The town is the largest in the Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State.

Unlike many other Okun-Yoruba speaking communities, Ayetoro is one of the few towns with no known traditional festivities or deities being worshipped by the people.^[3] This is most likely due to its Christian origins.

Notable people[]

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• Shola Ameobi, an Ayetoro Gbede born English footballer, plays for Newcastle United as a striker.
• Dino Melaye, a Senator of the Federal Republic representing Kogi west constituency.

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