In honour of the fearless Chief Sodeke and other brave warriors who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Egba Tribal Wars, the Itoku Cenotaph stands as a lasting testament to their courage and patriotism.
Commemorating the Abeokuta Centenary Celebration (1830-1930), this revered monument serves as a poignant reminder of the city’s rich history and the heroes who shaped its destiny.
Let us pay our respects to the fallen heroes and reflect on the sacrifices made to forge the Abeokuta we know today.
The histories and records of founding of the Egbas are incomplete until the mention of some historical relics.To discuss Egba, without Olumo Rock may amount to disservice to history, hardly would an historian who deserves accolades would recount the evolution of the modern day Egba without homage to Lisabi, Agbongbo Akala, Sodeke and others for been gallant warriors who led their people during one turbulent epoch or the others.
The same phenomenon brought to bear the very epitaphic cenotaph of the greatest warriors of Egba land in the ITOKU CENOTAPH.
Itoku Cenotaph was unveiled on Monday, 27th of October,1930 to immortalize the great warriors of Egbaland, who included Lisabi Agbongbo Akala, Sodeke and Others. Oba Ladapo Samuel Ademola also known as Ademola II was the Alake of Abeokuta who commissioned the Cenotaph In 1930. He reigned as Alake between 1920 to 1962.
It was on the record that military administrators and Governors used to perform their Army remembrance days at the Cenotaph in 1970’s before and when Ogun State was created.
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