Ilala

Ilala is in Kwara State. Ilala is an ancient town in Irepodun LGA, Kwara State, Central Nigeria. It is situated in the northeastern region of Kwara State and ruled by a monarch usually referred to as Aala of Ilala.

Understand

Ilala is 3.7 km (2.3 mi) from Okeya, 4.1 km from Buari, 5.2 km from Moloko, 5.6 km from Egi Oyopo, 7.6 km from Sulu, 7.6 km from Oko Ode, 7.8 km from Igbaja, 8.3 km from Omupo, 8.2 km from Isie, 9.2 km from Igbo Owu, 10.4 km from Adanla, 22.5 miles from Ilorin, the Kwara State capital and 44.3 miles from Osogbo, the Osun State capital of Nigeria (all distances by air).

Ilala comprises four distinct areas: Oke-Aala, Oke-Sunna, Isale-ta, and Isale-Ilala. The different compounds within the community falls within these areas. Ilala is in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State with Aala of Ilala as the traditional ruler and other chiefs namely, Asaba, Eruwe, Aponbi, Oloko, Asaoye, Aafa, Ekose, Elemoso and Akogun.

Get in

Getting to Ilala you need to get to Ilorin first, the capital of Kwara State. The city of Ilorin serves as a gateway between the northern and southern part of Nigeria.

See

These are some of the things you would like to see and places you would like to visit in Ilala town:

• Odo Osin (River) which was thought to have been a fat pretty woman before she turns to a river in Ila Orangun when she was insulted for her bareness, she flows from Ila Orangun, through Ajasse Ipo, to Ilala and many other places.
• Afin Oba's palace

Do

• Ilala day: A festival that attracts almost all the indigenes of Ilala with various activities such as traditional dance, competitions and relaxation.
• Egungun festivals

Go next

• Ibadan
• Esie
• Lagos
• Ibadan
• Offa
• Ekiti