Like Osun Osogbo.
After the Fulanis systematically captured and made Ilorin their territory, they sacked the old Oyo Empire in 1835/1636.They were still not satisfied with their victory; they wished to extend their rule deep into the heart of the Oodua (Yoruba) land. Thus in 1840, they set to capture Osogbo, an Oodua (Yoruba) town. The Fulanis, under the command of Ali, the Hausa Balogun of Ilorin, laid siege on Osogbo. When the king of Osogbo realized that the Ilorins were too strong ...