either by the Fulani or by any contending powers during the inter-tribal wars in Yorubaland. Omupo was where warriors took refuge for reinforcement, and also for the enhancement of their weapons, which they soaked in a poisonous juice from the cactus. Olomu Aperan family The Olomu Aperan family is very big and spread all over Yorubaland. There was Olomu compound at Oluwole Area in the Lagos Island of Lagos State. From Omu-Ijebu, to Omu-badore and Isomu both in Ogun State to Omu-Oke and Omu-Isale in the present Ekiti State. All these Omu towns have the same appellation Oriki Idile and many other traditions in common. There are Olomu families in Ila-Orangun and Ikirun in the present Osun State. The Cognomen of Olomu The cognomen of Olomu goes thus: awa lomo bao ri igun ao gbudo sepo bao ri akala ao gbudo soro rara Omu aperan aperin apefa aperindinlogun Past and present rulers Awobimpe - Regent (over 50 years) Oba Ladubo - 1728–1788 Oba Oyewusi Ayinla - 1788–1832 Oba Makaaye Adungbelogun I - 1832–1858 Oba Oyelegbin - 1858–1876 Olomu Ododo - 1876–1887 Oba Adekanye - 1887–1896 Oba Muhammad - 1896 (seven months) Oba Awerijaye I - 1896–1908 Oba Adeosun - 1908–1912 Oba Olomu Aderohumu Oyehanbi - 1914–1939 Oba Olomu Buhari - 1939–1947 Oba Afolayan - 1948 (six months) Oba Erubola Ajiboye Ajide - 1948–1960 Oba Abdullahi Alao (Awerijaye II) - 1960–1974 Oba Jimoh Olarinoye (Makaaye II) - 1974–2009 Oba Yakubu Adebayo Buari (Ilufemiloye II) - 12 June 2010 – present Major traditional festivals Like every Yoruba towns, major festivals in Omupo include Oba Agba or Baba Agba and Egungun festivals. There is also the omupo day celebration that take place every Four(4) years. Religion Islam While at Oyo, Kujenrola had a female child called Awobimpe (popularly known as Adesewa or Sewa) she was a very beautiful and sociable woman. She married a Muslim scholar at Oyo who gave her the name Nana Ayisat after she accepted Islam. Even when her father left Oyo, Awobimpe was among those who stayed behind but she later joined her father at Omupo with many Moslems, including her husband. Therefore, she was the Princess who brought Islam to Omupo, and she served as a regent for more than 50 years after the demise of her father. Because she came with a "foreign" religion, she was settled at a place far from the palace which was later