of Ipetu-Ijesa like the earliest history of most other world societies is shrouded in obscurity but can be constructed through oral tradition, meaning of traditional ceremonies in the town and artefacts found in various parts of the town. The first history of Ipetu-Ijesa was compiled by Ipetu Improvement Union (IMU) in response to the order of the then Divisional Officer who wanted to find out the roots of the incessant fighting among the Ìjeṣàs then. This attempt was very short and was printed as pamphlets. However, a major work was done by one of the sons of the land in person of Mr. J.O. Ogunjulugbe in his outstanding book “The History of Ipetu-Ijesa” which was first published in 1975. The short history written on this page is adapted from this book. Ipetu (“Ijesa”) was founded some centuries ago. It was settled many years ago when Ọlọ́fin the son of Odùduwà left Ilé-Ifẹ̀ (the cradle of the Yorùbás) with his children and grandchildren and travelled in the direction of ‘Ìjámọ̀’ forest – a big forest between Ìjẹ̀bú, Ilé-Ifẹ̀ and Oǹdó. Among the children who travelled with him were Èsemọ̀wẹ́, Àwùjalè, Ọba Àdó, Gbógun, Egúnrin, Àsùrìndó, Ọlábídànrè and Ọ̀dúnwo-Ògbólú. Èsemọ̀wẹ́ was a daughter of Ọlọ́fin while Egúnrin was a son. Àsùrìndó was the father of Ọlábídànrè who is the founder of Ìpètu. The name Ìpètu or Àpètu has nothing to do with Etu (antelope) . But the detractors of Ipetu Aro Odo ”Ijesa” perverted that to become Ipetu’s history for the purpose of exploitation especially at the time of Igbó Àjìkà’s conflicts. Ìpetu got her name from an unusual incident which happened when the children of Olofin were still proceeding on the march of migration and founding towns. There were two hunters who accompanied Ọlọ́fin and his retinue from Ilé-Ifẹ̀ to Ìjámọ̀ forest. The names of these hunters were ‘Ìja’ and ‘Ògún’. Ìja was a path tracker who was very versed in the knowledge of the paths in the forest. It was these two men who escorted Ọlọ́fin and his people to where they sojourned. Hence the reference to ‘Igbó Ìjámọ̀’ (the forest that Ìja knew). Here, the children of Ọlọ́fin started to disperse. The Àwùjalẹ̀ left for Ìjẹ̀bú land. Ọlọ́fin and the rest of his children went further until they came to a place called ‘Ẹpẹ’. It was there that Èsemọ̀wẹ́ and her husband left the party for Airo and later