(having been assigned functional power by Olugona due to his old age) in Isedo. There were no clear-cut chieftaincy titles in the confederacy. The lorooku (i.e. rulers who were also the priest of the deities) were the chiefs. So the administration was mainly theocratic. There was a spiritual being who had occupied the center of the place that became Ikoro, at Ojobe whose name was Olobe, Oluse had a surprise encounter with her as she usually came out from her abode inside the stream. Although she did not come into the confederation with the sixteen great founders, she had a protective domain over them, and they consulted her particularly wherever they were to go to war. She blessed them and they were usually successful. In-appreciation they made ritual to her annually. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF KINGSHIP The coming of Fatiku who was the son of Onaowuro and the grandson of Ogbolukore (both Ajero kings of Ijero) who became the first king in settlement was a turning point in the history of Ikoro. He left Ijero because of kingship tussle between him and his junior brother who was installed Ajero when Fatiku, the rightful successor to throne was away in pursuit of his profession of ifa consultation for royal families in other towns, one of the places was Ijamo in Ondo kingdom. Fatiku came to Ikoro and lodged with Oluse in his palace in Isedo In course of tune, and because he usually made his plight that he was robbed of his kingship known to Olugona and Oluse of the time, he was granted the right of kingship with the consent of the duo of Olugona and Oluse as well as the other "Ioroukus" Fatiku had three male children, one each from his three wives. They were Olofinsola, Falokun Oleranlatan, and Adugbalaja Ewon. The three succeeded him one after the other. They were the ancestors of the current royal family lines. Fourteen kings had ruled in Ikoro before the current king, His Royal Majesty Dr. Olanrewaju Adebanji Adeleye Atewogboye II. The actual dates when the first eight kings ruled cannot be accurately ascertained, but it is assumed that they ruled from early 17th century to 1802. The fourteen Kings in chronological order were as follows:- 1. FATIKU ONAOWURO,ERINYOWO IJALALA:- He reigned for nine years. His tenure witnessed the creation of Olori marun" chieftaincy titles (Olukoro, Sakoro, Esaba, Esinkin, Ominio - based on