▁for ▁lo vers ▁of ▁history ▁and ▁tour ists . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁location ▁where ▁the ▁coron ation ▁of ▁every ▁new ▁traditional ▁r uler ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁is ▁performed . ▁The ▁Or ona ▁Il aro ▁Festival ▁is ▁celebrated ▁ann ually ▁in ▁rem emb rance ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁war rior . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Niger ian ▁Civil ▁War , ▁Il aro ▁acted ▁as ▁the ▁headquarters ▁of ▁the ▁Eg b ado ▁land ▁and ▁produced ▁brave ▁war riors ▁who ▁fought ▁for ▁the ▁su sten ance ▁of ▁the ▁unity ▁of ▁the ▁Federal ▁Republic ▁of ▁Niger ia . ▁Notable ▁of ▁these ▁patri ots ▁include ▁Major ▁General ▁Ol ur in ▁( R td ), ▁late ▁brig ad ier ▁general ▁Samuel ▁A deg ori ola ▁O ni y ide , ▁late ▁Major ▁On if ade ▁and ▁the ▁Late ▁Major ▁Ib ik un le ▁Arm strong . ▁ ▁A part ▁from ▁war riors , ▁the ▁Il aro ▁town ▁also ▁produced ▁ren owned ▁Y or uba ▁literature ▁g uru ▁Prof . ▁A fol abi ▁Ol ab im itan ▁who ▁later ▁became ▁a ▁politician ▁few ▁years ▁before ▁his ▁death ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁delegate ▁to ▁the ▁Niger ian ▁Constitution al ▁conference ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁ ▁He ▁author ed ▁K ek ere ▁Ek un , ▁this ▁being ▁his ▁first ▁novel ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁He ▁also ▁author ed ▁“ T a ▁lo ▁p ’ omo ▁O ba ?" ▁and ▁other ▁liter atures . ▁Until ▁his ▁death ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁“ A kom ole