Sagamu

Sagamu, also called Ishagamu or Orisagamu-Ewa, is a conurbation of thirteen towns in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria, on the Ibu River and the Eruwuru Stream between Lagos and Ibadan. Members of the Remo branch of the Yoruba founded it in the mid 19th century, when small towns united for defence during the wars that followed the fall of the Oyo Empire. It is the capital of the Remo Kingdom, whose ruler, the Akarigbo of Remo Land, has his palace in Offin. Limestone beneath the area supports a cement industry, and Sagamu is the largest kola nut collecting centre in the country, which in turn supports basket and rope making. The college of medicine of Olabisi Onabanjo University is located there. Wikipedia reports a 2007 estimate of 228,382 people, a figure that several stakeholders dispute.