Ilawe Ekiti

Ilawe Ekiti, also written Ilawe or Ilawe-Ekiti, is a town in Ekiti State, Nigeria. In 1995 its population was around 179,900, and its geographic coordinates are given as 7 degrees 35 minutes north and 5 degrees 5 minutes east. The town is divided into eight quarters named Okebedo, Okeemo, Irorin, Aaye, Okepa, Okeloye, Iro and Adin. Its traditional ruler is the Alawe of Ilawe, and the current king, Oba Adebanji Ajibade Alabi, ascended the throne on 21 April 2012, succeeding Oba Joseph Ademileka. Christianity reached the town in the early twentieth century, when two men from the Okebedo quarter, Samuel Dada and Ajila, made contact with a Christian in 1903 and began learning to read the Bible. The Church Missionary Society later built a church on land leased by the then Alawe in Okeloye quarter, where the Holy Trinity Anglican Church stands today.