The Mugbamugba War: A Fight To Death By The Yoruba’s To Reclaim The Lost City Of Ilorin.
Abdulsalam, the son of Shehu Alimi, became the first Fulani ruler of Ilorin following the Fulani Jamma’s assassination of Are-Ona-Kakanfo Afonja and their subsequent takeover of the city. This demonstrated that the Yorubas had completely ceded control of Ilorin, a Yoruba town, to the Fulanis because Abdulsalam ruled under the title of Emir rather than…