The Jalumi war, otherwise called Ogun Jalumi and Clash of Ikirun, was a horrendous conflict battled by Ibadan and Ikirun against the unified powers of Ilorin, Ila-Orangun, Ekiti and Ijesha on the first of November, 1878, in the northeastern piece of cutting edge Osun State.
The Jalumi war was one of many pulverizing nationwide conflicts that tormented the Yoruba country in the nineteenth 100 years. Others are: Osogbo war, Ekiti parapo/Kiriji war, Ibadan-Ijaye war e.t.c.
Background.
In June 1878, Ikirun, a town in current Osun State, required the assistance of Ibadan to join her in battling the militaries of Ekiti, Ijesha, Ila-Orangun and the Fulanis of Ilorin who had laid attack on Ikirun. Ibadan couldn’t send her armed forces promptly on the grounds that they went on an endeavor to Meko, a town in current Ogun State.
At the point when Ibadan armed force returned on October 14, 1878, they were immediately conveyed to Ikirun under the order of Balogun Ajayi Ogboriefon who was requested to arrive at Ikirun in five days or less. Ibadan armed forces walked to Ikirun yet made some intense memories crossing the Oba and Osun streams since it was stormy season and the waterways were full.
Numerous Ibadan troopers suffocated while crossing the two streams. The unified powers of Ekiti and Ijesha, (ekiti-parapo) Ila-Orangun and Ilorin had pursued the Ikirun armed forces to their town walls and were slowly winning the conflict.
On the 31st of October, 1878, Balogun Ogboriefon ultimately showed up in Ikirun with his warriors. He saw the state of Ikirun and promptly started arranging and working. He imparted order to another champion named Osi Ilori.
The Jalumi War
The dissident powers went after Ikirun in three gatherings. Ilorin (under Ajia’s order) went after from the upper east. Ogunmodede and Ayimoro drove the Ijesha armed forces and went after from the east while Ekiti (under Fabunmi Okemesi’s order) and the Ilas (under Ruler Adeyala) prowled close by.
The fight started on November first, 1878. The revolting powers progressed on Ikirun. Osi Ilori took his military towards the east to battle the progressing Ijeshas while Balogun Ogboriefon battled the Ilorins, Ilas and Ekitis. The Ijeshas crushed Osi Ilori and his officers and caught him alive.
The survivors withdrew to the walls of Ikirun and revealed their loss to Balogun Obgoriefon who immediately went after and strategically crushed the Ijesha force. He then got back to his past position where he was battling Ilorin. Ogboriefon effectively crushed the Ilorin armed force and drove them out of their camp, however he was past the point of no return, Osi Ilori had proactively been killed.
He finished the triumph by overcoming the Ilas and Ekitis. Ibadan troopers pursued the Ilorin survivors to Inisa, a town among Ofa and Ikirun. At the point when news contacted individuals of Ofa that the Ilorins were withdrawing towards Inisa, they cut the scaffold across the Otin Waterway in the back and left the withdrawing Fulanis of Ilorin crushed.
Ibadan armed force drove the Fulanis into the stream and suffocated all at once, subsequently the conflict was named Jalumi which in a real sense signifies “hit the waterway”. Ever, this war is likewise called the 1878 Skirmish of Ikirun or Clash of Waterloo.
After the conflict, Ibadan armed forces positioned in Ikirun however left after an arrangement among Ikirun and Ibadan. This birthed the assertion “Kí ogun ó tó kúrò ní Ìkìrun, ọ̀rọ̀ ló tẹ́lẹ̀” and that signifies “Before war left Ikirun, there was an understanding”.
A water cannon landmark denoting the finish of the Jalumi war remains at Odo Otin riverbank in Inisa till date.
