Ibillo is one of the largest town situated in the

Akoko-Edo Akoko Edo is a Local Government Area in Edo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Igarra. It has an area of 1,371 km and a population of 262,110 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 312. As of 2016, its population ...

local government area in

Edo State Edo, commonly known as Edo State, is a state located in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. As of 2006 National population census, the state was ranked as the 24th populated state (3,233,366) in Nigeria, However there was controversy ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. Ibillo is surrounded by several neighboring towns/villages including Ikiran Oke, Imoga, Ekpesa and

Lampese Lampese is a town in Akoko Edo Local Government Area in Edo State, Nigeria, located along Ibillo – Abuja highway. The town is a gate way town to both Afemai people, Afemai and Edo State from the Kogi State, Kogi axis, as it is a boundary town bet ...

which are all part of the Twenty two communities said to make up the Okpameri group, all within the

Akoko Edo Akoko Edo is a Local Government Area in Edo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Igarra. It has an area of 1,371 km and a population of 262,110 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 312. As of 2016, its populatio ...

local government area with the LGA headquarters in

Igarra Igarra (also known as Etuno) is the Local Government Headquarters of the Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. The town is made up of the Ubobo, Utua, and Uffa quarters. It is beautified with rocky terrains, and is surrounded by ...

History

Very little is documented about the origin of the people of Ibillo, but, in oral tradition, it is believed that the people migrated from

Benin kingdom The Kingdom of Benin, also known as the Edo Kingdom, or the Benin Empire ( Bini: ') was a kingdom within what is now southern Nigeria. It has no historical relation to the modern republic of Benin, which was known as Dahomey from the 17th c ...

. The people engage in such occupations as farming, trading,

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and pottery. The land is fertile and she has a large market relative to other Akoko-Edo communities. The market is located along Ibillo – Abuja express way. Ibillo has four quarters and rulership is rotated among those quarters.

References

Populated places in Edo State {{EdoNG-geo-stub