Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima is currently attending the 37th Annual Akesan Day Celebration 2023, at the Iperu community in the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was organised by the Iperu Development Association (IDA).
On arrival, the vice-president was received by the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, also governors of Kwara, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Kogi states, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and other top Federal and State government functionaries.
Akesan is the mythical founder of Iperu, an ancient town in Ogun, South-Western Nigeria. Oral history has it that Akesan was a daughter to an Alaafin who along with her husband Ajagbe migrated from Ile Ife to finally settle in Iperu around the 13th or 14th century.
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