1840Event
Ibadan halts the Sokoto jihad's southward advance at Ogbomosho
In 1840 Ibadan successfully confronted the forces of Ilorin at Ogbomosho, ending the southward push of the Sokoto jihadists.
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1840
Ibadan halts the Sokoto jihad's southward advance at Ogbomosho
In 1840 Ibadan successfully confronted the forces of Ilorin at Ogbomosho, ending the southward push of the Sokoto jihadists.
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In 1840 Ibadan successfully confronted the forces of Ilorin at Ogbomosho, ending the southward push of the Sokoto jihadists. Ibadan then defeated its western rival Ijaye in 1862, becoming the dominant power among the new Yoruba states.