Oduduwa's migration from the East and settlement at Ile Ife

Johnson records the tradition that the Yorubas descended from Lamurudu, a king "a considerable time after Mahomet," whose son Oduduwa was expelled after a religious conflict. Oduduwa "travelled 90 days from Mecca, and after wandering about finally settled down at Ile Ife where he met with Agbe-niregun (or Setilu) the founder of the Ifa worship." At Ile Ife Oduduwa and his children defeated the army sent to destroy them, capturing among the booty a sacred relic thereafter called "Idi." Johnson notes explicitly that the period of Lamurudu's reign "is unknown but from the accounts given of the revolution among his descendants and their dispersion, it appears to have been a considerable time after Mahomet."