There are many towns in Ijebuland. One of them is Aiyepe-Ijebu, a sleepy town very close to Ijebu-Ode. One significant thing about the town is that it is governed by six traditional rulers: Obiri, Olowu, Alaye, Akalako, and Obiri. All the rulers are rated second class, but one who has yet upgrade.
Aiyepe is located between Odogbolu and Ikenne and has an estimated population of 25,000. The name Aiyepe was derived from the Ijebu dialect Soju Aye Ne Pe, which literally means "the world completely gathers here."
The amalgamation of 6 Obas in just one town dated back about two centuries when Aiyepe was founded.
Specifically, in 1800, six homesteads- Aba, Idobiri, Odolowu, Ilakan, Afo, and Odolubisanwa held a meeting and agreed to live together in the same vicinity. Before then they lived about 10 to 15 kilometres apart.
Odolowu and Odolubisanwa homesteads were near Ikenne-Remo. Ilakan was very close to Sagamu, while Aba settled close to Odogbolu. Afo and Idobiri homesteads were also not far from Sagamu.
Their decision to live together was informed by the internecine wars and the regular disappearance of their folks particularly women and children at the time. Around this period, there were incessant civil wars in Yorubaland many homesteads were raided and people were killed and captured. The six Obas met to ward off the enemies and find a lasting solution to the incessant attacks. The community then consulted the Ifa Oracle for guidance on a new settlement for the community.
The Oracle picked Irapasogbesan, which belonged to Odolowu. According to Obiri of Aiyepe, Oba Oreniyi, before the Oracle consultation, there was a solid agreement among the communities that anywhere chosen would be regarded as belonging to all. When the people founded Aiyepe, they walled the town and declared it a property of all. Nobody could lay claim to the land. Although, the Obas knew the land selected for them belonged to Odolowu, all of them, including Odolowu people moved from their homesteads to the new land which is regarded as the property of all.