Arigidi Akoko

Imo Arigidi-Akoko
Nickname:  Imo Arigidi Akoko
Imo Arigidi-Akoko Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 7°35′0″N5°48′0″E / 7.58333°N 5.80000°E / 7.58333; 5.80000
Country	Nigeria
State	Ondo State
Population
• Total	421,000
Time zone	GMT +1

A short oral history of Arigidi in Arigidi language by its native speaker

Arigidi is a town in Akoko North-West, Ondo State, Nigeria. ^[1]

Arigidi sign post

Festivals

There is a festival in honour of the Okota river-goddess from the Yoruba religion. It is sponsored by Oodua People’s Congress under the leadership of Otunba Gani Adams Aare ona kankanfo who originates from the village. The Okota Festival is also a celebration of Yoruba culture. Another festival is the Areso Festival.other Festival are ijesu festival (new yam festival) ere festival and ibegbe festival these one occurs one in every ten ten years ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Political composition

Arigidi has two out of the ten political wards in Akoko North West Local Government namely, Arigidi Iye ward 1 and Agbaluku Imo ward 2. Ward 1 has 24 political units and ward 2 has 11 units, making 34 units in all. ^{[6] [7]}

Notable people

• TB Joshua (1963 – 2021), Pastor and Televangelist, Born in Arigidi Akoko
• Oba Isa Olamipekun current traditional ruler of Arigidi Akoko
• Mallam Gani Ashiru the Obaja of ijaja of Arigidi Akoko
• Otunba Gani Adams, Born in Arigidi

References

1. "Welcome to the Official Website of Ondo State Government Nigeria". Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
2. "Okota Festival".
3. Ojo-Lanre, Wale (29 July 2015). "Okota Festival stokes economic activities in Arigidi Akoko | Nigerian Tribune". tribuneonlineng.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
4. Akintomide, Yemi. "Nigeria: Okota Festival - Marriage of Culture and Beauty". allAfrica.com. www.google.com/+allafrica. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
5. Jimoh, Taiwo (25 August 2015). "Okota river festival ends with pomp, performances - New Telegraph Nigerian Newspaper". New Telegraph Nigerian Newspaper. Retrieved 5 January 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "National Real-Time Result Monitoring and Collation System - View Ward Results". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
7. CloudWare Technologies. "Nigeria Decide 2015 - Nigeria 2015 Elections information - Polling Unit Locator".