Akoko comprises about 45 small towns and villages, predominantly situated in rocky outcrop areas of northern
Ondo state.[4] The rocky terrain nevertheless, may have helped the region to become a melting pot of sorts with different cultures coming from the north, eastern and southern Yoruba towns and beyond. Akoko became one of the few Yoruba clans with no distinctive local dialect.
Major Akoko settlements include; Ọkà,
Ikare, Oba, Ikun, Arigidi, Ugbe, Ogbagi, Okeagbe, Ikaram, Ibaram, Iyani, Akungba, Erusu, Ajowa, Akunu, Gedegede, Isua, Auga, Ikakumo, Supare, Epinmi, Ipe, Ifira, Ise, Iboropa, Irun, Iye, Afin, Igashi, Sosan, Ipesi, Etioro, Ayegunle and Oyin. In addition to this group, there are several other autonomous communities of varying sizes.[5]
Ikare Akoko is the biggest city in the Akoko area with around 150,000 inhabitants as at 2008.[6] It has an I.C.T resource centre where its people have the opportunity to connect to and communicate with other individuals across the country and around the world.
Oka Akoko is the second largest city in Akokoland, with a population of 132,800. It is made up of 5 distinct settlements of Ayegunle-Oka, Oke-Oka, Iwaro-Oka, Okia-Oka and Isimerin-Oka. It is notable for the Oke-Maria Catholic Grotto, a popular tourist site.
Oba Akoko is another town in
Akoko South WestLocal Government. Oba is the gateway to Akokoland as it is the first settlement encountered in a northward direction from the
Owo community into the Akoko community.
Culture and Lifestyle
The predominant traditional occupations of the community include large scale
agriculture,
trading and
teaching.
The Akoko and Ekiti Yorubas have a
socio-cultural value concept known as Omoluka analogous to the general
Yoruba concept of Omoluabi which summarises the ethos and virtues of the ideal Akoko man or woman a person's identity of integrity or uprightness. This concept has played a significant role in the indigenous integration, interaction and administration among the people.[7]
Climate
The climate at Akoko, which is 97.65 metres (320.37 feet) above sea level, is classified as tropical wet and dry or savanna (Aw). The district's average annual temperature is -0.69% lower than Nigeria's averages at 28.77oC (83.79oF). 233.37 millimetres (9.19 inches) of precipitation and 267.89 wet days (73.39% of the time) are Akoko's usual yearly precipitation totals.[8][9]
Towns and villages
Several mid sized towns and settlements pepper the Akoko landscape. This is a non-exhaustive list of them.[10][11]
Ikare District
Ikare
Ugbe
Arigidi District
Arigidi
Iye
Agbaluku
Imo
Erusu
Irun/Surulere District
Ese
Igbooji
Irun
Italeto
Kajola
Ogbagi
Ojeka
Suurulere
Oke Agbe District
Afa
Afin
Aje
Ase
Ido
Oke-Agbe
Iye
Oyin
Ajowa District
Ajowa
Eriti
Gede-gede
Igasi
Akunnu/Isowopo District
Akunnu
Awuga
Iboropa
Ikakumo
Ise
Oka-Akoko District
Ayegunle-Oka
Iwaro-Oka
Oke-Oka
Okia-Oka
Isimerin-Oka
Epinmi -Akoko District
Epinmi-Akoko
Isua Akoko District
Isua-Akoko
Ipe Akoko District
Ipe-Akoko
Akungba Akoko District
Akungba-Akoko
Eti oro
Sosan Akoko District
Sosan-Akoko
Ifira Akoko District
Ayegunle
Ifira
Ikun-Akoko
Oba Akoko District
Ago Ajayi
Ago Ojo
Ago Oka
Ose-Oba
Supare Akoko District
Abule Nla
Ago Flower
Ago Ori okuta
Igbo Eegun
Igbo Nla
Ikaram District
Ikaram
Ibaram
Iyani
Ase
Notable people
Notable members of the Akoko clan include:
Segun Abraham is a Nigerian politician and businessman.
T. B. Joshua, 1963–2021, of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations[18]
Adetokunbo Kayode, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chairman Gemstones Miners and Marketers Association of Nigeria[19]