Alaketu of Ketu- Oba Adegboyega Adefowora
Bènin makes Yoruba an official language
The kingdoms of three of Oduduwa’s grandsons Sabe, Ketu and Popo were
cordoned off by the French into what is now known by its colonial name , the Republic of Bènin. Nevertheless, the bonds between the Yoruba of Bènin and Nigeria remain unbroken, and this has been proved once again. According to the Ambassador to Nigeria in Bènin , Dr Lawrence Obisakin,“ If not for the colonial separation, where you are standing now Cotonou use to be part of Oyo Empire and the capital was Oyo-Ile up to the shores of Ghana”
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