Flats in Ilorin West, Kwara

Ilorin West Local Government Area (LGA), Kwara State, Nigeria, is in the transitional zone between Northern and Southern parts of Nigeria.The Local Government was created from defunct Ilorin Local Government Area in October 1991, and is regarded today as the premier local council in the state not only because of its historical antecedent but because of the fact that it hosts the headquarters of the emirate councils, Ilorin West Local Government plays a dual role of the host of the state capital and the headquarters of the Local Government Area. Thus, the only metropolitan council. According to the 2006 census, the Local Government has about 364, 666 people thereby putting it as the most densely populated Local Government Area in the State.