Flats in Ijebu Ode, Ogun

Ijebu-Ode which is a town in Ogun state is located in south-west Nigeria, close to the A121 highway. This city is largely inhabited by the sub Yoruba group call the Ijebus and their dialect is Ijebu. The city is located 110 km by road north-east of Lagos; it is within 100 km of the Atlantic Ocean in the eastern part of Ogun State and possesses a warm tropical climate. Ijebu Ode has a local television station affiliated with the government's NTA network. The city is an area where farming is on the high with yam, cassava, grain, tobacco and cotton being grown here.

Adjacent to Ijebu Ode are several smaller towns and villages. They are mostly referred to as Egure "this way to"; some of them include Odo-Agamegi, Ogbo, Italupe (a neighborhood within Ijebu-Ode), Ososa, Imomo, Imawen, Odo Ogbun, Apa(Mesan), Okelamuren, Abapawa, Erunwon, Apunren, Isonyin, Imoru, Oke-Eri, Imagbon, Ijebu-Isiwo, Odo-lewu, Odo-Arawa, Idowa, Iworo, Ala, Atiba and Ibefun among others. Ijebu-Ode is made up of three parts - Iwade, Ijasi and Porogun. Italupe is a ward in Iwade, not an Egure of Ijebu Ode.