Ilamo Settlements

Ilamo first settled at Osan, Oke Ilamo along with the Ojuju Deity Groove within the vicinity of Itajuju (Ojuju rock). However, Ilamo settlement was devastated and destroyed by Ibadan wars of 1850. The relics of ruin of the big settlement at Oke-Ilamo are still vivid at the ancient location today.

The Intelligence Report of Ikole District of Ekiti Division of Ondo province 1936 by Mr. T.V Bovell Jones under the villages or town council, paragraph 21 to 24, acknowledged Ilamo as one of the villages under the mother-town Ikole Ekiti. Specifically, paragraph 24 of the Report stated that Ilamo people comprised of the survivals of a village of that name, which was destroyed in the 1850 Ibadan wars.
During the war, Ilamo later settled with the then Isaba village at Ojinsaba as neighbours but did not integrate with Isaba. Ilamo maintained its identity as an independent village in Ikole District and all cultural and festivals were done separately.
Ilamo Ekiti was granted legal autonomy with royal title Alamo of Ilamo Ekiti vide the Alamo Chieftaincy Declaration published in Ekiti State Gazette Notice No 5 of 2002.
With the attainment of autonomy and enthronement of Alamo Adebayo in 2003, Ilamo moved from Isaba to settle at its own community virgin land along Ikole-Ire Road sharing border with Asin-Ekiti at Ona-Orioke. At present, the Ilamo Settlement is heralded by Alamo of Ilamo's ultra-modern palace complex and series of modern building & structures.