Ifon Omima is a Yoruba tribe that originated from Ile Ife as a direct descendant of the lengedary Obatala, the founder of Ile Ife. The first settlement of the Yorubas was at Ile Ife.
Olaosa Aladikun aka Akogun erujeje adugbo led the people of Ifon from Ile Ife. He was asked to settle as he moved from Ife in virgin land to wherever he sees mushroom and palm birds spread out in large number. Mushroom means ” Olu ” in Yoruba language, while palm birds is called ” eye ega “. Therefore, where mushroom and palm birds spread means; ” ibi ti olu ati eye ega fon si” where the town ” IFON” derived its name.

As the then Olufon joined his forebears, to get a successor was not an easy task. When arrangements had been concluded to install his eldest son as the new King, his younger brother gathered some people to abort the plan. This resulted to a division and disunity among the people of Ifon, the younger brother had the support of the majority, hence he was eventually crowned as the new King. The development angered the elder brother so much that he decided to quit their settlement in an area very close to Osogbo. He finally relocated from Ifon along with his teeming supporters to a very far place that was unknown to them.
The long journey took them Eastward to a small town called Ikin, very close to Ikare Akoko.

The Olufon that was installed became afraid and restless as he didn’t know if his elder brother and his supporters were planning to attack him after storming out of Ifon Ilamopo angrily. He sent one of his brothers, Sepeteri, to go after his brother and his people. Sepeteri, who was a hunter, had a rethink on the way and consequently abandoned the assignment given him by the Olufon. He moved to Oyo State and founded a town that was named after him there till this present day.
After a spell of time spent by Ifon Omima people at Ikin, their children were often kidnapped. In order to avoid such maltreatment at Ikin, they had to quit the town. After passing through many jungles and other few towns, they got to a spot that appeared favourable, so they called the place ‘ Atare’ and for some time they were there.
Not very long, it was discovered that any curse playfully uttered to one another often had immediate effect. For example, if one said ” Tu wa ku ” Meaning; May you die, the person will surely die on the spot. Many lives were lost at Imese Atare as a result of this very terrible experience.

Consequent upon this, the King sent out some hunters led by Asikan, to look for a better place of settlement. After walking several miles, Asikan and his team got to a place and built a small hut there and did not return to Imese Atare. The King later sent two hunters to search for Asikan and the rest hunters. They were met in the small hut already built and named the place ” Oju Ogwamoye ” meaning a spot of wisdom. All of them later returned to Imese Atare and there are then moved all their families and belongings to ” Oju Ogwamoye”, the present location of Ifon Omima.