BA MUFUTAU OLOYEDE GBADAMOSI, OKIKIOLA ESUWOYE II, THE 24TH OLOFA OF OFFA
OLOFA PALACE
PAST RULERS OF OFFA
THE CHRONOLOGY OF OLOFAS
(1) Oba Olalomi Olofagangan ( Hunter Prince of Oranmiyan Descendant Ife-Oyo) – (1397 – 1448)
(2) Oba Olutide (Engaged in war with the Nupes, settled at Offa- Eesun) – (1448 -1491)
(3) Oba Olugesinde (Moved to Offa Igbo-Olotu) – (1491-1526)
(4) Oba Oluwole (Engaged in war with Nupes – (1526-1567)
(5) Oba Okunmolu ( Settled on Present site- Offa Igbo Oro) – (1624 – 1624)
(6) Oba Olusanle (Assisted Alafin of Oyo to expand) – (1679 – 1726)
(7) Oba Olusanmi – (1679-1726)
(8) Oba Olugbense (Opened up roads in Offa- Reported Offa/ Erin-Ile dispute to Alafin of Oyo) –
(1726-1789)
(9) Oba Bamgbola Aremu Agbojojoye (Peacful Reign) – (1789-1800)
(10) Oba Amodu Agaka ( Fulani wars with Oyo affected Offa during his reign) – (1800-1803)
(11) Oba Olumorin Anilelerin ( Nupes invaded Offa, fled to iddo-osun, later moved to iseyin,
defended iseyin against gezo) – (1803-1832)
(12) Oba Alade Alebiosu ( Supreme overlord of ibolo kingdom) – (1832-1844)
(13) Oba Ariyibi Omolaoye – (1844-1850)
(14) Oba Morohunfolu Okunoye ( 13 Years with Ilorin in War, Jalumi War) – (1850 -1882)
(15) Oba Atoloye Adegboye (Offa sacked by fulanis, fled to Iddo – Osun) – (1882 – 1886 & 1902 –
1906)
(16) Oba Arokanorisa Otaogbaye ( Reigned when Adegboye was in Iddo-Osun) – (1887 – 1902)
(17) Oba Oyeniran Ariwajoye I – (Train passed Offa, Became 2nd Class Oba, Christianity came, 1st
Primary School, St. Mark’s opened, Ibolo district officer stationed in Offa. Trade flourished ,
but staff of office surreptitiously withdrawn because people refused pay tax thinking that the tax
was as a result of the Oba’s new status as 2nd Class Oba) – (1906-1917).
(18) Oba Arojojoye Adeboye – ( Offa – Erin-Ile road; constructed by Offa) – (1917 – 1920)
(19) Oba Abidoye – ( Liked by everyone, civic disturbance in town caused his deposition) – (1920 –
1926)
(20) Oba Esuwoye – ( Roofed the palace with iron sheets) – ( 1926 – 1936)
(21) Oba Wuraola Isioye – ( Rebuilt Onimaka Shrine , deposed Oba Adeboye returned to Offa , Offa
Grammar School Founded, more schools founded, Central Mosque rebuilt, O.D.U formed,
Deposed 1957,went into exile in Ogbomoso, General Hospital rebuilt during his reign) – 1920 –
1926)
(22) Oba Mustapha Keji – ( Bishop Smith Teachers College moved to Ilorin, Pipe borne water and
electricity in Offa, St. Clares’s Grammar School ,founded. Offa headquarters of Oyun Division.
Wuraola Isioye returned to Offa as a citizen. He was deposed. –( 1959-1969)
(23) Oba Mustapha Olawore Olanipekun, Ariwajoye II – ( 1970 – 2010)
(24) Oba Alhaji Mufutau Mohammed Gbadamosi Okikiola Esuwoye II – ( 2010 to Present)