Igbajo is a town in the southwest of Nigeria, in the Boluwaduro Local Government Area in Osun State. Igbajo was founded in the 12th century. As of 2015 it had a population of 25,117. The majority of people in Igbajo are ethnically Yoruba.[1]
It neighbors the cities of Iresi, Ìlá Òràngún, Okemesi, Ada, Iree, Otan-Aiyegbaju, Otan-Ile, Imesi-Ile, Edemosi and Oyan.[citation needed] It is located 199 mi or (321 km) southwest of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.[citation needed]
Igbajo has 10 village farm settlements which includes: Aragba, Edi-Araromi, Peete, Aiyetoro, Ajegunle, Osoro-Odoka, Kajola, 'Budo Kiriji and Oke Budo.
The Kiriji War, a 16-year-long civil war between the subethnic kingdoms of the Yoruba people, ended in Igbajo. The first secondary school in the region, Kiriji Memorial College, was named in remembrance of the peace treaty.
Africa's first community owned, managed and funded Polytechnic, the Igbajo Polytechnic was founded in Igbajo in 2005.