Ikeji-Arakeji

Ikeji Arakeji is a town in Oriade local government area of Osun State, Nigeria. It is located in the west of Nigeria, 37 km (23 mi) from Akure (capital of Ondo State). The people are of the Ijesha tribe of the Yoruba ethnic group. The inhabitants are majorly farmers and Christians. The people of Ikeji Arakeji originally migrated from Ikeji Ile in the early 1900s. The Joseph Ayo Babalola University a private Nigerian university in Ikeji-Arakeji, in Osun State, established by the Christ Apostolic Church worldwide. The university is named after the first spiritual leader of the Christ Apostolic Church, Joseph Ayo Babalola (1904–1959).