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Ọba Timi Abibu Sàngólámì (Ọ)Lágúnjú (c. 1817 - 1900) wani sarkin Yarbawa ne na garin Ede, kuma shugaba a ƙarni na 19. Shi ne Timi Musulmi na farko da Ede ya samar, kuma ya kasance cikin zuriyar musulman Yarbawa na farko wadanda suka rike mukaman siyasa a zamanin kafin mulkin mallaka kuma suka yi amfani da mukamansu wajen bunkasa garinsa, Ede da addininsa, Musulunci. . Hakika, Abibu Lagunju shi ne Oba Musulmi na biyu a kasar Yarbawa ganin cewa ya riga ya hau kan karagar mulki na wasu shekaru, a watan Nuwamban 1857, mai wa’azin Baptist na Amurka, Reverend W.H. Clarke, ya ziyarci Ede.

Oba Musulmi na farko a kasar Yarbawa shi ne shahararren basarake kuma Mohammedan (Musulmi) wanda ake kira Yarima Ali na Ado-Ekiti. An naɗa shi a matsayin Ewi Ali Atewogboye bayan rasuwar Ewi Aroloye a shekara ta 1836.[1]

Al’adar ta nuna cewa yarima Ali ya bijirewa yunkurin firistoci da manyan sarakuna na yin watsi da Musulunci kafin a nada shi sarauta. Ya tsaya tsayin daka akan ya rike Musulunci da ya hau karagar mulki. Ewi Ali Atewogboye ya jagoranci al’ummar Ado-Ekiti zuwa inda suke bayan ya yi zamansa na wani lokaci a Oke Ako sakamakon mamayar Sojojin Benin da Jihadin Fulani. Ewi Ali Atewogboye ya kasance Ewi na farko kuma daya tilo a Ado-Ekiti tun karni na 19 da ya karbi Musulunci.

An naɗa Timi Abibu Lagunju na Ede a 1855 a matsayin Oba. Wannan matsayi ya ci tura saboda yadda sauran yankunan musulmin Yarbawa suka samar da Muslim Obas a wani lokaci mai tsawo: Lamuye na Iwo a 1860, Momodu Latoosa na Ibadan a 1871, Iyanda Oloko na Epe a 1875, Aseyin "Noo" (Nuruddin) na Iseyin. a 1895, Alaafin Lawani Agogoja na New Oyo a 1905 da Awujale Adeona Fusigboye na Ijebu-Ode a 1906. Lagunju ya kasance wani karfi da za a iya lissafa shi a tarihin Musulunci a Ede.[2]

Timi Lagunju tabbas ya kasance daya daga cikin fitattun mutane da jarumtaka masu mulki a kasar Yarbawa karni na 19. Ya san shi da kansa kuma yana da masaniya da galibin shugabannin Yarbawa na soja da siyasa da na addini a tsakanin 1840 zuwa 1900. Zaman Lagunju ma ya cancanci a yi nazari domin shi ne Timi mafi hazaka da ya mulki Ede tun daga karni na 19 zuwa yau. Ya kafa tarihin zama Timi daya tilo da aka tsige shi sau uku, ya maido da kansa sau biyu amma daga karshe ya fadi a kirga na uku.[3]

Tarihin Rayuwa

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An haifi Timi Abibu (Sangolami) Olagunju a shekara ta 1817 zuwa gidan sarautar Oduniyi Olagunju a Ede, zuriyar Lalemo. Zuriyar Lalemo, da suka hada da Kubolaje Agbonran, da ’yan uwansa, Oyefi, Ajenju, Arohanran, da Oduniyi (mahaifinsa) an kore su daga asalin garin Ede-Ile a 1817, suka kafa garin na yanzu, Ede. An haifi Olagunju (Lagunju) ba da jimawa ba. Iyayensa ne masu bautar Sango (allahn tsawa) suka sa masa suna Sangolami saboda haihuwarsa ta yi ban mamaki yayin da ya rike dutsen tsawa a hannunsa na hagu da takarda da rubutu na Alkur’ani a hannun damansa. Wannan ya sa iyalin, kamar yadda ake yi a zamanin Yarbawa, su rika tuntubar al’ummar Ifa a duk lokacin da aka haifi jariri a gidan, musamman wani abin al’ajabi. Iyali sun tuntubi almajiri, aka gaya musu cewa yaron zai zama mai mulki, suka kara da cewa zai canza addinin mahaifinsa na gargajiya zuwa wani bakon addinin Larabawa. Wannan annabcin ya fusata Timi mai mulki a lokacin, don haka ya ba da umarnin a fille kan yaron, amma mahaifinsa Oduniyi ya hana faruwar hakan.

A lokacin kuruciyarsa, ya bar Ede zuwa Ilorin inda ya musulunta. Lokacin da ya koma Ede, ya fuskanci adawa daga wasu mazauna Ede kuma ya koma wani wuri mai nisa da babban birnin. A sabon wurin, ya yi Musulunci tare da wasu tsirarun mabiyansa. Duk da irin wahalar da ya sha, ya kasance mafi dadewa a hidimar Timi, inda ya yi mulki na tsawon shekaru 60 kafin ya mutu yana da shekara 90 a duniya.[4]

Lagunju Shekaru Akan Al'arshi

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An haifi Sangolami Abibu Lagunju kafin 1817 lokacin da Timi Kubolaje Agbonran ya kafa Sabuwar Ede. Al'adun da suka wanzu sun kuma nuna cewa Abibu Lagunju ya gaji Timi Ojo Arohanran, Timi mai mulki a lokacin barkewar yakin Batedo (wanda ya shafi Ibadan da Ijaiye) na 1844. Kuma an ba da labarin Olunlade cewa Timi Ojo Arohanran "ya kwashe kimanin shekaru uku a kan karagar mulki," da kuma cewa stool na Timi ya kasance ba kowa a cikin shekaru tara bayan mutuwar Arohanran, yana da kyau a iya cewa Lagunju ya sami sarautar Timi a shekara ta 1855/1856.[4]

Revd. W.H. Clarke da Farfesa J. F. Ade-Ajayi, sun amince da wannan shawara. A ziyarar da Clarke ya kai Ede a watan Nuwamba 1857, a matsayin shaida a cikin littafin na karshen kamar haka: ... Wannan matashin mabiyin Annabi (Muhammad), ba da jimawa ba, ya zama mai mulkin wannan gari a madadin mahaifinsa, mai suna. ya rasu, kuma ya zo da shi a matsayinsa, tasirin sabon addininsa....[3]

Bayan faduwar Tsohuwar Oyo, J.F. Ade-Ajayi, cikin ikonsa ya rubuta kamar haka: A shekara ta 1858, Timi na Ede Musulmi ne... Bayan shaidar Clarke da Ade-Ajayi, al’adun Ede da Ibadan ma sun rubuta cewa. Timi Abibu Lagunju ya kasance kan karagar mulki a zamanin Basorun Ogunmola na Ibadan (1856-1867), kuma a daidai lokacin da Ogunmola ya shiga harkar siyasar Ede lokacin da aka tsige Lagunju. An rubuta cewa Ogunmola ya sanya Olunloye a madadin Lagunju.[3] Al'adun Ede kamar yadda Olunlade ya adana ya kara da cewa Timi Lagunju ya tsige Timis biyu - Olunloye da Lansebe, wadanda aka nada a matsayinsa a lokacin da aka gabatar da kararraki biyu na farko tare da goyon bayan Aare Momodu Latoosa (1871-1885), da kuma cewa Olunloye, musamman. An sauke shi jim kaɗan kafin barkewar yakin Kiriji a 1878. Duk da haka, za a iya amince cewa Lagunju na uku kuma na ƙarshe ya kasance a cikin 1892, idan aka yi la'akari da al'adun da magajinsa, Timi Mosunloye ya yi "sarautar shekaru bakwai" da kuma magajin Mosunloye shi ma. , Timi Oyelekan, "ya hau kan karagar mulki a shekarar 1899." Kuma, a ƙarshe, Samuel Johnson, Kemi Morgan da Olunlade sun rubuta cewa Lagunju ya mutu a gudun hijira a Ibadan a cikin 1900. Har ila yau, akwai shaida mai yawa cewa lokacin 1855-1900 yana iya zama daidai a matsayin "Shekarun Lagunju." [4]

Wani abin da ba za a iya mantawa da shi ba game da Timi Lagunju shi ne ya kafa tarihi a matsayin Oba Musulmi na biyu a kasar Yarbawa karni na sha tara. Lokacin da W.H. Clarke ya ziyarci Ede a lokacin mulkin Lagunju (a shekara ta 1857), ya ba da rahoton cewa Musulunci yana jin daɗin goyon bayan sarauta da goyon baya. Baya ga Timi Lagunju wanda Clarke ya bayyana a matsayin "Musulmi mai hakuri" kuma " matashin mabiyin annabi (Muhammad)," ya kuma yi hira da "...da wani kamfani na muhammanawa farar hula ... daya daga cikinsu wani mutum ne. Kasar Hausa ta tsunduma cikin sana’ar siliki, kuma ta mallaki wasu bayanai...” Ya kuma ruwaito cewa daya daga cikin dattawan da suka yi wa kuri’ar godiya a tafiyarsa shi ne “Muhammedan”. Ya kara jaddada martabar masarautar Ede:

.....Bayan da aka ba da wasu hujjoji na fasaharsu a juyin halittar raye-rayen Afirka, an kai ni cikin gaggawa zuwa gidan Daodu ko basarake, wanda zai tarbe ni kafin in ziyarci sarki. Ina cikin shiga harabar sa sai naji wani lu'ulu'u na bindigu guda hudu ya ruga da gudu ya nufo ni da tsawa na yi gaba na shiga baya. Kamar maraba mai ban mamaki da ban mamaki ban gane nan da nan ba. Wannan ita ce gaisuwata ta maraba. Don haka, wasu ra'ayoyi na wayewar liyafar da aka karrama baƙi sun yi nisa zuwa Afirka. Wannan basarake mai kirki wanda na fada a hannunsa bai jima ba ya nuna min wani gida mai iska da jin dadi, wanda a mafi yawan lokuta zan iya kerar jama’a masu hayaniya da ’yan kallo, lokacin da ake neman hutu da ritaya amma duk da haka na samu isashshen iska. . Wace irin gata ce a garin Afirka. Misalin karfe uku, bayan na dan huta, sai Daodu ya kai ni gidan babban yayansa, sarki...[5]

Wani abin lura a harkar Timi Lagunju shi ne yunkurinsa na aiwatar da tsarin shari’ar Musulunci, wato Shari’ah, kamar yadda ya fahimce ta wajen tafiyar da harkokin kasa. Daya daga cikin manufofinsa na amfani da Shari'a shi ne ya tsarkake Musulunci daga karan-tsaye, da yin zina, da zina. Qadi Sidiq ne ya jagoranci kotun shari'arsa a Agbeni a Ibadan har zuwa 1913. A matsayinsa na shugaba musulmi mai himma da kishinsa, kyawawan dabi'un gwamnatinsa sun yi yawa. Gwamnatinsa ta kasance mai tsauri, mai tsauri da tsangwama ga karuwai, barayi, barayi da barayi. Ƙarshen wannan salon mulkin shine Ede, a ƙarƙashin Timi Lagunju, ya zama al'umma marar laifi. Olunlade, kuma, ya shaida haka:

...Timi Lagunju ya bincika duk nau'ikan sata da sata. Idan aka kama wani yana yin sata, Timi zai sayar da shi bauta kuma ya sayar da danginsa. Wasu mazajen da aka ba da misali, an bincikar duk ɓarayi da suka dace.[6]

Wani ɓangare na ci gaban da aka yi rajista a Ede a zamanin Timi Lagunju shi ne cewa garuruwan da suka yi biyayya ga Ede sun ƙaru. A wannan lokacin ne Ilorin ya ci tsohon Offa, kuma Olofa mai mulki ya fake a Ede, inda aka ba shi wani wuri da a yanzu ake kira Ofatedo (wato mutanen Offa ne suka mamaye wannan wurin). Timi Abibu Sangolami ya ba wa Olofa fartanya ɗari biyu, da lallausan yanka ɗari biyu, da kwanduna ɗari biyu, da kowane kayan masarufi ko kayan gida ɗari biyu domin saukaka sabon gidansa[4][7].

Duk da guguwar alakar da Lagunju ke da shi da ’yan gargajiya, ya kasance, ba tare da la’akari da shi ba, yana son kiristanci, bisa ga shaidar ɗan mishan na Baptist na farko a garin, W.H. Clarke. A cikin Nuwamba 1857, Lagunju ya ƙyale mishan na Baptist ya ziyarci Ede kuma ya yi wa'azin bisharar Almasihu. A lokacin ziyararsa, ba wai kawai an ba Clarke liyafar jama'a ba ne kuma an kula da shi sosai, an kuma ba shi damar "ya yi wa'azin wasu gaskiyar bishara ta musamman" ga sarakuna da "wani kamfani na farar hula Mohammedans." Clarke, a zahiri, ya rubuta haka:

...Na ji dadin hakurin da ya yi masa (Lagunju) a bayyane, don haka bai yarda da addinin Musulunci da ya yi ikirarin rikewa ba... Shawarar da ya yi na farko kan tsawon zamana kwana tara, wanda ba zan iya ba amma na ki amincewa. a cikin kwana hudu ko biyar gwargwadon girmansa[5].

Kuma yayin da yake aiwatar da manufofi da matakan da za su sanya Musulunci ya tsaya tsayin daka a Ede, Lagunju ya kuma tabbatar da cewa yana da kyakkyawar alaka da diflomasiyya da Muslim Obas da shugabannin sojojin Musulmi na karni. Daga cikin Sarkin Musulmi na wancan lokacin, Lagunju ya kasance na kusa da Oba Momodu Lamuye na Iwo wanda ya hau gadon sarautar Iwo a 1860. Dukansu sun kasance abokan juna har mutuwa ta raba su a 1900 da Maris 1906 bi da bi. Wani sarkin musulmi wanda Lagunju ke mutuntawa da girmamawa shi ne Akirun Aliyu Oyewole na Ikirun wanda a karkashinsa Ikirun ya zama daular musulunci ta gaskiya[4].

A lokacin da ya dade yana siyasa, Lagunju ya kuma kasance kusa da jaruman Musulmin Ibadan musamman, Osi Osundina (Osi zuwa Balogun Ibikunle) da Alli Laluwoye, na biyu a kan mulki Aare Latoosa daga Oktoba 1871. Hoton Osi Osundina da ya tsira daga al'adar ita ce ta "jami'i mai suna musulmi wanda ya sanya rawaninsa zuwa fagen fama, kuma ya yi alwala a karkashin ruwan kibau." Duk da haka, Lagunju ya kasance mafi kusanci ga janar na sojojin Ibadan kuma hamshakan musulmi, Aare Momodu Latoosa (1871-1885). Addinin Musuluncin Latoosa ya yi yawa, har ma bai yi sakaci da sallarsa a sansanonin yaki ba. Hakika zumuncin da Lagunju ya yi da Momodu Latoosa da dankon addinin Musulunci ya yi matukar amfani a gare shi a lokacin da yake cikin hayyacinsa. Bayan ya kwashe shekaru bakwai yana gudun hijira a lbadan (a lokacin da aka ba shi na farko), Lagunju ya sami damar kwace kujerarsa daga hannun Olunloye kawai tare da goyon bayan Aare Latoosa. Bugu da kari, a lokacin saukarsa na biyu, Lagunju ya yi nasarar kwace sarauta daga hannun Lansebe, tare da goyon bayan sojojin Ibadan bisa kwakkwaran umarnin Aare Latoosa.[2] Kuma ko da yake, a 1892, Lagunju ya sha kaye a wasan wutar lantarki a shekarar 1892 tare da ajiye shi da gudun hijira zuwa birnin Ibadan, lamarin da ya sa a gaba, ba da gangan ba, ya kara kaimi da yada addinin Musulunci. Hadisai da dama sun nuna cewa a gudun hijira na ƙarshe na Lagunju zuwa Ibadan, ɗaya daga cikin matansa (daga Ile-Ife) ta tafi tare da yaran zuwa garinsu inda daga ƙarshe suka zama Musulmai na farko. Hasali ma ana cewa daya daga cikin ‘ya’yan Lagunju mai suna Raji daga baya ya fito a matsayin babban limamin Ife. Wani labari ma ya ce, masallacin da aka fara saninsa a Ile-Ife Raji ne ya gina shi, yayin da wani kuma ko da yake bai yi shiru kan wanda ya gina shi ba, ya ce “An gina masallacin da aka fara saninsa a Itakogun, lle-Ife a shekarar 1903 a zamanin mulkin Ooni Adelekan. Olubuse I, wanda ya rasu a shekarar 1909. Kuma tun lokacin da aka kai Lagunju gudun hijira zuwa Ibadan a 1893, da kuma cewa babban limamin Ife na biyu, Kaseem Adeosun (1922-1934) ya dawo daga Legas zuwa Ile-Ife a 1893, ko shakka babu Kaseem Kuma Raji Lagunju sun kasance Musulmi na farko a Ile-Ife, a hakikanin gaskiya a zamanin Kaseem Adeosun, Raji Lagunju shi ne Naibi (Mataimakin Limaminsa) kuma a lokacin da Kaseem ya rasu a 1934, Raji ya zama Babban Limamin, mukamin da ya yi har zuwa 1949. [4]

A lokacin da ake korar Timi Lagunju daga garin, magoya bayansa sun so su mayar da martani ga abokan hamayyarsa amma ya hana su yin hakan. A halin da ake ciki, abokan hamayyarsa sun jefa littafansa na Musulunci a kan tituna. Da ya ga suna yin haka, sai aka ruwaito ya ce musu: “Insha Allahu (Allah Ya yarda da shi) ‘ya’yanku za su kasance musulmi[4].

Tsarin Yaki da Zaman Lafiya

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Timi Abibu Lagunju ya kasance daya daga cikin fitattun jaruman da suka yi mulki a karni na 19 wadanda suka ba da muhimmiyar gudunmuwa kan batutuwan yaki da zaman lafiya. Yayin da wasu sarakuna, musamman Alaafin na Oyo, suka daina zuwa fagen fama tun a shekarun 1840, Timi Lagunju har yanzu da kansa ya jagoranci sojojin Ede zuwa balaguron soji musamman a gefen Ibadan. A gaskiya ma, yabo ne ga Lagunju cewa tun daga tsakiyar 1850, akwai wani nau'i na ƙungiyar soja na Ede-Ibadan tare da Ibadan a matsayin abokin tarayya mai karfi. hazikin masanin siyasa da soja, Lagunju ya hada Ede, a lokacin da ya fi dacewa, tare da Ibadan, mafi karfin soja a kasar Yoruba a karni na 19. Ya bayyana cewa Ede karkashin Lagunju ya yi yaki a gefen Ibadan a lokacin yakin Ijaye (1860-1865).[8]

Haka kuma, Lagunju ya koma Ibadan a yakin Jalumi na 1878 inda ya yi yaki da korar Fulani daga Arewacin kasar Yarbawa. A yayin wannan yakin, sojojin Ede a karkashin Lagunju sun yada zango a Ikirun kuma har wala yau ana kiran wurin da Oke-Timi. Shigar Ede a yakin Jalumi, a haƙiƙa, yaƙi ne na kariyar kai baya ga kasancewarsa jigo a ƙungiyar Ibadan. Ga Sarkin Ilorin, musamman ya umurci Balogun Ajia, kwamandan sojojin Ilorin, da ya ci Ikirun, Osogbo, Ede da Iwo tare da kauyukan su. Al'adun da Olunlade ya adana sun nuna cewa Timi Lagunju da Balogun Ajayi Ogboriefon sun bambanta kansu a wannan yakin wanda ya kare da sojojin kawancen Ibadan. Haka kuma, Ede a karkashin Timi Lagunju shi ma ya yi kawance da Ibadan a yakin Ekitiparapo (1879-1886) kuma, a haƙiƙa, ya ba Ibadan gabaɗaya da goyon baya. A matakin farko na yakin Lagunju ya tura Timi Olunloye da aka kora zuwa fagen yaki a matsayin kyaftin na sojojin Ede. Na karshen ya rasa ransa a yakin[8].

Da yake taso daga abin da Ede yake ba wa ƙungiyar Ibadan, Derin Ologbenla, Ooni-zaɓaɓɓen Ife har ma ya yi tunanin harin da sojoji suka kai garin a cikin Afrilu 1882. Misali, shaidu sun cika cewa ya rarraba makamai da alburusai ga Ikire, Gbongan da kuma Edunabon da nufin murkushe Modakeke da farko "wanda idan an cire shi daga hanyar Ede za a yi wa Ede kawanya, ta haka za a dauki 'yan Ibadan a sansanin gaba da baya." Sai dai garuruwan da ake magana sun ki aiwatar da bukatar Derin, kuma akasin haka, sun mika dukkan makaman ga Aare Latoosa.[9]

Kamar Ife, sojojin Ilorin kuma sun yi tunanin kai hari Ede bayan korar Offa a 1887 saboda gabaɗaya da goyon bayan da ba a ba su ba ga ƙungiyar Ibadan. Shaidar Johnson tana da dacewa a nan:


...Shirin na llorin, idan ya yi nasara a Ile-Aro shi ne a kai hari Ofa, sannan Ede na gaba kuma ta haka ne za a kori Ibadan daga Ikirun. Yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya ta 1886 da kokarin 1890. Ede, a haƙiƙa, yana ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da ake gudanar da harkokin diflomasiya. barnar da aka yi wa Timi Lagunju yayin da wasu bayin Ibadan da suka gudu suka kona gidansa da ke Ikirun, wadanda suka yi amfani da damar da suka samu wajen tabbatar da ‘yancin kansu.[2]

Hakika, Timi Abibu Lagunju ya himmatu wajen maido da zaman lafiya a kasar Yarbawa bayan an kwashe shekaru ana gwabza fada tsakanin juna. Ya damu da halin da ake ciki na nadama na Ile-Ife, mahaifar kabilar Yarbawa. Dangane da haka Lagunju, Lamuye na Iwo da Balogun Osungbekun na Ibadan sun daidaita kansu da yanayin Ife na zaman lafiya, watau Modakeke ya bar Ife. Yana da mahimmanci a nanata cewa 'Tambayar Modakeke' ta yi barazana ga yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya ta 1886 yayin da shugabannin Modakeke suka gudu daga wurin zaman lafiya, suka ƙi sanya hannu a kan yarjejeniyar. Matsayin hukumomin Ede shine mafi kyawun taƙaitawa a cikin bayanan Farfesa I.A. Akinjogbin:

Sun ji cewa yanayin da Ife ya nanata ba shi da tsauri da za a iya ɗauka. Hakika, duka Oluwo Lamuye da Timi (Lagunju) na Ede da kuma hukumomin lbadan sun yi tunanin cewa suna da isasshen karfin da za su shawo kan, hakika sun ba da umarnin Modakeke. Timi ya ce zai nemi wadanda suka fito daga Ede su dawo gida kuma za su yi biyayya. Oluwo ya ce duk za su iya zuwa su zauna a garinsu. Babu wanda ya yi tunanin cewa Modakeke a qarshe za su tsaya tsayin daka.”[9].


Ko da yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya ta 1886 ta kasa warware matsalar Modakeke, da 'Offa question' da kuma Ijebu imbroglio, Timi Lagunju ya ci gaba da tattaunawa da Oluwo na Iwo, Ibadan hukumomin Ibadan da wakilan gwamnatin Legas don samun mafita mai ɗorewa ga abin da ake gani. rikicin da ba ya karewa. Hasali ma, kwamishinonin Gwamna Alfred Moloney, H. Higgins da Oliver Smith, sai da suka yi kwanaki a Ede a watan Maris na 1890.” Daga baya jam’iyyar ta bar Ede zuwa Oyo domin neman zaman lafiya. An yarda da sharuɗɗan zaman lafiya na Ibadan kamar yadda sanarwar zaman lafiya na Mayu-Yuni 1890 ke nuna. Johnson ya tabbatar da haka:

...Wannan sanarwar ta kasance (Alaafin), kuma ta hannun Oluwo, Timi na Ede, Bale na Ogbomoso da Aseyin na Iseyin. A ranar l0 ga Mayu, marubuci (Johnson) tare da Obakosetan ya fara da kwafin sanarwar. A ranar ne Oluwo ya sanya hannu, sarakunan lbadan a Ikirun suka sanya hannu a ranar 16 ga Timi na Ede, sarakunan Ibadan suna ganin ba lallai ba ne, kasancewarsa sarki a karkashin lbadan kuma abin da Balogun na Ibadan ya sanya hannu ya isa haka. a gare shi.... Aseyin a cikin farin ciki na mamayewar Dahomian ya sanya hannu kan sanarwar a ranar 2 ga Yuni, 1890.[8]

Deposition da Bayan

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Babban nasara kuma na ƙarshe Timi Abibu Lagunju da gudun hijira zuwa Ibadan ya nuna ƙarshen zamani a tarihin Ede. Ta wata hanya, ta tantance gwagwarmayar Musulunci. ’Yan gargajiya da suka karbi Musulunci saboda Timi Lagunju sun koma ga gumakansu. Su ma musulmi masu bin addinin gargajiya sun tsananta musu. Domin tsira da rayukansu daga gallazawa daga wadannan ’yan gargajiya da iyalai, da yawa daga cikinsu sun tsere zuwa harabar Owon-la-rogo da aka canjawa suna Imale Compound inda suke gudanar da addininsu. A halin da ake ciki, shugabannin addinin Musulunci na garin sun yi kokari, duk kuwa da tsanantar da ‘yan gargajiya suke yi na ci gaba da baiwa addinin Musulunci rai. Irin wadannan shugabannin sun hada da Zulu Qarneen dan Nuhu[4].

A wani bangaren kuma, wannan halin nasa bai yi wa mahukuntan Oyo da sarakunan Ibadan dadi ba, wadanda suka dauki Lagunju a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan jahohi da masu kishin kasa a wannan zamani. A gaskiya shugabannin Ibadan sun san shi kuma suna girmama shi. Ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga duk ƙoƙarin yaƙin Ibadan tun daga shekarun 1850 kuma ya taka rawar gani sosai, a cikin shirin zaman lafiya. A wajen sabbin shugabannin Ibadan, Lagunju ma ya kasance a wannan zamani kuma aminin ubanninsu kuma sun shaidi yaƙe-yaƙe na Yarbawa a ƙarni na goma sha tara fiye da kowane mutum. Don haka ne shugabannin Ibadan suka ji cewa ya kamata a mayar da Lagunju da aka yi a kan karagar kakanninsa. Wadannan shugabannin sun hada da Balogun Ajayi Osungbekun, Maye Osuntoki, Abese Kongi, dan Basorun Ogunmola, da Sunmonu Apampa. 50 Don haka suka jajirce akan lamarin Lagunju su shugabannin Ibadan ne, ta yadda yakin Ekitiparapo ya zo karshe, kuma sansani suka yi. da aka watse, har yanzu sun shirya kwashe kusan kwana biyu a Ede domin sulhunta Lagunju da mutanen garin amma gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta soke hakan. Johnson ya rubuta kamar haka:

Yan Ibadan sun so su tsaya kwana daya ko biyu a Ede, domin su tsara banbance-banbance tsakanin mutanen da Timi Lagunju, da su ka sauke amma aka garzaya da su gida don kada su yi haka. Don haka aka kawo karshen yakin shekaru goma sha shida.... Sojojin lbadan sun isa bayan katangar garinsu a ranar 22 ga Maris 1893.[2]

Da aka ba shi, Lagunju ya zo ya karɓi kaddarar sa a matsayin ɗan gudun hijira a Ibadan kuma ya zauna a matsayin baƙon Sunmonu Apampa, Asipa na Ibadan bayan 1893. Baales na Ibadan da suka gaje shi a tsakanin 1893 zuwa 1900: Fijabi, Osuntoki da Fajinmi sun kasance masu kirki da kyautata masa. Hakazalika, Balogun na wancan lokacin, Akintola, wanda ba ya iya karewa, ya yi masa kwarjini matuka.” 52 Sai dai duk da kyakykyawan kyakyawar da girmama da shugabannin Ibadan suka yi masa, Lagunju ya ci gaba da addu’o’in mayar da shi kan mukaminsa ga Alaafin. Oyo, Adeyemi, suzerain dinsa a kusa da 1894 ko kuma farkon 1895. Alaafin Adeyemi I ya ji tausayin Lagunju sosai kuma daga baya ya dauki lamarin da Captain Bower amma bai samu nasara ba. Daga nan sai aka yi taho-mu-gama da Oyo kan lamarin Lagunju tsohon Timi na Ede, wanda ya roki Suzerian nasa da ya yi amfani da ofisoshi masu kyau don mayar da shi kan mukamansa. Sojoji sun yi ruwan bama-bamai a Oyo a shekarar 1895, cikin nutsuwa ya waye a Lagunju, daga karshe ya sha kashi a yakin neman dawo da shi aiki, kuma wani sabon zamani ya bayyana. aboki, mataimaki, mai tausayi, shugaba kuma mujaddadi[4].

Kuma duk wani mai tarihi zai ce game da Lagunju, ko shakka babu ya wuce abin zargi wajen aiwatar da shari’ar Musulunci da tafsirin adalcin zamantakewa. Ya kasance mai adalci ga kowa kuma ba za a iya zarge shi da son zuciya ba. Iyalinsa da abokansa da abokan gaba duk sun yi daidai a gaban waccan dokar da ya kasance babban mai kula da ita. Kamar duk akikanju (jarumai) a cikin tarihin Yarbawa, Timi Lagunju yana da ƙarfi da kuzari kuma ba zai ba da sauƙi ga 'yan adawa ba, komai farashi. Ana iya fassara irin wannan yanayin a matsayin ƙarfi ko aibi. Kuma da a ce al’ummar Ede na wancan lokacin sun ƙi Lagunju saboda wannan aibi da suke gani, ’yan zamaninsa a wasu sassan ƙasar Yarbawa, musamman a Ibadan, Oyo, Ilorin da Ekiti, sun karɓe shi kuma suna girmama shi. Irin wannan karbuwa mai yiwuwa yana bayyana shigar Ibadan a lokacin wahala da radadin da yake ciki yayin da al'ummar Ibadan karni na sha tara ta kasance wacce ta ba da lada da daukakar soji, da kuma mutunta fitattun jarumai.[4][7] Abin sha'awa, Lagunju ya kasance samfurin yaƙi na ƙarni na goma sha tara, shekarun "jini da ƙarfe" lokacin da aka warware batutuwa masu mahimmanci na lokacin a fagen fama. Ya yi zamani da sarakunan yaki irin su Basorun Ogunmola, Balogun Ajayi Ogboriefon, Aare Latoosa na Ibadan, Seriki Ogedengbe, Fabunmi, Aduloju (dukkan Ekitiparapo fame) da Balogun Karara na Ilorin. Bai kasance mai mugun nufi ko ƙarancin rama ba fiye da waɗannan halayen a cikin halayensu ga abokan gaba da abokan gaba. Reverend Samuel Johnson, C.M.S. Firist wanda ya kasance mai himma wajen ƙoƙarin zaman lafiya a lokacin yaƙin Ekitiparapo kuma marubucin Tarihin Yarbawa da ake girmamawa, ya san shi sosai kuma ya yi mu'amala da shi sosai a wannan lokacin mai wahala. Kimantawar Johnson ta ba da kwatancin da ya dace ga aikin Lagunju:

Wani mashahurin Timi na Ede, wanda ya shahara a duk faɗin ƙasar a matsayin mai hazaka kuma amintaccen masanin tarihin ƙasar Yarbawa[2].

  1. Monsignor Oguntuyi, A Short History of Ado-Ekiti: Ali Atewogboye- Chap. IX, Ado-Ekiti, 1951
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Samuel Johnson, The History of Yorubas: From the earliest time to the Beginning of British Protectorate (ed) O. Johnson, Lowe & Brydone (Printers) Limited, London 1921
  3. . F. Ade Ajayi,Yoruba Warfare in the Nineteenth Century. Review by: Spencer H. Brown, The International Journal of African Historical Studies Vol. 6, No. 4 (1973), pp. 695-700
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 E.A. Olunlade, Ede: A Short History – Yoruba Traditional History. (translator) I.A. Akinjogbin (ed) Ulli Beier, (General Publications Section), Ministry of Education, 1961
  5. 5.0 5.1 W.H. Clarke, Travels and Explorations in Yorubaland 1854-1858. (ed) J.A. Atanda, (Ibadan: University of Ibadan Press, 1975), p. 114
  6. Siyan Oyeweso, The Eminent Yoruba Muslims of the 19th and 20th Centuries.(Ibadan: Rex Charles Publication) p. 11, ISBN 978-2137-02-2
  7. 7.0 7.1 Siyan Oyeweso, The Life and Times of Timi Abibu Lagunju of Ede 1847-1900: Mega Press, Abuja 2012)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Kemi Morgan, Legends from Yorubaland: Spectrum Books Ltd, Nigeria, 1988. ISBN 978-029-116-4
  9. 9.0 9.1 Akinjogbin I. A., Yoruba Civilization (Ile-Ife: University of Ife, 1976)