Prominent Towns in Ogun

Iperu
Latitude: 6.9100 Lat (DMS 6° 54' 36N 
Longitude: 3.6656 Long (DMS) 3° 39' 56E
Elevation (Feet): 249
Population Est.(2006): 25935
Zip Code 121103
History:
Let start from the source of the town's name "IPERU"
There are many school of taught concerning this town, let consider three out of them:
The first one is that Akesan the founder of Iperu had an earthen pot with which she cooked her boiled maize
One day, the bottom part of the pot caved in due to old age, this in Yoruba means "ape ru" The word "ape" in Remo dialect means "POT" and the word "RU" means caved-in. From the sentence "Ape ru", the name of Iperu came into being "IPERU".
 The second one says that " Akesan was said to have settled at the present Akesan market where she sold cooked maize. It was said that there was a palm tree that had sunk close-by where she sat to sell her wares, and there was a hole where the palm tree sank, meaning in Yoruba " Ibiti ope ti ru", the sentence was abridged to "IPERU".
While the third history said that" Iperu was an offshoot of Epe in Sagamu. Epe in Sagamu is not a quarter but an independent town of itself, a group of people in Epe town moved out of Epe to develop another town.
From the town EPE, the name "IPERU" was coined. Which Epe ru jade i.e a branch of town come out from Epe.The Odu Ifa Iperu pointed out that Iperu will be greater than Epe. The possibility of Iperu being a chip off of Epe cannot therefore be ruled out.


From all the assertions of the name IPERU one cannot confirm the most authentic or the most realistic. One can only argue which one is close to the actual meaning or name.
Iperu is the part of the Yoruba cultural region of southwestern Nigeria. The city was founded in the mid-19th century when several small towns united for purposes of defense during the wars brought about by the fall of the Oyo Empire. Iperu controlled the trade routes between the ports in the Niger Delta and the Yoruba mainland until the British occupied the area at the end of the 19th century.
Iperu has experienced both population and economic growth since the 1950s just like Sagamu due to its position between the cities of Ibadan and Lagos. Iperu is the most centrally placed town in Remo division. Iperu is on a table land, hence, it has erosion problem.
The Sagamu - Ibadan road which is a Federal road passed through Iperu. Iperu is a border town to Sagamu, which has a common boundary with it from the south. It is also a border town to Ogere which is a western boundary. It is also a border town to Ode Remo which is a northern boundary. Iperu land is already in close touch with Ode Remo Township. It shares its border also with Ilisan, its eastern boundary. You cannot move a kilometre distance without reaching a human habitation among all the Iperu boundary mates.
Iperu and its surrounding towns will come together as a unit town within a few years looking at the rate of extension and expansion of all the towns. The population in 1990 was 195,800 but has now declined due migration of the natives to big cities, the 2010 estimates place it as low as 178,412.
Sagamu the new seat of the Akarigbo of Remo ("King" or "Lord" of Remo), the traditional ruler of the Remo Kingdom is a neighboring town to Iperu. There are several assertions as to the founding of Iperu. All the assertions have their merits and demerits. From the various assertions one can determine the one which is near accurate.
There are many assertions about Iperu but from all the historical assertions of the originality of Iperu, the migration of Akesan and Ajagbe from Alafin arguable is the best of all assertions.
Let consider some of these assertions:
Firstly, Iperu is an offshot of Ijebu Ode, and this is based on the account of a Bisuga whom claimed in the Martindale Report of 1937[8] that hisfather migrated with the son of the Awujale of Ijebo Ode to Iperu where the Awujale son i.e. the Prince met Akesan.
The second assertion is that the founder of Iperu was a woman in the name of Akesan. Akesan was a woman traceable to have migrated from Alafin. The assertion further indicated that Akesan was a daughter of one of the Alafin of Oyo. Akesan was married to Ajagbe. They left Oyo and wandered unto the unknown until they reached the present site of Iperu and settled down.
Akesan and Ajagbe are names that occur in everyday talks in Iperu ever since its formation. Even if you meet an Iperu man or woman outside Iperu and he/she is greeted with the term Akesan baale Oja, alarala Ogbe de mu gbe de mu.
They smile broadly to the statement. This greeting showed the importance of Akesan in Iperu history. It is confirmed that Iperu is related to Ile Ife, Oyo, Ijebu Ode, and Epe in Sagamu by consanguinity traits and related to Eko, Lagos state by religion as in the Eyo festival which took off from Iperu and was taken to Lagos state many years ago. The EYO festival originated from Iperu.
The town of Iperu in Remo region is underlain by major deposits of limestone, which is used in the area's major industry, the production of cement.
Agricultural products of the region include cocoa and kola nuts. Iperu is one of the largest kola nut collecting centers in the country. The kola nut industry supports several secondary industries such as basket and rope manufacturing, which are used to store the kola nuts.
Also the town plays host to a cargo airport, which when completed would serve as a faster means to transport finished produce from the inner lands out. --Cuisine-- The traditional delicacy of iperu includes ebiripo(a traditional meal made from cocoyam),ikokore or ifokore(a delicacy shared by the majority of ijebu people),ojojo etc.