What type of gvernment did ile ife have?

Answer 1

1. Traditionally, ile ife is headed by the Ooni [King] of ile ife , who sits on the throne of Oduduwa the Patriach of ile ife and yoruba nation , and the king of ile ife also double as the head of the Yoruba nation . The Ooni is ably assisted by 16 traditional chiefs , which are made up of the 8 right hand class of chief headed by Obalufe [ prime minister of ife] and the the 8 left hand class of chiefs and there is the women class of chiefs headed by the Iyalode of ife . The obalufe also double as the next in command to the Ooni of ife .

There are other towns such as okeigbo , ifewara , ifetedo , edunabo , moro , yakoyo , asipa , akinlalu ,apomu , . e.t.c who also have their Obas [ kings] but are all under the seizureignity of the Ooni of ile ife . There are also , baale [dukes] such as the Baale of modakeke , garage olode e.t.c , Bale [ family compound heads] , Aajos [Age groups] , village heads and different traditional associations that help in the administration of ile ife and subtowns and are all answerable to the Ooni of ife .

2.Modern political administration , Ile ife is part of osun state which invariably is part of the Nigerian federation . There are 4 local government councils into which the whole ife ife and subtowns are divided for easy political administration purposes and develpoment , ife south , ife north , ife central and ife east headed by chairmen and councilors .