Aare Latosisa, Balogun Ogboriefon and few others listed as KIRIJI Warriors

The Generals involved in these conflicts
include:
Ibadan
Are Latosa
Osi, Ilori – son of Ogunmola and later
Akintaro
Iyapo – son of Ibikunle
Balogun Ajayi Ogboriefon
Ali Laluwoye – Otun
Babalola son of Ajayi Ogboriefon

Ijesa
Ogedengbe
Ayomoro
Ogunmodede

Egba
Ogundipe
Ajagunjeun
Okenla

Ekiti
Fabunmi
Odeyale
Adeyala

Ilorin
Emir Alihu
Ajia
Karara – Balogun of Ilorin
Ife
Ayikiti – general

The war caused heavy casualties on both
sides although historians believe that the
losses were even. It showcased the largest
array of military hardware in Western Africa
at the time. The Eastern Yoruba
confederacy purchased a large number of
cannon guns which produced the
thunderous sound “Kiriiiiiiji”. The name
“ Kiriji ” came from the ground shaking
vibrations that accompanied the use of the
cannons which gave the Eastern Yorubas an
advantage over the Ibadans. Several Yoruba
towns and villages were completely wiped
out of history due to the scorched-earth
policy of the civil war. Two good examples
of such settlements are Osogun
(somewhere in Oyo) and Ijaiye.

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