Ode-Irele
Ode-Irele is a town in Ondo State of Nigeria, West Africa. It is the administrative headquarters for the Irele Local Government Area. Ode-Irele is located by road west of the town of Okitipupa.
There is a king in Ode-Irele called the Olofun. This position has remained vacant since the demise of Oba Feyisara Odimayo in 1993. Whoever fills this position is the paramount ruler of Ode-Irele Kingdom. And he is a first class King by ranking. It is the turn of Opetusin ruling house to present a candidate. However, Oyenusi which according to history was a different family and has never occupied this position before is claiming to be entitled which has never happened before in the history of previous Olofuns. According to tradition and history there are three ruling houses in Ode Irele. These are the Orunbemekun Royal house, Jagboju Royal house and Opetusin Royal House.
On 15 April 2015 a group of young men broke into the inner sanctum of the shrine to Molokun, the god of the land, in Ode-Irele. Their objective was apparently to obtain certain items of spiritual power. This was followed by the deaths of twenty youths in the community due to methanol poisoning from drinking a locally distilled brew containing unidentified herbs. Chief Moses Enimade, the king of Ode-Irele, believes that the deaths were in punishment for the sacrilege.