Battle of Otefan
The war that sent shockwaves into the heart of the old Sokoto caliphate was not Osogbo war of 1840. It was the Alaafin Oluewu's war of 1830.
This was not a war between Ilorin and Oyo...it was a war between Sokoto caliphate and Yorùbá nation
In coalition with Baribas. Most of the powerful Yorùbá warrior kings and Warlords that would later prove their legends were involved in this war.
The Phalanx a coalition of vast soliders under the commands of Alaafin Oluewu, prince Atiba of Ago Oja(who would
Later be the next king after Oluewu), Baale of Ogbomoso,Onikoyi Eleduwe(A king in one of the Bariba kingdoms)Jato(a general in the Borgu army whose earlier campaigns against the Futa jalon earned him a reputation).
Baale of Iseyin and Baale of Saki.
Kurumi of Ijaye also joined the ranks with his private militia (at this time,he was a provincial ruler).
They camped at a place called Otefan.
The leaders of the expedition were Oluewu of Oyo and Eleduwe of Burgu. The Eleduwe trusted all the lesser generals
Under his command but Alaafin did not trust some of his, including of Ogbomoso and Onikoyi (Onikoyi had a long history of being controversial. He was one of the first provincial rulers of Oyo to pledge allegiance to the Emir of Ilorin)... Oluewu was careful
Not to put them in strategic sections in the military formations.
Sultan Belo of Sokoto (son of usman Dan Fodio) sent a much larger army of 17 warlords and their soldiers under the command of Esugoyi(ruler of the vassal state of Rabbah) to meet with much
Smaller army of the Emir of Ilorin.
He hoped for victory in a decisive battle against Oyo and obsession to extend to the coast.
The army he sent was so large that the coalition army of Oyo was outnumbered twelve to one.
Usual battle Phalanx of the southwest at the time was usually divided into three.
A Phalanx stays at the center,one to the right and another to the left(this formation was usually followed religously during....that Lisabi of Egbaland used the positions to
Confer military titles in his militia. The Jaguna commanded the army at the center,Lukotun commanded the right flank and Lukosi commanded the left flank).
In this battle,the Eleduwe fought at the center with his battle-hardened warriors.
Oluewu fought from the right and lesser rulers manned the Phalanx to the left.
Eleduwe was the instant hero of the battle. As he suppressed the enemy from the center,he sent soldiers to fill the ranks on each sides at the same time to force the enemy
Into the center.
From the center,they greatly slaughtered the Fulani warriors and broke their ranks.
They fled in different directions with the coalition army routing them as they fled and slaughtering them in thousands.
As the Fulani nobles took to hero...they delegated horsemen to confront the enemies pursuing them to slow them down using the calvary advantage as they escaped.
The victory was decisive but came with its casualties as well, Eleduwe lost his son in the war.
After this war,the Sokoto caliphate gave up on annexing Yorùbáland and the combats went back to tensions between Ilorin and Oyo.
Oluewu and Eleduwe lunched another campaign about 5years after to take back Ilorin from the Fulani.
This had less soliders in the ranks of the enemy than previous war at Otefan.
Ilorin however won, thanks to the nobility within the ranks of Oyo army.
It was in this battle that Eleduwe (a great friend of Yorùbá people lost his life).
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