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Question 7
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Discuss five factors that aided the rise of Ibadan as a powerful state in Yoruba land.
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This was a fairly popular question but the candidates who answered it picked all aspects of Oyo Empire without pegging their answers to Ibadan as a state. However, a few of the candidates were able to do justice to the
question and were adequately rewarded. They were able to discuss the following points:
- the collapse of Oyo Empire created a power vacuum;
- the influx of military adventurers from all over Yoruba land into Ibadan made her militarily stronger;
- the support given by the Alaafin of Oyo to Ibadan;
- acquisition of superior arms and their effective use in war fare;
- the fertility of the soil, etc.
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