After Christianity and Islam were officially allowed to be practised freely in Ijebuland by Oba Adesimbo Tunwase.
Both religions quickly began to gain converts as mosques and churches were built in many wards in Ijebu-Ode and beyond.
However, monogamy was a significant constraint that made many converts divert from Christianity to Islam.
Balogun Kuku, famed for being the founder of the Ita Oba, now metamorphosed into the Ojude Oba festival, was a traditional worshipper who converted to Christianity and Islam.
To show that he and his family, who were all now Muslims, were doing well economically and in excellent condition, the Balogun Kuku family would go on a parade at the king's frontage on the third day of Eid-el-Kabir.
He was also said to have started the Ita-Oba parade because he couldn't participate in the Odeda festival, which is noted to have been the predecessor of Ojude Oba.
The Odeda festival is an annual event for traditional worshippers such as Sango, Egungun, Osun, Yemule and Ogun.
