Sungbo's Eredo, Ijebu Ode
One of the wonders of the world is in Nigeria. It is in an ancient city called Eredo which is the largest ancient city that was man-made in Africa. It may blow your mind that there is a place like this in the country. This is Africa’s largest fortification line that had a lot of secret weapons such as demons. When we are thinking of a mystic spot in Africa, this place is included. Sungbo’s Eredo is located in Ijebu Ode in honour of a woman called Oloye Bilkisu Sungbo. Sungbo was said to have lived during the era of the legendary Biblical Queen Sheba.
What makes this place a special place?
The Walls and Ditches
Sungbo’s Eredo has walls and ditches that were built as early as the 8th century AD. You would marvel at the type of technology that happened here in that era right inside the interior of a thick rainforest. You would be told that this fortification stretched more than 6,000 kilometers. Archaeologists would take years to fully understand what really went on here.
*Great Fortification *
Eredo has become a representation of a unique system of ditches and walls that were dug in a soil that was mixed with iron oxides and clay. This makes it the fortification to be different from whatever you might have seen in Africa. Another thing you must know, the materials that were used for this exceeded the materials that were used for the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The way that the fortification is built makes it a complex defense system.
Home of Demons
Relax, you are safe here. It was said that demons were living here to make it a spiritual ground that was solely taken care of by the spirits instead of what must have been built. The narrow strips that were found in this swampland that were within Eredo were the actual places where these demons once lived. Statues of idols were also dropped on the ditches bottom.
The Legend
It was said that Sungbo was actually Queen Sheba, a childless woman who had asked that this fortification to be built to protect her kingdom. This is according to myths that most of us may not believe. The good thing about these type of stories is that they are linked to culture with some facts, some may not be true.
The next time you are in Ijebu-Ode, ask about this place.