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About this time last year, I was on a tour to Adó Àwáyè, not really as an intentional tourist but as a reporter. Ever heard of Adó Àwáyè? Well, it would so please my heart to tell you one or two things about this particular place. Adó Àwáyè is a town closest to Iseyin in the Òkè Ògùn area of Oyo state. It homes one of the two suspended lakes in the whole world. The town was founded by Obakoyi of the Oyo empire in 1500 who settled at Adó Àwáyè on his way to Òtà. Obakoye was to be the Alaafin of Òyó but Onigbogi his brother ascended the throne. He angrily left Oyo with one of his father’s crowns. However, he went through plain grounds until he got foot of the Ado Hill, where he saw a smoke. He climbed the mountain and there, he met some escapees from the Dahomey war. Having agreed and discussed with them, they decided to make him King of Ado.  Adúró s'íbí (we stay here) became Adó, Àwáyè (we are safe) to form Ado Awaye. On the Adó Àwáyè hill is found three suspended lakes but the mos...