IBEJU LEKKI Local Government is created in Lagos State by Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida in 1990, out of the old Epe Local Government, with headquarters at Akodo. However in Oct. 2003, the then Executive Governor of Lagos State, H. E Bola Ahmed Tinubu, carved LEKKI LCDA out of IBEJU LEKKI LOCAL GOVERNMENT. This, in turn, necessitated the relocation of the headquarters from Akodo to Igando Oloja, its present site.
The name, Lekki is derived from the names of two autonomous communities, namely Ibeju-Agbe and Lekki. The local government is bounded by Eti-Osa East LCDA on the west, Epe on the East and the Atlantic Ocean on the North.
Ibeju- Lekki is about 75km long and 20 km at its widest point and is spread over 646km2 or a quarter of the total land mass of Lagos state. Some of the major town in Ibeju-Lekki includes Ibeju-Agbe, Magbon-Alade, Iberikodo, Igando-Oloja, Aiyeteju, Awoyaya, Bogoje, Akodo, Elerangbe, Eleko, Elemoro, Idi-Orogbo, Lakowe, Orimedu, Abijo, Mopo-Ijebu Eputu and Badore.
Located on the coastal plain of Nigeria, Ibeju-Lekki has many creeks and Lagoons and it is mainly populated by Ijebu speaking people of the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria.
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