Eti-Oni is a town located in Atakumosa East local government area of The State of Osun, south-west Nigeria. Eti-Oni is one of the numerous towns that make up the ancient majestic Kingdom of Ilesa. Eti-Oni is the home of the 2nd oldest known cocoa plantation in Nigeria with the oldest in Ijon, Lagos, it is believed cocoa was first introduced in Nigeria at Ijon by Captain JPL Davies, it was from Eti-Oni that cocoa was spread to many other communities of south-west Nigeria. The crop over time became one of Nigeria's major cash crops, a major source of income for the then South West Region of Nigeria before the discovery of crude oil in the late 1950s. The indigenes of Eti-Oni are part of the Ijesha clan of The State of Osun. The town is ruled by a monarch bearing the title Oloni of Eti-Oni La
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