Iperu or Iperu Akesan Bale Oja is a town near the Ibu River in Ogun State in southwestern part of Nigeria. It is the most populous town in Remo Region of the Ikenne Local Government Area. The entire LGA has an area of 137.13 km² and a population of about 179,000 at the 2006 census.

Understand

History

There are several myths attached to the origin of Iperu, however, the town was said to have been founded in the mid-19th century when several small towns united for purposes of defense during the wars brought about by the fall of the Oyo Empire. Iperu controlled the trade routes between the ports in the Niger Delta and the Yoruba mainland until the British occupied the area at the end of the 19th century.

Get in

To get in to lperu you have to first get to Sagamu, Isale oko( motor garage) then take a cab to Iperu for 200-300, you might also use a bike to find your way into the town. You can also take a cab going to Iperu from Ijebu Ode. There’s also a direct bus to Iperu from Oshodi, Lagos.

Eat

Local cuisines of Iperu include:

• Ebiripo, a traditional meal made from cocoa yam.
• Ikokore or Ifokore, a delicacy that is shared by the majority of ijebu people.
• Ojojo, a type of snack made from water yam.

Sleep

• 1 Livingspring Resort & Holiday Inn, Iperu Remo. Check-out: noon. This is an ideal option if you are looking to get some dives in water as it is equipped with a swimming pool 
• 2 Avalon Suites & Garden, Origbemidele Quarters, ☏ +234 8033885773. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 11AM. 

Connect

As with most places in Nigeria, you would probably found available, all the major mobile phone service networks but with varying degree of reliability and usability. Often times, it is customary to experience network outage for all or some of the mobile phone service providers. Such situation is particularly common in some remote areas of the city. And do not be surprised too that different networks tends to be more stable and reliable in different locations of the city at varying times.

In all, if you are planning a visit to this town, be sure to plan on having multiple SIMS, preferably for all the mobile service providers as you can't tell which will be more stable and reliable at a time in your location. And if you will risk not having one, you might be better off not dropping the MTN network, because,from record, they seem to perform well than the others, though their rates may be high and their offers and services might be stringent, but you might be more assured of seamless voice and data connection. The various broadband cellular network available include 2G, 3G, and 4G networks, but the coverage of the 4G network is not widespread

Glo (Globacom) boasts of fast network speed for internet browsing activities, but that might only be enjoyable in limited locations. Airtel is fairly satisfactory for all you might need, including rates and network stability. As for 9mobile, they also perform well in internet browsing speed but not without locational limitations.