Because of the location and terrain, Iju forest was ideally and strategically suited as a military camp to the Owu/Egba army who through conquest had taken over many of the Egbado territories, and a place of ambush against the adversaries of Owu/Egba.
Because of the strategic location and terrain, Iju forest was ideally suited as a military camp to the Owu/Egba army who through conquest had taken over many of the Egbado territories. In addition to being close to a water source, it provided an access route to Abeokuta and a place of ambush against the adversaries of Owu/Egba.