located at Oke Eri near Ijebu Ode, off the ijebu-ode/ibadan road in
the Ijebu Ode Local Government area.
The Shrine lies, less than 125 Kilometres from Abeokuta the Ogun State
capital, 50 kils, from Ibadan the Oyo State capital and some 100 kilos
from Lagos.It could be reached by motor vehicle through Motorable
roads .
There is a sign on the lbadan/ljebu main road which proclaims "Ogun
State Tourist Centre Birikisu'", Here one turns off to reach the
shrine.
Birikisu Sungbo was otherwise regarded as the Biblical Queen of Sheba
.Hear tomb the shrine is fast becoming the "Mecca" of Nigeria.
For every year at all Moslem festivals, religious groups, of the
Moslem faith converge at the shrine to offer prayers and seek. the
favour of the spirit of the devout woman.
The great attention that Birikisu still commands, derives from the
belief that whoever visits her shrine and asks for anything in sober
reflectfon will have his request met.
The Birikisu of romance was said to be the iblicalQueen of Sheba.She
was an Arab. She was said to have met King Solomon with whom she fell
in love, and became one of his numerous wives. Later, the Queen of
Sheba in her age returned to Oke-Eri where she died and was buried.
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