KMkm East of Lagos. The inhabitants of the town consist mainly of
llajes.
Owing to constant persecution and bitter disputes with their
neighbours, they decided in 1945 to try a new communal way of life
under the leadership of Philip Eretan and formed the Holy Apostles
Community.
This resulted in the practice of communal ownership of property. The
aims of the community include the achievement of self sufficiency in
production and religious freedom.
The adoption of a Yoruba name "Aiyetoro" depicts the mode of their
living: "The world at peace". The Oba is the highest person in the
Community.He is the Chief Priest and presides over all meetings.
The Community docs not observe any public holiday or any day as
special; instead, services are held every evening to which no outsider
is admitted. All proceedings of the previous day are made known at
such services.
The whole Community is run as a cooperative enterprise. Schools,
Colleges, Ships and Trawlers, a power station, a sawmill, houses, a
bakery, a shoe industry and a dress making industry are some of the
many establishments jointly owned by the Community.
Everybody is employed in one form or the other. It is obligatory for
one to work or leave the Community, for failing to do so. Aiyetoro
like other coastal towns, is swampy, hence the houses are built on
poles and cannot be reached by road.
Visitors are taken to the community by speed boats which take off at
lgbokoda, near Okitipupa. A reception hall and rest houses are
provided by the Community for the benefit of visitors.
It could be rightly claimed that this is the only Nigerian Community
which does not experience power failure or theft. Smoking is, however
prohibited and the people have lived together since and are countented
with life for the past 30 years.
Life in the community is the arch type of the dream world, a paradise
on earth. A visit to the community offers very exciting and
interesting experience in the powerful speed boat which takes one to
"The World at Peace".
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