(pg. 231). Before the 1959, Chieftaincy Declaration, Ogunsuwa of Modakeke was one of the recognized communities as one of the chiefs appointed to the then Western Region House of Chiefs. Ogunsuwa Awotobi was appointed in 1954. Hierarchically in Ifeland, the Ogunsuwa of Modakeke was number three (No 3), ranking after Ooni of Ife and Apetumodu of Ipetumodu (we refer to Circular No. C.63/12 dated 23 October 1946, issued by the Divisional Office, Ife, Nigeria).

Modakeke, from its founding in 1845, grew rapidly as more war displaced