Ago Iwoye

Ago Iwoye is a town in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. It is one of the most populous towns in the state. The town is made up of seven strategic districts which include Idode, Imere, Isamuro, Ibipe, Imososi, Igan and Imosu. Oba Abdulrazak Adenugba is the current Ebumawe (monarch) of Ago-Iwoye . The state-owned university, Olabisi Onabanjo University, 1982, is here.

Amongst the prominent indigenes of Ago Iwoye are Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe, former Chief of Staff at the Supreme Headquarters under Aguiyi Ironsi, Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye, former Minister of State for Finance from 1999-2003, Mr. Olusola Ogundipe, former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service and Prince 'Segun Adesegun, former deputy governor of Ogun State.

It has a population of about 120,000 inhabitants.

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