Ife is besieged by a ‘spirit’ army Many years after the time of Oduduwa, when the story of Moremi began, Ile-Ife, the ancient capital of Yorubaland was besieged and tormented by a wild warlike tribe known as the igbo, or forest people. This tribe is believed by scholars to have no relation to the contemporary Igbos of Eastern Nigeria. They were the descendants of the aboriginal people who were there when Oduduwa conquered the land and founded the city of Ile-Ife centuries ear