POLITICAL TIES AND CHALLENGES OF EKITI SINCE COLONIAL ERA ------------------------------ (BEING A PAPER SUBMITTED FOR ASSESSMENT TOWARDS PUBLICATION IN THE ADO-EKITI PROJECT) By J.E.T. Babatola (M.Phil/Ph.D Student) Department of History and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria Email: jbabatola70@gmail.com; jbabatola@unad.edu.ng Tel: 08034084969 - (c) October, 2012