Ijumu kingdom or what is known as Ijumu local Government Area is located between latitude 7/30 to 8/10 North of the equator and between longitudes 5/45 to 6/15 east of the Greenwich Meridian. Ijumu Local Government Area has a total land mass of 1490 square kilometres. Ijumu Local Government Area shares common boundaries with Ekiti State to the West between Iyamoye and Omuo-Oke as well as between Iyamoye and Igbagun in Yagba East Local Government Area in Kogi State. It also share boundary with Ondo State between Ayere and Efife and Aknnu,Iyamoye and Eriti in Akoko area of Ondo State. To the south, Ijumu Local Government Area has boundaries with Edo State between Aduge and Imoga as well as Ekehi Local Government Area of kogi State between Ihima and Ogale/Aduge. To the North, it shares boundaries with Mopa Amuro Local Government Area Kogi State at River Agbarakin before Government Technical College Mopa and River Ayamoha in Oke-Agi area.

Ijumu local Government Area is one if the five local Government areas in Okunland today located in the Kogi West Senatorial district of Kogi State. Ijumu Local Government is about 98km from Lokoja, the headquarter of kogi State, particularly from Iyara the Local Government headquarter and about 236km from the new Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.Since 1991 when Ijumu Local Government was re-created by General Ibrahim Babangida Administration, various leaders have piloted its affairs, starting with a woman as its Sole Administrator, Chief (Dr) Mrs Grace Gunwa. She was in this position until the end of that year when Chief J.O.Ajewole was elected as the Council