Ekiti: Why Yoruba Obas are powerless — Ifa Priest Elebuibon

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Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon

Renowned Ifa priest, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon said traditional rulers in South-West states have become powerless attributing their incapacity to failure to adhere to culture and traditions.

Elebuibon stated this in the light of Monday’s killing of two Ekiti monarchs, the Onimojo of Imojo, Oba Olatunde Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin by kidnappers.

The latter also in the same area, abducted five pupils of the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, three teachers, and the bus driver.

Weighing in on the spate of kidnapping in the region, the priest in an interview with Punchng said, Yoruba people have their ways of dealing with insecurity.

But this he said, has been dumped for western culture, accusing traditional rulers of being the chief culprit of the alleged indiscretion.

“We do have traditional means of protection in Yorubaland. It is just that the foreign religions that were embraced by Yoruba traditional rulers have rendered them powerless.

“Most of the monarchs did not go through the necessary rites and rituals, and therefore, they lacked the necessary protection like charms that could make someone disappear and reappear, charms that can free someone from clutches when held. They only rely on foreign religions for protection.

“A monarch should not be kidnapped anyhow like that if he is immune and he embraces traditional things. Before a king sets out on a journey, there are things he must do. He must be able to see ahead if it is a journey he should embark on. He must have a spiritual guardian, but they have abolished all that.

“Protection in this kind of circumstance we have found ourselves should be in three phases; The one you do for yourself to ensure you are fully protected against attacks. Secondly, protection is provided by the government for its citizens but now that government’s protection is unreliable, it calls for individual protection. People should get potent charms against gunshots, and machete attacks and protection against kidnapping. We should not rely on government protection again,” he told the publication.

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