IBADAN -First, this is a very funny one. Nigerians have come again. Akindele House at Isale Asaka, Foko, Ibadan in Oyo State is now a place fill with a crowd of eager Nigerians waiting to see what many have called a ‘miniature mermaid’, or ‘Omo Yemoja’ as they call it. Yemoja is the Mother Goddess, Patron Deity, especially of pregnant women, in Yorubaland. As the story went, Alhaji Raufu A. Salau, the head of the family said that he was sleeping upstairs and relaxing when frenzied noise downstairs woke him and he had to go downstairs.

He narrated: ”Ramota, his granddaughter, sells fried and roasted fish in the house and, as usual, purchased a carton of frozen fish that morning. She was in the process of cleaning the fish and separating those to be roasted from the ones to be fried when she was said to have screamed out loud and called on neighbours to come to her aid.”

Then Salau, a civil servant said that instead of his grand-daughter to call him, she dashed straight to the home of the Shehu, an Islamic cleric who came to offer some holy prayers. By that time, a crowd was already gathering and the neighbours were already converging. Then they said that the first person to take a picture of the ‘mermaid’ had his phone shattered mysteriously (Nigerians and faabu sha).

Then, wait for this: Alhaja Alirat, another member of the community narrated to reporters of the Nigerian Tribune that ”she did not see the mermaid but the lady who claimed to have seen it, but declined to speak with the press, told her that the mermaid, though very small in size initially, grew bigger and was fish from waist downward and human being from waist upwards, with mouth, nose, eyes and long hair, which it was swinging to cover its eyes when the mammoth crowd thronged to the scene to look at it.” (Is there a better definition of bullshit?)

She also stated that the ‘mermaid’ begged Ramota not to expose her but a terrified Ramota had to scream out in panic. (Oh, Nigerians, your lies can wake up MKO). Another member of the community, Miss Oshungbemi, a worshipper of the Osun deity stated what I even find not only more bizarre but also more senseless; that the ‘mermaid’ has come to bless Ramota and upgrade her financial status (billionaire things shey?) Miss Oshungbemi gave her own recommendation that instead of shouting, all Ramota should have done is to have looked for a large bowl of water, put the ‘Omo Yemoja’ inside and appease it by chanting out its incantation (like seriously?). Oshungbemi stated that Oshun does not just visit any house unless there was an adherent in it.

To corroborate Oshungbemi’s claims, Alhaja Alirat said ‘the tradition to which one is born is quite different from the religion one is practising,” adding that if one was born into Osun tradition and one became a Muslim and, at a point in time, received a message to worship Osun, there was nothing bad in it.

“It does not affect one’s religion. In fact, it is for one’s good, as worshipping the Osun would improve one’s fortune in life and make the person a better human being. At least, the Holy Book says we should give to Caesar what is Caesar’s.’

Later, Ramota was moved to the Mapo Police Station (some Nigerians said the police should not have arrested her but the fish…lol!) with Shehu, her Islamic cleric. Thankfully, the Police Public Relations Officer, Bisi Ilobanafor, demonstrated more sanity in the whole affair saying that what the woman saw was no mermaid but one of the many creatures in the ocean.

Some other reports are also flying around that the ‘mermaid’ has been taken into custody by the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Arisekola Alao. Efforts to reach Arisekola on phone failed but one of his assistants later said that it was one giant crayfish that was brought to Arisekola’s residence and not a ‘mermaid’.

Well, this is very interesting and disturbing at the same time. One, this spate of ‘miracles’ swallowed by Nigerian masses in recent times, from the babies born with rosaries (obviously, those are dumb and ridiculous frauds, and only a dumber person will believe such stuff) to this one shows the terrifying level of ignorance in our society. If you cannot call a Nigerian child on the street of Ibadan to identify some of the commonest sea creatures, then I wonder what they are teaching them in the science class.

To me, this looks like a sea anemone. Nothing more, nothing less. Yemoja ko, Oluweri ni. Sea anemones are predatory animals found in oceans and seas across the world, they are usually very colourful and predatory in nature. Some sea anemones secrete neurotoxins (poisonous chemical substances) that can affect the activity of the heart. Take a look at the images of sea anemones below and compare. It boils down to all what we’ve been shouting: more science and technology in our society. This thick fabric of religion-driven ignorance and superstition will do us no good -causing more harm than good. If Nigeria is to really lead the black world out of the present quandary, and send people into space, then nonsense as this has to stop. Especially when we have a scientist as a President.

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A new picture of the creature has emerged and judging by it, it could have also possibly been a baby octopus (going by the number of pair of the limbs) but there is nothing supernatural about this. Eyin ara Ibadan, kini sow

SOURCE: http://.com/mystery-fish-spreads-panic-in-ibadan/

Thank you OP......,so nah wetin pple dey call mermaid be dis? smh....no wondere dere was no picture evidence

Hilarious, anoda yoruba movie in d makin.
wat trait does a yoruba and indian have in common? gods and juju.

This is more sane than all the other reports read thus far.

Illiteracy is a very big disease