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Odéjìmí Must Go! by generaliy: 10:14am On Oct 15, 2020 |
Odejimi is a village guard He had been "favored" by Chief Bala, for the job. His take home pay couldn't take him home, His uniform was sold to him, His arrows? on a daily rentals, To takes illegal taxes And remit to Odegbemi, his superior, who in turn remits a part to Ode aperin, the regional head guard, Who in turn settles Oluode, the overall chief guard, For favoring him with his position. So, Odejimi went haywire, For he needed more and more, With his greed came violence, And uttermost disregard for the villagers’ lives. At the time of the tenth full moon, The young men arose, "Odejimi must go", they chorused! Chanting from compounds to yards, We will no longer be killed or maimed!! Then arose Oluode, feeling threatened. "These sons of anger would dare deliver themselves from our grip?" Shall the prey be taken away from the mighty? Arrows and swords, Sorrows and blood From the square in 'Lere to the olori ebi's compound in 'Moso, Bodies of young men lie lifeless! Ojó burúkú Èsù gbomimu The bad day the devil drank beer! How shocking! The young folks won’t go home. They were more resolute than ever! So in haste, the Oluode thought of tricks, And in his history of junk tales he found one... "Hear Ye people, The night guard has been disbanded" And in moronic haste he concluded, "We shall now have the nocturnal guard" "Thou mad man, stop disguising" The youths would have none of the bunkum!!! So, everyone is angry The people, Odejimi, Odegbemi, Ode Aperin and Oluode Hence, no one could end the scuffle but one, The Baale Oko ilu, the village's head, Who unfortunately suffers from ear blocks, A medicine-defying case of stubborn ear disease, That only relieves him when his clan's herds are affected. And thus the beat goes on Who shall deliver the ancient village of Ayédáàdé ![]() The above is a mischievous imagination of an amateur story teller, any resemblance to real life events is a miracle and should not be investigated. Ilesanmi Samuel Iyanu, Lagos, Nigeria. Iyanuloluwa007@gmail.com Photo credit: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-24/dogon-hunter-1/10934402 Cc Lalasticlala Seun 4 Likes
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Re: Odéjìmí Must Go! by generaliy: 5:22pm On Oct 15, 2020 |
#EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutality |
Re: Odéjìmí Must Go! by SadiqBabaSani: 5:45pm On Oct 15, 2020 |
Hmmmm, this is a microcosm of d larger picture 2 Likes |
Re: Odéjìmí Must Go! by generaliy: 5:36am On Oct 16, 2020 |
SadiqBabaSani: Exactly. 2 Likes |
Re: Odéjìmí Must Go! by sorsor(m): 7:12pm On Oct 19, 2020 |
End odejimi way of life So therefore #End Sars #Endpolicebrutality 2 Likes |
Re: Odéjìmí Must Go! by swtdrms(m): 7:59pm On Oct 19, 2020 |
U tried, keep it up |
Re: Odéjìmí Must Go! by forgiveness: 8:22pm On Oct 19, 2020 |
Wow! Insightful. Front page please. |
Re: Odéjìmí Must Go! by forgiveness: 9:04pm On Oct 19, 2020 |
generaliy: Perhaps, scared of the unknown. |
Re: Odéjìmí Must Go! by generaliy: 8:58am On Oct 20, 2020 |
forgiveness: If There’s nothing to be afraid of really. |
Re: Odéjìmí Must Go! by praz001(m): 9:22am On Oct 20, 2020 |
Awesome piece... 1 Like |
Re: Odéjìmí Must Go! by kllinxman(m): 1:37pm On Oct 20, 2020 |
forgiveness: When the oga is against the protest, check his tweets. 1 Like |
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