abdulkayus:


Hey hater, can't u comprehend? That practice has been abolished many years ago. Y are u trying to be intolerant, bigot and stupid at the same time.

lonelydora:
A very big lie. It's because the man absconded, they don't want to see it as an insult.

Abobaku, wherever you are, I hail you because you have written your name in the history of Ile-Ife.

Abobaku, please come back and continue your enjoyment joor. Die with Oba for wetin?

funkybully:
Too late at face saving crap. We non yorubas don't even know what abobaku means, it is yoloba word and d meaning says it all.

What is d curfew for n why is the burial enshrewed in such secrecy that only few fellow ogboni chiefs witness it? What are they hiding?

chuna1985:
Barbaric tribe.

chuna1985:
Barbaric tribe.

eyinjuege:


There really is nothing new about the Oro curfew. Even in a city as metropolitan as Lagos, its still being practiced regularly e.g Ikorodu. The last Ooni Oba Adesoji Aderemi's burial site is still not known by anybody. No one will know when Ooni Sijuwade will be buried and definitely no one will know his burial site. It's highly secretive, and its their tradition. The only thing anyone will probably hear about this ish is that a new Ooni is being enthroned.
Kings in Yorubaland are supposed to be gods, who don't die, so how can you bury someone that's not dead? He has only "waja"- gone on a journey.
I personally don't believe anyone is going to be buried with any dead king, but we are still very traditional people in Naija. Toneach is own provided no one's getting hurt.

Atlantian:
So the Yorubas were so barbaric right from the 17th century. No wonder they love palm oil and opening their mouths when they talk. They should kindly abolish this nonsense. It is too shameful.

tevinsolt:


What is shameful about it? Nigga better have a seat before I dig out the primitive practices of your tribe

247notire:
I'm ibo but... F^ck u man! U dint need to say that...

ichidodo:
This laughable attempt at saving face is not going to work... How about fibbing this rubbish to the loved ones of those whose lives have been ritually cut off as part of the burial rites of the late Ooni? May Be they would prefer your head in Ooni's tomb instead of this cover up.

Atlantian:
So the Yorubas were so barbaric right from the 17th century. No wonder they love palm oil and opening their mouths when they talk. They should kindly abolish this nonsense. It is too shameful.

titosantana:


I swear you be mad man, so when you talk you whisper abi, you don't open your mouth at all.




Nairaland now have innumerable illiterates and ignorants.

Atlantian:
Nothing is shameful about burying a living person with the dead or with opening the mouth way too wide when speaking ?

chuna1985:
Barbaric tribe.

tevinsolt:


There's nothing shameful about an old traditions, every culture in the world has had it's own period of it. If it is still practiced then, they need to be arrested. But don't come here with that bull to single this tribe out. It is bullshit and u know it.

Inioluwa01:
I knew it! I just knew all the talk about the Abobaku thingy couldn't be any true. Pfsshh! It doesn't make sense @ all...not in this civilized dispensation..It's like sacrificing 2 balls for 1.

Erelu Lola Ayorinde speaks of what her culture did to the body of her Oba popularly known as Eleyinmi of Village Headmaster
Read on and see link to read more


Through the pain, you learn a lot about yourself - things you thought you never knew. You might even find yourself with experiences you will rather not go through. That was exactly what happened to me five years ago when a brief illness led to the death of a very much loved one - my Kabiyesi, the then Alaye Ode-Remo in Ogun State, Nigeria,- HRH Oba Sunday Funsho Adeolu - Sataloye II (affectionately known as Chief Eleyinmi) on 21st August 2008 at Kings College Hospital In London.

Prior to his coronation in 1990, he was born into a Christian Methodist Family. He grew up in a vicarage with a father who was a clergyman. From childhood, he and his younger brother were aware that they were potential heirs to the throne of their ancestors. He was a student of Ahmadu Bello University and The London School of Journalism. A Sports Commentator with the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation and a widely celebrated television actor; his role in a TV series known as The Millers brought him into spotlight.
He took part in many film productions including, Things Fall Apart and Son Of Africa, and was popularly known as Chief Eleyinmi in a TV series called "The Village Headmaster" written by the late Ambassador Olusegun Olushola.

He was indeed a Statesman who deserved a State funeral worthy of a King.
Unfortunately, his funeral rites remain a secret, a Taboo subject.
No one dare speaks about how he was laid to rest, if one can say he has been laid to rest
This practice is not uncommon in significant parts of Yoruba Land of Nigeria.
Whilst many potential victims bury their heads in the sand and console themselves with ''what happens after my death is no concern of mine''
Onlookers questions the relevance of Traditional Institutions in Nigeria and other developing nations. They believe that fanatics would argue that the role of the Traditional Ruler is to uphold the Customs and Traditions but we are now at a different time where some of those previously obsolete beliefs no longer stand the test of time.

This is a sufficient reason why it should be the concern of all law abiding Nigerian Citizens to represent the potential victims of customary rituals most especially the Monarchs in areas where customary rituals, idolatry are of concern, with a particular focus on currently serving Yoruba Kings who following their death are at risk of becoming victims of barbaric, secretive, valueless, obnoxious, fake and unfounded customary rituals.
For example,
The Awujale of Ijebuland, Kabiyesi Oba Sikiru Adetona a practicing Moslem.
HRM Kabiyesi Oba Dr. Adedapo Tejuoso, The Osile of Okeona Egba, a devout Christian and Evangelist.

Since the mysterious disappearance of the body of my late Kabiyesi, at least these two likewise:
Elerunwon of Erunwon - HRH Kabiyesi Oba Awofeso - former Primate of Cherubim & Seraphim Church and a Revivalist.
HRH Oba Oladele Olashore - The Owaloko of Iloko Ijesha - a devout Anglican and former Finance Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
My late Kabiyesi was a distinguished Elder Statesman who like many monarchs, responded to the call of Almighty God and his ancestors through Ifa (eefah) / the Oracle of Orunmila - a spiritual ancient Yoruba method used to confirm heirs to the thrones in Yoruba Land. He wholeheartedly served his communities, state, nation, and country, yet when he joined his ancestors/died, instead of a befitting burial, the whereabouts of his remains is still unknown. What we know is that the body was brutalised, treated like that of a criminal, dragged around on the streets of the town, his head left hanging for many weeks until the neck was rotten to allow the neck to come off naturally without the use of a sharp knife. Once the head came off, the body was cut into pieces, his heart removed to be eaten by his successor. His head is still in captivity somewhere in Ode Remo, Ogun State. He has no grave.

We are told the Kings of of Remo-land (Ogun State, Nigeria) are not entitled to an identifiable final place of rest, so do not have graves - a tradition which is not in accordance with the practice in ILE IFE or in OYO, the historical origin and source of all Yorubas including those from Remo-land.
The perpetrators of the fake, barbaric, and uncivilised inhumane act against the remains of dead Kings of Yorubaland are a group of individuals who are Slaves known as Afobajes / Kingmakers, Abobakus (destined to die with the King) Olokunesin known as Odis (slaves) of Ode Remo / Ijebu-land.

In the case of my late King, the ritual was without the involvement of the Chief Priest / Oluwo of the town who was then a very frail 90-year old, living in fear because he expressed a wish for Christian funeral rites. This was refused by the Traditional Council (Osugbo) of the town. All the attempts of the frail 90-year old to involve the State Government in the negotiation of his burial arrangements prior to his death was almost futile. In Nigeria today, regardless of the fact that in 1852, slave trade / human sacrifice were abolished, it is disgraceful that human sacrifice and uncivilised acts have become everyday occurrence.
To perpetrate the inhuman ungodly act experienced by my late King (Kabiyesi) required a mandatory imposition of a curfew from 12midnight to 6am. It is unclear who provided the legal authority to impose the curfew.

However, following the death of the immediate predecessor of current Alake of Egbaland, late HRH Oba Oyebade Lipede, who had an expressed wish for a Christian burial, his loyal and dutiful wife - Olori Bimpe placed his body in the boot of a car fled to Lagos, in order to facilitate a Christian burial rite for her late husband. Unfortunately she failed, the body was removed from her and handed to the ritualists of Egba-land.
The curfew which took place for consequential customary rituals was later declared illegal in Ogun State via a court settlement in a suit between:
All Concerned Christians Of Egba-land as Plaintiffs, and The Governor Of Ogun State, Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice Ogun State, a Mr. Donaldson Abiodun Ajayi, and Abeokuta South Local Government, Ogun State as Defendants.

A copy of the enrolment of judgment by Chief Judge C.O. Jacobs is available for reference in my archive.
The existence of such a court judgment could have served as a catalyst to prevent the curfew imposed when the body of my late Kabiyesi HRH Oba Sunday Funsho Adeolu was brought back to Nigeria from London in September 2008.

Nigeria is a country with a legal constitution. Section 38 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution confers on every citizen the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; while Section 17 (2b) declares that the sanctity of the human person shall be recognised and human dignity shall be maintained and enhanced.

A Constitution is the instruction book for how things work. It is a plan which provides the rules for the government. A Constitution dictates the law.

- See more at: http://trumpetmediagroup.com/opinion...breach-/#.dpuf

lonelydora:
A very big lie. It's because the man absconded, they don't want to see it as an insult.

Abobaku, wherever you are, I hail you because you have written your name in the history of Ile-Ife.

Abobaku, please come back and continue your enjoyment joor. Die with Oba for wetin?

Atlantian:
Its turn by turn. I have seen too much barbarity in African tradition. I do not respect any of the tradition as far as its barbaric and neanderthal in nature. But the Yoruba traditions are way too silly and cantankerous. You and I know this truth. We must call it out and shun it. This is 21st century. If you love tradition then rewind the clock in your home.

oloyede252:
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Mr man.this is not something to argue about if it is or not,the man set the record straight by providing historical backup to the legend of abobaku...and I want to believe you understand the op assertion... so attempt at saving face as you put it is just you showing ignorance on subject matter.and to the rest of your statement don't say what you don't know it will just make you look dumb.

anyway I see your not of Yoruba so please just stop spreading ignorance...
thank you[/s] .

Bonapart:
Like seriously who give a damn.... they can bury his whole children alive along side with the dude





















I almost give a damn anyway