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Desperate politicians, seeking to gain a foothold over power, mounted huge traffic to the homes of these "men who see tomorrow." They swear allegiance by sleeping in coffins and making human sacrifices. Worse still, these "soothsayers" warm the policy by assuring even the simple charlatans that they will be in office in 2019 when the physical political realities deny it.
The South African poet Mazisi Raymond Fakazi Mngoni Kunene (1930-2006) his Nigerian counterpart, Gabriel Imomotime Okara, in his respective works, demonstrated how difficult it is for an African – regardless of his embrace of modernity and values nuns from the West and the East – to part with the occultism's hybris, black magic and the oath of blood, which forms the pattern of the centuries of l & # 39; 39, African existence.
Kunene was particularly disturbed by the break that modernity has caused on African traditions, culture and lifestyles. In "Piano and Drums", Okara evokes the effects of clashes between Western and African cultures, while in "To The Soldier Hero", Kunene invokes the spirits of deceased ancestors and begs the dead not to abandon the living. . the African cosmological belief that there is a permanent marriage between life and death.
The anthropological study of Peter Morton-Williams on Ogboni, the ancient secret cult of the dreaded Yoruba, titled "The Yoruba Ogboni Cult at Oyo," which describes the power of blood in sacrifices and oaths, helps to enter in touch with the way politicians go to pastors, Alfas and babalawos to secure their political future. Written in 1960, Morton-Williams studies what probably motivates black magic and why the elite unreservedly ventured into it, despite Christianity and Islam, and why the Ogboni remain of paramount importance in the Yoruba religious organization.
Morton-Williams said that oaths of blood, which are administered to protect the secrets and ensure that they do not flee, as well as to ensure the loyalty of one to the other are as old as humanity. Oaths seek to carve a brotherhood where it does not exist. The Norwegian warrior Orvar-Odd and the famous Swedish warrior, Hjalmar's blood oath, are a good example. Having fought for two days without a winner, both decided to be sworn brothers by letting their blood run under a blade of grass raised by their spears. They then licked the blood amid incantations and an oath.
The anthropologist also examined Lydia, a minor iron age kingdom of western Asia, located east of ancient Ionia in modern Turkish provinces from Manisa and Izmir. He said, of themselves, that they initiate ceremonies where their arms are slashed with a sharp object and subsequently lick the dripping blood. The Scythians, ancient Iranian peoples of nomadic equestrian breeders, who dominated the Pontic-Caspian steppe throughout classical antiquity, also shed their blood in a glass cup which was then mixed with wine and drunk by oaths. The Mongols and Chinese, as well as the Balkans in the peninsula, also practiced this during the Ottoman era.
Nigerian politics is the theater where this marriage of modern religions and traditional African existence is dramatized. The trio of pastors, Islamic clerics and babalawos is wreaking havoc on the Nigerian socio-political environment through their claims of ability to see tomorrow.
The anthropologist also discovered a plethora of powers that blood initiates, especially in fraternities and cults like the Ogboni, handle. Believing in the powerful force of the Earth as a compelling force, Ogboni uses edan (a twin object of a man and a woman attached to a cylindrical brass) in their lledi (shrine) and asperities of blood to subtly encode obedience to rules and secrets. Not only does Ogboni insure the secret among his initiates, but an esprit de corps is imposed by oaths of blood, allowing the potential strikers to reveal the secrets of the Ogboni.
Christianity and Islam sought to eliminate oaths of blood. The Ogboni himself was the recipient of this rout in 1948 at Oyo by Alaafin Aderemi, a pious Muslim who sought to dissociate the palace from the ancient practice of voodoo. Until here, the palace was a great link and derived its existence from the immense powers of the Ogboni fraternity. Indeed, the Oyo Mesi have doubled as initiators and advisers of Alaafin. Even if a great attempt is made in the current cyber era to dissociate secret sects from the activities of society, cults flourish greatly among the African elite, especially politicians, who run to they for shields at times of political difficulties. Indeed, the judges, politicians, lawyers and leaders of society are supposed to belong to these fraternal cults, all in the rush of power and protection against the bad weather of life. You would be alarmed if Ogboni records are ever open to public scrutiny. Pastors, imams and many leaders of the society are members of the sect.
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And fraternities have a great price. Fathers are known to sleep with their daughters as one of the conditions of fraternal powers, while the metaphysical offerings of the beloved ones in cultured ovens are prevalent. At the death of the lords of these cults, their corpses are requested by living initiates, supposedly with the mandate to cut the hearts of their cavities. This was the lot of the Yoruba music impresario, Dauda Akanmu, aka Epo Akara, an anecdotist and folklorist. Epo had died in February 2005 from a kidney disease. At his funeral in Ibadan, at a place opposite the Guru Maharaj Ji Shrine, Islamic clerics present at the funeral had, stunned and helpless, observed the body of Epo hijacked by the lord. Ogboni advancing. One thing led to the other and the body of the great musician Awurebe, who I had been addicted to music since the late 70s, was hurriedly thrown on the highway from Lagos-Ibadan
The religions and the traditional African existence are dramatized. The trio of pastors, Islamic clerics and babalawos is wreaking havoc on the Nigerian socio-political environment through their claims of ability to see tomorrow. Less than a year after the 2019 elections, this attempt to explain the future of Nigerian politicians is booming. Desperate politicians, seeking to gain a foothold over power, have mounted huge traffic to the homes of these "men who see tomorrow." They swear allegiance by sleeping in coffins and making human sacrifices. Worse still, these "soothsayers" warm the policy by assuring even the simple charlatans that they will be in power in 2019 when the physical political realities deny it. This trio has ruined houses, sent many to their first graves and is one of the political calamities striking Nigeria today.
Buhari, I'm not smart
We can scientifically prove the satanic silence of Buhari on these murders. First, until he was dragged by the fire-breathing public to visit Benue after almost three months of bloodshed, Buhari's was a good thing. comfortably seated inside the fortress of the villa, while those who became the dead buried their dead
M. Buhari was thrown into a major argumentative trap last Thursday while hosting the members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of the 19 northern states that visited him. The CAN had ostensibly stormed the Villa to beg its presidency to "do something" about the killing orgy in Nigeria, part of which is usually attributed to Buhari's parents – the Fulani pastors [19659016]. For political reasons, to try to suggest that this government is not doing anything about the massacres, and that I, being Fulani, must encourage these satanic acts, it seems to me that there is no limit to evil in the minds of men "had said in part
The pitfall is what philosophers call argumentum ad hominem, ie call to the person.It is" a fallacious argumentative strategy " where the authentic argument "is avoided and rather" the character, the motive "are attacked.The interlocutor attacks the other person as a shield to justify his argument.My argument is that to say that anyone who says that the president tolerates the carnage of pastors Fulani does this for political reasons, it is harmful.Many Nigerians who logically believe that the president condones the carnage by proxy have no iota of political coloring and are not satanic but are pushed s by patriotism. I am one of them.
We can scientifically prove the satanic silence of Buhari on these murders. First, until he was dragged by the fire-breathing public to visit Benue after almost three months of bloodshed, Buhari sat comfortably inside the fortress of the Villa, while those who become the dead bury their dead. When the elders of Benue finally cried to him, all he asked was for them to welcome the shepherds killers. When he was also dragged to Taraba, all he did was compare the dead bodies of his Fulani relatives killed in the state with those of Benue and Zamfara, prompting his derisory labeling as a Mortician statistician from Nigeria. Even in the Plateau, there were allegations that the killers of more than 200 people in the state recently had a free reign for more than 24 hours and Buhari's safety was not in sight. So who is satanic in his conclusions between the Nigerians and the president?
Fare Thee Well, Judge Umezulike
How do I cry Umezulike, who preferred the references to me by ore (my friend) a man who is apparently dead man humiliated, believing that he was set up by the DSP?
For a wink, we could all see the story that night. It was in January 2015 and the Christmas wonderland was always full of nostalgia on everyone's face. The two-story building, from which we were all gathered, had the aroma of history. You could almost smell General Odumegwu Ojukwu, the state leader of the secessionist republic of Biafra, with his recalcitrant beard and deep baritone, inspiring orders to loyal troops like the fire of a dinosaur; meaning the acclaimed temperament of Akanu Ibiam, with a stethoscope hanging on his neck; Do the gruff experience of Ukpabi Asika, administrator of the post-Biafra East states, who all lived in this building that they call Lion Building, the governor's lodge. Enugu State
The Enugu Cultural Troupe, dancers' feet worth the rich Igbo culture rhythms, performed to the delight of visiting foreign ambassadors. Ferdinand Anikwe, leader of the troupe, with his rich mastery of culture and Igbo history, became lyrical in explaining the symbolism of the camber painted on the faces of the troop and the ululating rhythm of the flutes
. The man with fair skin has approached me. He had asked and I was told that I was the one he was looking for. We were almost screaming on our voices as the metal flapping at the feet of the dancers drowned our discussion. He had heard about me, he had said and read a play called "The Dilemma of a Snake" that I had just written in The Guardian about an accident of my family, coming back from a party From Christmas to Ibadan and heading to Enugu, our home, three days to the New Year, had been near Agbor in the Delta State. While driving, I had tried to crush a snake that was snaking on my way. My car 504 veered into the bush, the accident was almost fatal, while my pregnant wife, bleeding and injured children, were all helped by the rescuers. In the room, I had stated that the snake, which had led to the accident, was not the same as the benevolent snake of D. Lawrence's poem. Lawrence, son of a coal miner hailing from the Nottinghamshire coalfields, had explored the relationship between humans and one of the most dreaded venomous reptiles on the planet. I drew a fatalistic link between the evil Agbor snake and the accident that nearly consumed my family and me.
This was the same man that they say was dead, this news hitting me like a thunderbolt. A few years ago, Umezulike was involved in a bribery scandal for which he was removed from office. Believing that he had been set up, he sought to retaliate by drafting petitions in Abuja against his sworn enemy, a high-level parliamentarian with DSP epaulettes.
The man who sought me in the crowd was the Chief Justice of Enugu State. Innocent Justice Umezulike. That night, we struck an agreement that has lasted since. His official quarters on Independence Layout became my frequent point of contact where we both sat to discuss intellectual matters. I learned that he had once taught at the University of Ibadan and was a professor of property law, an acclaimed legal leader in Conveyancing and Adverse Possession, which alone has written and published about 23 books. At one point, he put me in touch with my former professor at the University of Lagos, Professor Campbell Shittu Momoh, with whom he wrote a festschrift. It was the oldest CJ in the history of Enugu
When people ask me how, as Odewale has said in The Gods are not to blame, who has gone through many rivers up to the land of people my people pejoratively call who, in retaliation, calls my people ofen nmanu, has survived for four years, the detribalized person of Umezulike and that of my boss, as well as the a pinch of others, was responsible for survival. So also the Igbo cuisine, especially the delicious lunch at Nwanyi Onitsha on Owerri Road, Enugu where then Member of the House of Representatives, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and I threw our plates into the crowd for ofe nsala or ofe onugbu with ndi oka [19659002C'estcemêmehommequ'ilsdisentmortcettenouvellequimefrappecommeuncoupdefoudreIlyaquelquesannéesUmezulikeaétéimpliquédansunscandaledepotsdevinpourlequelilaétédémisdesesfonctionsCroyantqu'ilavaitétémisenplaceilacherchéàriposterenrédigeantdespétitionsàAbujacontresonennemijuréunparlementairedehautniveauavecdesépaulettesd'unDSPUmezilukeaalléguéquesonennemijuréleDSPquiavantdeveniraugouvernementd'Enuguaudébutdesannées2000etplustardcatapultéauparlementfédéralparlamagnanimitédeChimarokeOgbonniaNnamanietdontl'emblèmeestuncurieuxfanfaronpossèdedespropriétéschicsdanspresquetous
How do I cry Umezulike, who preferred references to me by mine have (my friend) a man who is apparently dead a humiliated man, believing that it was set up by the DSP?
Festus Adedayo is a journalist based in Ibadan.
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