ALÁÀFIN OF ÒYÓ: SEYI MAKINDE, A RESCUER OF THE YORUBA CULTURE AND TRADITION

Governance Seyi Makinde and the new Aláàfin of Oyo, Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade.

"Not until we all go back to ìgbà ìwásè ni eku á tó máa ké bí eku, tí eye náà ámáa ké bí eye, tí omo ènìyàn á sì máa fo'hùn bí omo ènìyàn." Adenekan



As a prelude to this article, please endeavor to watch the attached video clip above to listen to Àwíse gbogbo àgbáyé, Prof. Babawande Abimbola on the process that led to the divine selection of the new Aláàfin of Oyo, Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade (ikú bàbá  yèyé igbákejì òrìsà, ikú baba ikú, àrùn baba àrùn, ikú tí n pa'kúje, mo se kábíyèsí o).


Give it to Governor Seyi Makinde for his native intelligence 💯👍🙏


Hmmm, àsírí àwon afobaje ìlú Oyo (àwon Oyo mèsì) tú sí gbogbo aráyé lówó. Ifá orí mi rè é o,àyà mi rè é o. Ifá Olókun asòròdayò.


Hmmm, not until we all go back to ìgbà ìwásè ni eku á tó máa ké bí eku, tí eye náà ámáa ké bí eye, tí omo ènìyàn á sì máa fo'hùn bí omo ènìyàn.


Èyin àgbààgbà Ilè káàárò o ò jíire, ejé kí á se ayé ire kí òrun yín le dára.



Àwíse gbogbo àgbáyé, Prof. Wande Abimbola ekú àfomonìyànse, Omolúàbí tòótó. Oòduà À gbè yín o. Àse.


Governor Seyi Makinde, we bless Elédùmarè for your native knowledge. Thank you for saving the greatest history and heritage (tradition and custom) of Yorùbá as a people, apart from Ilé Ifè, the cradle of Yorùbá race from complete extinction. A bí kí ni a ó ti sè'yí sí?


Thank you, Your Excellency. GBAM!


Ìsèse ju owó àti dúkìá lo. Béènii, Ìsèse làgbà. 


Orélè èdè tí ó bá gbàgbé ìsèse ti so àpò ìyá kó.


Again, ìsèse làgbà GBAM!


To start with, "the Emergence Of Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade As Alaafin - Elect: A Reminder And Intricacies Of A Dangerous Foreign Religions Cold War To Abolish Our Tradition And Custom In Yoruba Land." David Adenekan.


It is very imperative to say, there was a twist to the drama that led to the divine selection of the new Alaafin of Oyo. In fact, it would have been a 'taboo' that will desecrate the custom and tradition of our ancestors. It was my instinct that restrained my pen to first do a thorough investigation to uncover the truth of the matter. If not, I would have jumped the gun to condemn Governor Seyi Makinde as an imposter or, a usurper of our tradition and custom. 


Governor Seyi Makinde was actually on the right path of history to save our tradition and custom from total extinction. If not, the so called Afobajes in Oyo Alaafin would have bastardized the oldest Oduduwa Stool, apart from Ile Ife, and made the sacred throne the last and a forgone relic of our unique identity in Yoruba land.


It is mind boggling to say we saw the strange and wicked hands of the so called caliphate to erode "Ase ati Ise Yoruba" (our tradition and custom) and turn Oyo Alaafin to an extension of the emirate by clandestinely scheming to install a stooge or puppet of Yoruba descent that had lived, and grew up in the Palace of one of the emirates as King in the ancient Palace of Oranmiyan (Oyo Alaafin), a direct descendant of Oduduwa (our progenitor).


According to Prof. Wande Abimbola in the video clip above, the huge amount of money that was used to bribe the so called Afobajes in Oyo Alaafin was unspeakable. The money was even traced to the caliphate beyond the shores of Nigeria. 


Some extremists members of the two foreign religions in Yoruba land, Islam and Christianity are so desperate to completely abolish our tradition and custom (isese). 


Adewale Abdulrasheed Akanbi, a moslem fundamentalist was installed as Oluwo of Iwo in outright disregard to the tradition and custom of Yoruba as a people. To add salt to the insult, he was turbaned by the caliphate and declared himself as Emir in Yoruba land. 


Similarly, the stool of Soun of Ogbomosho is not left out in the "Religion Shenanigans." A pastor in Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ghandi Olaoye was arbitrarily installed against the custom and tradition of the people as the Soun of Ogbomosho. It is noteworthy to say that during his coronation inside the ancient Soun Ogbomosho palace, he removed his crown and  bowed down to the General Overseer Of Redeemed Christian Church Of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye. The question is, can an Ifa Priest or Oluwo Apena Ola be invited to ordain a pastor in any Redeemed Christian Church Of God's Parish? What a sacrilege to the worshippers of our traditional religion (awon elesin abalaye). 


Moreover, did Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye not declare that no pastor from any other christian denomination can mount any altar in the Redeemed Christian Church Of God to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ? Is this not a double standard and hypocrisy of the highest order?


Alas, why is it very difficult for some of the worshippers of the two foreign religions, Christianity and Islam to understand the principle of "live and let live"?


KÍ LÓ DÉ GAN NÁ, E DÈ FI ÀWON ELÉSÌN ÀBÁLÁYÉ LÓRÙN SÍLÈ, KÍ ONÍ KÁLÙKÙ SE TI È LÓTÒÒTÒ. IT IS CALLED FREEDOM OF RELIGION AS GUARANTEED IN THE 1999 CONSTITUTION OF NIGERIA. GBAM!


Yes, the point is that, the extremists members of the two foreign religions, Christianity and Islam are plotting to take over our traditional institutions to destroy the inherent values of our custom and tradition to flagrantly replace it with foreign values that will plunge Yorùbá as a people into a cobweb of cultural delusion.


Èèwò (abomination)!


Say it to the marines, that the greatest 'taboo' of our history as a people is not the invasion of the two foreign religions, Christianity and Islam without drawing the lines.


Suffice it to say, Ìsèse (culture and tradition) is a way of life of a people and on the other hand, religion evolves from different cultures as faith you may embrace to communicate with the Almighty God of the whole universe.


Am I not a christian by faith? Will being a christian by faith nullify my unique identity as a Yorùbá man to practice my culture and tradition? Also, at what point should I truly draw a parallel line between my tradition and my faith? 


In the final analysis, all true sons and daughters of Odùduwà, our progenitor must rise up to say no to awon "Alákatakítí Èsìn, the so called   Pentirascals and Islamic fundamentalists across Yorùbá land" that are bent to trash into the dustbin of history, the unique value of our tradition and custom.


Enough is enough!


A stitch in time saves nine.



David Adenekan Is The Editor Of Shekinah International Magazine And A Media Consultant. He Writes From Chicago Illinois.

davidadenekan5@gmail.com.

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