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ÀARE̩ KURUMI OF IJAIYE. THE YORUBA WARRIOR WHO LOST HIS FIVE SONS IN ONE DAY
The story of Kurunmi is one that draws tears from the eyes of people who feel pity for a man who stood firm for tradition.
There was a time in the history of Yoruba where the heir to the throne is killed whenever the king dies. This tradition came about because it was discovered that a lot of princes killed their fathers so they could ascend the throne and become king instead.
It was believed that if the heirs were killed alongside their fathers, kings would live longer on the throne.
During this period, Alaafin Atiba was the paramount ruler of the Oyo empire, and he appointed Kurunmi, the son of Esiele as the Aare-ona-Kakanfo ( the generalissimo of the whole Yoruba warriors).
As it was with tradition, a king and an Aare-ona-Kakanfo cannot stay in the same town because their wield similar powers, so Kurunmi was assigned to Ijaiye, where he was given the power to lord over.
One day, Alaafin Atiba summoned the kings and lords of the neighboring towns and told them he wished to change tradition. Present at the meeting were kings like the Timi of Ede, Balogun Ibikunle of Ibadan, and Kurunmi himself.
When they were seated, Atiba came down from his throne and held the sword of Ogun (the Yoruba god of iron) in his right hand, and the bolt of Sango (the Yoruba god of lightning and thunder) in his left. He charged the royalties present to swear by the sword and bolt that after his death, his son Aremo Adelu will be made king after his demise.
Kurunmi disagreed immediately, and he reminded Alaafin Atiba that according to the tradition, the moment Atiba does, his son Adelu must follow suit. Other royalties tried to persuade Kurunmi, but he was adamant. When he couldn't convince them, he walked out in anger and headed for Ijaiye.
The other kings and chiefs went home to their people to inform them of the latest developments. When Balogun Ibikunle of Ibadan told his chiefs the news, one of the chiefs Basorun Ogunmola took the matter up and suggested they wage war against Kurunmi.
Kurunmi had once captured Ogunmola who had a secret affair with his wife. He captured him, tied him to a stake like a goat and fed him ashes as food. As a form of revenge, Ogunmola proposed war against Kurunmi.
Alaafin Atiba sent emissaries to Kurunmi to change his mind, but he remained adamant, and when Alaafin Atiba saw that he would not change his mind, he sent two calabash bowls to Kurunmi. One of the calabashes contained an effigy of a pair of twins (Yoruba symbol of peace), while the other calabash contained gunpowder (Yoruba symbol of war).
Kurunmi immediately chose war and sent the emissaries back to Atiba. Immediately, Kurunmi summoned his chief warrior Balogun Ogunkoroju and told him to prepare for war.
As part of the preparations for war, Kurunmi consulted the oracle, and the oracle warned him not to go to war with Ibadan because he would lose the war. Kurunmi was not going to have any of it, and he pestered the oracle to tell him what to do to win the war.
The oracle then told Kurunmi that in order for him not to lose the war, he must not cross the River Ose, which was the boundary between Ijaiye and Ibadan. Kurunmi agreed, and went ahead to plan for the war against Ibadan.
While Kurunmi was making preparations, the Ibadan warriors, led by Ogunmola went to meet the people of Ęgba who were said to possess very powerful charms.
The Ęgba people then prepared a potent charm called Eedi (a charm that causes someone or a group of people to ignore warnings or dare something that will harm them). The Eedi was set out to the River Ose so that the Ijaiye warriors will be tempted to cross the river.
When the war came, Kurunmi sent his five sons to war to fight the Ibadan people. During the face-off, Ijaiye warriors soundly defeated the Ibadan warriors, and the remaining Ibadan warriors fled back, crossing the River Ose.
Unfortunately for Kurunmi, his warriors fell to the potency of the Eedi, and they crossed the River Ose, believing that they had momentum, and that they could chase the Ibadan soldiers far away.
Immediately they crossed the river, their charms failed them, and they were killed in thousands by the warriors of Ibadan who had set a trap for them. Kurunmi suffered heavy losses, and lost all his five sons in the war.
Basorun Ogunmola mocked him and sent a message to him that he was coming for his head. On hearing the news of the death of his daughter and his men, Kurunmi became very devastated and suicidal, but while he grieved, he held on to his belief that tradition remains tradition, and that he does not regret standing firm in the face of corruption.
Kurunmi committed su***de by taking poison, and he was thrown into the river Ose according to his wishes so that Basorun Ogunmola won't have the luxury of cutting his head and hanging it in shame.

THE TRUE HISTORY OF ILORIN

Hundreds of years ago, there was a forest called Oko-Erin, there were many elephants in this bush, that was why it is called Oko-Erin [elephant forest], only the brave and powerful hunters live in this forest. Òjó Oníṣekúṣe [Ojo the promiscuous], who was from Ijesha, was the first hunter to arrive Oko-Erin he was a brave and powerful hunter. Ẹ̀mìńlá from Ìlá- Ọ̀ràngún also came and met Òjó Oníṣekúṣe in this forest; he was a powerful hunter too.

Both Òjó Oníṣekúṣe and Ẹ̀mìńlá do not live at Oko-Erin, they only hunt for a while and return to their family. Ọláderin arrived Oko-Erin after Ẹ̀mìńlá and Òjó Oníṣekúse. Ọláderin has a hut in this forest; he was the leader of all the elephant hunters at the time and he was the first settler at Oko-Erin. He was from Oyo Alaafin. Whenever his co-hunters returns from hunting, they took some rest at Oladerin’s hut, Oladerin was so powerful that both humans, elephants, and other animals fear him. Laderin has a big pot of concoctions, when he enters this pot, he can turn into any type of animal he desires. That was why he was referred to as Ola di erin[Oladerin.] There was a stone used for sharpening their machetes at Oladerin’s hut, whenever their machetes got blunt; they took it to Oladerin’s hut to sharpen it on this particular stone. while heading to Oladerin’s hut to sharpen their machete, if anybody asks them where they are going, they would say “mò ń lọ lọ irin mi lọ́dọ̀ọ Láderin” [I want to go and sharpen my machete at Laderin’s place] they used to call this stone Ìlọ irin [a sharpener]Ilorin derived its name from this stone.

The stone they used for sharpening their machetes is still at Bámidélé house in Ilorin today. Ojo onisekuse was said to have fled Oko-Erin because of his promiscuity, he was fond of sleeping with his daughter and family, and this act is forbidden when he was caught, he had to flee Oko-Erin. Eminla went back to Ila-Orangun, while Ojo onisekuse fled to Ojoku near Offa where he later died.

People started coming to Ilorin from villages around Oyo to live with Laderin, some of the hunters too decided to settle at Ilorin with Laderin that was how Ilorin started to expand. Laderin was the first chief [baálẹ̀] in Ilorin; there was no other tribe in Ilorin at this time aside from the Oyo indigene and its environs.

After Laderin’s death, his son Pàsín took over as the second chief [baálẹ̀ ] during Pàsín reign as baálẹ̀ in Ilorin, Bashọ̀run Gáà was disrupting the peace of Oyo, Pàsín interfered in the issue because he was not pleased with the way Bashọ̀run Gaa was tormenting the people of Oyo; this was what led to Pasin’s death. Bashorun Gaa killed him in an open space. After Pasin’s death, Àlùgbìn the son of Pasin became the next baale in Ilorin. During Alugbin’s reign, Ilorin has become a big town.
After Alugbin’s demise, his son Àfọ̀njá became the new baale in Ilorin. Afonja was brave, courageous, and fearless; he was a warlord who possesses supernatural powers.

Afonja became baale in Ilorin during the reign of Alaafin Abíọ́dún Adégoólú in the Oyo kingdom. After the demise of Alaafin Abiodun Adegoolu, another king was crowned in Oyo, his name was Aólẹ̀ Aróganganlóyè; he was a powerful king. Before Aole was crowned a king, Afonja has become so powerful that he was feared by everyone in Yoruba land, he has waged war against many Yoruba villages, waged war against some villages near Ilorin, overpowered them, and rule over them; he has waged war against few villages like Ìdòfìàn, Òkè-Òyì, Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀-Igbọ́n, Ẹlẹ́rínjàre, and many villages close to Ilorin. Many villages near Ilorin are no longer in existence due to Afonja’s war against them. Some of these villages see Afonja as their god. Most people no longer fear the Alaafin, the only person they fear and dread was Afonja; they often say “Bí Aláàfin ó bá bínú kó bínú, bí Àfọ̀njá ò bá sáà ti bínú àbùsebùse” [If Alaafin like he can get angry as long as Afonja is not.]

Nobody dares question whatever Afonja does. Aole has heard of Afonja before he became the king that he is more like a devil. After Aole was crowned as the Alaafin, Ọyábí was the Ààrẹ ọ̀nà kakaǹfò [the Yoruba generalissimo.] After Oyabis’s death, Afonja insisted that he would be the next Yoruba generalissimo [Aare ona kakanfo] meanwhile, Afonja’s mother was from a royal family in Oyo, they told Afonja that becoming the Yoruba generalissimo is ridicule to him, and the royal kingdom, but Afonja insisted that he must be the next kakanfo. Alaafin Aole agreed to make him the Kakanfo and this was the genesis of the problem in Yoruba land.

It was customary in Yoruba land that whenever a new kakanfo is chosen, the Alaafin must send him to war to ascertain how powerful the new kakanfo is, the warrior would ask the king to tell them who his enemy is, and whoever or a town the Alaafin declares as his enemy would turn to ashes my the armies. Afonja and his armies were expecting the Alaafin Aole to send them to war, but Aole did not. There was a reason why Aole did not send Afonja the new kakanfo to war; he knew that whatever war he sent Afonja, he will win, and he doesn’t want Afonja’s supremacy to keep spreading in the Yoruba kingdom, he believed that Afonja was a rascal. Afonja suspected that Aole does not like him, and Aole sees Afonja as his enemy and the major threat to his throne. He thought to himself that Afonja might want to overthrow his throne. One day, the Ọ̀yọ́mèsìs who was the head of chiefs in the Oyo kingdom that advises the king asked the Alaafin Aole to tell them who his enemy was so they can tell the armies to wage war against his enemy.

They said it is an abomination to elect a new kakanfo without sending him to war to know how powerful and capable he is. Alaafin Aole opened up to them that his only enemy was Afonja the new kakanfo that forced himself on him; he said his enemy is powerful than he is. Moreover, they are from the same royal family and he is confused about what to do.

The Oyomesis told Alaafin Aole that they know what to do; they assured him that he would conquer Afonja, they agreed to send Afonja to a war that he won’t return. It is forbidden for any kakanfo in Yoruba land to reject any war that Alaafin sent him, and it is necessary that kakanfo win the battle or never return. They connive to send Afonja to wage war against Iwere. No one has ever dare wage war against Iwere in the history, this was as a result of two things, firstly, Iwere was located on the hill, it is difficult to wage war against them. Secondly, the mother of both Alaafin Abiodun and Aláàfin Àjàgbó who reigned in the year [1587-1624] was from Iwere, Ajagbo was the one that established the kakanfo, and it was in their agreement that no kakanfo will ever wage war against Iwere.

They believed that if Afonja wages war against Iwere, he would be killed. Peradventure he won at Iwere, another plan was for the Oyo armies to kill Afonja on their way. Their plan was not to disclose to Afonja that he is waging war against Iwere, they planned to lure him to the battlefield before telling him that Alaafin Aole wants him to wage war against Iwere.
One of Afonja loyalist went to him and disclosed their plan to get rid of him, after the plan has been revealed to Afonja, he pretends as if he doesn’t know their plan. On the day he was to go for war, he was set with his armies to do the order of Aole, the Aole’s armies were leading him to Iwere, when they got to Iwere border, Afonja wage war against Alaafin Aole armies and killed them all. Afonja returned to Oyo with his armies, when he got to Oyo border, he sent a message to Alaafin Aole that their secret has been opened, he said he should commit su***de or he Afonja would wipe out his entire family.

Aole knew he has no option than to do afonja’s wish; he went into his room and brought out a pot with six arrows in it; he shot one arrow to the east, one to the south, one to the north and one to the west. He started to curse the entire Yoruba race with strong incantations as he shoots the arrows. Part of his curse was that the Yorubas will never agree on one thing and they will never love one another, he said the Yorubas would become slaves under the tribes they have ruled over, and whomever the Yorubas helped will always pay them back with evil. After all the curses, Aole lifted the pot and smashed it, the put brakes into pieces; he said no one would be able to revert his curses. After the curses, Aole poisons himself and die.

After Aole’s demise, Adébọ̀ was crowned as the new Alaafin in Oyo, there was turmoil in the whole of Yoruba land during this time, Afonja withdrew Ilorin from the authority of Oyo, and he said they no longer wanted to be part of Oyo. No one dares question Afonja, except the one who wants to die prematurely. Afonja was looking for all means that the authority of the entire Yoruba race would be under him so he can rule over the entire Yorubas. It seems Aole curse was working faster on him. Afonja neglected Alaafin completely, he never takes any order from him. Afonja has the enormous armies in the entire Yoruba race then.

He began to wage war to all Yoruba villages and towns; this makes him be more dreadful. Afonja wanted to rule over the Yorubas, he then sent for a man called Álímì who was a Fulani man and alfa from the north to be his herbalist who will fortify him with more supernatural powers. While Alimi was coming to Ilorin, he came with his entourage who are Hausas and most of them were his slaves. Afonja also sent for one of his rich friends called Sọlágbẹrú to settle with him at Ilorin in other to achieve his aim. Solagberu also came and settled at Òke-Súnà in the outskirt of Ilorin; Afonja was ruling over them. Some slaves will run away from his or her master and run to Afonja, and no one dares to question him that he snatches his or her slave. Most of the Muslims stay with Solagberu because he was a devoted Muslim who is rich and wise.

After Adebo’s demise, a new king called Máàkú was crowned as Alaafin Oyo, they sent a message to Afonja that a new king has been crowned in Oyo. Afonja asked them the name of the new king, and they told him his name is Maaku [Don’t die.] Afonja replied that “ìgbà wo ni máàkú ò ní kú” [he would eventually die].

Afonja began to recruit the Fulani and Hausa armies into his armies and everyone address them as Afonja armies, they call these armies Jànmọ́ọ̀ [comrades] . They wage war against Ìgbómìnà land; Afonja’s name started spreading across Yoruba land. The janmoos after waging war to towns and villages return with foods and different possessions of the people they wage war against; they were increasing in numbers as time. Whenever they don’t go to war, they torment the people of Ilorin by stealing their livestock. These Fulani armies were so enormous that Afonja himself don’t know their numbers, no one dare report this janmoo armies to Afonja. At a time, Fágbohùn who was the baálẹ̀ of Jàbàtá confronted Afonja that his Janmoo was disrupting the peace of the people and if care is not taking, the Fulanis and the Hausas he was shading will destroy Ilorin. Afonja sent for Alimi to consult for him if what Fagbohun said was actually true. Alimi told him that The Fulanis and the Hausas were gods sent to assist him, he said the Yorubas are planning to destroy Ilorin. Afonja was so furious, he wanted to kill Fagboun, but Fagbohun quickly runs for his life.

This issue led to a quarrel between Afonja and his friend Solagberu because he advises Afonja to send these Hausa and Fulani armies out of Ilorin because Alimi is a hypocrite and he has compromised. Fagbohun vowed to support Afonja on this; he also told Afonja that Alimi has hypnotized him.
Afonja was happy that he has nothing to fear because he has more than enough armies, he doesn’t know that they were not faithful to him. These janmoos knew that Afonja been a Yoruba might decide that they should leave Ilorin and it’s environed any time, Afonja armies who were Hausas and Fulani went to Alimi and told him to be their godfather and Alimi accepted their offer.
It was too late before Afonja got to know that they were planning to overthrow him. He was preparing for war to correct his wrongs, he wanted to set Ilorin free from Janmoo, he told Alimi to leave Ilorin with his men, Alimi refused, he said they can’t leave Ilorin, Alimi joined hand with the Janmoo to fight Afonja, the war broke out between Afonja and Alimi his close friend.

Afonja sent for Oníkòyí and some other warriors to come and assist him but they denied his request. He sent for Solagberu at Oke-Suna, but he did not answer him, he said he started it alone so he should finish what he started. Before Afonja knew what was happening, the war he was preparing for was already with him. They started to shoot their arrows at him. The arrow found on Afonja’s body was more than five hundred thousand. Afonja died standing on his foot, they were scared to move close to him thinking he might be performing some magic; the arrows were all over his body that there was no space on his body without an arrow; it was the arrows that don’t allow Afonja to fall. The brave one amidst them moved close to him and shot him another arrow; it was then that he was certain Afonja is dead. All the Yoruba armies have fled, no one to render assistance to Afonja.

They took Afonja’s co**se and burnt it after which Alimi went to Afonja compound and lure them that there was a little misunderstanding between him and his friend Afonja, that he was very sorry for what happened. Alimi rebuilt Afonja’s house, took the post of baale away from Afonja’s family, and became a baale. He was the first baale of their tribe.
Alimi later killed Solagberun that said he is not interested in the war between Afonja and Alimi, he beheads him in the open.

Gossip House

The late king of a certain community had ten wild dogs. He used them to torture and eat any of his servants who made a mistake. One of the servants gave an opinion that was wrong, and the king didn’t like it at all. So he ordered that the servant be thrown to the dogs.
The servant said, “I served you for ten years, and you do this to me? Please give me ten days before throwing me to those dogs!” The king agreed.
In those ten days, the servant went to the guard who looks after the dogs and told him he would like to serve the dogs for the next ten days. The guard was baffled but agreed, and the servant started feeding the dogs, cleaning for them, bathing them, and providing all sorts of comfort for them.
When the ten days were over, the king ordered that the servant be thrown to the dogs for his punishment. When he was thrown in, we were all amazed to see the ravenous dogs only licking the feet of the servant!
The king, baffled at what he was seeing, said,
”What has happened to my dogs?”
The servant replied, "I served the dogs for only ten days, and they didn’t forget my service. Yet I served you for a whole ten years and you forgot all, at my first mistake!"
The king realized his mistake and ordered the servant to be set free.
This post is a message to all those who forget the good things a person does for them as soon as the person makes a mistake towards them. Don’t put out the history that is filled with good because of a mistake you don’t like.

Meet the Nigerian Man, Mr. Adebayo Ogunlesi. He is the owner of London Gatwick Airport, Edinburgh Airport and London City Airport.

In 2006, his company, GIP, bought the London City Airport. In 2009, in a deal worth £1.455 billion, he bought the London Gatwick Airport. He bought Edinburg Airport in 2012. In 2018, he bought Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, an Italian train operating company operating in the field of high-speed rail transport.

ON THE ASSERTION THAT "NO GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WHAT I DID IN 6 YEARS", --- PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI IS CORRECT.

First of all, I wish to say Happy Independent day Nigeria!

I listened to the Independent Day National Broadcast of President Buhari on 1st October, 2021 and to my mind, he is very right to say that no Nigeria President has done what he did in 6 years since Nigeria Independence in 1960. The President is right on the following grounds:
1. No President has borrowed like President Buhari borrowed money in the last 6 years since 1960.
2. No Nigerian President has made Medical tourism part of his routine despite promising to end same during campaign while allowing Doctors in Nigeria Hospitals to be on strike and thereby abandoning Nigeria Citizens on their health issues since 1960.
3. No Nigerian President has allowed Terrorists fester and operate freely in any Nigerian territory since 1960 like we have it in the last 6 years to the extent that they are now sub divided into Terrorists, Kidnappers, Killer Herdsmen and Bandits.
4. No Nigerian President has looked away and allow Governors and religion Leaders to be having selfie with bandits and refused to bring them to their knees since 1960.
5. No Nigerian President has given order that Cow routes be traced and recovered even if sky scraper is built on the route at the expense of human being since 1960.
6. No Nigerian President has taking favouritism and Nepotism to the level it is in Nigeria as at today since 1960 with 90% of Security heads in one section of a country to the detriment of others like we have it in the last 6 years.
7. No Nigerian President has left the real security problems which is terrorists, Killer herdsmen and bandits with weapon of mass destruction unattended to but choose to be pursuing soft targets and Civilian agitators who are not carrying gun in pursuit of their agitation since 1960.
7. Never in the history of Nigeria since 1960 has Naira had a free fall against the dollar, Euro and Pound Sterling and we only turn to blame an online platform called Aboki FX for the free fall instead of CBN Governor like we have it under our President, so, our President is correct.
8. Never in the history of Nigeria since 1960 have we had the Citizens come out to openly protest against the Nigerian Police to show their resentment and displeasure about their operation in what is now known as .
10. No Nigerian President has freed criminals, had dinner with them and recruit them into the security forces, send some of them abroad and integrate them into all sectors with a statement by one of his top officials that a freed Boko Haram can become Nigerian President in future while the victims and their families are left unattended to in the history of Nigeria since 1960.
11. No President of Nigeria since 1960 has allowed the Nation to go into abyss, extreme poverty and the poorest Nation in the World on global poverty index like the way we have in the last 6 years.
12. Never in the History of Nigeria since 1960 has the Nation be this divided and mutual suspicion raised to this level which has resulted in agitation across the country to the extent that unknown gun men had taken over in South East of Nigeria with killings and destruction on a daily basis like we have it in the last 6 year.
13. Never in the history of Nigeria since 1960 have we had killings of this volume and magnitude like we did in the last 6 years to the extent that no day will pass in Nigeria of today without story of killings.
14. Since 1960, no Nigerian President had taken infrastructure to another country like our President is constructing roads and rail line into Niger Republic while many Nigerian cities are completely cut off and do not have motorable roads and railway.
15. Since 1960, this is the first time that the bandits will take their audacity to the highest level to the extent of attacking the safest Military Institution in Nigeria, kill and kidnap Military Officers.
16. Since 1960, kidnapping escapades has never reached this unacceptable level like we have it in the last 6 years in Nigeria to the extent that NYSC has given official recognition to payment of ransome in their book containing rules of engagement for Corps members in service of the Nation.
17. This is the first time in the history of Nigeria that the president will reveal the sponsors of Igboho and Kanu who are Civilian agitators while refusing to reveal the identity of sponsors of Boko Haram, Bandits and Killer Herdsmen which are the real problems that we face in Nigeria even though United Arab Emirates have assisted Nigeria is unravelling their activities.

With the above and many more that I cannot remember, President Buhari is correct and right to say that no Nigerian President has done what he did in the last 6 years. But I have a feeling that the Speech Writers in the Villa have deliberately put that statement in the speech of the President for Nigerians to get more angry and vilify the President. I am of the opinion that the 5th columnist are part of the speech writersin the Villa. If I were President Buhari, I will sack all of them in the information and publicity desk in the Presidency.

My name is TOLU BABALEYE ESQ writing from the Office of the Citizens. 2/10/2021.