STORY OF "ABOBAKU" IN ILE-IFE, SACRILEGIOUS
FIGMENT OF A LUNATIC IMMAGINATION AIMED
AT DESECRATING THE SACRED SIT OF OLOFIN
ODUDUWA!!!
"Initially, I never wanted to respond to the said
story rapidly spreading around like a spirit
especially on the social media(as usual) until I
was challenged by the as a patriotic Ooduan from
Ife by the intervention of another tested & trusted
patriotic Ooduan from Ekiti in the person of my
senior comrade Adewale Adeoye who has really
shown the writers/promoters of the dangerous
lies where they truly belong in the house of
Oduduwa (bi ile ba n toro, omo ale ibe ko tii
da'gba ni).
In Ile-Ife, SARUN chieftancy remains a very
enviable position being the no.1 confidant of
OONI as the king's traditional ADC from the era of
ODUDUWA till date. However, it is imperative to
know that at no time in the history of Ife's
agelong royalty was a SARUN or any other chief
buried along with an OONI. Am also not aware of
such a practice anywhere in Oodua land except
our revered OYO KINGDOM where an
OLOKUNESIN had to be buried with an ALAAFIN
and of course that has been aborted by the
colonial government very many years ago.
After the demise of Ooni Adesoji Aderemi in 1980,
his "abobaku" Saarun Arasanmi was never buried
with his master but rather upgraded to LOODOKO
of Ife by the new Oba Okunade Sijuwade who
latter appointed his own Saarun in the person of
chief Ganiyu Oyebanji. At an older age, Saarun
Oyebanji was upgraded by Oba Sijuade who made
him the AGURO of Ife and later JAARAN which is
3rd on the hierarchy of MODEWA kingmakers(osi
Ife) until he died in sometime in 2001. The
present Jaaran, High Chief Adekola Adeyeye took
over as Saarun around 2002 and served for 11yrs
till year 2013 when he too handed over to the
present Saarun Awoyode Oyelami who was the
Oonirisa's closest traditional aid until recently
when THE ELEPHANT fell. The so called
"abobaku" Saarun Awoyode Oyelami is very much
alive in Ile-Ife always with High Chief Lowa and
other kingmakers who are about to begin the rites
for the selection of the next Oonirisa who has the
prerogative to either retain him as his Saarun or
otherwise.
I hereby describe the story of "ABOBAKU RUNS
AWAY" as untrue, malicious and reckless
calculated efforts towards the unwarranted
desecration of the sacred throne of Oduduwa by
those who could only be regarded as OMO ALE
who would always point to or desribe their
father's house with left hands(forbidden).
And as I severally asked in my refutal against a
similar anti-Ooni fabrication of lies about two
weeks ago which I titled "OORE OF OTUN TO
ANNOUNCE THE DEMISE OF OONI, A
DANGEROUS ABSURDITY OF THE HIGHEST
ORDER". Where did writer get his story from"?
"did he just decide to cause confusion of
tradition"? "did he just want to be seen as a good
writer with a round of applause from d people like
him"? "did he consult Ooni's palace in Ile-Ife? or
he just took it as a way of relaxing at the corner
of his room after eating AMALA & GBEGIRI or
EBA & EGUSI soup of his wife"?
It is again very disheartening to see someone or
people who are supposed to inform & educate the
uninformed public display abysmal level of
ignorance informed by their laziness &
unwillingness to do a thorough research into any
issue they may choose to discuss.
The sacred throne of OONI is the highest
Oduduwa Royal sit globally & should not be
undermined by those that only want to seek
cheap publicity through pages of social media.
Forgive me if my intervention doesnt meet you
well ABEG oooooo.
I sincerely remain your brother in the
descendancy of ODUDUWA and my names remain
OLAYERA MOSES OLAFARE from Lowa Ada
compound, Okerewe, Ile Ife."

Odeyele Ayodeji Joseph

1 sec Pls

What i know ?

The title of Abobaku is real

Absconding might affect the Yoruba as dieties need to be pleased or else

Educative, well done!

Fetish.

2016, o ti pe o.

Originally, the Modeqa positions were hereditary and it was divided into Oduduwa, Obatala and Oramfe. Each deity had representatives at the palace:

For Oduduwa - Lowa, Arode & Lowate

For Obatala - Jaran, Isanire and Erebese

For Oramfe - Aguro and Ladin

These positions are hereditary (from my knowledge of our hometown). The fact that you said someone was elevated from Sarun to Aguro then to Saarun lost me for a minute. There's an agbo ile called Ile-Jaaran where Jaarans are piced from.

Modewa from inception were not Osi Ife and are not suppsed to be, the Osi ife were and should be the isooro chiefs. The misplacement happened during Ooni Aderemi's time who didn't want to relinquish civil power to the isooro beyond their respective lineages.

Those are the two points of where I disagree with your post bro, every other thing is solid. And your post came up in a google search for something on a paper I'm presently working on so I thought I should drop in.

If you are able to guess who this is then you're correct.

Do we still currently have abobaku