Traditionalists and indigenes of Ikere Ekiti in Ekiti state yesterday prevented the state governor from cutting down a sacred tree blocking the dualization of a road in the community.
Governor Fayose was said to have ordered his men to uproot the tree for the commencement of a road dualization project in the area but they were sent packing after traditionalists lit bonfires at Odo Oja area of Ikere Ekiti.
In the heat of the crisis generated by the bonfires at Odo Oja area of the town, Fayose reportedly led armed policemen to the area to put the situation under control.

http://naijagists.com/drama-traditionalists-stop-fayose-cutting-sacred-tree-ikere-ekiti/


They should let the tree fight for itself now

They should try and transplant it where it will be at peace, abi sacred tree fit construct the road ni.....+ she na by force for fayose to do the road ni

No one can fight the government

The tree will be pulled down when oshoko is ready

The traditionalist should be charged for obstruction

We idolize a lot of barbaric and archaic beliefs in Africa. Shameful how people reject infrastructural development all in the name of believing one tree brings Goodluck and it's sacred.
Africa which way forward

shikshark:
They should try and transplant it where it will be at peace, abi sacred tree fit construct the road ni.....+ she na by force for fayose to do the road ni

Transplant a tree that size?

Sacred tree in this 2017 ikere people una the very funny

sarrki:
No one can fight the government

The tree will be pulled down when oshoko is ready

The traditionalist should be charged for obstruction

Hey boss ..where have you been ..How are you

sacred tree ni sacred root ko

Nigeria is still in dark age.

KahlDrogo:
Transplant a tree that size? What kind of school did you attend bro?

Im sure you have never seen this before, because if you have you wont have ignorantly said what you just said, any tree can be transplanted eapecially the ones u cherish

shikshark:

Im sure you have never seen this before, because if you have you wont have ignorantly said what you just said, any tree can be transplanted eapecially the ones u cherish

Okay, just looked. It's a young tree. Oshoko should transplant it to their shrine for them.

This why we are not developing in Africa!!!

Even trees are sacred.

Roads are constructed around major natural and unnatural obstructive structures all the time.

This is probably not a fight worth fighting.

Look at this people, do they think the world revolves around them, this people are ducking backward, oga cut something jare, if the tree is sacred them me myself I am sacred

They should plant a similar tree and reinvoke the spirits into it.

Fayose should as for what should be offered to the gods and the monetize it with relocation Allowance and inconvenience bonuses. They gods would smile at him.

Cut it And plant any kind of tree somewhere and tell them that the sacredness has moved to the other tree.

I am sure they would believe

whitebeard:
Cut it And plant any kind of tree someone and tell them that the sacredness has moved to the other tree.

I am sure they would believe

am telling you, they will believe.

shikshark:

Im sure you have never seen this before, because if you have you wont have ignorantly said what you just said, any tree can be transplanted eapecially the ones u cherish

Okay. I was wrong then. I take back my comment. But I'm sure the tree can only survive a relocation only if what it has is a fibrous root, I doubt it will if it is tap root.

lifezone247:
am telling you, they will believe.

they are so backward.

Fayose must respect the traditionalists and leave their tree for them. That is their place of worship and you must leave it for them.
For those people screaming Africa this Africa that, had been it is a Mosque/Church that is blocking the dualization of same road am sure you won't say so.

Respect for all religion.

We have no respect for people's conviction in this country. A sensible person ought to find a way around this by constructing without demolishing the tree. No need in upsetting locals unnecessarily. I pray one day they would see the light of Jesus and pull the tree down themselves.

KahlDrogo:
Okay. I was wrong then. I take back my comment. But I'm sure the tree can only survive a relocation of what it has is a fibrous root, I doubt it will if it is tap root.

But if the governor have been diplomatic enough to present an option, all these protest would have been avoided in the first place.

shikshark:
They should try and transplant it where it will be at peace, abi sacred tree fit construct the road ni.....+ she na by force for fayose to do the road ni

You cant visit nairaland without getting a good laugh. Some are just born funny

hehe

TPAND:
We idolize a lot of barbaric and archaic beliefs in Africa. Shameful how people reject infrastructural development all in the name of believing one tree brings Goodluck and it's sacred.
Africa which way forward

Nonsense. Go try and pull down a tree in London and see if you will not end up in prison.

shikshark:
They should try and transplant it where it will be at peace, abi sacred tree fit construct the road ni.....+ she na by force for fayose to do the road ni

but you and ur fellow Yoruba almajiris have saying fayose is not working

lalasticala should move it to front page

It takes a great christian or a strong juju man to pull down such evil tree.. ...

felifeli:


Nonsense. Go try and pull down a tree in London and see if you will not end up in prison.

Keep quiet bristih government pull down many trees to build the Olympic stadium and village. You are too dumb to think read and understand that the state government wanted to dualize the road and the indigenes rejected the pulling down of the tree. Read well next time and process with your brains

SalamRushdie:


Hey boss ..where have you been ..How are you

Am fine Bro

Farming things

Africans and juju,