Mama Bola took over her shop in Lagos from her mother after she passed on twenty years ago, the family was noted for selling wood finishes and other building materials, the business was the only means for this family of six in the heart of Lagos, the rent was affordable, with the revenue and other deductables, the profit was enough to make her live the life of a Lagocian.

Mrs Adesola aka mama Bola could meet all her social and family responsibilities, she was able to pay the school fees of all her children, after her husband Akande was killed on the notorious Lagos Abeokuta road in a gastly accident with a Tiper lorry loader in the seventies , things had been rough for the family with no support from the extended family except if she wanted to be willed to her late husband's brother as a wife who already had three other wives, to the relief of her children she refused and confined herself to the lonely life in world around her children and her business, the insurance company failed to pay any compensation to the family, due to her limited education she could not follow up with Lagos State government to secure her late husband's entitlement , she clinged to her "Tesibiu" the Moslem rosary to pray for devine intervention in all her daily life and future of her children, until unexpected happened, an Igbo trader approached her Landlord, for a take over of her store, he offered the him twice of what she was paying as rent including five years rent in advance , when it was the time for her to renew her lease the Landlord turned her down, with tears she move out of her store and only managed to have a small stand outside Mrs Dosumu shop who was lucky because her famly owned the building and it was difficult for any hostile take over of her store unlike Mrs. Adesola and others.

She was not alone, Mama Bunmi, Mama Iyabo, and several thousands like her had been pushed out of the market, with no education, with no government social support programs the future was bleak and fear was all over the faces of those who at one time used the familily inherited trading method to keep a simple middle class in the heart of LAGOS and all the Cities of West of Nigeria.
That was twenty years ago, all the the Yoruba traders on Itagaru Area stores are no longer in building material business or other businesses, it is the same stories in all the major streets of Yoruba land, in Ibadan, around Lebanoon, Dugbe, Mokola and Ekotedo, in Abeokuta, around Sapon, Kuto market, Imo Ibara, Lafenwa, in Ijebu Ode, around Obalende, and Oyingbo, Akure in Arakale, name it the Yoruba traders are gradually being pushed out of thier businesses and no one is talking because their leaders are too afraid to make any comment that will affect one Nigeria mentality or their selfish political future.
If you try to say something the master of uninformed propagada will turned it against you, they will call you names, you must be a tribalist to think of what the effect of the hostile take over is having on the future of the Yoruba race in Nigeria, "How can you the Oracle even mention it, we have too much respect for your writing to even think in such a way? someone wrote the Oracle, "Your articles must build one Nigeria, please don't mess up the unity and peace in the country"? a Yoruba man in his own comfort wrote directly on the post of the Oracle.

Maybe the Oracle is the only one now that can see the tears of Oduduwa and how his children are throwing away his legacies due to ignorance when such a level ground is not available to his children in other states of the country. It is coming like a wildwind the Nigerians in the West of Nigeria in future the Yoruba seems to be candidates for a potential refugees status in their own land within the Nation called Nigeria. It is coming yet Nigerians think things are okay, the Oracle says there is a suppressed time bomb in the heart of Yoruba the Oracle says Oduduwa is not happy.

The Governors and state House of Assemblies in West of Nigeria are still not taking cognizance of this hostile take over of the simples means of livelyhood of the people but the oracle says the Nigeria dream or the NIgeria equation is not propurtionally distributed in other states in case the West is forced to evacuate to the East of Nigeria in future. What is the fate of the poor Yoruba traders in the future of Nigeria or that very area his ancestor the Oduduwa asked him or her to watch for his or her future generation?

Call it the Yoruba version of Boko Haram or the Agbekoya or just any name, the Oracle can see the effect of this inaction if nothing is done to protect the poor and helpless traders in the West of Nigeria, APC newly registered political party because of the votes may be too afraid to take any stand on this hostile take over, but APC no matter how temptiing it may be will never get the votes from the EAST of Nigeria because an average man from the East is PDP, or the unity of West and North is too strong with APC for any one in the East be comfortable, however, the votes should not be an excuse to neglect the future of millions and helpless traders of Yoruba Origin in the West of Nigeria.

A policy of indiginization was adopted in the late seventies by General Gowon admiistration to help the local companies in Nigeria to survive the hostile take over from the foreign companies, same method can be done in all the states of the country to protect the helpless local traders. If not the YORUBA will be refugees in Nigeria in the next 25 years in Nigeria. Quote the ORACLE and Oduduwa will never forgive his children.

Z.K Sowunmi (The Oracle)

Yes anytin is possible

Pls remember Moremi's tale.