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i never believed that story,

i pray God give your family the fortitude to bear her loss

The issue of abobaku is a thing of the past. There is a supportive story to bring this to nullity. It goes thus: Some 400 years ago, there used to be an ABOBAKU, whose duty it was to die with his master - the King. When a king dies, the abobaku was to be buried alive with the king. The belief was that if the Abobaku was not buried with the king, the community would record serious calamity. While this lasted, the Colonial Masters came. In the days of Colonialism, the white men came for the purpose of commercialization but hid under religion. As it was difficult to understand the white man's language, an interpreter needed to be engaged. At that time, the best interpreter in the community was the Abobaku. So, he remained the only one going round the community interpreting for the white men. Within few months, the white men found him indispensable in their onerous assignment. Then came the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: The Oba passed on. He was to be buried within 7 days. Consequently, the Abobaku must be prepared to bid the world farewell. Being an indispensable instrument in the hands of the Oyinbos, his masters devised a method to safe him. The second day after the demise of the Oba, Policemen came calling at his house, accusing him of stealing a goat. The same day of his arrest, the Abobaku was jailed for life. The tradition was for the king to be buried within seven days. On the 6th day, when it dawned on the palace chiefs that the Abobaku would not be available for the 7th day assignment, as he was sentenced to life imprisonment, it was decided that a life cow should be used as NO OTHER HUMAN BEING COULD REPLACE HIM as a tradition. And so, the Oba was buried without the Abobaku. Surprisingly, nothing calamitous happened. This was what marked the end of the obnoxious tradition in Yorubaland. This formed the basis for the adage: ENI OYINBO BA FERAN LOYINBO N TI MOLE. The white men did not want the Abobaku to die, so, they framed him up with stealing charges and jailed him only to release him a day after the burial of the Oba. My people, let the world know that there is nothing like ABOBAKU again in Yorubaland..

Good day

Source
Story as told by Chief Kemade Elugbaju

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see sean tissue face..............lol

this gal can't be a ghanian

i just dey laugh

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i pray God almighty give the deceased family the fortitude to bear their loss

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this is a good development, i hope the government continues to take good care of them

thanks

if it looks and sound like nollywood, its definitely nollywood

BRAINIAC001:
Aside all these, make sure you obey the conductor when he tells you to enter with change i.e the exact fare...except if you are ready to collect an insult for your mother (if you disobey, the conductor will first ask you: abi olosi ni iyaye?).

this is how people start to think with their anus, you just mentioned a very vital point that will be use against you,

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which do you think will be more easier to compile ?

Tolexander:
definitely, this is a Nairaland homepage specimen!

we are back to the season of Tonto Dikeh, where none of everything she does affect the market value and demand of garri!

you don already know say na FP straight nah

he just jokingly told you the truth

dbanj be spoiling peoples song since 600AD

sigiyaya:
I have a dream...
I have a dream...........
That one day OBJ died and Nigeria was better

you might even die with your dream b4 him

im just saying, your mates are dreaming of how to become somebody in life and you're here someones father death

I will just hiss and go back to sleep