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Christianity made our girls stop dancing naked –Momodu II, Ojirua of Irrua
PublishedMay 23, 2020

Williams Okuagban Momodu
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Ojirua of Irrua in Edo State, Williams Okuagban Momodu II, is a 90-year-old who has spent almost 50 years on the throne. The first-class monarch tells Sola Shittu how Christianity has changed some traditions in his domain

You ascended the throne about 50 years ago…

I ascended the throne in June 1971 when I lost my father. I am preparing for my 50th coronation anniversary in June 2021, by the grace of God. Since I ascended the throne, things have been moving on very well in my domain and there is no problem. Peace reigns and people are trooping into Irrua everytime. If you have known Irrua from 1971 till now, you would know it had never been like this and I thank God for that. I have been able to bring several things to Irrua; we have Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, some private institutions, universities, and a polytechnic, and very soon, we will open another university, Technical University, here. So, I am happy.

And what would you describe as the most memorable moments of your coronation day?

On my coronation day, I was afraid because I wasn’t sure I would occupy this position till this day. It was a new institution to me and I never expected my father to pass on at that time because I was then a young nurse at the General Hospital, Benin City. Later, I left for another place. It was a very difficult time and our stipend was not like this. At that time, we didn’t call it salary but stipend so we had no choice but to manage the money.


I thank my Irrua people don’t allow me to feel any pressure. I don’t ask but they come and say ‘Kabiyesi’ (king), take. God has blessed me with many well-to-do sons and daughters of this land who are at home and abroad.

Do you have any significant tradition in the community that you cherish?

Yes, we have a lot of them. We have a festival for all our native doctors; it used to be a very big festival during which our virgin girls would parade naked but the church has changed everything. If you were here during that period, you would see naked girls with beads on their waists parading in front of people


Yes, that was the tradition. They danced to my palace here and introduced the festival to me but now Christianity has taken over and most of the traditions are no longer there. Very soon, the Ebilegun will start their own festival and they dance naked. We have a lot of tradition here which modernisation and Christianity have taken away and you can’t force things on people. Everybody does what they like now because of the freedom of religion and we thank God for that.


At what age did you ascend the throne of your forefathers?


I can’t really remember now but I celebrated my 90th birthday last month. I was born in 1930.

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But you look younger than your age, what’s the secret?

That’s why I told you I’m happy I have good people in my domain. They really care for me, to be frank. I have no problem at all. In Irrua, we have people who are well-to-do; some are abroad and many are in the country but outside Irrua. They are generous to me and I’m grateful to them.


What is the history of Irrua?

We have a very short history. It started during the time Omo N’Oba lost his first son and as a result of that, he made a rule that nobody should cook and that there should be no smoke. If he saw smoke, he would know people were cooking. He also made a rule that no man should sleep with his wife; he made so many rules that people couldn’t bear.

Ewuare I was the one that made the draconian rules then; the present Oba of Benin is Ewuare II. The first man who came here had just got married to the Omo N’Oba’s daughter then and she was pregnant so they decided to leave where they were. Three of them: Irrua, Uromi and Ubiaja came to this place. The three left at the same time. When our fathers moved to this area, they were tired and decided to rest under a palm tree. It was while they were resting that a palm fruit fell on him (Omo N’Oba’s son-in-law) and he picked it up and tasted it. He discovered it was nourishing. So he told his wife that they should not leave this place because it would be a good land. He gave the fruit to the wife to taste and she also confirmed it.

Meanwhile, the Oba had sent messengers to pursue them and bring back his daughter. When the messengers got to the, the Oba’s daughter said: ‘Tell my father that we are not coming again. Iruwamene.” The messengers were surprised and they said it was her father that said she should come back and she again said, ‘Iruwamene; tell my father I am no more coming, I am already at home.’ So the other two said, ‘Well, we can’t stay with you here.’ Ubiaja moved on and Uromi followed. So that was the origin of the name – Iruwamene. When the English came, they couldn’t pronounce the name so they shortened it to Irrua; that was how we got the name but the original name was Iruwamene. So we are very close to Benin because the first queen was Omo N’Oba’s daughter.

As an agrarian community, what is your major crop here?

We are mainly farmers; we produce yam and other farm produce. We are already in the farming season, you can hardly see anybody at home now because they are already on their farms. We are great farmers, we produce our foods, so we are not lazy people. I am also a farmer; I came out of the farm to attend to you, even at my age. Although old age has come, I have people working for me on the farm. I have a small farm at the back of my house and I have already planted my seeds for the season.

You mean you still go to farm at this age…

(Laughs) We are great farmers, we produce yam, cassava, beans, rice and others. Farming is part of our lives. That’s why you could not find anyone around because we were all on our farms already.

Do you have harvest festival?

Oh yes, we do. It is usually in the month of November. People bring their yams here for the festival and the whole place is full of yams. We drink and merry from morning till evening to celebrate it. It is our own way of showing gratitude to God for given us good harvest, so harvest festival is in fact one of our key festivals here.



I noticed three marks on your face like the tribal marks some Yoruba people have, do you have any link with them?

This facial marking started from my grandfather Momodu I. I am Momodu II and the 16th traditional ruler of Irrua. He was a man who travelled a lot. He returned from one of his journeys and said he would like to have the three marks. He used himself as an example by having the marks on his face first. Whenever I travel to Yorubaland, they respect me greatly because of the marks. I studied in Ibadan at Oyo State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Eleyele, and each time they spoke Yoruba to me and I said I didn’t understand, they were surprised. I told them that I was a prince from Irrua. It is a great mark of respect in Yorubaland and that’s why I love Yoruba people till now.

So I think my grandfather must have come in contact with the marks in Yorubaland and fallen in love with it. I wanted to marry a Yoruba woman then but I couldn’t get enough money. So the marks are still given in the family. I gave my first son the marks and it has been very helpful to us. I have 36 children from five wives. I lost my first wife three months ago.

What were you doing before you ascended the throne?

I was a nurse at the General Hospital, Benin. I became a nurse after I graduated from the school of nursing at Eleyele in Ibadan. That was the period when Mid-Western State was created. So immediately I finished my programme, they said it would be better for me to go to my state. I later discovered that nursing profession was dominated by women. There was a time I was given a query. They said I was very proud. They said I was a very hard-working man but that I wasn’t obeying my seniors. I said, ‘Go to hell, I am a prince and you are a woman.’

So I resigned in annoyance and took another job at a company that was into oil palm production. It was from there I got to the throne. At the company, I was on daily pay of seven shillings and six pence. It was a lot of money at the time.

I live happily like a big man (laughs). Any day you were absent from work, you would not be given money. I was employed as a casual worker; they said they wanted to test me first because I was still very proud as a prince and didn’t tolerate rubbish. In those days, a prince didn’t work; people paid them.

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Davash222:
So, Churches now request for court certificates before wedding For real?

It has been like that for a long time. If you go for any Church wedding without a legal backing, you are not different from the status of traditional marriage.
So if any Church conducting wedding without legal certificates, that church is either strangely igninant or the operator plainly deceitful

ican2020:
What is the communication between light and darkness.

Indeed many churches have greatly deviated from Christ instructions and adopted man's doctrine to please the world.

A friend of the world, an enemy of God

I wonder too. You can be generous to the point of defiling the temple of God with the worshipping of idol (moon god). This is different if they are given place to sleep

Oluwasaeon:
After Nigerian Police God, fear God Nigerian Police

You meant to say?

A MAN NOW SUFFERS FOR DENYING HIS WIFE A REGISTRY MARRIAGE

“I got pregnant nine years ago while dating my
current husband and
then the issue of marriage came up.
I wasn’t working then. He told my family and I
that he doesn’t want
a court marriage for no reason.
_
My parents tried talking to him, I cried and
begged him severally to
legalize his marriage with me but he stood his
grounds not to wed
me in a court.
_
I involved his family members to help me beg
him but they said, he’s old enough to make his
decisions.
_
He even refused to do a white wedding either
because my church
requested for a court certificate, so we ended
up doing only traditional marriage.
_
I later got tired and gave up on the matter. I
was hurt and broken
but I resolved to marry him like that just to
save myself and my
family the shame of having a baby outside
wedlock.
_
My dad was angry and disappointed in him but
he didn’t care and
because of that my dad vowed to see me a
successful and
independent woman with or without him.
_
After I gave birth to my baby, my dad helped
me secure a job with a
multinational company and things started to
turn around for me.
I could now take care of myself and secure a
future.
_
Though I married my husband, but I never
forgave him from my
heart and it made me not to do anything in my
husband’s name.
_
We currently have three kids together but all my
properties are in
the name of my children. I never used him as
my next of kin either.
_
Just last month my company decided to
transfer me to a branch in Texas and the
company is willing to pay for my entire family
to
relocate with me.
_
My husband’s business is not doing too well
and he’s willing to
relocate also but we have no legal certificate to
show that we are
married.
Now he wants us to go to the court to legalize
our marriage and I
have said “No” My dad has threatened to
disown me if I ever go
with him to court.
_
He’s been tagging me everywhere as a bad wife
who is not loyal to
her husband, spoiling my family also.
His family members have been calling me trying
to persuade me
but I told them I’m old enough to make my
decisions also and I
have stood my ground just like he did to me
nine years ago.”
_
What is your advice for this young mother?

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Mynd44:
Trump is an African leader

Especially with his complexion, right?

Good

Facebook has increased thier reaction button to seven. The latest on the bloc is CARE.
What do you think?

Good!

Hmnn...what is happening in Edo and Oyo states, what is amiss?
They are now competing with Kano.
Come on...wjat did Osun State do that made them drop from #3 to #19?

Switruth:
This thing is longer scary. People now believed is just fake.

And when you eventually become Covid-19 graphic statistic, they will believe!

If you are in account department, you are duty bound before God and man to let that out of the bag.
Get one of her well exposed and sober friends and confide in. Let them use "from outside attack" to invade everyone, including you.
In the process, you will officially spill the bean. There, you would have saved your nice boss, the company and yourself

ypeace:
It's not everybody's job that is affected by COVID. Some of us are remote workers and this holiday is useful for us.

Useful? The celebration of Saturday àbí na Sunday sef

Waste holidays!

seanjy4konji:
I trust my self with such...I would have knacked her 100 times now..

No wonder, we can see it...

Leece:
i sincerely dont want to do anything immoral with her, but we know how difficult it is to get a job especially with this covid drama, how do i keep my job and avoid this woman?

You already falling for the evil/disaster that has not been expressly offered to you. I think you have some things in life she can use to renew her fortune. She even promote you. Sebi, Mrs Potiphar promoted Joseph? You are already down!
I am sorry.

Fabulouzjoseph:
If she commited a crime what stops them from handling her to police and charging them to court.

So these pics reveal to you that they did not or would not take to the police, right?

DZTech:
I have 2 sims without network coverage for the past 20 mins

there's been power supply for 2 hours

do they have a rep on nairaland?

using mtn right now

Lekki

Airtel has been down for long.
You wanted to say airtel is downER!

Q

Fabulouzjoseph:
We condemn innocent people while the real killers like boko haram, fulani herdsmen are going about free.

Someone is accused Of Killing Agulu Youths In Anambra and you're here talking of herdsmen. So as long as she is your kinswoman she should be lsft alone.
She has truly used you, too!

The Assistant General Overseer of the RCCG who doubles as the pastor of Region 1, Pastor Funsho Odesola, is the one with this enviable feats having bagged 6 Ph.D, 4 Masters and 4 first degree.

He is not only hard-working, his insatiable quest for knowledge in all spheres spurred his interest to achieve this before even clocking 60 years of age.


He assumed he don’t think he knows anything. What stirred his interest in academics is just that the level that he did not know nothing.

While speaking on this on his birthday a year ago, he said, “To be frank with you, I thank God I have not done anything. I have not seen God raise the dead through me. But I have seen our Daddy in the Lord, Pastor Adeboye, raise the dead. It is not fiction. What stirs my reading is the fact that I don’t know. The youths of my parish and my family have held meetings over me saying that I am over-challenging them and I said ‘no, I am only challenging myself because I don’t know anything’. I have just finished my 6th PhD but I am doing two studies now. It is this insatiable and restlessness that I don’t know anything that is pushing me.”

He has a Bachelors’ Degree in Christian Education, Theology, Musicology, and Master’s in Communication, Christian Education, Cultural Anthropology Study and Law. I have Doctoral Degrees in Theology, Christian Education, Business Administration, Law, and Cultural Anthropology with 40 different fellowships. He has also authored 150 books.

The place of knowledge for ministers of God cannot be over-emphasised. Everyone that knows will control those that don’t know. If you are not informed, you will be deformed

Tagged Funsho Adesola, RCCG

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