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press9jatv:
Those are arguing blindly before, I hope you have hear it out.

Is it true oduduwa fall from sky?

SonofElElyonRet:
Do you know that some Yoruba historians equate Alulim of Eridu with Lamurudu the father of oduduwa? See the similarity in names. Just one more thing to confuse you

Another one 😂😂

You guys keep making a mockery of your history with all this attachee by force syndrome

LagosOrigin:
Another one 😂😂

You guys keep making a mockery of your history with all this attachee by force syndrome

Says a man with no history

JovialJune:
Watch how some nomenclature with no documented ancestral history of any founding father(s) will come here to cry their heart out on something that does not concern them

But a fact supposed to be acceptable by all. What's the evidence to back his statement?

press9jatv:
“Oduduwa is the First Crowned King in the World” – Ooni of Ife Declares on Ilaji FM

History came alive on Saturday as the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Babatunde Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, took to the airwaves of Ilaji 91.9 FM with a royal revelation – Oduduwa, the first Ooni of Ife, is the very first crowned king in the entire world! 🌍👑

The revered monarch described the throne of Ile-Ife as the origin of kingship, not just in Yorubaland, but globally. According to him, “The first Ooni, Oduduwa, was not only a leader but the first crowned king in the history of mankind.”

During the special broadcast, Kabiyesi showered praises on the Okanlomo of Yorubaland, Chief Jubril Dotun Sanusi, for founding Ilaji Radio. He offered royal blessings, praying for the station to soar and become a beacon for Yoruba culture, heritage, and global influence.

When asked why he holds Ibadan so dear, the Ooni’s response was heartfelt: “Ibadan is my root. The first Ojaja was once a warlord in Ibadan. Lagelu, who founded Ibadan, came from Ile-Ife and was originally Agelu.”

The broadcast didn’t just inform—it inspired. Listeners described it as a masterclass in history, heritage, and the unbreakable bond between Ife and Ibadan. With Ilaji FM as the voice, Yoruba history is not only being preserved but also amplified for generations to come.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/tribuneonlineng.com/oduduwa-is-first-crowned-king-in-the-world-ooni-of-ife/amp/

This Ooni must be smoking a lot of weed

SonofElElyonRet:
Do you know that some Yoruba historians equate Alulim of Eridu with Lamurudu the father of oduduwa? See the similarity in names. Just one more thing to confuse you

Eridu predated Oduduwa by more than five thousand years

Dagrace01:
If na oyinbo talk this kind thing about their history, you'll be the first to applaud them.

do you think all of us worship Oyibo... Even the Adam and Eve story is a pure travesty

Just like the Yoruba king is capping also

Sirianese:
Eridu predated Oduduwa by more than five thousand years

you were there to count those years ?

Shameless talk.

Oduduwa the "fallen angel"
Crowned on earth or wherever he fell from?

Sheuns:
If they ask him to mention the time and year where this was recorded now, he’ll say it’s divine.

Yoruba has no recorded history. It was passed down orally and some stories could have been either watered down or exaggerated.

Even those with recorded histories are questioned. Talk more of those with oral folklores.

Why didn't we record our histories, is it that pen and paper no dey or na illetracy cause am

The impostor was the first king in Yoruba land.
He is the one who fought and chased out Oba Igbo (Obatala) who brought Afa/Ifa to them. Oba Igbo brought the Igbo type of rule he learnt from his true abode which is based on priesthood or priestly rule which was what was practiced in Ife. The impostor was jealous and ganged up to send Obatala away cos he has an Igbo blood. After that he established the kingship rule against the Obatala's priestly rule. An act he regretted and later begged for forgiveness from Obatala but still continued in the Kingship rule

DeepSight:
The Ooni has for very long been a Priest-King. While theer were separate Priests in Israel, there was alleged direct interaction with Kings several times - such as with Solomon being granted wisdom unparalled. Saul, David and Hezekiah all had alleged Divine encounters or interventions. Can any of this be historically verified?

Up till today there is what is called the Davidic Convenant, and Jews rely on the alleged promises of their God to justify their political and international rights to land and statehood. Thus one cannot claim a proper division of faith and state with regard to Israel.

However the real point remains that the historical kingship of Israel, which is what one can compare to what the Ooni is talking about, is rooted in myth, legends, alleged miracles, religion and spirituality. Much of the philosophy of even the modern state of Israel in rooted in alleged Divine rights and convenants.

Ooni being a Priest and now priest-king is open for debate. The question is if he was a king from inception or later transmuted to kingship like Pharaoh.
I've told you to be familiar with the Bible before you start making comments on it.
Davidic covenant is not the covenant that established the land rights. That's the Abrahamic covenant. The Davidic covenant established kingship and supremacy of the tribe of Judah not the Israelites per se.
The kingship of Israel was not a divine idea. The Israelites asked for it. Before then, the priesthood and prophetic office were already established by God. So there's no mysticism or spirituality associated with the emergence of Israelite Kings.
In the case of the Ooni as he's alluding now, he's simply saying he was divinely chosen from the beginning of time to be king. That's very much a myth

Sheuns:
If they ask him to mention the time and year where this was recorded now, he’ll say it’s divine.

Yoruba has no recorded history. It was passed down orally and some stories could have been either watered down or exaggerated.

Even those with recorded histories are questioned. Talk more of those with oral folklores.

Sometimes you go dey wonder how some people reach the level wey dem reach based on their level of intelligence.

Na ruler of millions of people dey talk so and dem go believe am.

JovialJune:
Watch how some nomenclature with no documented ancestral history of any founding father(s) will come here to cry their heart out on something that does not concern them

When he says ooni was the first crowned king in the world and not yorubaland then foreigners will talk, abuse & criticize his statement. His statement, reeks of illiteracy mixed with imperial jargons which is quite sad for an African with education. Nobody knows the origin of the world, only the origin of their race/tribe because the world is so vast and information was limited to geographical area. There are cultures that go so far back that their civilizations is extinct however documented proofs exist of their kingship and culture like the summerians, Mesopotamia and Egyptians. Ooni should talking like he's on drugs

LagosOrigin:
They like to deceive themselves . They forgot that this is same Nigeria that everyone knows their history.

You know our history, even your king don't know yours, according to research, igbos were minority that were ran away from Cameroon to seek refuge

LagosOrigin:
Ask Ooni the year he was crowned the first king in the world he will change the topic

Yeye talk

I'm a Yoruba but I doubt if he was the first king .

This man is high again. Did he forget oduduwa met Olugbo in Ife and deposed him and made himself king ? The guy once claimed Ark of Noah was in Ife, till date he hasn't been able to show it to the world . He is equally claimed Tower of Babel is in Ife, but still audio . Something is seriously wrong somewhere

richeeyo:
You know our history, even your king don't know yours, according to research, igbos were minority that were ran away from Cameroon to seek refuge

How can igbos be a minority when they had written language as early as 5000 BCE? Its most likely that its the igbo civilization that gave birth to yoruba

LagosOrigin:
Ask Ooni the year he was crowned the first king in the world he will change the topic

Yeye talk

Thank you very much for exposing this lie. I hope those buying the idea that Ooni is the first King in the world, will see this and correct themselves.

ipobcannibals:
There is nothing like king David and king Solomon….all na Wetin oyibo take deceive una with bible.

And oni of ife black yorubas no use am decieve us abi ?

Ipo kelo wa ni pharaoh oba Egypt je?

LagosOrigin:
They like to deceive themselves . They forgot that this is same Nigeria that everyone knows their history.

You wey no even sabi your papa history wan talk abt another man's own. No be juju be that?

ceejay80s:
And king David, king Solomon and king herod are last kings,
Continue dey decieve urself

how sure are you that those Kings really existed?

He may not be right though coz all these are hearsay.

lol you don’t low history go back and learn from your Oye people that got wisdom for history…

casualobserver:
ALaafin is the no1 King in Yoruba land and has always recognized as such until Awolowo demoted him and promoted the then ooni His friend Adesoji Aderemi as the paramount king. Don’t forget at this time all Nigerian kings had been technically conquered and subordinated to the colonial administration. When we gained independence, traditional rulers remain under the authority of the governor or premier. Technically they became paid administrative employees.

Why did Awolowo demote the ALaafin and promote the Ooni? Politics! The then ALaafin did not support Awolowo. It was politics. Awolowo deemed traditional rulers had no business getting involved in politics or (I guess) should not go against their employer the premier.

According to accounts, the ooni is not even one of 1st line descendants of Oduduwa. There are 2 accounts I have read. 1) that he is the spiritual head or the babalawo or oracle of the palace . 2). that he is the son of one or Oduduwa’s concubines. Either way The children of Oranmiyan had left to establish different kingdoms. The story is that Oranmiyan was a warrior and left for a battle or conquest and was away for a long time. ( This may have something to do with Benin) when he came back, his father a Oduduwa had died and he met the OOni on the throne, in both accounts I have read, Oranmiyan rather than contend with the very powerful spiritual powers of the OOni, he left to establish his kingdom in Oyo.

That is why The ALaafin is recognized as the direct lineage to Oduduwa and the paramount stool in Yoruba land.

bamosagie:
Ask any yoruba man the neaning of Oduduwa and he wont have an answer, this is because Oduduwa is what the people of Ife called the young prince who was hiding under the alias Izoduwa (they couldnt pronouce Izoduwa so they called him Oduduwa). The prince organised their warriors and defended the kingdom from external agressors and he was made king in return.
Izoduwa, a prince from the acient land of Benin was originally known as Ekaladerhan... who was on the run for his life hence needed to be Identified by an alias. He was royalty, a prince, the son of a king; hence cannot be the first king in the world.

Oduduwa means the Odu that created Iwa. The story is in ofun meji in the IFA corpus. It is the name of Olodumare. It means he whose conduct or act can not be questioned. The person can always defend himself. A perfect person.

Ofun meji

Ogbaragada!.
A difa fodu mi
A DA Dede Uwa
Eyi ti nse ohun gbogbo to wa
Won ni korubo
Igba kan, omo ori igba, opo merin ati ewon
Won ni KO ri ohun oro na mole
Iwaju Ile odu ni odu ri ohun oro na mo
Ojo ti Odu ri ohun oro na mole ni a mo si Oduduwa, Olodumare abbl
Ojo na ni a wipe KO si eni ti yio ma ye lowo wo mo laye.
Oduduwa according to Yoruba history was the first Olofin Aiye the ruler of the Earth. Some other cultures have a name for the same individual but we must note that the Yoruba calendar is the most ancient 10067th year this 2025 AD

You all are crazy!
What about Kings in the Bible?

press9jatv:
Those are arguing blindly before, I hope you have hear it out.

Seunomobo:
Why didn't we record our histories, is it that pen and paper no dey or na illetracy cause am

Our forefathers were not literate. They were skilled, but not literate. They didn’t write down things, rather they passed knowledge by words of mouth and actions.

That trait is still present till this day.

Kukutente23:
Ooni being a Priest and now priest-king is open for debate. The question is if he was a king from inception or later transmuted to kingship like Pharaoh.
I've told you to be familiar with the Bible before you start making comments on it.
Davidic covenant is not the covenant that established the land rights. That's the Abrahamic covenant. The Davidic covenant established kingship and supremacy of the tribe of Judah not the Israelites per se.
The kingship of Israel was not a divine idea. The Israelites asked for it. Before then, the priesthood and prophetic office were already established by God. So there's no mysticism or spirituality associated with the emergence of Israelite Kings.
In the case of the Ooni as he's alluding now, he's simply saying he was divinely chosen from the beginning of time to be king. That's very much a myth

Oh please its way too elementary to try to teach me the distinction between the Davidic and Abrahamic Covenants. Look at y sentence carefully and you will se that I did not call one the other. I said -

"Up till today there is what is called the Davidic Convenant, and Jews rely on the alleged promises of their God to justify their political and international rights to land and statehood."

The bold word is disjunctive.

Now look at the bold in your words above. If there was no mysticism and spirituality involved, why was the choice of Kings allegedly made by God? Who chose Saul? Who chose David? Who interacted with Solomon and Hezekiah in terms of their requests, if not their god, Yahweh?

Who performed miracle after miracle in the whole process and how is any of this verified history and not myths.

I hope you know even the existence of Saul, David, Solomon and co is disputed as proper history?

Finally, if "mysticism and spirituality" were not involved, why could the Jews not simply directly chose a king rather than asking their God for a king?

I can take this further. Because the supposed messiah who has either come or to come is also deeply rooted in same mysticism and spirituality and he is supposed to be a priest-king and accordding to some, he is even God himself.