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Joromi has an aged mother who warned him severely never to go to the land of the spirit. This happeed after joromi had boasted that he wanted to visit the land of the spirit to test his power. Against all warnings from his mother he left home to the land of the spirit, meanwhile his mother followed from behind unknown to joromi. On getting there he met 7 spirits. The first had 1 horn, the second 2 horns and so on. He wrestled and killed the first, second, third to the 6th spirit with 6 horns. Unfortunately for joromi, the 7th spirits with 7 horns overpowered joromi and killed him. While this was going on his mother was in a nearby bush watching the sport. After killing joromi, the 7th spirit pluck a special leaf and squeezed the liquid from this leaf into the eyes of the 6 dead spirits and they woke up immediately. Quickly they all ran to the forest to get sticks to cook joromi, as soon as they left, the mother who was watching nearby, came out, pluck the same leaf, sprinkled the water into joromi's eyes and he woke up also. Both living beings started running, when the spirit returned and joromi was nowhere to be found, they gave a hot pursuit, joromi had to carry his aged mother, close to the boundary line between life and and the spirit land, joromi increased his pace, threw his mother with all his might, and as he was about to lift himself to jump, the 7 horned spirit, lifted his body with his last power, dive unto joromi but could not catch him, struck joromi 's back with the tip of his index finger before joromi landed on the land of the living. Thats why we humans have a long line on our backs.

This is the nature of Ijaw people, both schooled and unschooled