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ONDO MY HOME

MY HOME,MY PRIDE... Where goats are for merriment,dogs for d gods and COCOA as revenue, the unique symbol of the ONDO's... We eat asun, dance "ujo obitun" and don't joke with "iyan" and "obèla lasèpo.... or with "efo riro" which must have "likotokiti". And when we see "Alàari" (loi aso), our heart rejoices. I was born into a very rich culture, a land where "lokili, obì and gbànja" are gods' delicacies.Where our high self esteem is mistaken as pride by foreigners, and our joviality misconceived as promiscuity. I come from a land distinguished by people who have confidence in themselves, elegant people and those with intense beauty. Where prestige is the water we drink, we are delighted in our tribal marks, "omò mulà mèji oju sèye"... We are indeed wonderful, I am not only African, not just Nigerian,but an ORIGINAL UNADULTERATED ONDO BLOODED.. Thumbs up to all sons and daughters of ODE ONDÒ.
Aigho o dudo a gbe wa o

Can I come to teach in Brazil?

AbujaBlue:
Do you speak Portuguese? It will be very hard out there if you don't.

I only speak English and Yoruba.

Anyone?

In the late 60s and early 70s in Ondo, was an initially popular tailor known as Wahabi whose shop was located around the Idi-Aje ( Ud'Aje) axis of town; precisely by the junction of Ijoka and Ododibo.

"Wahabi/Waibi Tailor" as he was popularly known, was from Eruwa, in Ibarapa East local government of Oyo State and came to settle in Ondo - a city known for its legendary hospitality to foreigners - to practice his tailoring trade.

Before too long, Wahabi Tailor had integrated himself so much within the Ondo social circles that he parlayed his fairly good looks and new found social connections to endear himself to many people - particularly, the women.

It was the demands arising from this new social status that he could not maintain from his modest tailoring earnings that drove him to an alternative option of making money: syndicated robbery and stealing of strayed goats, otherwise known as "Kolokun" in Ondo parlance.

Wahabi Tailor used his influence with Ondo socialites and the Police to evade arrest even though suspicion had gown concerning his source of wealth which he lavished on many Ondo women.

The turning point in his popularity seemed to be the audacity in his determination to befriend and eventually win over, one of the wives of the then reigning Kabiyesi!

In one of his syndicated robbery outings at a house in the Surulere area, some of his boys were caught and during a reprisal attack which he personally led, one of the mortally beaten victims, a teenage boy, was able to disclose before he died at the hospital, that his legs were personally broken by Wahabi Tailor during the attack!

Despite this incriminating evidence and several others in the past, law enforcement authorities - with whom Wahabi Tailor had ingratiated himself - were so lax in their arrest and prosecutorial duties that Wahabi Tailor was able to flee Ondo town without being brought to justice!!

That was what Ondo got in return for its welcoming hospitality to Wahabi Tailor from Ibarapa, in Oyo State.

You will not sharaaap there before Davido wooz you

Someone want to assist me to get to Brazil to hustle and make money, with promise that I will pay back the cash spent on all the traveling process.
Please people with more experiences, I have never been out of the country in my life. Should I accept the offer?