victor4ekele: His Royal Majesty, Dr . Michael Idakwo Ameh Oboni , the Attah Igala , tells GBENGA ODOGUN about his life as the traditional ruler of the Igala As father of the Igalas , what are some of the social and sacred duties you perform? The Attah , in the first place , is a ‘ Priest King ’ . He is first and foremost , a priest and also a king . So he has this dual role as the Attah Igala . He owns the land from the extreme south of the kingdom to the extreme north of the kingdom ; the same thing from the bank of the River Niger here to the eastern boundary towards the east . Apart from that , the Attah wields authority over the chiefs and the land resources therein . Attah is like any other king , he has so many dos and don ’ ts . Can you mention some of them sir? The Attah is not expected to eat or dance in the public . He is not expected to shake hands with any woman . The Attah is not expected to behold an infant except he is over three months . The Attah does not enter a canoe . He is not expected to see a dead body . The Attah by his position is expected to protect the originality of the people through governance on the throne . A blessing from the Attah is considered as the blessing from the highest priest of the land . Is it true that the Attah must not place a curse on anybody ? What happens is that if the Attah wishes anybody well , behold the person shall prosper. But when he wishes a man evil, it will go with him . So the Attah is considered as powerful as any priest in the land who administers curses or blessings on anybody . Is the throne hereditary ? Yes it is . There are four ruling houses – Ocholi dynasty , Aju Akwu dynasty , Aju Amacho and Aju Akogwu . After one family rules , the others take their turn. My predecessor is from another family but all from Ayegba root . So , his own time has come and gone and after my reign , another family will follow before it comes back again to our turn. Is the oracle consulted to determine the person that would become the king from a dynasty ? Even the woman frying akara on the road knows the family that will produce the next Attah . After the ruling family has selected the Attah , being the next family in line, they would be asked to come and meet a chief called Etemayi and announce that their family has already zeroed in on one person as the next Attah . Then the Etemayi will go to the Achadu ( the next person to the Attah ) and tell him that a successor has been found . Then he would examine him to see if he is physically fit and without deformity. He will also check if he is a stammerer. A stammerer cannot be the Attah . You must be of average height and you must be athletic in appearance . Without all these qualities, Achadu can disqualify the candidate and tell the family to produce another candidate . If the deformity is obvious, the Achadu will disqualify the candidate because traditionally, the Attah - to - be is going to be the wife of the Achadu so he must have good qualities and everything must be working in his body . After that, the Attah -elect must have to proceed to Ugwolawo , about 16miles away from Idah on the way to Anyigba , where he will pass the night. He will start the journey of 16 miles back to Idah by foot before coronation is started. When the coronation ceremony starts properly in Idah , they will go to the burial ground and carry nine Ifa priests in the night, and all the priests would stay and do their divination to see how the Attah ’ s reign would be and whether he would be so harsh on the kingdom that would cause them to go to war or whether he would be the one that would bring about peace . If finally they agree the Attah would be crowned , he would be crowned the following morning. Can you tell us a bit about your early childhood? I never grew up with my parents; I grew up in the Catholic mission. That was where I did my primary and secondary school. Did you ever have any premonition of becoming the Attah Igala? Never. I was taken by surprise . Though it was our family’ s turn to produce the next Attah , politicians and people who never meant well deployed all sorts of unknown rules to the process . It became a free for all fight. I stayed and waited for them to call me. I was qualified by all standards and I went and contested with about five or six persons and I won . How did you feel when you won ? I felt happy and my gratitude is to God Almighty for the might to contest with people who had money and support and yet I excelled. Everyone had his own concept of the Attah . I personally thought the Attah would be a fierce looking person but when I look into the mirror , I would be wondering if my face could be that of the Attah . Each morning , I would get to the bathroom and I would spend up to 40minutes without water touching my body . I would just be looking at myself in the mirror . Sometimes, I would try to frown to see if that was how the Attah should look like. I didn ’ t know I was just deceiving myself. I felt elated to see myself on the throne . My house became a sort of Mecca . What were you doing before you ascended the throne? I was a retired estate officer from the Federal Capital Development Authority ( FCDA ) . I retired as a deputy acting director before I settled in Lokoja where I had built my house to wait upon God ’ s time . What were some of the things you were doing before that you no longer do ? If I mention them , you may not believe but I have left all of that behind me , I am born again . I am a new man otherwise I would not be on this seat for two weeks. I have left them behind, I am a new creature with a new agenda , with a new direction and a new slate for good writing . As a socialite , I used to socialise with my friends . We used to go to any beer parlour , have our beer, eat and relax . I cannot do that now . I am banned from shaking a woman’ s hand , I cannot shake my sister , and I cannot shake hands with my aunt. In those days, I shake those whom I know . Now I have nine masquerades and how do I perform the festival for them if I don ’ t keep myself cleansed as prescribed by tradition ? I don’ t even walk on the streets because I would be attracted to so many people . These are some of the things I cannot do again . I know how to ride motorcycle and bicycle but I cannot just ride again because that would be like lowering my personality. It has made life to change for me overnight . How do you relate with your subjects? We talk to them . We have traditional court sessions every morning, they bring their cases and I solve them . The ones I cannot solve , we fix another date for them . I have councillors covering the entire length and breadth of the empire . They would report to me what is happening in our place at the riverside and the same thing for the other people who are at the hinterland . What role does your wife play in the palace ? Well, there is no defined role for the wife of the Attah . What she is supposed to do is to take care of the less privileged in the society . She takes care of the orphans and she gives them food. Can an Attah choose to have one wife? I have chosen to stay with one wife because one wife is even too many . I am the first Attah in history to stay with one wife and I am comfortable with that. So many people may not know how large Igala Kingdom is , would you mind telling us? Igala kingdom was reduced by the British administration and further reduced by our own internal administration. That is why we have Igala race in five states . To show the extent of the size of the Igala race , we have Igala in Benue , Enugu, we also have Igala people from Ichi in Anambra. We have Igala community in Delta State and we have Igalas in Edo State . Apart from all the places you have mentioned within the country, do we have them outside Nigeria? We don’ t have them outside Nigeria because we are right at the centre of the country. Even within Kogi State , we have sizeable Igala population in Kogi central . We have them in Adogo, and Ajaokuta. Are they united as one people ? The unity is the language we speak , I can call the chief in Anambra State and we would communicate in Igala . I have demonstrated it by putting a call through to a chief in that state and it was in Igala that we communicated because Igala language is spoken in all these places. Do you really take time to visit your people in these states ? I have not really done that but I am in constant communication with them . They come here to pay homage before celebrating their festivals there . We are preparing to start celebrating our festivals and when we commence, they will also come . During my coronation , all the chiefs from all the states I talked about were represented here . Would you mind telling us the origin of the Igala people ? Talking about the origin of the Igala people , a sizeable group migrated from Wukari in Taraba State from where they came to Benue along the River Benue and continued very close to the confluence at a place called Amagede by River Benue and slightly down from Amagede downwards to Idah and they settled there . And there , they met a sizeable population of the Yorubas and the Benins and to some extent , some Igbo . So the migrant population from Wukari merged with them and produced a language called Igala as a people . What do the Igala people do in terms of occupation ? The occupation is very obvious , we have the land and there is enough rainfall . The land is fertile. We are predominantly farmers . We are also hunters and fishermen. In terms of customs and culture what are the major festivals ? We have so many annual festivals . We celebrate when there is good harvest , we mourn when we have losses and that is how every other community in Africa behaves and we cannot be an exception . But we have our native calendar and all of them go along with our festival . When there is harvest , we have the celebration of yam festival . A small seed was put in the ground and it grew big and would be used to feed so many families. It is a way of offering prayers to God , we have this feast, and we call it Iyalo Igala . In 1963, some of our traditions were proscribed. We have one of the best masquerades in West Africa . Attah as a priest /king has nine masquerades and all of them perform some functions in our tradition. So we have all year round festivities. But in 1964 they stopped them . Who stopped them? The people that inherited our leadership from the British . Those who were in the house of chiefs said it was too fetish or it was dominated by too much of African religion. So by 1964 we were young boys then and so , those before us took the decision . But we are trying to revive it because we cannot stay without culture as culture is life. We must restore it. Which areas are you ready to revive if the ban is lifted today ? It depends on our own calendar of the year . If the ban on it is lifted today , we will check to know the festival to celebrate immediately and our nine masquerades will come out. It is a way of praying to God , thanking God for all His blessings . Those who are not initiated into the system will think that we are worshipping a stone god. But we use this to express our gratitude to the Almighty for His benevolence on us . Who will lift the ban ? The onus rests on the State House of Assembly so that we can be celebrating . Nobody can put a very heavy chain on our necks. Every other community in Nigeria celebrates their festival so why not us ? They have to restore it. It is what brings us together; it is the source of our unity . Have you approached state assembly on this? Yes, it has been mentioned twice and we are waiting for the final one . Do you have taboos in your kingdom ? You cannot go out of your way to take another person ’ s wife . You cannot go and steal in the market, if you do that you will be lynched. It is like it is everywhere, ours is not peculiar . Copyright PUNCH.
500 years of Igalas in Enugu By Tony Adibe, Enugu | Publish Date: Jan 29 2017 2:00AM
500 years of Igalas in Enugu Masquerades entertaining guests at a ceremony in the community PHOTOS: Tony Adibe
The Igala people who in the 17th Century were believed to have migrated from Angwa in Idah area of the present Kogi State, can be found in their millions spread and settled in several Local Government Areas of Enugu State. You may find them in places such as Uzo-Uwani, Nsukka, Igbo-Eze South, Enugu East, Enugu-Ezike, Oguje, Okuto, Ete, Igbo-Eze North, among others. And they are quick to tell you how proud they are of their roots, although quite a good number of them have, sadly, lost what used to be their main language (Igala). They have now stuck to Igbo as their general language. But over the years, the Igala people of Enugu have preserved certain shared cultures and values which they have in common with their counterparts in Idah, Kogi State. Even up till tomorrow, the historical and cultural links give the Enugu Igala man and the Kogi Igala person a sense of oneness and brotherhood which, they strongly believe, time and age can hardly destroy, Daily Trust on Sunday gathered.
A First Republic politician from Igga in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, Nsukka Senatorial District of Enugu State, and former commissioner for Industry/Local Government in old Anambra State, Chief Maximus I. Ukuta, himself an Igala man, provides an insight into the existence of Igala in Enugu State.
In an interview with Daily Trust on Sunday, he said: “strictly speaking, there is no Igala settlement in Nsukka and Enugu-Ezike. The people of Nsukka are extracts of Igalas. I mean the whole Nsukka, and that’s why Nsukka is referred to as Nsukka-Asadu-Ideke-Alumona. Both Asadu-Ideke and Alumona are Igala people that came in early and set up the place.
“The place called Iha-Alumona where our revered and respected elder, former traditional ruler came from, they are all strictly Igala areas. So if you are talking of settlement, you are talking of the entire Nsukka senatorial zone minus Ukehe in Igboetiti. Ukehe are the sons and daughters of Agbaja called Ojebu-Ogene;and it is only for administrative convenience that the colonial masters, I think in 1922 or thereabout, pushed the people of Ukehe from Udi to Nsukka. But their blood relations, belong to the Ojebu-Ogene clan which has their majority in Udi Local Government Area.
“And now, of recent we found out again that some part of Ikem or the people of Ikem have relationship with the people of Nkanu. So minus these two towns - Ukehe and Ikem - the rest of Nsukka have Igala connections. That’s the true position.
“And the little enclave we have called Ete - Ete is predominantly made up of the Igalas and Idomas, but they are like my own people.I come from Iga in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area. We are Igala.”
Also, the traditional ruler of Ibagwa-Aka, a large community inhabited by the Igala people of Enugu in Igbo-Eze South Council area of the state, HRH, Igwe H. I. Eze, the Eze Agu EzeChukwu Debelu 11 of Ibagwa-Aka gives further explanations during an interview with Daily Trust on Sunday at his palace.
According to the royal father, “Igala settled far back in the early 17th Century because anybody living now came to know that Igala people migrated to Ibagwa. And again, there are people who are now 80 years and above, whose mothers were probably Igala women.
“And talking about Igala alone is undermining Ibagwa-Aka community which is a mini Nigeria because people from Niger state are living in Ibagwa-Aka; so many of them.Their great, grand fathers; about four or five of them lived in Ibagwa and they started bearing children till either the fifth or sixth generation.”
The oldest man (Onyeishi) in Amebor village, Ibagwa-Aka community, Igbo-Eze South Council Area of Enugu State, Rev Cannon Simon Ezeja Okolo’s rather deeper explanation adds more credibility to the people’s history. According to Rev Cannon Okolo, “the Igala people migrated from Idah and settled in Ibagwa-Aka and some other parts of Enugu North Senatorial zone. The cleric who said he was born either in 1922 or 1923 -(for there was no paper documentation during his birth in his area) - told our correspondent in an interview that it was their historical root to Idah that made it compulsory for any king or Igwe produced in Ibagwa , to obtain his traditional staff of authority from the Attah of Igala.
“Our grand fathers told us that Ibagwa has three villages: Amebor, Ichara and Ezema. Amebor is the head in Ibagwa town. We were told that Amebor migrated from Idah; and they were the first to migrate to Ibagwa. Then there is the last village called Idi. It is only Amebor that produces the Eze (King) or Igwe in Ibagwa. After Ibagwa has produced the Eze, the person so produced would have to travel to Idah where the Attah of Igala would hand to him the staff of authority (office); then he would be crowned the king”, he said.
Between the Igala man in Enugu and his brother in Kogi State still exist few cultures and traditions that have endured over time. The masquerades, dances, foods and folklore, they said, have been preserved by the Igala people of Enugu. Fortunately, this aspect of the peoples’ life has contributed immensely to the peaceful co-existence they have enjoyed over the years.
A first class traditional ruler, Igwe Simon Osisi Itodo, Ezeoba 1 of Essodo community in Enugu-Ezike noted the peace and harmony among the Igala people of Enugu-Ezike and their hosts. “We enjoy peaceful co-existence with the Igala people here,” he told Daily Trust on Sunday in his palace at Enugu-Ezike.
Igwe Itodo, who is the grand patron of Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council also said: “if you come to a given community, you will understand the culture of the community and you follow them to practice it; after all, those people will also learn your own culture while you learn theirs at the same time and then life moves on.”
Again, Igwe Chukwu Debelu said: “So many people from our place marry from Idah. They equally come to Ibagwa to marry. We are very, very interwoven and there has been no problem between us and them, because if you hurt anybody there, it means you are touching your relation and if they come to hurt anybody from our place, they are touching their own relation.”
Igwe Chukwu Debelu added: “Yes. There are shared cultures. There is a masquerade we call Akatakpa,and there is another one we call Egwugwu. The Igala people call it Egwugwu as well. Egwugwu is used as an instrument to discipline erring members of our community. When we say that everybody should contribute money for a community project, for instance; and some people fail to contribute; that egwugwu will go and put fear into them so that they will pay the money. The same thing (egwugwu) is also working in Idah. The egwugwu masquerade is an instrument used to sanitize the community. Even in marriage we do the same thing with Igala.We have common meals too. For examples, meals such as aribo and amala; they cook them almost on a daily basis and here we at Ibagwa community equally prepare the meal almost daily.”
The palace secretary, Ibagwa-Aka, Sir Samuel Ugwuoke confirmed this as well. He said: “Our people have shared culture with the Igala people in terms of installing a king, in terms of dances and songs and masquerades. Our people have Akatakpa and Egwugwu Attah as two powerful masquerades. During festivities, the masquerade used to be a great source of entertainment but these days, young boys use it to hurt people. In those days, there was another masquerade called Ekpe which would come out in the arena; even Akatakpa itself would come out to watch the Ekpe.”
Sir Ugwuoke, recalled what the elders did in the past to solidify the relationship between the two people. “The elders in those days did something to strengthen the relationship. We have a place in Ibagwa here where you can get the representative of the Attah Igala; that is Echezema-Ibagwa. There they take a title called ‘Attah’. The titled man there is usually called ‘Attah’ indicating that he has authority from the Attah of Igala.
“If you want to be a traditional ruler in Ibagwa community and you cannot go to Igalaland if you go to Echezema, the Attah there can give you the symbol of authority,” he said.
Besides, Chief Ukuta provides another dimension to the peaceful co-existence experienced by the people. He emphasized that where there is justice, there could be no friction or acrimony. “Our people are peace-loving. And not only that, in any place where you can find justice, you can hardly find conflict. People believe strictly in this issue of justice and in their traditional religion. Our people respect their tradition a lot and so they are always afraid to hurt one another for fear of the unknown. That has helped to enhance peace in all the communities,” he said.
Ukuta further explains: “And it will surprise you to know that there’s no discrimination. If you are Igala from Kogi State where you have majority of the Igala people, you are welcome to Enugu State. If you are Igala from Delta State, you are welcome. If you are Igala from Edo State, you are also welcome.”
He also spoke further on the spiritual aspect of the people’s life, especially in relation to their traditional religion. “Our people believe strongly in spiritual powers. Because of it, they respect our tradition very, very much. Anybody from my area will prefer to tell the whole truth and beg for forgiveness when he offends you”, he said.
The politician recalled an instance where some people offended their neighbours and swore falsely and faced dire consequences.
“Can I tell you something? There have been several instances of people who have sworn falsely and the repercussion came immediately,” he said.
Ukuta further spoke on their festivities, shared tradition and culture, especially the uniqueness of their spiritual powers. “There is the one they call ‘Iwai’ when they celebrate the new yam festival. There is the other one they call ‘onwuli’ when they celebrate harvest and give thanks to the Almighty Creator. There are many of them,” he said. He described the ceremonies as glamorous, stressing that “in some of them you have to exhibit manhood when the young ones flog each other to prove endurance and things like that. It still exist and is a beauty to watch. And all sorts of masquerades come out. They also used spiritual powers to test or prove themselves.”
According to Ukuta, the Igala people of Enugu see themselves as “very, very unique” and are very proud of their root.
How do the Igala people of Enugu see themselves? Are they Igala natives or Igbo? And what is their main language presently; are they bilingual? There seems to be a conflict of views or disagreement in opinions on this matter, because a group claims to be Igbos and another say they are bilingual.
“Our people speak more than one language but precisely, we speak Igbo. The other language is just because we are mixing; we can speak Igala; we can speak Idoma; we can speak any other language but generally, we speak Igbo,” says the royal father of Ibagwa-Aka.
On the real identity of the Enugu-Igala at Ibagwa, Igwe Chukwu Debelu explains: “We are 100 percent Igbo. Nobody germinated from the ground. In any place you are, you are a visitor there but it is left to you to dig and discover the root or your source. I was in Israel and what we saw there made us to believe that Igbos came from Israel. And when you go to Israel, they will tell you where they came from; nobody germinated from the ground.”
The Ibagwa palace secretary, Sir Ugwuoke said: “We are Igbos. And this Angwa that I’m talking about has its origin in Kano State. So it is a matter of understanding that we are all Igbo people. We are not strangers; we are not northerners. If somebody has lived in a place for over 2,000 years; you cannot say that person is a stranger. We are purely Igbo people. We have link with Nri in Anambra state where the Attah Igala believes they (Igala people) equally originated from.”
Ugwuoke also spoke on the trade relations between the Igala people in Enugu and their counterparts in Kogi State, saying that at Nkwo market in Ibagwa, the Igala people of Kogi usually bring farm produce such as yam, plantain, oil, garri which they sell to the Igala at Ibagwa. On the other hand, the Ibagwa people go to the Oye Akpanya market in Kogi State,where “our people” go to buy tubers of yam, cassava and other processed foods. “Our people even go to the Nkwo market in Igaland,” Ugwuoke said.
Achobaisiochu: Exactly, many of us answer Igbo name and speak Igbo fluently but ethnically we are of Igala origin but due to proximity, acculturation, intermingle and intermarriage between we and Igbos we learnt and speak fluent Igbo language while maintaining our original language which is Igala.
[quote author= post=123945349]This remind us of the guy at our Barbecue Crib shouting to the Bottle ladies that "Na ASUN I order no be AZUL ooo",
After the hypeman don tell DJ to stop music, Come dey play Dorime on a low key, Wey babes come dey dance in front of am with placards, fireworks and a bottle of Azul, with plenty ice inside ice bucket! (Those hypemen ehn, na few go enter heaven o , dem Sabi dem job)
Our guy shout tire "Na ASUN I order no be AZUL ooo" Na Asun I tell you for your ear o, No be Azul o, I no Sabi drink Azul ooo, I no know how dem dey drink am ooo 😄 😁 🤣 😂 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣[/quote]From Asun to Azul...
steveaj: Though I use to feel happy anytime I see an Igbo man prospering and I use to feel terrible anytime Ndigbo is victimized because in my community, we see them as brothers and we use to help each other. We also use to fight at times anyway hahahaha. I enjoyed our relationship. But as I traveled from my village, I discovered that we're the only ones seeing Ndigbo as brothers, they practically see abo Igala as enemies. In Lagos, while Igalas will prefer Igbos to Yoruba, Igbos prefer Yoruba to Igala.
steveaj: Umuopu is an Igala speaking community in Enugu State o. As at the time I was there, they mainly speak Igala except if they have changed overtime. That village is trekkable to my village in Kogi. You can visit Umuopu and see for yourself o before you want to call for my execution. God forbid.
MrJah: Ogalla is not an Igalla man. I am from Aji in Enugu Ezike. In Enugu Ezike, our ancestral maternal home is Idah and Iheaka. Because we live and share boundaries with the Igallas, we do share surnames as a result of intermarriages. Some of the villages whom the ancestral maternal home is Idah, are the ones paying homage to the Atta of Igalla.
I find it very interesting to know this Igala group exists in such prominent number with prominent people in the South East yet hardly are they mentioned or identified as Igala. So Igala are this many in Nigeria? This is their own time to rise as I expect them to get more appiontments from this administration so they can break free from the suppression by the other tribe(s) in South East.
Congratulations to you sir. Congratulations to the Igala. Congrats to the South East. God bless Nigeria for ever! Check my signature for free stuffs!
Nigerian chef and Guinness World Record holder for marathon cooking, Hilda Effiong Bassey, (aka Hilda Baci), has announced the arrival of her award plaque, IGBERETV reports.
Baci revealed this in a video she posted on her Twitter page on Monday.
She was certified as the new record holder for the longest cooking by an individual with 93 hours and 11 minutes.
In the video, she received the award plaque packaged in a box and delivered by a dispatch rider. She captioned the video;
Seun: Pls be informed that the naira has appreciated from ₦770.38/$ to ₦756.61/$ during the last 24 hours. The Investors and Exporters FX window, which is the official market for trading the naira, and currently allows free floating of the naira, closed at ₦756.61/$ this evening.
Most countries store their wealth in real estate. Sanitize home ownerships. Introduce a bulletproof mortgage system for Nigerians abroad. This will generate billions in dollars revenue for the Country. It doesn't have to be run by the government.
1-Just make sure no fraud is perpetrated. $300/month is approx 80 million naira in 30years at 0% interest rates. (90% of Nigerians abroad can afford this). Counter the westernized brain drain by draining the dollars back to Nigeria.
2-Bank owns the property till its paid, so you don't need collateral
3- Plumbers, electricians, artisans, all these blue collared people will be employed by this scheme.
5-Start with major cities, country homes,
This is what they call, the American dream......... Bulletproof easy money making system.
PS: Asiwaju you have one shot, God put you there for a reason. We pray for your good health. Make us(Nigerians) proud.
Asiwaju 50 years from now you will not be alive, Let your grandchildren know, their Grandfather was the game-changer in a continent called AFRICA !!!!
I hope help gets to them in the nick of time... There should be some kinda sonic devices to track these underwater vehicles easily within a specific radius. The ocean floor is 2 hours from the surface.
Nigerian accent is the sexiest in the world - Foreign Lady
There is nothing like a monolithic Nigerian accent. What exists are ethnic or regional accents. Hausa, Yoruba, Kanuri, Efik, Ibibios, Benin-Edo, Jukun, Ijaws, Igala, etc.
So, which regional "accent" is she referring to here?
REUBEN010: This is the second snake I've killed within a span of 2weeks in my farm. This black cobra was actually chasing a meal (toad) this afternoon when it met it's untimely death.
Just wear your jungle boots and hold cutlass always
Snakes will always dey bush
@soccerlite,
I've killed 3 snakes before, but I fear the severe damage that the venoms of poisonous snakes can do to the internal organs of the body after a snake bite. Snakes even climb trees and swim very well in water bodies such as rivers, streams, etc. Eternal vigilance is key.
In less than 30 minutes, most snake venoms will kill a grown-up man or woman by digesting the internal organs of the human body in the absence of anti-venom shots.
The use of jungle boots and cutlass... That's true.
Angelfrost: I don't farm currently, but my father, grandfather, and others did just that... It worked wonders!
I heard some of them are actually potent Jazz, but the presence of the fetishes is enough to make a superstitious thief rethink his intentions!
E fit no work for this Gen-Z set of criminals sha!
Oh, wow! Lol. That'll be a great idea. It's more like using scarecrows on farmlands.
Despite the exposure to some levels of tech innovations, the Gen-Zs in Africa I believe are still steeped in the herd instincts and the mass superstitions of the larger society. So, the deep red cloth tied to the harmless calabash will work to keep the plantain plantation thieves away. Lol.
Antibettings: I killed the spitting cobra within 3 seconds. This type of cobra has two legs (check the attached) and can jump and spit bones. To prevent cobras from entering your farm, you can apply herbicide from time to time.
I don't recommend investing in proxy.
I am always well-equipped when I go to the farm, so there is no way I will be bitten by a snake. And if it does happen, I know how to treat it.
Olorun o! Spitting cobra. Wow, you killed the snake within 3 seconds... Well done! I will keep in touch with you to get more info on how you self-treat snake bites if and when they do happen. I actually hate venomous snakes based on what I've seen on NatGeo Wild.
By the way, I hope you sold the snake skin for a very tidy sum? Snake leather is much sought after in the big cosmopolitan areas.
Antibettings: I've killed snakes severally beside my ponds
Thanks for the attached snake pictures and the feedback to my question here.
Ah! So, it's true that snakes usually invade plantain plantations. Is there anything to keep them away because I was planning to invest heavily in agribusiness back in Nigeria.
What is the name of the black venomous snakes you killed?
Is there a hospital in your area where anti-venom injections that are specific for snakes bites can be got before the venom damages your internal organs?
What location is your farmland? I heard snakes gravitate towards plantain trees. How do you deal with snakes and even plantain thieves on your plantain farm?
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