I have heard over time, of the need to change the mode of swearing in our public office holders. Some people are of the opinion that it is better to swear by Sango (the god of thunder and lightning), so that whenever a politician steals from the government coffers, Sango will strike such politician with thunder and lightning. Others said Ògún is better and faster because hes the god of iron. Cars and aeroplanes are made of iron, so, whoever swears with Ogun that he won’t steal and steals shall be killed without delay by Ogun. Our Igbo brother talk about using Amadiọha, our Ijaw people talk about using Ayelala and so on. One of Nigeria’s finest musician, 9ice, also made popular the talk about our politicians swearing with our gods rather than the traditional Bible and Quran.
Well, I used to be part of such assertions because ògún tó ba d’ani l’oju làá fi n gbá’rí. If you know youre sure you are going to serve your people without stealing from them, you’ll not have any problem swearing by the god of iron. And if you swear by Sango and then steal from the government, Sango will strike you. This will serve as deterrent to others behind you because ẹni ti Sango bá t’oju ẹ w’ọlẹ̀, k’òní b’áwọn bú ọba kòso.
As I said earlier, I used to be part of this movement because every now and then, people swear by the Holy bible and Holy Quran and still steal from us silly. We have come to a point where Pastors and Imams even steal from church (God). If God could let His messengers steal from Him directly…and get away with it, logical thought remains that He takes less thought of how cruel our politicians are. This validates the saying- heaven helps those who help themselves.
Is God really slow when it comes to Him judging those who swear with the Holy books and still go against what they sworn not to do? Let’s take a look at a god—Ayelala, If you swear by that god and go against it, your body will immediately be becoming big and fatty till you’ll not be able to carry yourself and burst out—and die. To tell you how vast it can works, let’s say you steal 2million naira, this deity will kill everyone person that share from it, plus including your innocent children, if your child goes to club and buy drinks with the money or buys Rolex for his babe, Ayelala will kill them all. In short, Ayelala won’t stop until everyone who has a contact with the money is killed. I have heard/witnessed the working of Ayelala once in my beloved ancient town—not pleasant to the afflicted.
Okay, let me fast-forward it. Today, I was with some folks at the Governor’s office, this particular talk came to be again. I began to reason—Had my Governor sworn with Ogun, he wouldn’t have stolen from the state like this. As I ponder on this, two stories came to my heart—real life stories I heard recently. One, during the recent concluded senatorial primaries in my home state, one of the aspirants led large number of delegates to swear by a god (egungun) that they’d vote for him. They didn’t have option than to swear that night and it was clear that it was a done deal. In the morrow, on the field, the aspirant lost. How? Why? Didn’t the vote for him? They did in large number because they didn’t perhaps want to run ‘mad’. This was happened, after they had sworn, they gathered again and said they’d deal with him. Lets say the aspirant’s name is Egunjobi alias Eguns. INEC recognises Egunjobi not Eguns—the delegates began to write Eguns which was counted as voided votes(in large numbers). The god (Egungun) in turn couldn’t do anything because to egungun, Egunjobi is the same as Eguns—to INEC, it is not. He lost out.
The second real life story. During the reign of Oba Afunbiowo, who reigned for sixty years in Akure, a town after mine. An in-law to the king slept with one of the king’s wives, he was caught and he denied it. He was then asked to come and swear by the god to proof his innocence; else, the king would have him killed. His sister, who was one of the king’s wives knew his brother did it and knew the shame his act would melt on her and her children. She inquired from the keepers of the gods ‘what is it that the god doesn’t like to see’. They told her. As darkness cant behold light, as Mosquitoes cant behold Raid, as God cant behold sin. So also, every god has something they cant stand its sight. So, on the swearing day, the man had put on what the god couldn’t behold, and when they got to the shrine, the god turned his back and didn’t hear him swear—so he sworn into emptiness—and was vindicated.
Based on the two stories above, do the maths, which one is better, to swear by the Holy books or gods?
Well, I used to be part of such assertions because ògún tó ba d’ani l’oju làá fi n gbá’rí. If you know youre sure you are going to serve your people without stealing from them, you’ll not have any problem swearing by the god of iron. And if you swear by Sango and then steal from the government, Sango will strike you. This will serve as deterrent to others behind you because ẹni ti Sango bá t’oju ẹ w’ọlẹ̀, k’òní b’áwọn bú ọba kòso.
As I said earlier, I used to be part of this movement because every now and then, people swear by the Holy bible and Holy Quran and still steal from us silly. We have come to a point where Pastors and Imams even steal from church (God). If God could let His messengers steal from Him directly…and get away with it, logical thought remains that He takes less thought of how cruel our politicians are. This validates the saying- heaven helps those who help themselves.
Is God really slow when it comes to Him judging those who swear with the Holy books and still go against what they sworn not to do? Let’s take a look at a god—Ayelala, If you swear by that god and go against it, your body will immediately be becoming big and fatty till you’ll not be able to carry yourself and burst out—and die. To tell you how vast it can works, let’s say you steal 2million naira, this deity will kill everyone person that share from it, plus including your innocent children, if your child goes to club and buy drinks with the money or buys Rolex for his babe, Ayelala will kill them all. In short, Ayelala won’t stop until everyone who has a contact with the money is killed. I have heard/witnessed the working of Ayelala once in my beloved ancient town—not pleasant to the afflicted.
Okay, let me fast-forward it. Today, I was with some folks at the Governor’s office, this particular talk came to be again. I began to reason—Had my Governor sworn with Ogun, he wouldn’t have stolen from the state like this. As I ponder on this, two stories came to my heart—real life stories I heard recently. One, during the recent concluded senatorial primaries in my home state, one of the aspirants led large number of delegates to swear by a god (egungun) that they’d vote for him. They didn’t have option than to swear that night and it was clear that it was a done deal. In the morrow, on the field, the aspirant lost. How? Why? Didn’t the vote for him? They did in large number because they didn’t perhaps want to run ‘mad’. This was happened, after they had sworn, they gathered again and said they’d deal with him. Lets say the aspirant’s name is Egunjobi alias Eguns. INEC recognises Egunjobi not Eguns—the delegates began to write Eguns which was counted as voided votes(in large numbers). The god (Egungun) in turn couldn’t do anything because to egungun, Egunjobi is the same as Eguns—to INEC, it is not. He lost out.
The second real life story. During the reign of Oba Afunbiowo, who reigned for sixty years in Akure, a town after mine. An in-law to the king slept with one of the king’s wives, he was caught and he denied it. He was then asked to come and swear by the god to proof his innocence; else, the king would have him killed. His sister, who was one of the king’s wives knew his brother did it and knew the shame his act would melt on her and her children. She inquired from the keepers of the gods ‘what is it that the god doesn’t like to see’. They told her. As darkness cant behold light, as Mosquitoes cant behold Raid, as God cant behold sin. So also, every god has something they cant stand its sight. So, on the swearing day, the man had put on what the god couldn’t behold, and when they got to the shrine, the god turned his back and didn’t hear him swear—so he sworn into emptiness—and was vindicated.
Based on the two stories above, do the maths, which one is better, to swear by the Holy books or gods?
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