The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye
Enitan Ogunwusi, has declared that Igbo and Yoruba are inseparable members of
the same family.
The Ooni reaffirmed his earlier
position on the family ties between Yoruba and Igbo nations.
A statement by his Chief Press
Secretary, Moses Olafare, said Ooni Ogunwusi stated this at the weekend at his
Ile-Oodua palace in Ile-Ife while receiving the Lagos state president of
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Solomon Ogbonna.
Ogbonna accompanied the
delegation of African Farmers and Cultural Organization on a courtesy visit to
the palace.
Oba Ogunwusi said, “I am so happy
to have the President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos State President here as part of
this empowerment initiative.
“Lagos is part of Yoruba land we
are all one we are all the same, the history is there the facts are there, and
we should actually put this facts out. Why are we fighting?
“This is your root. I said it
recently, some of our Yoruba kinsmen with ignorance of our history came out
with nugatory bereavement of my position on the family ties between Yoruba and
Igbo people.
“We have to say the truth and the
truth must set us all free, we are blood brothers. We should be inseparable.
Please feel at home in Yorubaland and respect your Yoruba brothers and sisters
too.
“We still have House of Igbo
right in this palace till date. We call it Ile Igbo up till now. Our ancestors
are buried and transfigured there. That is where kolanut was first discovered
and nurtured.
“The Igbos are still the biggest
consumers and users of Kolanut which is only planted in Yorubaland till date.
Can the Igbos do without kolanut?
“The ancient Igbo house is one of
the most sacred places in thia palace till date. One of my brother kings – Aka
Arogundabi from Iremo quarters saw the mysteries of house of Igbo(Aka-ri-Igbo).
Till date, Akarigbo of Remoland still sees house of Igbo as a common heritage
of his forebears,” Ooni explained.
The Ooni asked Olugbo of Ugbo in
Ondo state, Oba Fredrick Akinrutan Obateru to visit the Ile Oodua in Ile-Ife
for proofs and evidences on the Igbo/Yoruba ties and also various tribes of
Igbo ancestory in Ife.
He added, “We have a lot of
discoveries that the Igbo and Yoruba people once lived together as one family
and this will be revealed to the public. We should look at things that connect
us together not those that separate us.
“I am a reincarnated spirit of
our ancestors, my name is Enitan which means a child of stories and mysteries.
I had come to this world before thats why I am Babatunde also and I am back
again to establish the truth and nothing but the truth and the truth will set
us all free.
“We are all the same. We have
about 4 set of sub ethnic Igbos in Yoruba land when we were all together like
we have sub ethnic clan in Yoruba race. We have the Egbas, Ijebus, Ekiti, Oyo,
Ondo, Itshekiris they are all Yorubas but at the end of the day they belong to
the Aku Aaro Oojiire(Omoluwabi ethnic clan).
“The Ifa corpus that brought our
ancestors from Heaven were and still are Ogbe Meji, Ogbe Ofun and Ofun Meji.
While Oduduwa clan had Ogbe meji, the Oranfe(Sango) and Obatala clans had Ogbe
Ofun and Ofun Meji respectively.
“Our generations thereafter became
intertwined with different roles and responsibilites directly from the Almighty
God who sent all of the brothers to the world. The facts are there, so it will
take the deep efforts to fact find all these facts and connect all the dots
together.
“So, people that don’t know the
story, I’m not trying to cast blame on anybody but if they don’t know they
should ask. They say one Igbo is different from the other, it is true we have
about 4 categories of Igbos we have Igbo Ile, Igbo Oko the Iwinrin sub ethnic clan
and Ado na Udu. All make up to the unified Igbo clan.
“There were different clans of
Igbos that left from Ife to establish their kingdoms. One of them rebelled back
and started coming to cause mayhem in Ife(where they originally came from) and
that is the Olugbo kingdom. We should all come together and forget what
happened in the past”.
“I mentioned that the Igbos
started the spirit of profitability, ‘Aje’ in Ife at Igbomekun market(known as
Oja Ife too).
“I implore you to tell the entire
Ndigbo that You did not come from Jew, the Jews came from you and that is the
truth.
“Let us all reconcile differences
and look at things that connect us rather than things that divide us,” Ooni
added.
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