This reportedly happened in Benin City, Edo State Nigerian last week, when the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare 11, brought out the deity of the kingdom and placed a curse on people engaged in human trafficking in the state.
Others
that were cursed by the Monarch are the native doctors who administer
oath of secrecy on victims. The Oba and his palace chiefs asserted that
the gods of Benin Kingdom would destroy those involved in the illicit
trade.
The
traditional Palace Juju ‘Ososomaye’ of Great Benin kingdom was
reportedly brought out for the first time yesterday to face the sun in
the presence of all Palace chiefs, native doctors and women leaders who
witnessed the traditional occasion.
According
to reports, the last time the Ososomaye was brought out into the open
was about 400 years ago. And according to the tradition of the Benin
Kingdom, anytime the Ososomaye sees the sun, it does not fail
to carry out any assignment it is deployed to run. It is reported that
anyone that suffers from the curse of the Ososomaye will not only be affected but his generations will also be jinxed.
Tradition has it that the last time it was deployed and brought out to see the sun was during the reign of Oba Ewuare 1.
The ‘Ososomaye’ is what all the spiritual heads in Edo kingdom report to.
The Osososmaye was
paraded before the Kings and the Place chiefs in the presence of the
media. The Oba of Benin then revoked the curses placed on victims of
human trafficking; while curses were placed on human traffickers,
cultists and cult activities and land grabbers in Benin kingdom
henceforth.
According
to reports, Edo state tops the list of the states within the country
with the highest rate of human trafficking. Victims are subjected to all
sorts of rituals and oaths and curses are sometimes place on them if
they renege on the agreement they have with the trafficker
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