Residents of Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Tuesday called on the state government to stop the Oro festival in the area.
The residents, who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, said the celebration hinders their movement and affects the economy of the area.
NAN reported that the residents were reacting to the restriction of movement because of Oro celebration on Monday at Igbogbo, a suburb of Ikorodu.
A businesswoman, Mrs. Olayemi Bamgbade, told NAN that she had experienced the restrictions for 15 years.
She said, “We urge the government to put a stop to this Oro tradition. If government does not cancel it, they should restrict the event to midnight.
“We residents are at the receiving end of this saga.”
She said the tradition was a violation of the fundamental human rights of the residents.
An accountant, Mr. Tony Iruah, said the tradition was frustrating to his family.
Mrs. Iyabo Olofin, a hair dresser in Ikorodu, said the tradition had become a source of worry for the residents, adding that it was unfair for the government to allow it to go on.
She noted that the continued observance of the tradition by its adherents gives the impression that the country was tilting towards barbarism.
“It is so sad that in spite of the level of civilisation globally, we still condone some archaic and barbaric traditions that ought to be extinct,” she said.
A clergyman, Mr. Emmanuel Obasa, said any religious or traditional festival that infringed on people’s freedom of movement was bad and unlawful.
Posted: at 28-09-2011 02:09 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
the worst aspect of the so called oro festival that some people are claiming to be a tradition is nothing but a festival of rituals with human blood. i am sure that a lot of people knows about this even our prominent yoruba pastors but they have all refused to say anything about it and believe you me that GOD will ask from their hand the bood of those innocent people since they have all failed or refused to speak out against it. i live in ojo,sabo,ajamgbadi and shibiri for years and i know exactly what i am talking about. i know about 3 to 4 people that lost their lives to that satanic culture and tradition. i almost got killed by this evil people under the guise of tradition or culture in 2005 the night that i have to stay up to 2 am on the hold up between barraks and volks due to the break down of dangote lorry along badagry express and there is no how i would have left my car on the road,so i had to wait until i was able to pass through the hold up only for me to almost lost my life if not by the special grace of GOD. while i was trying to reverse my car in other escape from them i saw about 3 to 4 people that also pass through the hold up that was already in bound and they never return up till today.anybody that lived any where around those areas that i mentioned would attest to what i am saying because they are open and known fact among the residence of those areas more especially those that lived up 5 years around those areas in 2001 to 2005 when i had to pack out of that area after that incident and i heard that the situations are worst than that in badagry,ikorodu and other areas where they have more yoruba concentrations. between 2001 to 2003 those that lived in sabo oniba ajangbadi would recall the incidence at cele, peoples, sabo bustop where a car was seen in the morning in the front a filing station with blood stains every where without the occupant after they ran into the oro cult the previous night, we heard them screaming at night for help before they finally stoped shouting which means that they must have been killed when people stoped hearing their voices.pls for goodness sake why must we still be practicing this kind of evil and barbaric tradition in this 21 century when other countries are advancing techonolicaly?.if the case is like this in lagos state what would be happening in other state where there is no much population of strangers and urban or city life. oro is nothing but a dangerous and blood sucking cult.it is not a tradition that would see the light of the day in this morden society,i am very sure that some truthful yorubas will agree with me because what i am saying is nothing but the truth.in early 2000 there was this pregnant woman that was in labour at that night in ilogbo ojo that was killed along side her husband just because she was being taking to the hospital at night during labour. it is high time that all well meaning nigerian and religious leaders in lagos state more especially the yorubas to rise up against this evil tradition. this kind of evil can not happen in a city like lagos and any developing area in the east without the christian revolting against it but here in lagos everybody have kept quite as if it is not their fellow human being that this wicked oro cultist are killing secrectly at night. it is eveil and a sin for any child of god more especialy the pastors,Revs and bishops to fold their hands and watch those that god have given to them to watch over their lives die in the hands of this evil men in the name a tradition.in okija anambra state a similar thing that is even small than what the oro cultist have been doing happened in 2004 and somebody raised an alarm and it stoped but in a lagos this evil have been happening for ages but not even our prominent yoruba pastors could say a word.the police and all the relevant authourities are aware of this but none of them have been able to stop this heinus crimes against humanity.the PHCN otherwise know as the NEPA are collabrating with them by always taking of the lights when ever there is this wicked,barbaric and muderous activities of the evil men in oro clothing. i am not judging them but i am only condemning their silence in the face of this heinous evil that is an open secret to every lagosians. i want those that know about this thing to open up and make a comment against this evil.
Posted: at 28-09-2011 02:11 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
this is real and it is happening but no one is talking about it because it is happening in lagos and other western states.believe you me if this is happening in the east up till this day the whole world would have heard about it. when i am talking against something that i know that is bad i dont care if what ever the people from that area will think or say once i know that what i am saying is the right thing. i posted this topic because anybody could fall a victim. we have a lot of that travel from a long distance to the areas where all this wicked traditions are happening without the knowing it only for them to fall a victim.
Posted: at 1-10-2011 01:29 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
i know say na your area them dey still do that kind of tradition in this computer age. advice them to remove the killing of strangers aspect of it for goodness sake. ok
Posted: at 1-10-2011 01:34 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
i know say na your area them dey still do that kind of tradition in this computer age. advice them to remove the killing of strangers aspect of it for goodness sake. ok. i am not against your tradition or any others peoples own but it should be done in a very peacefull atmosphere. just because a masqurade tears off a ladies jeans trouser somehwre in enugu state last year some people here gave a diferent name but hre peope are deing slaughtered at night but no one is saying anything
Posted: at 1-10-2011 01:39 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
giftmurphy at 2-10-2011 06:54 PM (12 years ago) (f)
Quote from: donuche on 1-10-2011 01:39 AM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 28-09-2011 05:32 PM
long time poster,u travel?
i know say na your area them dey still do that kind of tradition in this computer age. advice them to remove the killing of strangers aspect of it for goodness sake. ok. i am not against your tradition or any others peoples own but it should be done in a very peacefull atmosphere. just because a masqurade tears off a ladies jeans trouser somehwre in enugu state last year some people here gave a diferent name but hre peope are deing slaughtered at night but no one is saying anything
SEE ME SEE WAHALA O,I ASK SIMPLE QUESTION O,NOW I DEY GET ADVISE,NA UR ANSWER BE DAT?
Posted: at 2-10-2011 06:54 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
i know say na your area them dey still do that kind of tradition in this computer age. advice them to remove the killing of strangers aspect of it for goodness sake. ok. i am not against your tradition or any others peoples own but it should be done in a very peacefull atmosphere. just because a masqurade tears off a ladies jeans trouser somehwre in enugu state last year some people here gave a diferent name but hre peope are deing slaughtered at night but no one is saying anything
SEE ME SEE WAHALA O,I ASK SIMPLE QUESTION O,NOW I DEY GET ADVISE,NA UR ANSWER BE DAT?
i expected you to say something more serious concerning the topic because we are the youth that should be in the fore front of change from the old evil ways of the so called cultures that negate the right to life and freedom in our community,town,state and tribe. if anything like oro is still happening any where within my community and even tribe that i know, i would be the first person to revolt against it using the media and even mobilizing other people of like mind against because even if i am killed for doing that god and even posterity will remember me as long as this generation last. what i am saying in that topic is a fact that is known by every real lagosian i mean real lagosians and not the jjc or those that lives in festac and the VGC where there is no bale s because all this rubbish happens where there is bales and obas but it baffles me that not even one prominent yoruba prominent pastors especially have ever said any thing about it. join me in in condemning this achaic and barbaric culture or tradition.
Posted: at 3-10-2011 08:22 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
giftmurphy at 3-10-2011 10:21 AM (12 years ago) (f)
Quote from: donuche on 3-10-2011 08:22 AM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 2-10-2011 06:54 PM
Quote from: donuche on 1-10-2011 01:39 AM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 28-09-2011 05:32 PM
long time poster,u travel?
i know say na your area them dey still do that kind of tradition in this computer age. advice them to remove the killing of strangers aspect of it for goodness sake. ok. i am not against your tradition or any others peoples own but it should be done in a very peacefull atmosphere. just because a masqurade tears off a ladies jeans trouser somehwre in enugu state last year some people here gave a diferent name but hre peope are deing slaughtered at night but no one is saying anything
SEE ME SEE WAHALA O,I ASK SIMPLE QUESTION O,NOW I DEY GET ADVISE,NA UR ANSWER BE DAT?
i expected you to say something more serious concerning the topic because we are the youth that should be in the fore front of change from the old evil ways of the so called cultures that negate the right to life and freedom in our community,town,state and tribe. if anything like oro is still happening any where within my community and even tribe that i know, i would be the first person to revolt against it using the media and even mobilizing other people of like mind against because even if i am killed for doing that god and even posterity will remember me as long as this generation last. what i am saying in that topic is a fact that is known by every real lagosian i mean real lagosians and not the jjc or those that lives in festac and the VGC where there is no bale s because all this rubbish happens where there is bales and obas but it baffles me that not even one prominent yoruba prominent pastors especially have ever said any thing about it. join me in in condemning this achaic and barbaric culture or tradition.
i actually tut in volks and brracks,when there is much traffic,i tut it is only robbers that come to rob people,i never knew that all this happen,seriously..
Posted: at 3-10-2011 10:21 AM (12 years ago) | Hero
i know say na your area them dey still do that kind of tradition in this computer age. advice them to remove the killing of strangers aspect of it for goodness sake. ok. i am not against your tradition or any others peoples own but it should be done in a very peacefull atmosphere. just because a masqurade tears off a ladies jeans trouser somehwre in enugu state last year some people here gave a diferent name but hre peope are deing slaughtered at night but no one is saying anything
SEE ME SEE WAHALA O,I ASK SIMPLE QUESTION O,NOW I DEY GET ADVISE,NA UR ANSWER BE DAT?
i expected you to say something more serious concerning the topic because we are the youth that should be in the fore front of change from the old evil ways of the so called cultures that negate the right to life and freedom in our community,town,state and tribe. if anything like oro is still happening any where within my community and even tribe that i know, i would be the first person to revolt against it using the media and even mobilizing other people of like mind against because even if i am killed for doing that god and even posterity will remember me as long as this generation last. what i am saying in that topic is a fact that is known by every real lagosian i mean real lagosians and not the jjc or those that lives in festac and the VGC where there is no bale s because all this rubbish happens where there is bales and obas but it baffles me that not even one prominent yoruba prominent pastors especially have ever said any thing about it. join me in in condemning this achaic and barbaric culture or tradition.
i actually tut in volks and brracks,when there is much traffic,i tut it is only robbers that come to rob people,i never knew that all this happen,seriously..
they the oro people dont come to operate on the highways except by chance though they can only cross over to the other side of the town if the need be but all they do is that they wait for strangers and residents that were trapped in the hold up along the highways inside the streets along ojo igbede road and inside other small streets and prey on them having known that they would be coming home late due to the hold ups at those area that could keep people so late outside.if i go on to write about atrocities that this evil men are committing a whole day would not be enough
Posted: at 4-10-2011 07:14 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
giftmurphy at 4-10-2011 11:48 AM (12 years ago) (f)
Quote from: donuche on 4-10-2011 07:14 AM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 3-10-2011 10:21 AM
Quote from: donuche on 3-10-2011 08:22 AM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 2-10-2011 06:54 PM
Quote from: donuche on 1-10-2011 01:39 AM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 28-09-2011 05:32 PM
long time poster,u travel?
i know say na your area them dey still do that kind of tradition in this computer age. advice them to remove the killing of strangers aspect of it for goodness sake. ok. i am not against your tradition or any others peoples own but it should be done in a very peacefull atmosphere. just because a masqurade tears off a ladies jeans trouser somehwre in enugu state last year some people here gave a diferent name but hre peope are deing slaughtered at night but no one is saying anything
SEE ME SEE WAHALA O,I ASK SIMPLE QUESTION O,NOW I DEY GET ADVISE,NA UR ANSWER BE DAT?
i expected you to say something more serious concerning the topic because we are the youth that should be in the fore front of change from the old evil ways of the so called cultures that negate the right to life and freedom in our community,town,state and tribe. if anything like oro is still happening any where within my community and even tribe that i know, i would be the first person to revolt against it using the media and even mobilizing other people of like mind against because even if i am killed for doing that god and even posterity will remember me as long as this generation last. what i am saying in that topic is a fact that is known by every real lagosian i mean real lagosians and not the jjc or those that lives in festac and the VGC where there is no bale s because all this rubbish happens where there is bales and obas but it baffles me that not even one prominent yoruba prominent pastors especially have ever said any thing about it. join me in in condemning this achaic and barbaric culture or tradition.
i actually tut in volks and brracks,when there is much traffic,i tut it is only robbers that come to rob people,i never knew that all this happen,seriously..
they the oro people dont come to operate on the highways except by chance though they can only cross over to the other side of the town if the need be but all they do is that they wait for strangers and residents that were trapped in the hold up along the highways inside the streets along ojo igbede road and inside other small streets and prey on them having known that they would be coming home late due to the hold ups at those area that could keep people so late outside.if i go on to write about atrocities that this evil men are committing a whole day would not be enough
and i learnt they dont harm males,they only harm females.how true is it?
Posted: at 4-10-2011 11:48 AM (12 years ago) | Hero
i know say na your area them dey still do that kind of tradition in this computer age. advice them to remove the killing of strangers aspect of it for goodness sake. ok. i am not against your tradition or any others peoples own but it should be done in a very peacefull atmosphere. just because a masqurade tears off a ladies jeans trouser somehwre in enugu state last year some people here gave a diferent name but hre peope are deing slaughtered at night but no one is saying anything
SEE ME SEE WAHALA O,I ASK SIMPLE QUESTION O,NOW I DEY GET ADVISE,NA UR ANSWER BE DAT?
i expected you to say something more serious concerning the topic because we are the youth that should be in the fore front of change from the old evil ways of the so called cultures that negate the right to life and freedom in our community,town,state and tribe. if anything like oro is still happening any where within my community and even tribe that i know, i would be the first person to revolt against it using the media and even mobilizing other people of like mind against because even if i am killed for doing that god and even posterity will remember me as long as this generation last. what i am saying in that topic is a fact that is known by every real lagosian i mean real lagosians and not the jjc or those that lives in festac and the VGC where there is no bale s because all this rubbish happens where there is bales and obas but it baffles me that not even one prominent yoruba prominent pastors especially have ever said any thing about it. join me in in condemning this achaic and barbaric culture or tradition.
i actually tut in volks and brracks,when there is much traffic,i tut it is only robbers that come to rob people,i never knew that all this happen,seriously..
they the oro people dont come to operate on the highways except by chance though they can only cross over to the other side of the town if the need be but all they do is that they wait for strangers and residents that were trapped in the hold up along the highways inside the streets along ojo igbede road and inside other small streets and prey on them having known that they would be coming home late due to the hold ups at those area that could keep people so late outside.if i go on to write about atrocities that this evil men are committing a whole day would not be enough
and i learnt they dont harm males,they only harm females.how true is it?
they dont just harm eveybody but they kill them and not just that they kill for oro alone during those activities but they also killed for some other ritualist prominent men that use to contract them for human beings knowing that they have every opportunity to do watever they like hence they hide under festival,culture and tradition.my heart is bleeding because this is a thread that should and supposed to atract a lot of comments but it is unfortunate that people are not commenting because they are afraid to talk.evil succeed because the good people keep silence.if this same topic are about or against pastors this thread would have gotten to 2000 but here we are all silent in the face of evil.people make noise in this forum when they shouldnt do and kept silent when they should talk or even shout for the common good of eveybody.when i am doing or saying the right thing i dont care how any group or individual feels hence i know that i am justied by the truth.some doesnt like to talk in this kind of issues because they are afraid of the subject matter or people, then how do we expect things to change,how do we fight injustice and change things that are not working for our good around us.
Posted: at 6-10-2011 08:48 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
this is real and it is happening but no one is talking about it because it is happening in lagos and other western states.believe you me if this is happening in the east up till this day the whole world would have heard about it. when i am talking against something that i know that is bad i dont care if what ever the people from that area will think or say once i know that what i am saying is the right thing. i posted this topic because anybody could fall a victim. we have a lot of that travel from a long distance to the areas where all this wicked traditions are happening without the knowing it only for them to fall a victim.
ofcourse i dont doubt yu.......i was in lagos 5yrs ago when one titled man died n' they requested human head 4 his burrial........i wonder why some pple stil believe in this barbaric act....... they need to be stopped bcos they re using innocent bloods 4 useless ritual
my name is kebella ........yu already no that ...heheh...if yu wanna smell what kebella is cooking........bring it up!!
Posted: at 6-10-2011 08:53 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Well it is very unfortunate that this kind of evil go on in some parts of this nation.Our government cannot act decisively for political reasons;fear of losing power or popularity.The truth is that most cities in the country by their composition (mixture of people resident in it and social,cultural and religious dispositions) makes it almost impossible for the abservance of traditonal festivals.Even though the constitution allows for freedom of worship and association,there is also repugnancy test for a cultural practice to be allowed in the present day Nigeria.This is that such culture or cultural practice must not be repugnant to natural justice,equity and good conscience as well as not be in violation of any law in force.This I know the oro festival do not satisfy.
Posted: at 7-10-2011 07:06 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
giftmurphy at 8-10-2011 03:36 PM (12 years ago) (f)
Quote from: donuche on 6-10-2011 08:48 PM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 4-10-2011 11:48 AM
Quote from: donuche on 4-10-2011 07:14 AM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 3-10-2011 10:21 AM
Quote from: donuche on 3-10-2011 08:22 AM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 2-10-2011 06:54 PM
Quote from: donuche on 1-10-2011 01:39 AM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 28-09-2011 05:32 PM
long time poster,u travel?
i know say na your area them dey still do that kind of tradition in this computer age. advice them to remove the killing of strangers aspect of it for goodness sake. ok. i am not against your tradition or any others peoples own but it should be done in a very peacefull atmosphere. just because a masqurade tears off a ladies jeans trouser somehwre in enugu state last year some people here gave a diferent name but hre peope are deing slaughtered at night but no one is saying anything
SEE ME SEE WAHALA O,I ASK SIMPLE QUESTION O,NOW I DEY GET ADVISE,NA UR ANSWER BE DAT?
i expected you to say something more serious concerning the topic because we are the youth that should be in the fore front of change from the old evil ways of the so called cultures that negate the right to life and freedom in our community,town,state and tribe. if anything like oro is still happening any where within my community and even tribe that i know, i would be the first person to revolt against it using the media and even mobilizing other people of like mind against because even if i am killed for doing that god and even posterity will remember me as long as this generation last. what i am saying in that topic is a fact that is known by every real lagosian i mean real lagosians and not the jjc or those that lives in festac and the VGC where there is no bale s because all this rubbish happens where there is bales and obas but it baffles me that not even one prominent yoruba prominent pastors especially have ever said any thing about it. join me in in condemning this achaic and barbaric culture or tradition.
i actually tut in volks and brracks,when there is much traffic,i tut it is only robbers that come to rob people,i never knew that all this happen,seriously..
they the oro people dont come to operate on the highways except by chance though they can only cross over to the other side of the town if the need be but all they do is that they wait for strangers and residents that were trapped in the hold up along the highways inside the streets along ojo igbede road and inside other small streets and prey on them having known that they would be coming home late due to the hold ups at those area that could keep people so late outside.if i go on to write about atrocities that this evil men are committing a whole day would not be enough
and i learnt they dont harm males,they only harm females.how true is it?
they dont just harm eveybody but they kill them and not just that they kill for oro alone during those activities but they also killed for some other ritualist prominent men that use to contract them for human beings knowing that they have every opportunity to do watever they like hence they hide under festival,culture and tradition.my heart is bleeding because this is a thread that should and supposed to atract a lot of comments but it is unfortunate that people are not commenting because they are afraid to talk.evil succeed because the good people keep silence.if this same topic are about or against pastors this thread would have gotten to 2000 but here we are all silent in the face of evil.people make noise in this forum when they shouldnt do and kept silent when they should talk or even shout for the common good of eveybody.when i am doing or saying the right thing i dont care how any group or individual feels hence i know that i am justied by the truth.some doesnt like to talk in this kind of issues because they are afraid of the subject matter or people, then how do we expect things to change,how do we fight injustice and change things that are not working for our good around us.
so what will u do?willing to help if i can.
Posted: at 8-10-2011 03:36 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
i know say na your area them dey still do that kind of tradition in this computer age. advice them to remove the killing of strangers aspect of it for goodness sake. ok. i am not against your tradition or any others peoples own but it should be done in a very peacefull atmosphere. just because a masqurade tears off a ladies jeans trouser somehwre in enugu state last year some people here gave a diferent name but hre peope are deing slaughtered at night but no one is saying anything
SEE ME SEE WAHALA O,I ASK SIMPLE QUESTION O,NOW I DEY GET ADVISE,NA UR ANSWER BE DAT?
nxt time focus on his topic not to exchange pleasantry
my name is kebella ........yu already no that ...heheh...if yu wanna smell what kebella is cooking........bring it up!!
Posted: at 8-10-2011 03:46 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
giftmurphy at 8-10-2011 04:26 PM (12 years ago) (f)
Quote from: kebella on 8-10-2011 03:46 PM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 2-10-2011 06:54 PM
Quote from: donuche on 1-10-2011 01:39 AM
Quote from: giftmurphy on 28-09-2011 05:32 PM
long time poster,u travel?
i know say na your area them dey still do that kind of tradition in this computer age. advice them to remove the killing of strangers aspect of it for goodness sake. ok. i am not against your tradition or any others peoples own but it should be done in a very peacefull atmosphere. just because a masqurade tears off a ladies jeans trouser somehwre in enugu state last year some people here gave a diferent name but hre peope are deing slaughtered at night but no one is saying anything
SEE ME SEE WAHALA O,I ASK SIMPLE QUESTION O,NOW I DEY GET ADVISE,NA UR ANSWER BE DAT?
nxt time focus on his topic not to exchange pleasantry
lolz. na xperience i get,
Posted: at 8-10-2011 04:26 PM (12 years ago) | Hero
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kebella
........yu already no that 
...heheh...if yu wanna smell what kebella is cooking........bring it up!!
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