One of the most prominent traditional rulers, Ooni, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has declared a spiritual lockdown in the land of Ife to spiritually combat COVID-19 Pandemic.
Ooni of Ife who issued the notice on Thursday commanded Ife residents to stay in their homes, as spiritual leaders would be performing rituals popularly called “oro” to cleanse the land of the deadly virus.
This was contained in a statement written in the indigenous Yoruba language.
“KERE O, KERE OO, KERE OOO.”
“LONILE, LALEJO, LOKUNRIN, LOBINRIN, LOMODE, LAGBA, LORUKO, OONI OBA ENITAN ADEYEYE BABATUNDE OGUNWUSI, LA N FI ASIKO YI KEDE, PE, KONISI, AAYE, FUN, ENIKENI, LATIJADE LO, SIBIKIBI, LOJO ALAMISI, OJO KEJI, OSU KERIN, ODUN YI, KARALE GBO, KOSO FARA OKO, ORO IBILE ISEMBAYE AWON, ALALE, YO JADE SITA, LOJO THURSDAY, OSE YI, KOLE KASE ESUKU EBORA CORONA VIRUS KURO NILE NILEYI ATI KI ALAAFIA LE JOBA NILE IFE.
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E JOWO A N SO FUN GBOGBO ENIYAN PE ORO YI ENIKENI KO GBODO RI O ATOKUNRIN OBINRIN OMODE AGBALAGBA LAGBARA AWON ALALE ORO KO NI GBE WA LO ASE KI ONIKALUKU JOKO SINU ILE RE AWON IBI TI ORO YO GBA KOJA NIWONYI LATI;
IWARA ILODE, OKE ATAN, ILORO, AGANHUN, ARUBIDI, MOREMI, ONDO ROAD, OLURIN, OMI OKUN, IYEKERE, OROTO, ITAAGBON, OKE AYETORO, OKE SODA, OTUTU, AJAMOPO, ITA SUN, LOKORE, ODOIWARA, OLUMOGBE, IJIO, OJAFE, EDENA, IGBO AGBO, OBALOOGUN, ONPETU, ODUDUWA COLLEGE ROAD, AKIILE, ILARE, SAABO, IREMO, OKEREWE, OBALEJUGBE, GARAGE ISALE, MOKURO ROAD, OJAJA, OGBINGBIN, OKEJAN, IREDUMI, LAGERE, FAJUYI, GBODO, ITA OLOPO, ISALE AGBARA, OGBON AGBARA, OGBON OYA, AKUI, OBALUFON, ITAKOGUN, ORIYANGI, EHINDI, OMISORE,OLURIN, PEDIRO, OKEMORISA, ATAWON IBO MII AAGO MEJO OWURO SIAAGO MEFA IROLE NI ORO YO FI GBA ODE O, ORO KOMO OMO OBA OMO IJOYE KO MO EMESE KO MO ONISESE KO MOASIWAJU ESIN KANKAN ENIKENI TI ORO ALALE AWON BABANLAWA BA RI NIYOO GBE O”
“OLUKEDE:- OLOYE OYELAMI AWOYODE IBILE LORUKO OONI.”