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Thursday, November 02, 2006
The death of a deadly shrine

It has lived in Ebiraland for well over a decade, some claimed to have heard it speak while others consulted it for solutions to their nightmares. Wether any of the reports is true or not is not a concern any longer as the shrine custodian, Late Tijani 'Abo' as was popularly known, his wife and kid have left this world even before the revered shrine.

At about 12:30pm on Thursday the 2nd of November 2006, a huge crowd gathered to witnessed the destruction of Abo's shrine around Okunchi area of Adavi, Kogi state. Just few minutes befores its death, the Amir of Jamiat Ahlul sunnah wal Jamma'ah, Ustaz Mustafa Idris addressed the crowd.

He streessed the need for shunning fetish and occultic beliefs and embracing the worship of true and only One God, Allah. He called on Ebiras to desist from the act that had brought nothing to the land except violence and abject poverty.

It is the opinion of many Ebiras that the current spate of violence and youth restiveness in the land which has cost lives and properties stemmed from the aftermaths of careless importation of shrines into Ebiraland by desperate politicians and youths of different 'Masquerade' associations.

Amazing enoungh is the rejection to uproot the shrine from the custodian's home in Okene by some tradtional priests and islamic clerics. While some charged thousands of Naira for the job, others simply rejected for fear of repercursions.

Few seconds to the burnt down, some among the crowds took to their heals to escape an eventual catastrophe. Shouts of 'Allahu Akbar' rented the air as the shrine exploded in a big flame. The members of the muslim groups jubillated as they 'send home another evil from Ebiraland. See images below: Readers comment

Ustaz Mustafa delivering his address


Scattered remnants


EbiraView webmaster gets a close 'feel' of the shrine


The shrine set ablaze


The muslim brothers jubilating




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