YORUBA DEITY, OLUOROGBO SHARES SAME TRAIT WITH JESUS CHRIST, SAYS OBA OGUNWUSI

The royal father who spoke with journalists explained that, Oluorogbo   according to mythology, ascended to heaven, after being killed by her mother, Moremi as a sacrifice for the gods, describing Oluorogbo as a selfless deity that turned himself into a sacrificial lamb for humanity, to bring peace and sanity among other deities to the world.

Penpushing further reports that, the traditional ruler also pointed out that, as Jesus Christ brought peace and unity to the whole world, so also did Oluorogbo deliver people at the time of trouble by allowing peaceful coexistence to reign supreme.

Hear him, ’There is no difference between Oluorogbo and Jesus Christ, the son of God that Christians believed in, for they both sacrificed their lives for the salvation of all souls’,stressing that,  Oluorogbo was the son of God who stood for purity and godliness that signified what God stands for.

Penpushing also reports that, the first class traditional ruler said Oluorogbo was among the deities that were specially made, adding that, unlike Jesus Christ who came 2019 years ago, Oluorogbo preceded the creation of the whole universe and as Christians are expecting the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, Oluorogbo will forever remain.

The monarch, however, debunked the perception that Ife indigenes are idolaters, explaining that by celebrating their deities, the Ife people are only worshiping the Almighty God and upholding the cultural heritage and tradition of the Yoruba race.

The Ooni noted that some people have ignorantly tagged the cradle of Yoruba, Ile-Ife as a town that practised idolatory, but urged the populace to give room for peace and unity and also called on them to be altruistic stating that no one can achieve greatness in life without showing love to others. He encouraged all and sundry to emulate the Oluorogbo in giving all they have to assist others in trouble.

Penpushing further reports that, the Obalase Oluorogbo Agbaye, Adebayo Orisayemi, Awosola 111, in his remark expressed appreciation to Oba Ogunwusi for resuscitating the Oluorogbo festival and urged other traditional rulers to emulate him in promoting their tradition.

However, it is on record that Yoruba mythology said, Oluorogbo was the only son of Moremi, who she used for sacrifice to the river goddess to deliver the people of Ile-Ife from Igbo predators, while one Ife myth also posited that Oluorogbo survived the sacrifice and made a rope of grass and climbed to heaven where he is said to have lived ever since with the gods and immortal heroes of Yorubaland.

Penpushing also reports that, Professor of Anthropology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Deborah Lime, in her own speech urged Yoruba to value their cultural heritage, and appealed to people of Ile-Ife and Yoruba at large to ensure that they support the monarch to take Ile-Ife to greater heights

Similarly, Iyalode Osun Ife Worldwide, Nilsia Lourdes dos Santos, who was in Ife on arrival from Brazil for the festival, condemned the indifference of Yoruba to their tradition, pointing out that that Ile-Ife as the source of all Yoruba has all the deities, one of them being Oluorogbo that delivered the race from the destruction of the enemies.

Penpushing reports that, Princess Folasade Adegoke, a resident of United Kingdom who also came for the ceremony said foreigners value Yoruba culture than the owners, and called on Yoruba to be able to differentiate between religion and culture, calling on them to embrace their cultural heritage to keep the memories of their past heroes alive.