A traditional chief in Badagry Local Government Area in Lagos State, Possu Awarawuru, has identified the advent of foreign religions as a bane of the country’s social problems.
Mr. Awarawuruis is one of the seven White Cap Chiefs of Akran of Badagry, Wheno Aholu Menu Toyi 1.
Mr. Awarawuru made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Badagry during this year’s anniversary of the ancient town.
“Before the coming of Christianity and Islam, our fore-fathers worship in their traditions and the society was peaceful and crime-free,’’ he said at the festival with the theme “Reconnecting with the Root. ’’
He explained that before the coming of the two religions, Nigerians worship traditional religion and was guided by the values, morals and various injunctions, laid down by the divinities.
According to him, without the two religions, the society will be crime-free, since traditional religious worshipers don’t chase materialism.
“If you get to the prisons, Christians and Moslems are always there but you can hardly see an idol worshipper being imprisoned. ’’
He advocated for the return to African ways of worship, saying that worshippers of the various divinities including Ogun (God of Iron), Olokun (God of the River) and Sango (Thunder), always abide with the norms and injunctions of the deities.
Mr. Awarawuru, who is also the head of the Possukoh Quarters, urged followers of foreign religions to stop calling traditionalists idol worshippers.
God! Somebody openz iz mouth 2 say such profanez’ about christainity in diz jet age! Ma God xo disappointed.
@Meme, I’m not sure you know what you’re saying!
Its only thieves and fools wil argue wot d chief said. D isue of God wil forgve has lead people in2 doing things anyhow. Traditionalist knws they’ll take it back wen they strike but white man religion says God wil always 4gve. But can it be true? Dis fools wil one day say our traditional language is evil.
I think this man does not know what is saying. He said before coming of muslim and christain our forefather worship in their tradition meaning that tradition religion is the first religion on earth that must peaple usually said but from this moment the should saying that because prophet adam is the firth man to be created on this earth and as we know his religion was muslim. Meaning that muslim is the firt religion on this earth. The idol worshipper shold keep silent because this peaple to they are fool. The peaple will go to the forest to cut a three and taking it home giving it eye,mouth,leg and other various part which letter become their god,the wprship human being like them and other useless thing like that.
You better accept islam and leave some thing that cannot talk ,walk,and which cannot answer you pray and accept one god that is ‘ALLAH’
A religion could be an opium. The truth remains that there is only One God. The Almighty God who created heaven and earth; the rivers, thunder, sun, moon, trees, man, everything. All these must bow to and worship The Almighty God who cannot be compared to anyother god. The Almighty God is Light everlasting, He gives light that cannot go or be put off. Darkness cannot be compared to Light. Now tell me, Is there any other thing that has and can give everlasting light?
The reverse is the case to Chief’s opinion. Ever since there have been greediness in the life of the people(traditionists). Are they not the one doing money rituals(killing innocent citizens), biwitching people, changing destinies by placing curses upon them to make them misbehave, different kinds of attrocities commited today are due to spells placed upon some individuals, families, groups and tribes by the worship of the little gods. All of these evil are the works of the Devil.The Son of God was manifest that he might destroy the works of the Devil. So, those who claim to be Christians and still engage in one attrocity or the other have not released themselves to him, so as to destroy the work of the Devil in their lives. I pray the Lord Jesus will arrest your soul in Jesus’ name( Amen).
Islam is the religion of peace that preaches oneness of God. Associating any deity as partner in worshipping Him is babaric and aberration. Therefore, islam is not by any way the cause of Nigerians problems but the greedy politicians are to be blamed.