Incisions and other indigenous practices, including parts of traditional religion, have come under fire from Oba Abdulrazaq Taiwo Adegboye, Alawo of Awo in Osun State’s Egbedore Local Government Area.
The video, which was captured during an Islamic gathering in Awo and obtained by Footynaija, shows Oba Adegboye expressing his displeasure of the activities and criticising several parts of Yoruba religious and cultural beliefs and traditions.
“Nobody can publicly testify that they have seen any traditional incision on my body since the day I was crowned as a traditional ruler,” he claimed. My body is fair game for anybody who wants to come and testify about this. “I refuse to engage in any unclean traditional ritual or incisions. You would be permanently marked by any of those cuts. A person’s faith in God should be their guiding principle in business, the king said.
The dealer should stand with God, he argued. You should listen to God’s voice, not traditionalists who will take advantage of you, and stop wasting your money.Our market women are the ones who do it most often. Only in God alone can one find salvation. How much money have you amassed since you started seeking for shortcuts to wealth?”
The king admonished the congregation to be steadfast in their faith in God.