ABOUT 300 YEARS MASS GRAVE SIGHTED IN ARIGO VILLAGE IN KOGI STATE

ARCHEOLOGY:ABOUT 300 YEARS MASS GRAVE SIGHTED IN ARIGO VILLAGE IN KOGI STATE

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.

SPOTS LIKE THIS LITTER THE HILLS OF EBIRA LAND ,DATING AS FAR BACK AS 1400

The possible location of a mass grave believed to be around 300 years old has been discovered at what looked like an ancient Ebira settlement in Kogi state.

In an exclusive investigations by the News Office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia recently in Obehira,Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State ,it was discovered that the graves were near a site in between Arigo and Odenku Axis just around Ageva area Ebira land  in Kogi state.

A source who spoke to this reporter said the graves were sighted due to the need for the family of a young man whom he did not disclose his identities to do some spiritual things to appease the gods due to the way ward nature of the young man in question.

He explained that in the process of offering the sacrifice his friend who saw the grave spot saw several stones used to mark out the tombstones in the ancient times.

He revealed that the source of the news was close to 100 years   as even he did not know the people that were buried at the site save for tales.

He added that after the sacrifice was done to appease the gods as planned by the family of the restless young man ,he suddenly became normal again as it was believed that he was under a spell casted by some of his ancestors thus necessitating his been taken to the spot for the rituals.