DEMONIC TREE FALLS IN NIGERIA MIDLANDS

MIDLANDS:300 YEARS AFTER,GIANT DEMONIC TREE FALLS IN EBIRA NATION
BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU,IHIMA,KOGI STATE,NIGERIA

A Gigantic tree dating back to a period suspected to be between 1600 to 1700 in terms of ancestral origin has finally fallen.

At About  5:30 P.M. ,a big swoop on the ground made by the which narrowly missed some houses  in the area at Ikinaro Quarters in IKuehi-Ihima in Kogi state caught the eye of every passer by.

On closer examination ,what looked like a series of spiritual materials for demonic enchantments were discovered by residents.

When this reporter arrived at the scene of the big tree crash ,at least six artisans were seen cutting away parts of the three for the purpose of  lumbering the following day after the crash

While clearing some of the mysteries surrounding the tree ,Chief Hassan Musa Adeku,the Custodian of the Great Imorhimohr masquerade of Ihima of Kogi  state  told The News office Desk of E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos ,Nigeria ,said that even he who was well over 60 years of age could not  tell the story of the tree accurately.

Chief Hassan Musa went down memory lane to recount how his ancestors like Chief Idah ,Alhaji [Chief]Badamasi Adeku and Musa Adeku who all lived in between 1700 to 1980s had met the tree in question.

,Hassan Musa Adeku, a tribal chief and a hard core African religious adherent is a first cousin to Paedia Express Founder:abdulmumini ireyi adeku...

In a related issue ,it was also learned from other senior family sources of the Badamsi Adeku/maliki Danga,Yakubu Abero/Momoh Oricha  families of Asimo Sub clan of Ure Clan of Ikuehi Ihima in okehi local Government Area of Kogi state of Nigeria that Alhaji Badamasi Adeku who died in 1978 and was grandfather of this reporter  was a devotee of a masquerade called Arijenu  but that when he accepted islam he left the services of the masquerade to serve Allah.

Another Source also stated  that Chief Idah ,who was great grand father to the Paedia Express Founder was never a muslim at all but practiced the local form of African religion all through his life time but each time he goes to do business in Okene ,a short distance away he used to see people praying at what is today a central mosque in the town and after asking questions he was intrigued about the thoughts of the new faith.

Family sources say that when Chief Idah ,a thorough bread traditionalist got to Ihima he made sure that he demarcated a land for anyone who wanted to practice Islam to adopt the faith even though he was not a Muslim.

Till thjs day the spot that was demarcated by chief Idah in the 1920s or so  for a Mosque remains a major Islamic architectural land mark in Ebira land.

He died with his traditional believes though.

Further checks showed some demonic artefacts tied to the tree suggesting that peoples destinies were tied to the tree for demonic purposes as it was also revealed that the place was a shrine of some sorts with a lot of spiritual activities taking place at the spot in ancient times.