The Olubara of Ibaraland in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Oba Jacob Omolade, has warned his chiefs and other traditionalists within his kingdom against cutting or tampering with his body when he is dead.
The Olubara, who gave the warning in a recent interview, when speaking on what happened to the Oba’s body after death, declared; “In the past when an Oba died, his hands and legs were cut off… I have told some of my chiefs and warned that anybody who cuts my body when I’m gone (dead) or plays any foul game on me will follow me. They know that I’m serious about it”.
The Oba, who visibly opposed the traditional burial rites of cutting the Oba’s corpse, went further to state that as a Christian, he would want his corpse to only be taken to the church for prayers and afterwards, buried in a public cemetery.
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