The traditionalists believe societies will be better without Islam and Christianity
The traditionalists believe societies will be better without Islam and Christianity
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 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.
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