Here “What a tragedy” ; AYETORO (You are welcome to the final episode of the
story, what will be his fate of Ogundele this
time?…let’s continue…) Ogundele and his wife were taken to the
prison after which the king commanded. At
this time, Adisa was also thinking, “this
king is so heartless, I can now see. If he can
do this to other people then what is our
fate? He can actually do the same to us too. It is time I started going along with the
people and not him anymore” Adisa
thought to himself. Then he secretly left the
palace to look for Ewaade and Ogunlana. Ewaade and Ogunlana were now in
Ogunsakin’s house. “uncle sakin good
afternoon” ogunlana postrated and
Ewaade also knelt down. “How are you
and who is this with you?” Sakin asked.
“She is the princess of our village” Ogunlana replied with a smile on his face.
“Do you mean the daughter of Adeagbo,
your king?!” Sakin asked again with a
surprise. “Uncle, is there a problem about
that?” Ogunlana asked. While Ogunlana
was saying all this, Sakin was thinking to himself…” Is this how the gods want to
fulfil their prophecies” sakin thought to
himself. “My daughter, I’m sorry. We
will be back. Lana please follow me”.
Sakin took Ogunlana to backside of his
house. He told Ogunlana the prophecy and the story behind prophecy. “Look my son,
it is the plan of the gods for you and
princess to kill the king. So that you will
become the king of OROPO” Ogunsakin
added. “Uncle sakin, everyone knows
how wicked the king and his guards is. I don’t think I can do such a thing. I’m
very scared right now. Uncle sakin, I will
like to go home and confirm what you said
from my father” after Ogunlana this,
Ogunlana and Ewaade left Sakin’s house
immediately. Ogunlana told Ewaade everything his father’s friend told him on
their way home. Adisa was already
waiting for the two of them. “Ha ah, Adisa
what are you doing here?” The princess
asked in surprise when she saw him
standing at the entrance of Ogunlana’s house. “The king is looking for you. One of
your servants have told the king about
Ogunlana that’s why he arrested his
parents” Adisa said. “My parents!!!”
Ogunlana exclaimed. After Ogunlana said
that statement, Adisa began to cry. “Adisa, why are you crying?” Ewaade
asked. “The king said he will kill his
parents if he doesn’t see you by sunset.
And this is sunset already”…. Adisa
finished this statement when Ogunlana
wanted to run to the palace, but Adisa held him. “You better don’t go, the king will
just kill you too”. Adisa told Lana. Lana
was in great pain and sadness at that
present moment. All what Adisa said was
true. The king had ordered his guards to
kill Ogundele and Sade. And also to give their bodies to the lions at the back of his
palace. What a tragedy it was for Ogundele
and his wife. Ogunlana cried and looked up to
heaven…”Oh ye gods, have you forgotten
your promises? If you can fulfil your
prophecies, why did you tell us?”. “Please don’t say that to gods, the
prophecies will come to pass”. Ewaade
tried to console Ogunlana. “Wait, what
prophecy are you talking about?” Asked
Adisa. Ewaade told Adisa everything about
the prophecy. “I think I know about this prophecy” Adisa said. “How did you
know about it?” Ogunlana asked with
surprise. “When I was taking a stroll one
day, an old man was reciting a poem to the
children around him, he said “OROPO my land, OROPO my happiness You will rise again, you will rise again Your flesh and blood will conquer you Your flesh and blood will deliver you….”
He continued but I lost interested so I
moved on to continue my stroll. Even after
that time, I have been thinking about the
poem but now I understand” Adisa said. The words of Adisa gave Ogunlana who
was sad a confidence that he could avenge
his parents. He rushed down to
Ogunsakin’s house, Adisa and Ewaade
followed him. “Uncle, the king has killed
my parents…if I avenge them now, the gods will support me” Ogunlana said
while he was crying heavily. Ogunsakin,
who was becoming old couldn’t do
anything but went in and he brought out his
hunting gun and he gave it to Ogunsakin.
“I think its time for the prophecy. Go and shoot that bastard” Ogunsakin said with
so much pains in his heart. Adisa collected the gun from Ogunlana so
that he wouldn’t mishandled the gun. The
night was drawing near already when
Ogunlana got to the palace. “You this
wicked bastard that calls yourself a king,
you better come out now!” Ogunlana shouted with all boldness and confidence.
( What a confidence in a 16 years old boy).
The king came out. “And who are you?”
The king asked looking at Ogunlana as if he
was a rat. “I’m the Ogunlana you are
looking for” he replied. “Where is my daughter?” The king was moving closer to
ogunlana. “…you better step back or I will
shoot you” Adisa said after he came out of
his hiding place. The king was surprised
and he said, “did you join this little thing
to conspire again me?”. “As you can see,I think it is time for you to leave that
throne. You this wicked, greedy and foolish
bastard. “Guards!” The king shouted.
Akin who was the second in command to
the king’s guards came out. “Who are
the guards you are calling?” Akin said this while he was moving closer to where
Ogunlana and Adisa were standing.
“Adeagbo, you are wicked! Oh! Do you
think we are wicked like you?… All the
years of your tyranny is over. And let me
tell you, all those people you have asked us to kill in the time past, we usually take
them to the OMI-OGUN stream that leads to
LAYIPO village so that they can cross to the
other side and continue their lives there.
You are heartless and everything will end
today!”. Akin continued. The moon had already come out. The people were
gathering. “What do you want us to do
him now” Adisa asked Ogunlana. “I want you to kill him, but the
gods has already chosen the person who
will do it”. Ewaade came out of her hiding
place with tears running down her face.
“It is my fate to do this to you, and I’m
not sorry to do it because you deserve it”… Ewaade collected the gun from Adisa.
And she killed her father with the gun.
Everywhere was quiet at first because no
one could believe the king has been killed
and that he has gone forever. Adisa went
to confirm if the king was dead, Adisa confirmed that and took his body to the
lion’s den behind the king’s palace. The
people started rejoicing. The fruits, foods,
meats and jars of palm wine that were in
the king’s store were released to the
people. Meanwhile, Akin had gone to release the parents of Ogunlana from
where he hid them. Ogunlana was so happy
and joyous to see his parents again.
Ogundele became the interim king of the
people because his son is not old enough to
get married. A bachelor can not be a king. After so many years, Ogunlana became the
king and got married to Ewaade. “I crown
you the king of OROPO, may your reign
bring us peace and joy” said Ogundele
while he was crowning his son. “What is
the essence of having so much resources without peace, my wife and I have decided
to change the name of this village to
AYETORO” king Ogunlana said this after
his coronation. “Kaaabieeesi ooooo” the
people said while they were bowing for the
new king and queen of AYETORO. Old Ogunsakin was also present at the
ceremony.Adisa and Akin became chiefs of
this new kingdom. Years after, Ogundele and his wife Sade
passed away and the people lived happily
ever after… (What a way the prophecy came through…
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