Monday, February 27, 2017

Tales from Bojuri: AJE META (THREE WITCHES)

Long ago in the land of Bojuri, a small village not far from Ogbomoso, a land of the mischievous and mysterious, a land of strange happenings. A land where evil is raw, lived the fearsome trio in the whole of Bojuri history, the three fiercest witches normally called Aje Meta.

Isokale, Ayanfe and Mori had been close friends since childhood and it was usual that as time passed, one initiated the others into the group of the rulers of the night. Despite been evil, they loved each other as much as they loved themselves. Isokale who had been a witch all her life had discouraged her friends from joining the group, telling them that there would be consequences even though she used her demonic powers to help her friends many times.
Ayanfe and Mori had enjoyed the privilege of having a powerful friend who could get them out of any trouble and situation they got into but Ayanfe abused it. She became a physical witch. More evil than the witches in the village. She caused a whole lot of trouble and used Isokale’s power to fight her cause. She also put a lot of pressure on Isokale to give her the powers of the evil witches of the night and thought Isokale refused because she wanted to be superior but she dared not fight Isokale nor confide in Mori who didn’t seem interested.
 Mori on the other hand, was peaceful and was never into any trouble but always stood for her friends irrespective of whether they were right or wrong. She was all about protecting herself and even though she was tempted to join the powerful evil group of the night, she believed what Isokale said about the disastrous consequence at the end of the day.
It was normal for evil to meet evil and of all the men in the village, Ayanfe formed a magnetic bond with the evil man, Alamu. In the quest to protect her husband who seem to get himself in perpetual trouble, Ayanfe won over Isokale and joined the evil group of the night. Like Isokale, she sacrificed her womb and all unborn children for continuous support in the evil group of the night.
For fear of her children, Mori finally joined with the mindset to protect them from evil. She donated her younger sister instead. In other words, Isokale was a witch because she inherited it from her mother, Ayanfe because of her husband and Mori because of her children.
Things went smoothly for them until the day Olori Ijo, the head of the evil group of the night asked Mori to bring Leke, her first son as the sacrifice.
‘But Olori, I have sacrificed my sister already. How come I’m been asked to bring my son?’ asked Mori.

‘Everyone brings a meat every three years and it’s your turn. Isokale and Ayanfe has given us an infinite seed of their womb but you brought your wretched ugly sister you were shy to call your own. Her meat was not even sweet. We want that lovely boy of yours’. Said Olori Ijo. And that was the beginning of war in the evil group of the night. 

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