The protesters at Lekki have brought back the “lost Okoroshi” to the protest ground this morning in the fight against the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, F-SARS, brutality.
On Tuesday, while requesting for the end of police brutality, a masquerade was sighted dancing with a placard saying “Stop killing our dreamers, EndSARS Now”.
Okoroshi, Okoroshi Ojo and Okoroshi Oma represent the dualities of good/evil, female/male, white clouds/dark rain clouds, beauty/distortion, delicate features/large misshapen features, village/wilderness, order/chaos, clarity/mystery in Igbo tradition.
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However, “The lost Okoroshi” is a movie by Abba Makama and it focuses on the semi-comic tale of spiritual possession.
Symbolically, the Okoroshi is meant to protect the weak and fight against injustice. This is what the coming out of the masked dancer for the Lekki protest signify.
People were happy to see this development, it shows a cultural unification in the fight against police and also a knowledge of the traditional system by the millenials.
The lost okoroshi has been found ππΎ https://t.co/bTMGiQfiUS
β Jemima (@JemimaOsunde) October 13, 2020
The gods are outside too… na everybody the thing dey affect o πππ#sarsmustend #SarsMustGo #BuhariHasBeenABadBoy https://t.co/LfoR9JBAkA
β #EndSARS ππ (@Ogteamie) October 13, 2020
Na Masquerade wey follow us protest we go set nyash make e flog#SarsMustGoNow https://t.co/qvWJ4eWvlR
β Prin$e of Enuguηε says #SARSMUSTEND (@EmmyleeEM) October 13, 2020
Even the gods are against sars… This is proof enough naaa#SARSMUSTEND #ENDPOLICEBRUTALITYNOW https://t.co/z9hxYl9cD5
β israel kayode (@Iseaykay) October 13, 2020
Even the ancestors are outside but youβre saying it doesnβt concern you abi? #SARSMUSTENDNOW https://t.co/9dcuR6MfH3
β ππͺπΌπ±π²πΆπͺππΈ (@boboskylarme) October 13, 2020
~ The lost okoroshi has been found – https://t.co/7nn529xFX0
β diji aderogba. (@directordiji) October 13, 2020
Another ancestral dimension #SARAMUSTEND https://t.co/ypb2US80M0
β Gobex (@gobex) October 13, 2020
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