He told Daily Sun that the twin-tomb in the shrine was where Tinubu’s mother and her own remains were buried. He disclosed that Tinubu herself instructed that she should be buried beside her mum.
A tour of the inner chamber of the shrine emblazoned with white paint revealed that five deities were domesticated inside it.
The first, Osun goddess, was Madam Tinubu’s favourite. This led to the revelation of Tinubu’s possession of a earthen pot, which contained water with healing power.
The water in the pot, the priest explained, was inexhaustible and was potent against measles, chicken pox, small pox and other ailments.
He added that with upsurge in population, the pot “evolved” into a well to serve large number of the populace.
He, however, cautioned that the water, as potent as it is, can only be drunk, bathed with and used to wash clothes, and not for cooking.
Other deities in the Shrine include Ososi, Sango, Obatala and Erinle Nurudeen who claimed to be a successful butcher in Lagos, said he had to relocate to the shrine this year after he was told by an Ifa priest to come back home and be in charge of sacred shrine.
Another grandson, Rasheed Ademoye-Tinubu, said every December 3 is earmarked as Tinubu Day. He added that Iyalode Alaba Lawson usually plays a pivotal role in the celebration and remembrance of the influential first Iyalode of Egba.
He, however, disclosed that Ita Iyalode in Sokori area of Abeokuta, where her statue is erected, was a location where Madam Tinubu used to fry bean cake (akara) and pap (ogi), but laced with poison and sold them to warriors of King Gezo of Dahomey. This led to the death and decimation of the large army, and the eventual victory of the Egba people.
Waliu Bakare, another descendant of Tinubu, the Ojogodo’s Compound, being the ancestral home of Tinubu, remains one of the great compounds in Egba. He said the earthen pot which turned to a well, is offered a black cow as atonement every year. He expressed his disappointment that Iyalode Tinubu was not well celebrated for her contributions and sacrifice, to ensure that Egba people were totally free from the invading Dahomey warriors.
Source: Sunnewsonline
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