Images of Ebiraland

It has lived in Ebiraland for well over a decade, some claimed to have heard it speak while others consulted it for solutions to their nightmares. Wether any of the reports is true or not is not a concern any longer as the shrine custodian, Late Tijani 'Abo' as was popularly known, his wife and kid have left this world even before the revered shrine. At about 12:30pm on Thursday the 2nd of November 2006, a huge crowd gathered to witnessed the destruction of Abo's shrine around Okunchi area of Adavi, Kogi state. Just few minutes befores its death, the Amir of Jamiat Ahlul sunnah wal Jamma'ah, Ustaz Mustafa Idris addressed the crowd. He streessed the need for shunning fetish and occultic beliefs and embracing the worship of true and only One God, Allah. He called on Ebiras to desist from the act that had brought nothing to the land except violence and abject poverty. It is the opinion of many Ebiras that the current spate of violence and youth restiveness in the land whic