(The Nigerian Army re-absorbed the man to utilise his extra-ordinary knowledge and dynamism). He is a multi talented researcher and a man you would like to meet. He is Siyaka Oyibo, HOD, Entrepreneural training of the Armed Forces Ressettlement Center (AFRC) Oshodi, Lagos.
His research into Ebira history is what many believes will give birth to the biggest history book of Ebiraland! One major area of interest is his research on Ebira traditional names. So far, he has documented over 700 Ebira names beginning with letter 'A' and particularly researched the mistery sorrounding the nobility and significance of the letter 'O' in Ebira language generally.
Siyaka Oyibo delivering a lection on 'Re-orientation of Ebira youths' at the launch of EbiraView foundation in Lagos
According to him, 'letter 'O' is unique in Ebira. Great Ebira legends, ancestors, masquerades and more, have there names starting with letter 'O' as in the case with Ohomorihi, Oricha, Ohiku, Okomanyi, Ogodogodo, Obege, Odimboro, Ogugureba, Onogidi, Obobanyi, Ohindasi, Ohinoyi, Ohunene, Ohaja, Otaru, Onoruoyiza and many others to mention but few', he revealed in a recent video interview with Ebiraview. 'As soon as you attached the letter 'O' as a preface to a name of a person, festival, place or traditional concerns, such automatically becomes great!
Oyibo observed that Ebira children whose names began with the wonderful letter turn out to be great people overnight. This phenomenom is also traced to Ebira oracle divination (Eva). He said that all the 16 names attached to the divination inadvertently begins 'O' as the case with Oha, Okanna, Osinkara and so forth.
Watch out for Oyibo full profile soon.
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