The courageous woman of ogbaUpdated at Oct 13, 2023, 07:18
Once upon a time, in the prosperous town of Ogba, there lived a beautiful woman called Yamumi. She was the daughter of Akony.A very powerful god who had been married to a human mother for a short period of time before he returned to the heavens to reign among other gods, the villagers of Ogba were unaware that Yamumi’s father was a god, and her mother never revealed the truth about his absence to them. They believed that Tamari’s mommy's mother was simply a woman left to raise a child on her own and with her husband. As a result of her origin, Yamumi was not only beautiful; she was also powerful, like her father; she had control over water bodies and all that lived in them. However, her mom raised her to hide her powers and live like a normal, average human. When Yamumi came of age, she got married to Aginju.Who was the king of Ogba at that time? A strong warrior who derived his power from the ancient forest that surrounded Ogba Aginju's birth was also mysterious; he was gifted to his parents by the spirit of the ancient forest. His story goes that the old king of Ogba has been childless for fifteen years.And out of desperation, he pleaded with the spirit of the ancient forest for a child, and he was blessed with Aginju, a mysteriously strong child who had the backing of the spirit of the ancient Ogba forest. It was widely believed that as long as the forest expanded and grew, so did Aginju's power and strength.Aginju, being a mysterious being himself, could sense that Yamumi was more than a human. But he respected her choice to be silent about her origins and never brought it up with her. However, unlike his wife, Aginju took pride in his own powers, and news of his strength spread far and wide. Everyone knew that the ancient Ogba forest fueled Aginju and made him untouchable. Meanwhile, around that same period, Esuru, a valiant of the Eregba Empire, a neighboring empire, was leading his army and conquering large towns. In a bid to expand his empire, Esuru had ransacked some villages governed by the Ogba, but Aginju and his people did not mind. They gave it no attention. Aginju was too confident in his powers and could not believe that Esuru would be bold enough to launch a huge attack against the great Ogba. yamumi His wife warned him to take steps to protect his people, but Aginju and his men ignored her. Everyone knows how powerful Aginju is and who will dare invade Ogba. This was always the response of the council of elders whenever Yamumi brought up the need to fortify the empire and prepare the warriors for battle against Esuru.One faithful morning , ogba was up in smoke and the smell of burning bush filled the air everyone rushed out of their houses lo and behold the ancient forest and ancient ogba forest itself was on fire , people ran elther setter some started packing up their belongings they were scared that the fire will eventually spread to their homes aginju palace was also in disarray the council men and elders were all speaking over each other and they were calling for the king yamumi in the other hand stood with her arm folded and wept silently aginju the council men shouted calling to their king for help aginju came out of his power room decked in charms , but unfortunately, with every step that he took he got weaker and weaker and eventually his knee sacked and he fell the council men and elders screamed as their king fell , and finally it dawned on them The ancient Ogba forest was the source of aginju strength, and as the forest burned, the king aginju was losing his power. They carried Aginju up and sat him on the throne, but his shoulders sacked and his head hung in defeat.Just then there was a war cry, and a war drum started beating. A palace gourd ran in to inform the king that Esuru and his men were at the border and marching towards Ogba. The Balogun, who was the head of the warriors of Ogba, ran out immediately to assemble his men to defend the kingdom, or they all knew that it was too late, for without the powers of their king and without the powers of Aginju, Ogba was going to crumble and be laid to waste.Yamumi knew she had to do something; she couldn’t sit by and see her people perish.So she got up, left the palace, and went into the mist of the town. She told the warriors to run ahead of her and told everyone in the town of Ogba to stay clear of her.The warriors were confused, but right there before everyone melted into a pool of running water, everyone screamed and ran away from the gushing water, but Aginju, now frail and pale, told the people not to be scared and to do exactly as Yamumi ordered. The warriors then ran ahead of the rushing water, warning the people of Ogba to stay out of the path of the water, which was now gushing violently and making its way to the border of Ogba toward Esuru and his warrior, and with a loud roar, she swept them away.She flowed into the surrounding forest, the ancient forest of Ogba, and she quenched the fire that was burning and raging