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ARTICLE THREE

EPISODE ONE      Mayowa was a poor orphan who was adopted by his grandmother in a little village of Aba-eegun. History has it that the village was made up of thorns which made it very difficult for people to run to it whenever war invaded it's neighbouring villages. Many people who knew it's history even believed that it was an abode of evil spirits, hence, the ever increasing growth of the thorns and their rapid multiplication upon the face of the land. Later on, courageous herbalists in Eleegun village decided to break the spell in that village so as to develop it and turn it around to a place of abode. Upon consultation with the gods of the land, they concluded on the sacrifice that it would cost them to break the spell and get rid of the thorns. The council of elders in the land were alarmed upon hearing the content of the sacrifice, a pregnant woman was to be used for the sacrifice and she would be buried alive. They were so heartbroken. How can the gods require such sacri