Following the demise of Oyo Ruler, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, Nigerians have been contemplating whether the social legacy of "Abobaku" will be maintained during the internment customs of the late lord.
A few remarks created via web-based entertainment in the early morning of Saturday contemplating whether really a man will be killed and be covered close by the Oyo ruler.
What is Abobaku?
Abobaku is a term from antiquated Yoruba custom used to allude to a Ruler's worker whose obligation is to pass on with him when he joins his precursors. The exacting importance of the Abobaku title is "He who passes on with the ruler".
In a clarification by Kehinde T E Ajayi and Falade Thaddeus Odunayo, the Abobaku partakes in a lot of honors and extravagance and truth be told he is generally with or near the ruler and even eats anything that the lord eats and beverages. One thing stays in his extravagances as a whole and satisfactions, he kicks the bucket when the lord passes on.
He is covered with the ruler in a similar grave. He knows about this thus appreciates everything while it endures. It is qualified to take note of that this is firmly connected to the internment rituals of a ruler and that drives us to inspect what the entombment ceremonies of a lord look like in Yoruba land.