Kabba remains the headquarters of the Yoruba speaking people in Kogi State despite the great battle between the Nupe people and the Yoruba speaking people of Kogi State over the ownership of the Kabba land that unveiled the sacredness of the Obangogo hills.
Obangogo mountain was formed as a result of a volcanic eruption dated thousands of years ago. It is an igneous rock geographically located on longitude of 176638.210E and lattitude857813.110N, about 5 kilometers off Okene Kabba expressway.
During the days of unrest, the people of Kabba took refuge at the feet of Obangogo hills, it became very useful and became the greatest and most celebrated asset when it provided the Kabba people with the succor of shielding them away from well armed Nupe warriors.
To so many people, Obangogo hill is a mesh interlocking caves where the people hid from advancing armies and slave raiders in times past. There are legends alluding to a King, Elegha, whose coffin turned into a stone and the Ako Kereje – Kereje (6 in numbers). A part of the hill is said to sound like the talking drum.
At the peak of Obangogo is a pool of spring water which is believed to possess healing powers (omi ero). Similar curative abilities is believed of the five mystical lake on the hill called ‘Ako’. The rock formation on the hills provides a spectacular and engaging phenomenon that will interest photographers and film makers.
Hajia Rekiat Alfa (Hajia London), who is one of the strongest convener of the 2019 Obangogo day, reiterated the uniqueness of the Obangogo day and the promises it has in stock.
She said in one of her campaigns for the day that it’s a culture for people to gather around the Obangogo hills every 27th of December to celebrate the uniqueness adding that the celebration which started actively in 2013 has recorded great successes over the years and will not record anything less in 2019. This we do for the story to continue to transient from generations to generation, that way we’ll be informing our unborn generations of how Kabba was protected from the enemies and how it came to be.
She is using this medium to invite the Government to come for the day and also calling on the Government, great sons and daughters of Kabba to come to the aid of Kabba people by exploiting the Obangogo hills as there are lots of benefits that can accrue to it and the incredible streams of income that come to the locals if Obangogo hills is developed to maximize its advantage for sight-seeing, adventure, picnic, holidays and business.
– Hussain Atabo
For: Hajia Rekiat Alfa (HajiaLondon).
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