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Masquerade festivals – E'gun Odun – are moments of plenty, wild frenzy and flexing of muscles. For the son of the village Masquerades Chief Priest – the Alagbaa ...

For Ayinla, who thought he approximated the beginning and ending of traditional African power and brawns, prefacing his haughtiness on his fame, wealth and brawns of traditional African medicine, the consequence for him was being humbled by a person he thought was a provincial musician, who he grossly underrated. They said they voted for the thief on either the right or left hand of Jesus. He faced the consequences of his arrogance; an arrogance not matched by what was on ground. Is it time for this set of people to face the recompenses of their actions? He took Adamo music off from the pioneering efforts of Ojo Oluwasokedile, Leye, Ayandokun and Bisileko who sang Adamo music before him, as well as his contemporary. For us all, as I said earlier, we must be getting ready to reap the consequences of where we stood. Is it time for the light of truth to beam into darkness of vacuous grandstanding, muscle-flexing? So, the day after the Egungun festival, for the son of the Alagbaa, is consequential and sobering. Not only the politicians and their accomplices; those who sat on the fence, who refused to lend a voice, who saw evil and shrouded it in shawls of lies, as well as those who harangued those who stood where they were, will all face the nemesis of our respective choices. In a few hours time when the election results may be announced, we will all face the consequences of where we stood. In philosophising consequences, Yoruba go into the thrills and frills of the Egungun festival to explain what was and what is. For the son of the village Masquerades Chief Priest – the Alagbaa – the masquerade festival season is particularly a momentous period.