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OWNERSHIP OF KOLA NUT
Okechukwu Onuegbu
While cycling streets of Kainji
On 5th April 2007
I met Alh. Danjuma Mai-goro
Baba Oja and Ichie Egodin’ogu
In a vehement argument
In Monday Market
Over the ownership of kolanut
Baba Oja explained
Na we get obi
Cos na we de cultivatam
We get many kolanot
Plantasion mbe ikpere Ekiti
Ijesha, Ogun, Osun…
Lands of Oduduwa
Breeds and sell gbanja
So na we get kolanot!
Alh Danjuma (cuts-in)
Kai, ka ruhe baki nka
Dan iska kowa
Na you de kwultivatam
No mean say na u getam
Go to any kasuwa
Cikin Kano, Zaria, Kafanchan,Daura…
You go si how we de market
Kola sap sap sap kwo ina
Arewa mu de shop goro wel wel
U no si how kolanut kworuor my teeth…
Haba, na we get kwolanut!
Ichie Egodin’ogu testified
Bia nwokem
Taa mechi onu there
Listen to me my flendi
Na tru be say una
De cultivate de chop kola
But na we value kola pass
From Nri, Enugu, Arochukwu,Okigwe…
We de use oji
To wake the day
Lure the birds to sing
Plea sun to sleep
Usher the moon
Pray God(s), Forefathers
To open the great barns…
So na we get kolanot
To me, gaskia everyone scores 50%
Or how do seam?
Oremi ejo speak to me-
Kedu ndi iche no’bu ha nwe kolanut?