In the Igbo tradition, the Osu are said to be dedicated to deities (Alusi) while the Ohu are said to be slaves by birth.
According to a statement on Tuesday, the event marking the abolition of the Osu caste system in Igbo land would take place at the Nri Palace in Anambra State.
The statement quoted the Regent of the ancient Nri Kingdom, Prince Ikenna Onyesoh, as saying it would be “spiritually suicidal” for anyone to continue with the obnoxious Osu practice after it had been abolished
He said, “Come December 28, 2018, more stringent spiritual implications will be pronounced from Ikpo Eze-Nri against such devaluation of mankind, after an extensive spiritual abrogation exercise.”
The statement also quoted the Eri traditional rulers as saying that they were set for the abolition.
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Great move.
ReplyDeleteGreat news, I concur to this new development. After all Jesus died for our sins so that we all can be one, I am not an Osu.
ReplyDeleteThis is good oh 👌
ReplyDeleteThis must be a great news...igbos should open up their arms to development in all spheres of life. Enough with all these backward and barbaric traditions practiced.
ReplyDeleteState segregation is also a problem amongst igbos...e. g my daughter can't marry an Imo man or my son must marry from Anambra. Nonsense and rubbish thinkings.
Even if them abolish some people will still not marry them. i am not Ibo and wont like to marry them becos of stigmatization
ReplyDeleteI'm telling you.
DeleteAnon 10.34, you are absolutely right.
Deletestupid comment, just shows your backward mentality..this is the reason we should abolish....dont marry now, you are not the only human on earth...
DeleteSadly, you're right.
DeleteThank you Jesus. I hope they will all abide by this
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. Liars!!! This is what they keep doing to the poor people, they’ll say this thing still individually they won’t let their own kids marry “osu.” They’ll be waiting for someone notable to start it first. I hope delta state will follow suit because their own is on another level o.
ReplyDeleteGbam.
DeleteGreat news, great move!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteit's good to abolish it cos I don't see why innocent people should suffer for a crime they didn't commit/ aware of. No one chose where he or she was to be born , so enough of d discrimination. In my town it has gone into extinction cos d so called OSU are damn rich and have contributed immensely to d growth of d community, one even married d Igwe's daughter, they met in d 'abroad' both are professionals in their chosen field. Jesus died for us all never discriminated.
Great news ,but for the traditional rulers to accomplish this they have to ensure their children are used to set an example by allowing them marry the “osu” people
ReplyDeleteGbam.
DeleteGbammer, gbammest. Traditional rulers be the first others will follow
DeleteGood news..
ReplyDeleteI pray they will abide by this,not for talking sake..
What a great relief this would bring igboland.
ReplyDeleteIndeed my dear.
DeleteIt's not just to abolish, there's need for a re orientation, if not, all these their efforts will amount to nothing.
ReplyDeleteThe quest is, after the abolishing, will non OSU agree to intermarry with the erstwhile osus?
We all should read Things Fall Apart and No Longer At Ease by Chinua Achebe and see what happened there.
Even though Okonkwo's son went on to become a Christian and even abandon his father, he went on to become a cathechist and served the church for decades, but when his son told him about his wanting to marry an OSU he outrightly told his son Mba. His son demanded to know why seeing that he's a Christian, he told his son that he wasn't just a Christian but a radical one at that, seeing as he left his father's household, wealth, et al to join the church and the missionaries but that when it comes to the issue of marriage, he can't accept an osu as a DIL...even his mother told him that the day he weds an OSU, that is the day she would die and also curse him, also, that he shouldn't attend her burial ceremony.
So u see, Achebe captured vividly how the OSU caste system is perceived in Igbo land especially in places where its still being practised. Even Christians and people who fought for the church to be established are yet to accept it.
So, I'm saying that this is a good gesture( don't get me wrong), but there's need for a total reorientation. This shouldn't just be a day's event, it's something that will take months, even years for people to have a total turnaround.
did they tell u its only going to be a days event? over sabi go finish una
DeleteHahahaha
DeleteI remember a chronicle not too long ago about a couple having problems with this osu of a thing. The comments from even the igbos were awful nd quite unintelligent, but i wasn't really surprised about the comments.
ReplyDeleteLet them allow their kids marry one first, do as I say but not as I do.
ReplyDeleteso after the declaration he will instruct his kids to and and look for osu guys and girls to love by force and marry them...stupid comment as usual blackberry
DeleteHmmmm, time shall tell.
ReplyDeleteGood news.
ReplyDeleteGreatest News of all time.
ReplyDeleteSometimes old cultural beliefs are no longer relevant to the present age and needs to be done away with.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the implication sef if anyone married an Osu?
ReplyDeleteyou dont have the rights and privileges of a full born. cannot become a titled person or a king and all your descendants will now become osu. its a shame and very pitiable.
DeleteAlright
ReplyDeleteThose abolishing it should lead by example too