When King Alaga, the lion returned from Okomu village, all the traders gathered together to welcome him as usual but it was done in an unusual ways of welcoming their king. The traders did not sing nor dance, instantly the king Alaga notice something is wrong as it all feels like a funeral day he was surrounded with peoples melancholy faces.
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"O king, long shall you reigned. We all the traders had experience something strange during your absence; Mudu, the cows said in agony voice.
'Oro the masquerade has had recently been coming out on Ekene female market days and we don't know his mission yet, because whenever he comes out it appears strangers to us and seize the opportunity to steal our money including our good not even a left over will be there.
'That's impossible! You have must not lie against the gods of this land, they can hear you as you all screamed if, there anger fall against you, none of toys should come to me for pleading for forgiveness; King Alaga said in angry voice.
My great king, it was a lie, i have been a victim of this abomination, you new I'll not to you my king, i was once rubbed by the Oro masquerade when I went to buy my children food stuffs, Mozo the zebra lamented with tears.
Edun, the beautiful Monkey, who was a soothsayer, was immediately summoned. Edun sat down gracefully, threw his cowries to consult Ifa and nodded his head in amusement.
'Great king, this is impersonation, the scary Oro masquerade was not the real Oro, it was someone pretending to be the Oro. The king was shocked and thanks the soothsayer, Edun the monkey. Thank you my dear Edun and am sorry my dear traders, I'm very sorry for everything and all the damages done to you, i promise to repay whatever you must have lost on the two Ekene market days.
All the traders shouted, Great king we are not asking or begging you to pay our lost money and goods but to found away to make the culprit caught and make him serve as an example to others thieves around the village's', this was Babaloja, the Rhinoceros's comment. The king smiled as the traders cheered with her.
Okay Babaloja, I'm very grateful. I will see what to do about it. The king call to summon a general meeting at one', and he eventually bade the traders, goodbye.
Left alone King Alaga sitting on his thrown nodding his head in accordance thinking about what Edun has told him.