A yoruba noble man and a leader of the military.
Bashorun Gaha was a man shrouded in secrecy and mysticism, no one knows when he was born, nobody knows his mother or father, and he never talked about his beginning
Bashorun Gaha was a very dangerous Yoruba man. he never talked about his mother neither his father, but he was a Yoruba man,
His mouth was always closed, hardly will u see him or hear him speak, when he open his mouth to speak, he did that in anger,
Bashorun Gaha was said to have been born somewhere in the 1700’s. he was born in the “OYO” empire of Nigeria.
The “OYO” empire was a Yoruba empire which is today the Eastern of Benin and Western Nigeria.
The “OYO” empire grew to become the largest Yoruba state, it rose through outstanding organizational and administrative power and skill of the Yoruba people.
The Yoruba people exhibited worth which they gain from pure trade, and not through wizardry or funfoolary.
the empire came to its helm during time of Bashorun Gaha.
He was a believer in traditional things, and he was a man shrouded in mystery, he had power like hell, he was renowned for his JUJU,
which he used to rule his people and also to submit to the power of the king who was also called the ALAAFIN (in Yoruba) meaning the owner of the palace or / emperor.
The whole of the “OYO” empire was under is protection and anytime there is war, he will first send message to the enemy asking “do you want to fight with bees or lions” and there was a dead line for the answer.
On the day of the battle he will decide to send you bees or lions and if you are lucky he will send bees which will sting you for 3 days till you all vacate the battle grounds.
Bashorun Gaha was a man who was said to have swallowed the medicine (juju) for steel, in other words nothing made of metal could ever penetrate his skin.
He was a man who never laugh, Bashorun Gaha won lots of land for the people of “OYO”, and every person in the area was scared of him.
Bashorun Gaha was so powerful that in other to prevent him from attacking you, you have to boot-leak or become a sycophant just to please him.
He fought about 7 different wars but never used a spear, he sent bees or lions.
He conquered 3 kings with just a pronouncement of death upon them by his JUJU power, and in the morning these kings were found dead.
An ALAAFIN called Abiodun who ruled from 1770-1789, when he heard about the power of Bashorun Gaha who was making his way to conquer his land,
started talking to the Generals of Bashorun Gaha to find a way to kill Bashorun Gaha.
He promised them women and wealth since Bashorun Gaha denied all his generals sex.
In His quest to find a way to kill Bashorun Gaha, one general told him the only thing that can kill Bashorun Gaha is fire.
WHY FIRE?
It was said that when he was born there was so much cold, and the baby had to be kept warm, his mother tried all she could to get fire but to no avail
at a point of death, a hunter came around with fire and so helped the mother to set the fire and keep baby Bashorun Gaha alive, the mother the said to the gods “May everything bow to my son except fire that saved his life”
ALAAFIN Abiodun gaining this knowledge connived with the rest of Bashorun Gaha’s generals and burnt him while he was asleep,
while dying he sent lions and bees to attack every one, after he died ALLAPHIN Abiodun took over the OYO empire, Bashorun Gaha descendants fled “OYO” to Yewa and other parts of Nigeria..
