Why traditional religion is yet to have books, by Elebuibon 

• ‘Yoruba traditional DNA test cheaper’

Renowned Ifa priest Cheif Yemi Elebuibon has explained has said it is difficult for traditionalist to have a documented religious book because ‘the Ifa corpus are too many, it is much more than Bible and Quran, it has 256 books with several chapters which talks about everything in life. Enshrined in the Ifa Corpus is how everything came into existence, including towns, science, literature among others. To compile everything is very laborious. We have however begun work on it’.

Chief Elebuibon, while addressing reporters in his home yesterday, also said the Yoruba traditional Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test can tackle paternity fraud.

He said: “Yoruba has traditional DNA and they are very potent. They vary from one family or compound to another. We are having a high rate of paternity fraud now because people of our race have decided to abandon what belongs to them and embrace two foreign religions.”

The ifa priest added that the paternity of a child can be determined during childbirth.

“In my own compound those days, a new wife would take oath before Ogun shrine to remain faithful to only her husband. Traditionally, there are several ways we can determine the paternity of a child. Those means are cheap and safe but our people are not interested in them,” he added.