Pastor ajanaku and ogboni fraternity symbol

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    • Ògbóni

    Nigerian confraternity

    This article is about a southwest Nigerian fraternal organisation. For the indigenous people of southeast Nigeria, see Ogoni people.

    Ògbóni

    Edan Ògbóni.

    FoundedBefore 1884
    TypeGovernment
    AffiliationIndependent
    StatusActive
    EmphasisYorubas
    ScopeNational
    Headquarters
    Nigeria

    Ògbóni (also known as Òsùgbó in Ijèbú) is a fraternal institution indigenous to the Yoruba-speaking polities of Nigeria, Republic of Bénin and Togo.

    The society performs a range of political and religious functions, including exercising a profound influence on monarchs and serving as high courts of jurisprudence in capital offenses.[2][3]

    Its members are generally considered to constitute the nobility of the various Yoruba kingdoms of West Africa.

    The Iwarefa

    Each Ogboni lodge is led by a group of six principal officers that are collectively known as the Iwarefa, a contraction of Iware Mefa ( lit.

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