Below are the Odu Ifa in the seniority sequence used in Ode Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. In other parts of Africa and in the Diaspora, several minor differences in seniority may appear.
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"Escape today, escape tomorrow"
cast for the Tortoise, on the day
that he escaped into the woods
because of his bad behavior.
It was decided that, when the tortoise was caught,
he would be bound and taken home.
The told him to sacrifice in order to prevent
being tied up and taken back from the wood.
The sacrifice was a pigeon, 3200 cowries, and ewe.
He listened but did not sacrifice.
Ebo: 1 pigeon, 780 cowries and ewe.
