Oyeku-Obara

"A slim and slender Oyeku, a very thin Oyeku"
was the one who cast for Tortoise on the day
that he became collateral for his debts to Esi.
The said that if he could make sacrifice,
that then he should offer 3600 cowries and a goat.
He wouldn't have to pay back his loan.
The tortoise listened and made the sacrifice.
For a long time Tortoise had already worked
vor his creditor, when on a day he decided
to stay home, and didn't show up for five days.
He made a little package containing five stones
and beads, and brought it to Esi's house.
When Esi came home he received the package.
and threw it away into the bush. Tortoise
asked if he had found received the package
that he had left in his house. Esi replied
that he had found it, and thrown it away.
Tortoise said: "Oh dear! Ha! Have you thrown
the coral beads into the shrubs?" Now to make
a long story short, the situation developed
into a court case. The had to appear before
the Elders of the town, who would be their judges.
Esi was found guilty. He was ordered to consider the beads
the payment for the money he had lent to Tortoise.
Ebo: one goat and some money.

Oyeku-Obara

Oyeku-Obara instructs to sacrifice to avoid bad consequences of normal daily behavior. This Odu offers an option to escape from the effects of bad actions in the past.