THE MYSTERIOUS APE TREE AT OGIDIGBO

THE MYSTERIOUS APE TREE AT OGIDIGBO

The Ape tree as the local’s call them are located within few metres to Ogun shrine at Ogidigbo.  The mysterious trees are two.  One is located at the back of the Ogidigbo market popularly called Idi Ape and the second near the Central Mosque.  History has it that these mysterious trees had lived for about a thousand years.  Part of the mysteries of the trees as relayed to this author by local historians is that at a time in the year the tree at Idi Ape will carry a rainbow like arrow on its head towards the sky and draw it towards the second tree near the Central Mosque to form a semi circle in what is seen by many people as one of the mysteries of the ancient times that has also evolved into the contemporary era.  Traditional people have been offering sacrifices to the tree for different kinds of favour as evident in the way the tree is wrapped with white cloth with items of sacrifices placed on its foot to depict its sacredness.