The war songs rented the air, the Egba warriors and Soldiers were fully armed with their assorted charms. The official Yoruba war drums, Apeere resonated, sent the warning signals to the British Soldiers who came with sophisticated weapons.
"Bi ẹ ba n gbọ pekele pekele
Bi ẹ ba n gbọ pekele pekele
Ẹ ma ya s’otun, ẹ ma ya s’oosi
Ile oloro l’oro ngba lọ.....
Ogun Adubi s’oju rẹ ja
Ogun Adubi pa sọọja too pọ
Ogun Adubi le lọpọlọpọ
Iwo n'ikan l’o d'apa sọọja mẹfa
Orọ o wọ mọ, o pada sẹyin
O pada s’ẹyin, o wa n fi ewe
b'ora
Iya rẹ nke lọ bi ewurẹ
Baba rẹ nke lọ bi aparo
Iwọ na n bẹ lọ bi igala
Omi ireke l’ẹn bu s'ebẹ
L’ẹn bu S'e bẹ l’ẹtun fin r’ọmọ
The war song above was fully re-composed after the Governor-General, Fredrick Luggard retired in 1919 when the war had ended.
Adubi war was coined from the name of the Village head of Ęlęrę, Ige Adubi. "Ẹlęrę Adubi" is presently a village near Itori, very close to Papalanto a town along Lagos Abeokuta road where there are still large cultivation of Sugar canes, (SONG: Omi ireke l’ẹn bu s'ebẹ ) in Ewekoro Local government of Ogun State.
The Egba people, under the then Traditional ruler, Oba Gbadebo named the war as Adubi war while British government called the war that occurred between June to August 1918 as "Egba uprising".
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