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Ever thought that the Flogging Competition is exclusive to the fulani's think again.It is also practised in Ipetu-Ijesha, Osun State

An archaic game of beating with long canes was recently played at a remote area in Osun state during which several degrees of injuries were inflicted on the participants that were cheered by supporters. A flogging competition took place at Ipetu-Ijesha among two notable streets namely; Odoise and Ifofin. Each street has representatives (competitors), so the representatives came out and started flogging themselves in turns. The more a participant could withstand a particular session, the higher the points earned by such participant. Whichever street  that won will be given a price  from the king according to a social media user who attended the event. The flogging game in progress Checkout some pictures below from the beating competition below:

Peter Okoye Opens Up On Split From His Brothers

THE GENESIS OF THE ISSUE The issue was the fact that I was in Psquare and it felt like I was in fear. If I don’t do this, Psquare will break-up, if I don’t do that, Psquare will scatter.’Four years ago, I told Jude that he needs to step down as our manager, because I didn’t want to disrespect him as a brother, but this is business, we have to structure it. And Jude said to me that there’s a way I’ll talk to him, and he’ll slap me. So I kept quiet’. ‘So, a few hours after, Paul came to me and said if I want Jude to step down it’s not a problem, but it’ll mean that he (Paul) will go solo. The the first time word got out about Psquare breaking up, a lot of people called us, senators, governors, and people like that. In fact three of us were once in a private jet to go and see someone who wanted to resolve our issues and we didn’t speak to each other all through the flight. At the end of the day, I swallowed my pride for peace to reign and allowed Jude to remain as our manager’. O...