Edo and other Nnewi deities the good things about them
Related Articles It happened about 40 years ago when the Anambra State government approved the building of a modern spare parts market in Nnewi which was to be sited at the very location of the fearsome Agbọ Edo or spiritual forest of Edo deity of Nnewi people. Edo, a woman from Abatete Idemili married by Agbaja, the father of Ikenga (who sired Nnewi), Oraifite and Ichi was made a goddess by her children. Edo became the most loved deity worshipped by her descendants who now populate Nnewi, Oraifite and Ichi towns. These towns are together called Anaedo meaning “Edoland”. When Edo became a goddess, she was married to Ezemewi whose first divine wife was Ogwugwu Ezeikwuabọ. Edo deity never failed her children and worshippers as many miracles were attributed to her, which include the protection of Nnewi town from invasion during Nigeria/Biafra civil war. Edo, had been seen in apparitions to her adherents as an old woman holding a flaming broom in her right hand. She gave Nnewi l...

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