"A Nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.
But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men.
He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear." - Marcus Tullus Cicero
Sango; the god of thunder is believe to be great deity as he was a great man while he was alive. 
The Yoruba people around the world share the belief that Sango often known as Xango or Chango by the Carribeans and the Latin Americans is also known as Jakuta (the thrower of stones or the thrower of thunderbolt-Edun Ara).
He is known as the center point of Lukumi (Olùkùmi which means my dear one) religion of the Carribeans. Many initiation ceremonies as performed in Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela for hundreds of years past are based on the traditional Sango ceremony of the ancient Oyo.
Sango has carved for himself histories among different people around the world.- Basically they are all Yoruba. Sango was the third Alaafin of Oyo. He was the second son of Oranmiyan; the founder of Oyo Empire; the youngest of the grandsons of Oduduwa.
Sango was a brave and powerful man that inherited most of his special abilities from the Nupe, his mother’s people.
During the reign of Alaafin Ajaka, Oyo Empire was under a regular treat of war from Olowu, Ajaka’s cousin; who rules Owu Kingdom. Olowu later sent his warriors to capture Alaafin Ajaka and bring him to Owu.
In their bid to rescue Alaafin Ajaka, the Òyómèsì (Oyo’s council of chiefs), sent for Sango in Nupeland where he had lived. He rescued Ajaka and he was crowned King while Alaafin Ajaka was sent into exile.
Sango, in his lifetime, had three wives: Oba, the first wife and in the traditional sense the legitimate, Oshun, the second and Oya, the third, a concubine (as no marriage right or dowry was paid on her) was a spirit who has the power to transform from human to animal.
She also has the power to summon rain. Together with Sango’s thunderbolt, they had terrific victories in battle.
The resulting Jealousy by Oba and Oshun made Oya to be closer to Sango- becoming his princess consort (Àayò) and having access to Sango’s thunderbolt (Edun Ara) which later brought about his doom.
During the reign of Sango, he had two generals: Timi Agbale Olofa-ina (also known as Olu-ode) who could shoot arrows of fire and Gbonka (also Known as Eliri) who was equally powerful.
After disobeying his direct order not to match on Owu in Battle, Sango follows Oya’s advice to get rid of them and sent them to govern the border towns of the Empire. Timi obeyed him and left for Ede but Gbonka stayed back in Oyo to pose further treat.
Sango in his quest to destroy them both: sent Gbonka to Ede to eliminate Timi but instead he captured him and brought him back to Sango alive.
Sango who believed that the match in Ede was staged asked for a re-match in Oyo and Gbonka defeated Timi. Sango then ordered that Gbonka should be burnt to ashes. Mysteriously, he appeared after three days giving Sango ultimatum to vacate the throne for his infidelity.
Sango angrily request for his Edun-Ara from Oya that has being in the possession of it. He found it to be wet and stained with blood from her period. He left the palace to a high rock facing the palace to re-affirm the potency of his thunderbolt.
The thunder he created struck the palace and burnt it down. Oba and Oshun; after losing everything to the inferno, left the palace angrily blaming one another for allowing Oya such access to Sango and became the undergoddess of the river Oba and Oshun respectively.
Both Rivers are in Osun state Nigeria. Oya, on her part, went back to the forest in Nupeland where Sango found her and became the undergoddess of Odo- Oya (now known as River Niger). There are many historical corrections on what happened next to Sango.
Sango; heartbroken; left the town followed by the chiefs & members of his royal cult known as Baba-Mogba persuading him not to leave.
After an unyielding persuasion, the chiefs went back as they approach an Ayan tree in a place called koso with the news that the king hung himself. But that is not true. Only a few of the Baba-Mogba who did not go back knew the truth which is: ...
He was attacked by Gbonka but Sango, unwilling to fight varnished into thin air only to appear in the sky to destroy Gbonka & those peddling the rumors that he hanged. Thus the popular saying OBAKOSO OR OLUKOSO meaning the king didn’t hang.–As created by those who knew the truth.
Sango was one of the greatest warriors in yoruba land who is venerated globally. He surrounded himself with very powerful warriors who regarded him but soon became his undoing with their betrayal. Populist regimes are often neutralized by a major disaster that stems from within.
Read again slowly and you will see the hidden messages. The more things change, the more they remain the same. History has a way of repeating itself. Study the pattern, the religious ritual of Sango was possibly designed in order to help the devotees of Sango gain self-control.
