Like similar recent discoveries before it, a community Grammar School,
Amuloko, in the Ona Ara Local Government area of Ibadan where the
mysterious inscription of the name of Allah on the bark of a tree in the
premises of the school was discovered, instantly became a Mecca of sort
on Saturday as many people were trooping-in to catch a glimpse of the
discovery.
The inscription, which was noticed around 1pm on Friday by a JSS 1
student, Abdulsalam Selimot, drew the attention of many people from the
community and beyond, such that many turned the tree to an object of
worship with which they were supplicating.
Similar experience was made public last year when a female
undergraduate of the University of Ibadan saw an inscription of Allah in
a piece of meat she bought and boiled.
The Quranic lettering, which an Agriculture teacher in the Amuloko
School, Mr. Atanda Abdulrauf Olayiwola, interpreted to mean “Mohammadu
Ra Sululah” first appeared faintly before it got bolder few hours later
to the consternation of many people.
Speaking with Selimot in her mother’s rented apartment at Oloya area of
Amuloko, she said, “My Dad said he was coming to see me and so I stood
under the tree in front of our school. Suddenly, a leaf fell on my head
and when I picked it, I saw certain writing on it. I looked up to see
where it came from and discovered it fell from the tree. There and then I
saw an Arabic lettering appearing, being written on the tree.
“I could not read it well but I noticed that it was a Quranic Language
similar to the spellings we were being taught at our Quranic centre. I
then went to inform some Alfas who came for GNLD training close by. They
saw it and asked for my name. They asked me to go and call my parents,
and I went to call my mother,” she recollected.
She said the Alfas then started rubbing their palms on the part of the
tree and shouting the name of Allah with praise, just as many other
people were gathering to do same.
The news brought many more people to the area as they were seen with
their mobile handsets taking the picture of the inscription, while many
were videoing it. Both old and young were seen plucking the leaves of
the tree, cutting its branches, while some were rubbing their palms on
it. Some were even rubbing sachets of pure water on the bark of the
tree, in the belief that it would turn holy water for them to drink.
Two other similar trees in the premises also bore some Arabic writings
on their barks, but Selimot said, “those other ones were the handiwork
of some boys who were using nail to inscribe similar lettering on the
trees because they heard that some people said they would send me to
Saudi Arabia because of what I discovered”.
The JS 1 student expressed bewilderment at the discovery, but faulted
the news by a woman in veil, who claimed that the tree shouted ‘Allau
Akbar’ when it was first sighted, saying “I didn’t hear any voice from
the tree. It was the leaf which fell on my head that prompted me to look
up and I saw the tiny writing”.
A Christian and Social Studies/ Christian Religious Education teacher
in the same school, Mr. Korede Johnson, also confirmed the mysterious
writing, saying “God has again used this to alert us that He actually
exists and we should be worshipping Him. It shows that He is capable of
manifesting Himself in many ways to His creatures, and we should be
closer to Him.”
Source: ThisDay
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