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Around 8:00 am in 1821 in Osogun village, present-day Oyo State, there was an alarm; “The Fulani slave raiders are here. They are invading the town walls”. It was at first mistaken for the Fulani slave raiders who usually passed by Osogun. However, within a short time, the village was surrounded by the Foulahs, the “Yoruba Muslims”. They numbered about 2,000 on strong swift horses. The enemies came at a time when most of the able men and women of the town had left at home for work. Houses were ruthlessly set on fire and the inhabitants fled for their lives. The whole town was in flames. Ajayi, his mother, and two sisters ran into the hands of two of the raiders, who put nooses around their necks. They were later marched to Iseyin where the 12-year-old Ajayi was exchanged for a horse. He was then taken to the town of Ijaye where he was sold to a Muslim woman. This woman was planning to take him on a journey to Popo, which is today known as Aného in the West African country of