The Bloodbath
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In the 19th century, when the power of kingdoms was judged according to the number of towns they controlled, the war between Ife and Modakeke began.
The Chief warrior of Ife Kingdom worked his men into a frenzy as the ground thundered under their feet while they matched towards Modakeke.
On getting to the gates of Modakeke, the warriors were enraged because the decrepit town they had come to attack, had barred their gates. That didn't deter them and within minutes, they had battered the gates down.
They charged into the town and the bloodbath began. The warriors of Ife rāped, pillaged and rampaged Modakeke.
They kílled the king, his chiefs and their families. They grabbed babies from the hands of their mothers and cracked their fragile skulls. They rāped little girls, maidens and women in the presence of their families and some men who tried to protest were beheaded and their heads kicked around like stones.
They dragged the old women out by their hairs and slit their throats. The old men were not spared as the warriors punctured their stomachs and pulled their intestines out.
They rounded up the remaining men, killed the ones that looked feeble and chained the rest together. They stormed into the palace, carted valuables away and then finally, they marched everyone towards the battered gates and burned the whole town.
Alas, Modakeke had been reduced to piles of rubble and the remaining indigenes could do nothing but watch.
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