Metalofin wanted to test the diviners of the city. He had the figure of a pregnant woman carved from a piece of wood and, at the same time, had his whole courtyard covered with large stones. He laid the statue down in the entrance hall, dressed it in clothes and put a live dove inside it, whose movements made people believe the figure was alive. Then he had sand spread over all the stones of the courtyard.
The first one invited was Eyiogbe. Metalofin said to him: “Here is my wife, about to give birth. I sent for you so that you would help me with the delivery.” Eyiogbe agreed, went to get his ashé, the diviner's staff, and when he came back he raised it to drive it hard into the ground. But the tip broke against the stones, which he had not expected. Metalofin declared: “You know nothing,” and sent him to jail.
Then he called Oyekun Meji, and his ashé also broke against the stone ground. He was disqualified and sent to jail.
Oggunda Biode was still a child, but very clever, and he was even the chief of the thieves. He traveled from country to country on the pretext of interpreting Ifá, and while all this was happening in Metalofin's courtyard, he was away. On that trip he earned three roosters, three balls of akará and three coins of five cents.
On his way back, about six kilometers from the city, he met Elegba, who asked him where he came from. Oggunda Biode answered that he came from the house of a client for whom he had interpreted Ifá. Elegba asked whether he had earned anything, and when the boy told him what he had received, Elegba demanded his share. Oggunda Biode gave him a rooster, a ball of akará and a coin.
Each went on his way. Four kilometers from the city, Elegba appeared again, this time in disguise, with the same questions, and Oggunda Biode gave him the same things once more. At two kilometers Elegba showed himself in his usual form, repeated the questions and received his share for the third time. Then he added: “Metalofin needs you. He has sent for you several times, because he gathered many diviners in his house and jailed them. I will tell you a secret: he scattered stones all over the courtyard and there is only one place left unpaved, the spot where he puts his seat. The pregnant woman for whom he summoned the diviners is a plain wooden statue, covered with clothes, and under them he hid a live dove.”
Elegba told him that when Metalofin called him, he should bring his ashé and not be afraid to plant it as close as possible to the seat, right at his feet. Once it was planted, he was to tell him that he was nothing but a troublemaker, that he had put out a wooden statue in clothes to deceive people, and that if Oggunda Biode's family had done him any wrong, it was better to say so openly than to jail his relatives one by one with tricks like that. He was to add that he had buried stones all over the courtyard only to deceive.
Oggunda Biode followed Elegba's advice in every detail. When he finished repeating those words, Metalofin replied: “What is this you are saying?” “Only the truth,” answered the boy. “The one who told me is Ifá.” Metalofin asked: “And why did you not tell the others?” “Because I was afraid of you,” answered Oggunda Biode. After a while, full of sorrow, Metalofin ordered the prisoners to be freed, and so Oggunda Biode won the freedom of all his relatives.
For this reason Oggunda Biode is regarded as an important Odù, one that rescues from difficulties and bad steps those who find themselves in them.