The Awó Baduto, a wise man of the land of Baribia, earned the enmity of the sorcerers, who killed him with poisoned arrows and then went after his son Oyeye. Orunmila revealed to him that his father had lost by trusting in his own wisdom: to win, he had to put himself in the hands of Esi — the protecting god of Ifá who defeated Karakambuka, the owner of black magic — with the board of the 16 Meyi, the consecrated plate and the seven piles of sulfur set alight. With that, Ojuani Boka defeated every one of his enemies.
Baduto was an Awó of the land of Baribia, a talented man who found a way out of any problem. He had a son, Oyeye, whose Odù was Ojuani Boka and who was a godchild of Orunmila. That ashé brought Baduto the hatred of quite a few sorcerers, since he had freed many people from their hands. One day when he was going to see a sick person, they waited in ambush on the road and killed him with poisoned arrows; not even with that were they satisfied, and they went after the son.
Oyeye had a reading with Orunmila, who explained that his father had been lost by trusting too much in his own wisdom; if he wanted to come out the winner, he had to put himself in the hands of Esi — the god who protects Ifá and who had defeated Karakambuka, owner of black magic — and also of the Iwi of his father Baduto. He marked ebbó for him with a wooden board 150 by 20 centimeters, with the 16 Meyi carved on it, and a consecrated white plate turned over with Oshe Tura, Ojuani Boka and Otura She. He laid an atena of Egun on the floor, put the board on top and the plate on the board, spread the sulfur in seven piles, called Esi and Baduto and set it on fire. That is how Ojuani Boka beat all his enemies. Esi is represented by an arrow like Oshosi's, with a moon and two stars behind it; he lives hanging behind the door, eats doves and works hanging from the neck.