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.
In the land of Baribia there lived an Awó called Baduto, an intelligent man who solved every problem, with a son called Oyeye, whose Odù was Ojuani Boka and who was Orunmila's godchild. Because of his ashé, Baduto had earned the enmity of a great many sorcerers, from whom he had saved a great many people. One day, taking advantage of his going out to heal a sick man, they lay in wait for him on the road and killed him with poisoned arrows — and not satisfied with that, they went after his son.
Oyeye went to be read by Orunmila, who told him that his father had lost by trusting in his own wisdom, and that 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, and in the hands of the Iwi of his father Baduto. He marked him an ebbó with a wooden board 150 by 20 centimeters with the 16 Meyi carved into it, and on top of it a consecrated white plate turned over with Oshe Tura, Ojuani Boka and Otura She: on an atena of Egun he set the board, on the board the plate, poured out sulfur in seven piles, called Esi and Baduto, and set it alight. With that, Ojuani Boka defeated every one of 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 pigeons, and works hanging from the neck.