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Discover the 1,000-year-old Olokun tree that protects the source of Africa’s deepest inland waterway, River Ethiope

By admin , in Ignite Inside stories iThink! LightRay TV , at August 12, 2023 Tags: , , , , ,
The indigenes tell us a story about the huge tree that sits atop the source of River Ethiope’s. The tree, they claim, is as old as a thousand years. LightRay Media with Ejiro Umukoro in this exciting and unplanned voyage, stumbled wherefrom the source of the river can be traced to in this video. Enjoy the ride with us.
At the source of River Ethiope located at the Olokun Shrine, in Delta State.

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