Ikpaisong ate bribe By Da Effiong Daniel It is a known issue in Annang land of Akwa Ibom state Nigeria that the Ikpaisong deity in Annang ate bribe and allowed or accepted evils of all sorts in the land. According to what is generally considered in Annang land to be the main reason for setting up Ikpaisong of the land is to protect the land from all evil within and without. And to arrest all evil people in the land. Or the wicked in the land. Now when you look at Ikpaisong then and now you will see that Ikpaisong and their priests or custodians or representatives collected bride and allow evil in the land like the police. In the past when the deity Ikpaisong was very strong, there were strong men everywhere in the land and these men bribed Ikpaisong with something and it allowed them to do their evil freely in the land. The people who used Oath (mbiam) to kill brided Ikpaisong and it agreed with them and killed the people like in Ika Annang and others. People who killed through Gho...