<diacritize> There is no point in attempting to restrict the action of an absolute authority. The proverb came into being in the days of Kurunmi the Aare military ruler of Ijaye in the 1820s. He was so powerful and so feared that people believed that even oracles could not deflect him from any course he chose to follow. See also, Agbalagba ti o ki Aare . . . <yor>There is no point in attempting to restrict the action of an absolute authority. The proverb came into being in the days of Kurunmí the Ààrẹ military ruler of Ìjaye in the 1820s. He was so powerful and so feared that people believed that even oracles could not deflect him from any course he chose to follow. See also, Àgbàlagbà ti ò kí Ààrẹ . . . 