Of all the original idols, Otuku, Eleigba, Osa Oke, Ogun and Obatala are the only ones that remain in Egushi town today. They are kept under the custody (ìtọ́jú) of the Ogunmisi Ajana Egushi family. All the idols are worshipped every 17 days by the male descendants of the lineage. During worship, female descendants and visitors must remain outside the shrine (òde ojúbọ).

A kì í júbà òrìṣà yìí ní ojú òrun — the òrìṣà must never be approached under the open sun. A kì Ìbọ ní ojú ọ̀sán (worship in daylight) is forbidden; every ètùtù is performed only at dawn (àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́), in the cool hush (jẹ́jẹ́) before the world wakes. Otuku kì í wo òòrùn, kì ba Egúngún se, kì í sì ba Oró se — Otuku may not look upon the sun, nor upon Egúngún (the masquerade), nor upon Oró. Wọ̀nyí ni èèwọ̀ rẹ̀ — these are its sacred boundaries.

Each òrìṣà has its keeper (olùtọ́jú), and each keeper carries the weight of the lineage upon their shoulders. Ajana Egushi is the custodian of the Otuku shrine — currently High Chief Kamolideen Asubiojo, who keeps the rites in the way they were handed down. High Chief Owolabi Aina stands as olùtọ́jú Eleigba, guardian of pathways. Sakirudeen Alagbe watches over Osa Oke (òrìṣà ti òkè). Sikiru Alagbe tends the shrine of Èṣù — the messenger between worlds. And Taiwo Aina serves as keeper of Ògún, òrìṣà of iron and labour. Bí àwọn baba wa ṣe fi sí lọ́wọ́ wọn — exactly as it was placed in their hands by the ancestors.

The taboos extend beyond the shrine. The children of Egushi (ọmọ Egushi) must never eat at the Egúngún or Oró shrine — to do so is to break a covenant older than memory. And no son or daughter of Egushi may rear a dog (ajá) within the family compound; the dog, sacred to the òrìṣà, belongs to ritual alone.

These are not mere customs — they are the unspoken contracts (májẹ̀mú) between the living and the ancestors who watch over them.