Simply put, in Yoruba language, Abiku refers to the spirits of children who die before reaching puberty, while in Igbo language, the literal translation of Ọgbanje is children who come (born) and go (die). Unfortunately, many innocent children were inadvertently tagged with this malicious and very horrible identity.
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