From the above, you should know that the context of the usage of olowogbogboro is not something used by the Yoruba indigenous belief system for a Jehovah.
Most people just take out the Olowogbogboro without situating the term in its rightful context.
"Awon Iya" or "Aje" what is usually loosely translated as "witches" does not imply an all-evil female ogre; but rather a dual-nature feminine being with capability for both evil and good. The maternal characteristic of the deity is emphasised in that narrative about her persona.
Therefore Yoruba Christian just as they misinterpreted Esu for Satan should stop bastardising tradition in the name of praising their Jehovah.
Jehovah is a male deity and using the oriki of Aje for him is contradictory. He does not have children, so cannot "gba omo re ninu ofin" -omo in Yoruba means forbear.
Attributing children to a persona in Yoruba is usually done in relations to a female figure. People need to study more of Ifa to understand the Yoruba worldview. Awon Iya mi osoronga will not mind you attributing their oriki to your Jehovah but I think he himself would not brood such comparison and attribution.
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