Eschew violence, Olubadan admonishes masquerades, guardians
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba (Dr) Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin, on Sunday, admonished Ibadan Egungun (Masquerades) and their guardians (Atokun) to behavior themselves peacefully during this year’s Egungun Competition to withhold far from any acquire of violence whatsoever.
This modified into once contained in a press assertion issued and signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Olubadan of Ibadanland, Chief Solomon Ayoade.
The royal father acknowledged, “Possess this year’s Egungun festival silent, involving and elegant, which is consuming to additional enhance the promotion and preservation of Ibadanland’s cultural heritage and would possibly perhaps silent enhance non secular harmony and economic upliftment of no longer only Ibadan metropolis but Yorubaland as a total.
“I call on all stakeholders, including Ibadan feeble title holders, feeble worshipers, law enforcement agents, and residents of Ibadanland, to be sure that the success of the 2025 Egungun Competition in Ibadanland.
“Let me enlighten categorically that any violation of the silent co-existence in Ibadan will attract severe sanctions on the allotment of Egungun Masquerades, their followers and residents as effectively, no matter the cultural and non secular differences.”
In step with the monarch, all religions, including Islam, Christianity, and African feeble faith, are accorded the an identical recognition with out anguish or favour. In consequence, non secular bigotry and fanaticism, oppression, intimidation and violence can even no longer be tolerated, Oba Olakulehin additional warned.
The Egungun Competition in Ibadanland will initiate on Monday, 23rd June 2025, with a courtesy fade to to the Olubadan.
