The Oyo State Police Command on Monday said there was no death recorded during the celebration of an annual Egungun festival in Ibadan, the state capital on Sunday.
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The All Progressives Congress in Iwo, Osun state has congratulated the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi, over the success of the annual Egungun Festival in the ancient city.
The appeal was contained in a statement jointly signed by the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Toye Arulogun, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Community Relations, Alhaji Abidemi Siyanbade.
The government said peace, security and safety has been consistently at the fore during the series of stakeholders’ meetings involving heads of masquerades across the state (the Olori Alaagba), the Aare Isese from all the geographical zones of Oyo State and custodians of the masquerades with government officials at the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.
The government said that machinery is being put in place to reform the celebration of the festival across the state in order to curb the excesses of Egungun followership, saying that the festival will rather be used to showcase the rich cultural values of Egungun in the state and promote it beyond the shores of the country.