The Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr) Sikiru Adetona, has cancelled the 2021 edition of the annual Ojude Oba Festival scheduled to hold next week after Eid-el Kabir celebrations.
In a statement released on Thursday and signed by the coordinator of the festival and Baagbimo of Ijebu, Chief Fassy Yusuf, the monarch attributed the cancellation of the annual fiesta to the detection of lethal COVID-19 Delta variant in Nigeria and the negligible number of people that had taken the anti-COVID 19 vaccine.
The monarch, however, thanked his subjects for the peace and progress in Ijebuland and prayed for more economic and social prosperity.
Oba Adetona further charged his subjects as well as visitors to Ijebuland to ensure they wear their nose masks, wash their hands regularly with soap, keep social and physical distances at public places, get vaccinated against the pandemic, and adhere to other medical protocols as directed by the federal, state, and local government authorities.
Adetona also prayed for the return of peace and prosperity to all troubled areas of Nigeria.
