Olubadan suspends Egungun festival amidst violence
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, on Sunday, directed the suspension of the ongoing Egungun festival over reported cases of violence, arson and looting of shops in the city. In a statement on Sunday by his Personal Assistant on Media, Mr. Oladele Ogunsola, the monarch expressed concern that some hoodlums were taking advantage of the Egungun festival to perpetrate …