Just like the 2020 Agemo Festival has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Ijebu sons and daughters are not going to experience the famous Ojude
Oba Festival too .The Ijebu Traditional Council in Ogun State has cancelled the annual Ojude Oba festival for this year over concerns for the spread of covid-19. The paramount ruler of Ijebuland, HRH Sikiru Adetona, announced this through the Ijebu Regberegbe council platforms. He said all the arrangements would now be re-focused on the 2021 edition of the festival. In a letter to the Ojude Oba planning committee, signed by the Ebumawe of Ago-Iwoye, Oba Adenugba, confirmed the development. “On the instruction of our royal father, Kabiyesi Alayeluwa, the Awujale of Ijebuland, HRM Oba Dr Sikiru Adetona, I wish to inform you that due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the 2020 Ojude Oba ceremony is hereby cancelled. Kindly help pass the information round to all the horse-riding families and members of the Regberegbes,” the letter stated.’’ Oba Adenuga said the attires and other accessories already bought by the people would be kept till the 2021 edition, and urged residents to continue to adhere to safety measures in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease.
