The Police Command in Osun and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have assured residents and tourists attending the grand finale of the annual Osun-Osogbo Festival of adequate security.
The two security agencies in a separate interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Osogbo, said arrangements have been made for adequate security for the event.
SP Yemisi Opalola, the spokesperson for the Police in Osun, told NAN that adequate personnel would be deployed during the festival’s grand finale holding on Friday in Osogbo. READ ALSO:
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Opalola said that watertight security would be provided by the police and other security agencies before and during the festival.
She called on parents and guardians to caution their children to be law abiding before, during and after the event.
Also speaking, Kehinde Adeleke, the NSCDC Spokesperson in Osun, said adequate security would be provided by the corps before and during the festival.
Adeleke said the state commandant of the corps, Agboola Sunday, had made adequate security arrangements for both the tourists and the residents before and during the festival.
She said the command would deploy personnel to strategic locations in the state, adding that the command is also in synergy with other sister agencies to protect lives and property during the event
“The commandant, therefore, call on unscrupulous elements, who are planning to cause breach of peace during this festival to desist or be ready to face the full wrath of the law,” she said.
The Osun-Osogbo festival, whose history dates back many centuries, is usually celebrated in an ancient grove believed to be among the last of the sacred forests among Yoruba cities.
In recognition of its global significance and cultural value, the Sacred Grove was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.
For the people of Osogbo, the festival symbolises the traditional cleansing of the town and the cultural reunion of the people with their ancestors and founders of the Osogbo kingdom. (NAN)
