Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji.
The Olubadan of Ibadan has cancelled masquerade dance for any Ibadan excessive chief this 12 months.
But the normal ruler, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso I, didn't give any cause for the cancellation.
It, was, nonetheless, discovered that the monarch could have taken the choice based mostly on safety issues arising from the controversial chieftaincy evaluation in Oyo state.
The annual gathering within the historic metropolis begins on Monday (right this moment) in Ibadan, the state capital.
Masquerades historically pay homage to pick excessive chiefs of their household compounds with the permission of the Olubadan, for the reason that time of the late Oba Gbadamosi Adebimpe in 1976.
After a two-hour safety assembly with stakeholders at his Popoyemoja place on the weekend, Oba Adetunji mentioned the choice was within the total public curiosity.
He made this recognized in a assertion by his media aide Adeola Oloko.
“As the chief custodian of our culture and tradition, I also owe it a duty to work in tandem with the law enforcement agents not to turn the celebration of our custom and tradition into a theatre of war,” the normal ruler mentioned.
He appealed to all stakeholders to working inside the ambit of the legislation.