The police yesterday uncovered plans to abduct ‘Arugba’, the votary maid
ahead of the grand finale of this year’s edition of the Osun Osogbo
festival fixed for tomorrow.
The police said some unknown gun men
had perfected plan to abduct her during the ceremony fixed for
tomorrow. Speaking with newsmen on the development in Osogbo, the state
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Femi Oyeleye, said intelligence reports
received by the police confirmed that some evil doers had perfected plan
to perpetrate the dastardly act with a view to denting the glamour
associated with the yearly festival.
He said: “We have received
intelligence report that some people are planning to kidnap the Arugba
Osun. The monarch of the town also said this. So we have increased
surveillance around the Arugba to prevent this.
We have
reinforced security around the Arugba and even the ‘igba’ so that the
festival can go on without any hitch. “We are also assuring worshippers
and all visitors of adequate security.
The crime rate in Osun
State is one of the lowest in the country and we will do everything to
sustain this. “Before Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun also
reported the case to us, the command has already beefed up security
across the state, especially in Osogbo ahead of the festival to foil the
plan/
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