Traditional ruler of the Ikate-Elegushi Kingdom, Oba Saheed Ademola (Kusenla III), has declared a three-day Oro rite on non-indigenes and women from midnight to 5:30a.m., including on Saturday, which is the day set aside for the rescheduled governorship and state Assembly election.
In a memo issued to the residents of Ikate-Elegushi, the monarch announced that there would be a restriction of movement to perform the Oro rite in the community from Wednesday to Saturday.
Residents of the community, of course, alleged there was a political motive for the curfew which would further disenfranchise women and non-indigenes from voting on election day.
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Others complained that it would paralysed commercial activities in the community.
According to a release by the monarch, “Elections are held during the day and by morning we will open the roads for people to come. It is a traditional rite. But unfortunately, it has come at this time. It is an annual event, and this is not the first time. We are not disrupting any process.”
According to him, the Oro rite would bring peace to the community, adding that it happens in all communities within Lagos State.