Tag: Sango

200 Riders Relocate To Ogun As Lagos Begins Clampdown On Okada

Abibat Babalola

Lagos unleashes 600 squad of armed Police, soldiers on Okada riders in final push to end activities,  Lagosians panic   Hundreds of commercial motorcycle riders popularly called Okada riders have relocated from Lagos to Mowe, Sango, Lafenwa-Ayobo, Agbado Crossing and other towns in neighbouring Ogun state as Lagos begins final clampdown on their activities. As the enforcement on the ban on commercial motorcycles in six local government areas of Lagos State and their local councils begins today, the Lagos State Government inaugurated Anti-Okada Squad to enforce the ban. Okada riders…

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Sango Worshipers Takeover Alaafin’s Corpse after Muslim Prayers

Gbenga Adeoti

Bees attacked mourners at the palace of the monarch, a development interpreted differently by elders at the scene   Sango devotees have taken custody of the remains of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, for apparent continuation of traditional rites after Islamic prayers were performed on the body. The Chief Imam of Oyo, Mas’ud Adebayo, had earlier this afternoon led Muslims to perform Janazah (funeral prayers before internment) on the body of the Alaafin inside the palace. But Sango devotees were later seen carrying the remains from Ode Aro…

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