THE Oloolu masquerade and some of his followers arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State in the course of the week were, on Friday, arraigned in court on a three-count charge of arms possession, assault and malicious damage.

The magistrate was reported to have imposed stringent bail conditions which the suspects could not meet and they were all taken to the Agodi prisons for remand, save for the only juvenile among them who was sent to a welfare home. The case has been adjourned till July 23.

Meanwhile, the Oyo State Police Command has responded to the cries over the arrest of some supporters of Oloolu saying that it would not allow anyone to hide under religion or tradition to perpetrate criminality.

The Command also warned intending trouble makers to desist from such acts as it would not condone any act that would threaten public peace.

These were contained in a press release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mrs Olabisi Ilobanafor, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, who also said that the command had to wade into the Oloolu crisis as a result of several calls received on Tuesday, July 3 that the masquerade was being attacked by some suspected thugs at Popoyemoja area of the city.

The PPRO added that policemen from Mapo Division moved to the scene where the custodian of the Oloolu masquerade was rescued and rushed to a private hospital for treatment, as he was bleeding profusely.

She stated further that the Command was again inundated with calls from members of the public on Wednesday, July 4 that the masquerade and his followers were preparing to storm Popoyemoja area for reprisal attack, which made the police state headquarters to send a reinforcement team to join the one from Mapo Division.

“When the Oloolu and his followers stormed the place and saw the police, they quickly beat a retreat, but not before some of the followers were arrested with dangerous weapons, including a locally-made gun,” the statement read.

The Command pointed out that it was the constitutional responsibility of the police to protect lives and property as well as maintain law and order.

While saying that nobody died during the whole saga, contrary to some media reports, the Command also stated that the country permitted freedom of worship, hence nobody should prevent or interfere with the religious beliefs of others.

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OLOOLU SAGA
written by TUNJI OMO AWO, July 07, 2012

Now that maqurade has become a person contrary to belief that it is from arstral world, then it become a new case to be handle deffirently from usual case, let the costodian choose another date for his outing now before their belief time is late becos it is timed anually like other festivities, like osun festival, but the costodian should be made to sign letter of undertaking that it will be peaceful, in presence of Olubadan as a withness, anything short of these may not go down well with other traditional believers, egungun to be expose to this level will not go down well with their belief. They should also be enlightened, that time has pass the stage of masqurade taken law into their hand next time they are out for their occasion.

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The Unconstitutonal Restriction of Movements by Oloolu is a Crime
written by Olayemi Ibadan, July 07, 2012

It is high time for admirers of Oloolu to wake up. That culture is outdated. It is actually not the culture of Ibadan land. It was a war captive during the early days, which was only brought to Ibadan for the purpose of entertainment. It was meant then to frighten the warriors of Ibadan by the opponent warriors. however,unfortunately for the planners the Ibadan warriors were so brave that if the death angel can be physically seen, they will attack it. so the oloolu was simply captured and brought to Ibadan to entertain the people then by frightening the women.

however, such culture is outdated. No masquerade should be allowed to encroach on the constitutional right of the people any more. Masquerade can only be allowed to dance about to amuse its admirers, and no more.

The people that denounce oloolu and its likes are the aborigine of Ibadan land. They are descendants of the warriors that founded Ibadan Land, and they are in majority.

If the worship of Islamic and Christian religions is not restricting anybody, how can that of oloolu which worshipers are below zero percent restrict the movement of women and in extension, paralyzing the whole activities of the city with threat to the lives of the violators. That is by which law. The police must arrest the oloolu for such crime and prosecute him. He is human. If he is not a human, he is not a Nigerian and is constitutionally not fit to live in the country.

in fact, historically, oloolu is not actually the culture of Ibadan land. Let him go back to the forest of Ondo state where he/it was captured or be banished by the government. He cannot disturb peace and order. Period.

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Oloolu Mascurade
written by Deleoyibo, July 07, 2012

"Egungun t'odi eniyan oto" That was the title of a story that I once read in the then or still alive? Christian magazen call CHALLENGE, Published by the SIM bookshop, in Mushin Lagos in those days.
As a pupil in a senor class in an ECWA school,Kponyan Kogi State, we were mandated to read the magazen every month. and in one of its editions, I read a story of a supposed stranger that came from the beyond to visit the rest of us that were alive on earth,we were never informed why he came but I guess to entertain. This man was feared and respected by all,We were told this is EGUNGUN, a man from heaven, but just as he continued to entertain;suddenly, he became more agitated and angry for what some of us would not understand.Those of them who were not fast enough ti retreat from watching him got the beating of their lives and it got to a stage that the people decided to fight back, what was meant to be an entertainment suddenly turned to war where every available dangerous weapons became useful. The EGUNGUN was said to have been beaten so much that he fainted and almost passed out. eventually he was rushed to the hospital. People began to ask questions from both the police and the mascurade supporters what went wrong that a terrestial person had to transform into an earthly person.
The rest of the story became issues for the legal minds, How it ended, I can not recollect any more.The story was published in 1966.
Deleoyibo

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Oloolu and lies.
written by Simon Oluwole, July 07, 2012

Oloolu should be prosecuted for telling lies that he possessed magical powers and deported back to hell where he came from, he's not a Nigerian.

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