- The mandatory rituals for Alaafin Abimbola Owoade, which started on Friday, March 7, 2025, will continue until Saturday, March 29, 2025.
- Chief of Staff to the monarch, Rotimi Osuntola, said a curfew will be in place in Oyo town from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily throughout the rites’ duration.
Oyo has begun the traditional Ipebi rites to prepare for the ascension of Oba Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that the mandatory rituals, which started on Friday, March 7, 2025, will continue until Saturday, March 29, 2025.
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According to a statement released by the Chief of Staff to the monarch, Rotimi Osuntola, a curfew will be in place in Oyo town from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily throughout the rites’ duration.
Any individual found violating the curfew order will be detained until 7 a.m. the next day.
“The office of the Chief of Staff to His Imperial Majesty, Oba Engr. Abimbola AbdulAkeem Owoade I, the Aláäfin of Oyo Kingdom, hereby announces the commencement of ORO IPĘBÍ, the mandatory rites for His Imperial Majesty before his ascension to the revered throne of The Aláafin.
“The rites will commence from Friday, 7th March to Saturday, 29th March, 2025.
“Throughout the period, curfew shall be imposed as it is customary from 8 pm to 6 am daily throughout Oyo township.
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“This means movements are not allowed during the period of the curfew, and anyone who contravenes this order shall be arrested and detained till 7 am of the following day after his or her arrest.
“It is pertinent to state that ORO IPĘBI, which makes the incoming Alááfin to go into absolute seclusion while it lasts, is sacrosanct for the ascending Ikú-Babá-Yeye and must be respected by all and sundry,” he added.
