“The newly established shrine for the Ode festival was set up, we prayed and celebrated there, both old and young ones participated and It was very peaceful.
“For the past seven days since we started the festival activities, it has been period of joy and happiness for every Indigenes of Oye Kingdom.
“We are very happy and thankful to God, that we did not record any form of accident, this year’s festival is a preparatory activities, it will be more elaborate in 2026 edition,” he said.
Chief Oguntoyinbo, however appealed to the natives of the town to continue to work for the development of Oye Ekiti.
The festival was concluded on Saturday with a visit to Odo Ule, the newly designated forest where the women , men , youths and Ejio group celebrated and offered prayers for the development of the community.
Obalodo led people to the forest after which they returned to home and offered another set of prayers.
The celebration literally became a funfair as some men dressed in women attires while the women group called “Obinrin Ile” beat local drum and Indigenes were dancing and drinking palm wine to entertain themselves.
The Ejio group equally sang various traditional songs with buffalo horns, talking bell and drums to add glamour to the event.