Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria — As the Osun-Osogbo festival dey come live on Friday, Naija no dey play when e reach security matter. Ms. Kehinde Adeleke, wey dey represent Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for Osun, don assure all di people, say dem go secure una well-well during di festival. I mean, who wan chop palm wine wey sabi say dem get wahala for di corner?
Ms. Adeleke yarn say dem don deploy armed squad, crisis management pros, rapid response team, and SWAT gist people dem for local area. Dis move na to make sure say di celebration flow like fresh palm wine. No be small wahala o, as she sabi say plenty people go gather for di state because of di festival. As dem say, ‘when palm wine dey pour, the birds go come fly.’
“We don prepare well for di festival and promise say di lives and property of residents and tourists go dey safe,” Ms. Adeleke talk. Na wetin dem dey call ‘safety first.’ She dey collaborate with other security bodies, so wahala go see road. (No be every day dem dey use two heads to carry one award!)
She go on say make residents alert dem if dem see anything wey no dey right. “No be only security agency get work for di matter. We go need everybody eye-witness make sure say we dey safe. If you see something, make you talk am,” she push sabi advice.
Na dis time reach wey Ms. Adeleke sabi yarn say parents and guardians gatz make sure dem no let their children dey cause trouble. “Whoever misbehave go meet wetin e deserve,” she clarify. This depends on di kind of misbehavior o, wey no go sweet for anybody mouth.
The Osun-Osogbo festival get historical roots wey reach centuries before wey dem go enroll am as UNESCO World Heritage Site back in 2005. E be like big family reunion but this time with our ancestors wey don dey chill for the spirit world. For di indigenes, dis festival na pure traditional cleansing, and e dey symbolize di connection of di people to their history. E no dey easy to just forget your roots, no bi?
So, as we dey prepare for dis grand event, make we put our mind for di festival matter and enjoy di culture scatter, while di security guys dey look our back. No be anybody wantie spoil di fun o!
