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Nollywood star, Lateef Adedimeji, was one of the star attractions in this year’s Ojude-Oba Festival as the 2025 edition of the iconic Ojude Oba Festival started in grand style in Ijebu Ode.
The annual event attracts thousands of people from all walks of life to celebrate Fashion, tradition, royalty, and cultural pride.
Dated back to the 19th century, the Ojude Oba Festival is one of the most honoured occasions where indigenes of Ijebu meet to pay homage to their monarch, the Awujale of Ijebuland.
The festival has its roots in a historic gesture of religious tolerance, as the Muslim community began the tradition to express gratitude to the Awujale for allowing them the freedom to practice their faith.
