He contended that the festival is neither an avenue to settle old scores, engage in supremacy contests, nor carry out retaliatory attacks between masquerades and their opponents.

The first-class monarch assured that all necessary arrangements have been put in place by the palace to ensure a hitch-free Egungun festival this year.

Oba Ladoja urged the people to cooperate with law enforcement agents in ensuring a peaceful atmosphere for celebration, adding that masquerades and followers should not go beyond the time and locations designated for them by law enforcement authorities.