Drama in Lagos as monarch engages, unmasks masquerade in physical combat
Pandemonium broke out penultimate Wednesday when a monarch engaged and unmask masquerade during a physical combat.
The drama took place during the annual festival that features a masquerade called Jigbo ended in a fracas in Araromi area of Ibeju, Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area, Lagos State.
it took the intervention of policemen from the Elemoro Area Command and Akodo Division to contain the situation.
In a viral video footage, some masquerades were seen shouting Jigbo, Jigbo when the monarch in question, Oba Lukman Arowolo (Gbadewolu 1), who emerged from a building in a t-shirt on a pair of black trousers halted the procession and accosted one of the masquerades.
The monarch had queried the masquaraders’ decision to embark on a procession in his Araromi domain, following wh...