It was a drama on Friday during the grand finale of the Osun-Osogbo held in the ancient town of Osogbo the Osun state capital as members of the Oodua People’s Congress on clashed with some youths suspected to be members of a secret cult believed to disrupt the Osun Festival.

Our correspondent gathered that the suspected secret cult who are mostly youths stormed the entrance of the Osun Grooves where the ceremony was held, but it was gathered that the OPC members resisted them when they were trying to cause commotion.

A youth simply identified as Yusuf, however, became unconscious after he sustained machete cut on his head during the clash. Some worshippers, who spoke to CEOAfrica, said the youths came to disrupt the people at the shrine and to loot some of the foreigners who came to celebrate with them.

The National Coordinator of the OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, told journalists that the determination of the people made the Osun Festival to bounce back stronger this year.

He said, “Osun Festival has proved to Africans in the Diaspora that it is an event which is one of the best in the world. There was a challenge last year because of the Ebola virus, but Osun Festival is celebrated with pomp this year.  You can see it from the large turnout of the people here.

“We are appealing to the Federal Government to invest in the development of tourist sites. With this, the nation will generate more revenue.”