The palace warned that beating of drums under any guise within Akure metropolis is strictly prohibited throughout the ‘Ulefunta’ period.
“The closure becomes obligatory as part of the necessary rites in observing the age-long tradition of the Amole Festival,” said the Palace.
The Ondo government has expressed its determination to transform the state’s physical landscape in achieving its urban renewal agenda.
The governor, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 16 governorship poll, was at the palace to seek the Akure monarch’s blessing.
Mr Sule noted that the land grabbers, in collaboration with hoodlums, are now destroying the economic trees on the campus.
Mr Issa-Onilu said the campaign would also spell out the duties and responsibilities of the political office holders to their followers.
Kayode Ajulo, a human rights lawyer, said the video clip violated the privacy of the governor, who looked sick.
‘‘We may not have it right 100 per cent of the time but we must get it right 90 per cent of the time for this country,’’ he said.
The Osolo stool became vacant on September 2, 2013, following the death of Oba Kayode Oluwatuyi.
