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Idol worshipping is not part of Yoruba traditions – Oluwo of Iwo reiterates

Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo by Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo
November 6, 2022
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The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi

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Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi Telu I has stated that idol worshipping as a religion is not part of Yoruba traditions.

This was stated by the monarch in a video of an interview he shared on his official Instagram account on Sunday, November 6.

According to the monarch, idol worshipping is not culture or tradition of the Yorubas but a religion of few people.

Oba Akanbi further stated that idol worshipping is responsible for the defamation or damage the Yoruba culture is experiencing.

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He also cited idol worshipping as the sole factor responsible for Christians and Muslims antagonism against Yoruba culture.

Olodumare belongs to the Yorubas, he concluded.

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