Contamination: Osun devotees fetched, drank water despite govt warning
Many devotees of the Osun deity were seen drinking from the Osun River on Friday.
This was despite warnings from the Osun State Government that the water had been contaminated by activities of artisan miners.
Indeed, as the Osun-Osogbo festival comes to a climax on Friday, August 12, thousands of Osun devotees and visitors had converged on the Osun grove.
Many of them, in their usual manner, fetched water from the river in different containers and also drank the water on their way out of the grove.
Devotees and visitors trooped out to the riverside in their white attires and beads, were seen singing and dancing to traditional songs.
Earlier, Osun State Commissioner for Health, Rafiu Isamotu, had said public health officials would be at the grove during the festival to further sensitise people on the dangers of drinking the water.
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