A total of 103 virgins in Ogori Community in Ogori-Magongo local government area of Kogi State have been initiated into the womanhood during the 2025 Ovia Osese festival at the weekend.
The festival which took place on Saturday, May 3, 2025, is an annual festival celebrated by the people of Ogori to showcasing discipline and how the girls are reserved before marriage.
The National President of Ogori Descendent Union (ODU), Dr. Aiso Gabriel Osiwomequin described the Ovia Osese as more than a cultural festival but s symbol of transition and hope of the community.
“It reminds us that no matter where life takes us, the roots of Ogori runs deep in our hears. It reminded us that our greatest strength lies in our togetherness”, he said.
Osiwomequin commended the sons and daughters of Ogori at home and diaspora, by birth or by association who have contribute to the growth and development of the community in different ways.
Chairman of Ogori Descendent Union (ODU) Education and Cultural Committee, Comrade Michael Oluruntoba said the festival is a celebration of womanhood, defined by cultural norms of the Ogori Community.
“I salute all the mothers here because it is not mean task policing daughters, especially the new era daughters, to live a responsible morally clean life in readiness to marriage life”, Oluruntoba said.
-9News Nigeria.
