Ooni of Ife not dead - Palace Chiefs
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Oba Okunade Sijuade, Ooni of Ifeland |
Following late Tuesday night news that broke claiming that the Oba Okunade Sijuade, Ooni of Ife, is death, the town’s traditional council have debunked such saying that the monarch is alive.
The foremost Yoruba traditional ruler was said to breathe his last at Saint Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, United Kingdom (UK) on Tuesday evening.
But the Ife Royal Traditional Council said at a press conference on Wednesday that the monarch’s death was “a mere rumour.”
The Lowa of Ifeland, Joseph Ijaodola, who spoke in Yoruba, said the report about the monarch’s death in a London Hospital was “untrue.”
The Secretary, Royal Traditional Council of Ife, the Ladin of Ife, High Chief Adetoye Odewole, confirmed that the monarch is hale and hearty, saying he spoke to the chiefs on phone few hours earlier.
“They did it in 1984, also in 2004 and now, these people are coming up with another rumour. Oba Sijuade remains in sound state of health,” Odewole added.
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