Revealed! See Cause Of Death As Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi Joins His Ancestors

Top Yoruba traditional ruler, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, is dead.

Alaafin of Oyo died in the late hours of Friday at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State in South-West Nigeria.

According to reports, the body of the top Yoruba monarch was brought to Oyo town in the early hours of Saturday. His children received his remains at Idi-Igba in Oyo town while traditional rites began thereafter.

 

Revealed! See Cause Of Death As Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi Joins His Ancestors

 

Alaafin of Oyo cause of death And Details About Him

Alaafin of Oyo was 83 years old and the longest-reigning Alaafin ever, having ruled for 52 years.

The monarch had been sick and a plan had been made to fly him abroad before he passed on late Friday night.

Seyi Makinde, the Governor of Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, is expected to make an official announcement upon receiving the report of the monarch’s passing from the Bashorun of Oyo, Yusuf Akinade, the head of the ‘Oyo Mesi’, who will now lead Oyo town before a new Alaafin is installed.

A source familiar with the medical travel plan said the tickets of Alaafin of Oyo and those of a few wives were already procured.

The Alaafin of Oyo’s death came months after the two other senior Oyo State monarchs – the Olubadan of Ibadan, Saliu Adetunji, and the Soun of Ogbomoso, Jimoh Oyewumi died.

All happened in less than five months.

The Alaafin of Oyo was born Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi on October 15, 1938, into the Alowolodu Royal House of the famous Oyo town.

Late Lamidi Adeyemi was crowned as the Alaafin of Oyo on November 18, 1970, succeeding Oba Gbadegesin Ladigbolu I. He was known popularly as Iku Baba Yeye.

While he reigned, the Alaafin of Oyo as the permanent chairperson of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs.

With the demise of Alaafin Adeyemi, it is now the turn of the Agunloye Ruling House to produce the next Oyo monarch.

Mr. Adeyemi’s predecessor, Alaafin Ladigbolu, was from the Agunloye House.

Alaafin Adeyemi, the third to ascend the throne from the Alowolodu Ruling House, ruled for 52 years – making him the longest-reigning traditional ruler in Oyo town.

BY IYABO AINA

Publisher News Rain Nigeria