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Just in : Popular Yoruba Monarch, Alaafin is Dead
Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, is dead
He was 83 years old and the longest reigning Alaafin ever, having ruled for 52 years.
Alaafin Adeyemi, the third from the Alowolodu Ruling House, 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.
The remains of the top Yoruba traditional ruler were brought to Oyo town, 62 kilometres from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in the early hours of Saturdnorthern consensus candidates