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Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, has passed at the age of 83.
Alaafin Lamidi Adeyemi died in the wee hours of Friday at Ado Ekiti’s Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital.
The third from the Alowodu Ruling House is Alaafin of Oyo.
In the early hours of Saturday, the bones of the top Yoruba traditional ruler were taken to Oyo, and traditional rites began.
He was 83 years old and had ruled for 52 years, making him the the longest-reigning Alaafin in history.
The Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, died in December 2021, the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, died in January 2022, and now Alaafin has died just over three months later.
Other famous personalities in Oyo State have died at the same time, including two former governors, Senator Isiaka Ajimobi and Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, who both died lately.
As a result, when the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, receives word of the Alaafin’s death from the Bashorun of Oyo, Yusuf Akinade, who will now administer Oyo until a new Alaafin is appointed, he is expected to make an official announcement.
Fatimah Oyesanmi
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