By: Manoah Kikekon
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Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Ọ̀yọ́ has died. He was 83
years old.
He reportly dies at the Afe Babalola University Teaching
Hospital, Ado Ekiti.
The top Yoruba monarch died in the late hours of Friday,
according to palace officials.
Adeyemi ruled for 52 years before his demise, making him the
longest-reigning Alaafin.
The late Alaafin’s first son, Prince ‘Tunde, and other children
had received the monarch’s remains at Idi-Igba, Oyo town early Saturday
morning.
Palace sources confirmed that traditional rites had begun
without giving details about his burial arrangement yet.
By tradition, the head of the Oyomesi, Basorun of Oyo, High
Chief Yusuf Ayoola, would take over pending the appointment of a new Alaafin.
Who is expected to brief the State Governor on the matter today