Alaafin of Oyo Is Dead – What We Know About Alaafin’s Death

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi is dead.

Infoexpert24 reports that Alaafin died at the age of 83. The Monarch ruled  for 52 years. By tradition, the head of the Oyomesi, Basorun of Oyo, High Chief Yusuf Akinade Ayoola, would take over pending the appointment of a new Alaafin.

Palace officials said he died on Friday night at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti.

His remains were received at Idi-Igba in Oyo town in the early hours of Saturday, Infoexpert24 learned.
Traditional rites were said to have begun.