The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade is dead at age 85.

Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade, or Sijuade, was born on 1 January 1930.

He became the fiftieth traditional ruler or Ooni of Ife in 1980, taking the regnal name Olubuse II.

Ife is a traditional Yoruba state based in the town of Ife in Osun State, Nigeria.

He was crowned on 6 December 1980 in a ceremony attended by the Emir of Kano, Oba of Benin, Amayanabo of Opobo and Olu of Warri, as well as by representatives of the Queen of England.

Sijuwade was born on 1 January 1930 in Ile-Ife to the Ogboru ruling house, grandson of the Ooni Sijuwade Adelekan Olubuse I.

He studied at Abeokuta Grammar School and Oduduwa College in Ile-Ife. He worked for three years in his father’s business, then for two years with the Nigerian Tribune, before attending Northampton College in the United Kingdom to study business management.


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