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Ooni Of Ife Is Alive, Says Royal Traditional Council by Holamidhe(m): 2:51pm On Jul 30, 2015 |
Controversy has trailed the death of the Ooni of
Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, Olubuse II as the Royal
Traditional Council,RTC, of the town, Wednesday,
said the paramount ruler is alive and in good
state of health.
The RTC, which comprises of all traditional chiefs
and title holders in Ile-Ife, said Oba Sijuade is not
only in a good state of health but added that the
royal father was preparing for his son’s wedding
holding Sunday, next week, in Lagos.
Sources close to the foremost traditioner ruler
told Vanguard at the palace that the traditional
wedding of the new couple took place last
weekend in London.
Addressing newsmen in the House of Chiefs
located within the premises of Ile-Oodua palace of
the Ooni, Lowa of Ife, Oba Joseph Ijaodola who
spoke in Yoruba, said the report in the media that
the monarch died in a London Hospital of an
undisclosed ailment,was untrue.
Also speaking, the secretary Royal Traditional
Council of Ife, who is also the Ladin of Ife, High
Chief Adetoye Odewole, said the Ooni is hale and
hearty and he even spoke to the chiefs on the
phone few hours earlier.
Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade
He added “those behind the death story are
enemies of Ife and as I speak with you, the chiefs
have not heard anything like that. This is not the
first time such rumour will be carried about our
father.
“They did it in 1984, also in 2004 and now, these
people are coming up with another rumour. Oba
Sijuade remains in sound state of health”.
Chairman, Ife Development Board, Prof. Muib
Opeloye, said Ife as a town with a rich tradition
has its way of managing its affairs.
Opeloye maintained that the royal father was
preparing for his son’s wedding, urging people
not to panic and go about their normal daily
activities.
Meanwhile, the entrance of the Ooni’s palace was
shut to visitors, as only newsmen, chiefs and
relations of Oba Sijuade were allowed into the
premises.
Many indigenes and residents of Ife had
converged on the palace but were prevented
from going in by the guards.
Meanwhile, the Osun state government is yet to
make official statement concerning the demise of
the monarch.
But the Osun State House of Assembly has
expressed its sympathy to Governor Rauf
Aregbesola, state council of Traditional rulers and
chiefs, the good people of ancient city of Ile Ife
and the immediate and extended families of the
late Oba Okunade Sijwade Olubuse, the Ooni of Ife
as the great King joined his ancestors.
In a statement issued by the Speaker’s
spokesman, Mr. Goke Butika, the parliament “in a
condolence message by the Speaker, Mr Najeem
Salaam “expressed his regret and shock over the
transition of the natural ruler to the silent land of
his forebear, saying the engine room of royalty
and the custody of Yoruba cosmology has just
been temporarily grounded by the clog of death”.
“We celebrate the life and time of the great king,
Oba Sijuwade, attesting that the monarch exuded
unique royalty almost equivalent of imperial
culture that could not be rivaled while he called
the shot on the revered stool of his fathers”.
“The parliament then sent its condolence to the
governor over the loss of the monarch and prayed
that the Supreme Eludumare, the Cherisher of
Aiye would rest the late natural father”,the
statement added. www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/ooni-of-ife-is-alive-says-royal-traditional-council/ |
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