From time in memorial all the yoruba know that alaafin is the head of all yoruba obas.For instance there is a proverb which end that alaafin ni ipekun awon oba( alafin is the head or the ultimate end of all yoruba obas.ANOTHER SAYS YOU ARE GOING TO OYO AND YOU WANT TO GO IN HURRY,ALAAFIN WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE,YOU WOULD ALWAYS MEEET HIM AS OVERLORD KING IN HIS PALACE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, ALAAFIN IN THE PAST WAS A SACRILEGIOUS KING YOU CAN NOT SEE ALWAYS OTHERWISE,THE DEATH IS THE RESULT.WHEN ALAAFIN ADEYEMI 2 WAS DEPOSED TO LAGOS, HIS CONSTANT CONTACTS WITH THE KING OF LAGOS THEN,LED TO THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THE LATER. AS SOME
SAID, IT WAS OONI ADESOJI ADEREMI THAT BROUGHT OONI OBASHIP TO THE LIMELIGHT. IN CONCLUSION ALAAFIN IS SUPERIOR TO OONI.