BREAKING: Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi is dead

Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, died in Ado Ekiti at the age of 83.

According to information supplied by palace authorities, the senior Yoruba monarch died in the late hours of Friday.

According to The PUNCH, Adeyemi died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti.

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Prince ‘Tunde, the late Alaafin’s first son, and other children had received the monarch’s remains early Saturday morning at Idi-Igba, Oyo town.

Traditional procedures had begun, according to palace sources, but no details regarding his funeral arrangements had been revealed.

Before his death, Adeyemi reigned for 52 years, making him the Alaafin with the longest reign.