As Yorubas and wives grieve his death, a report on how the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, reportedly died has surfaced online.
Alaafin Adeyemi, the third from the Alowodu Ruling House, died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti in the late hours of Friday.
In the early hours of Saturday, the bones of the top Yoruba traditional ruler were taken to Oyo, and traditional rites began.
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He was 83 years old and the longest-reigning Alaafin in history, with 52 years in power.
Meanwhile, Gistlover, a controversial Instagram blogger, said in an online post that the top Yoruba monarch was in good health before his demise.
According to the source, the Alaafin was said to have left one of his wives’ rooms to check one of the concubines he kept in his quarters before he fell.
Gistlovers added the Alaafin was later rushed to Abuad Hospital, where he finally gave up the ghost.
The post reads: Alaafin of OYO is Dead. According to information reaching Vawulence Headquarters the King was Hale and Hearty prior to his death,he was said to have left one of his wives room going to check on another woman he kept in his quarters (not his wife yet) before he fell, he was later rushed to Abuad Hospital where he gave up the ghost. RIP to Omo Iku ti Iku o gbodo pa. I come in peace
