Confusion In Ile Ife As Palace Chiefs Debunk Ooni Of Ife Death Report

The Ife royal authority on Wednesday asked the world to disregard reports from the passing of the Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuwade, saying it remains the main trustworthy authority to declare the downfall of the lord.  The royal residence likewise denied Oba Sijuwade had gone on.  News of the 1st class Traditional eader in the South-West of Nigeria broke late Tuesday evening and has been generally distributed over all media network.

Yet, tending to columnists at the royal residence of the Ooni in Ife, the Traditonal high chief of the land, Joseph Ijaodola, Debunk claims Oba Sijuwade passed on in a London doctor’s facility Tuesday.  The Lowa Adimula of Ife, joined by the secretary, Royal Traditional Council, Adetoye Odewole, who spoke on behalf of other high chief, denied the news being circled crosswise over network of the media.

The Traditional chiefs said if the Ooni had passed, the royal residence would be the first to know, and would be the main power to report the advancement. They depicted reports of the ruler’s passing as minor gossip, the sort they said had been spread in regards to the traditional ruler in the past. They reviewed that the Ooni was supposed to have kicked the bucket in 1982 and in the year 2004, and approached inhabitants of Ile-Ife to discard the rumour and continue with their businesses.