The Palace of Oyo, on Saturday morning confirmed the passage of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.
Alaafin’s spokesperson, Mr Bode Durojaye, confirmed the Monarch’s passage in a terse response to an inquiry by Punch correspondent.
“Alaafin is dead. Details in due course,” the late monarch’s spokesman said.
The octogenarian monarch was said to have joined his ancestors at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti on Friday night after a brief illness.
Sources at the palace confirmed the death of the traditional ruler to on Saturday morning.
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, it was learnt, had already been informed of the Monarch’s passage.
The monarch who clocked 83 years on October 15 was reportedly receiving treatment at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti where he gave up the ghost.
The remains of one of the foremost traditional rulers in the country were said to have been brought back to Oyo Immediately.
It was also gathered that rites of passage have started for the late Oba who reigned for 52 years.
Oba Adeyemi was born on October 15, 1938.
The monarch is the third prominent Oba to have died in Oyo State in less than five months.
The Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Okadunni Oyewumi died on December 12, 2021, the late Olubadan of Ibadan, died on January 2, 2022 and the Alaafin died on April 22.
Also, the Asigangan of Igangan, Oba Abdul-Azeez Adewuyi died in December 2021 and the monarch of Ikoyi town in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Oba Abdulyekeen Ayinla died in April 2022.