The Ife palace authority on Wednesday asked the world to disregard reports of the death of the Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuwade, saying it remains the only credible authority to announce the demise of the king. The palace also denied Oba Sijuwade had passed on. News of the passage of the first class traditional ruler in the South-West of Nigeria broke late Tuesday evening and has been widely published across all media formats. .But addressing journalists at the palace of the Ooni in Ife, the traditional high chief of the land, Joseph Ijaodola, dispelled claims Mr. Sijuwade died in a London hospital Tuesday. The Lowa Adimula of Ife, accompanied by the secretary, Royal Traditional Council, Adetoye Odewole, who spoke on behalf of other high chiefs, denied the news being circulated across sections of the media. The traditional chiefs said if the Ooni had passed, the palace would be the first to know, and would be the only authority to announce the development. They described reports of the monarch’s death as mere rumour, the type they said had been spread about the traditional ruler in the past. They recalled that the Ooni was rumoured to have died in 1982 and in the year 2004, and called on residents of Ile-Ife to discard the rumour and carry on with their businesses.
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Posted: at 29-07-2015 03:00 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Please everyone should be careful because they will only lie that he is not dead, so that the will be able to behead many heads for his burial. Because if people find out that the king is dead, people will be more careful and that means they will find it more difficult to cut as many heads as the want. Please I don't mean to insult anyone but it is fact.
Posted: at 29-07-2015 05:11 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie
Ololababs at 29-07-2015 05:55 PM (9 years ago) (f)
Quote from: ash1008 on 29-07-2015 05:11 PM
Please everyone should be careful because they will only lie that he is not dead, so that the will be able to behead many heads for his burial. Because if people find out that the king is dead, people will be more careful and that means they will find it more difficult to cut as many heads as the want. Please I don't mean to insult anyone but it is fact.
Absolutely. That might be true. Someone also mentioned it this mornimg
Posted: at 29-07-2015 05:55 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
That is a lie oo, they are looking for human head they will use to bury him just that they don't want people to be at alert so that they will be able to carry their evil act. Mind u people
Posted: at 29-07-2015 09:20 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
nametalkam at 29-07-2015 11:48 PM (9 years ago) (m)
The man is made and already rich, if he wants to die he can die jare
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Posted: at 29-07-2015 11:48 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
nametalkam at 30-07-2015 09:36 AM (9 years ago) (m)
All this Nigeria and diabolical believes, burying a human with heads of another thousand people, may God forgive them all
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Posted: at 30-07-2015 09:36 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
ngfineface at 30-07-2015 11:44 AM (9 years ago) (f)
If its indeed true that they needed human heads to bury, the Govt should please act fast. It won't be a bad idea to have private investigators around that area pending when the situation is calm and over. What a tradition
Posted: at 30-07-2015 11:44 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
This same king have been in power for over 40 years, so I believe he don try,so let him just die if he really wants to die and stop disturbing the Peace of the society, abi Na only him one dem make the position for? Am sure most of the royal family are already praying and fasting that he just die finally and true, uhmmmm GOD have mercy with royal house hold ohhh.
Posted: at 30-07-2015 12:37 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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