Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, The Alafin if Oyo is dead

Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo is dead.

Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo and top Yoruba monarch, has died.

Alaafin Adeyemi, the third member of the Alowodu Ruling House, died on Friday night at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State in South-West Nigeria.

According to palace sources, the remains of the top Yoruba traditional ruler were brought to Oyo town, 62 kilometers from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in the early hours of Saturday, and traditional rites began.

He was 83 years old and has been the  longest reigning Alaafin in history, ruling for 52 years.

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