Is Oba Okuade Sijuade Really Dead? “Ooni is alive hale n hearty” – Chief Ijaodola

Could citizens and close aids be in denial of the Oba's death Or are the Chiefs playing traditional politics? According to new report, Joseph Ijaodola, an Oba and the Lowa of Ife, who briefed newsmen at the Ooni palace at Enuwa, in Ile-Ife early yesterday, said the monarch was hale and hearty.

RTC, which is a combination of traditional chiefs and title holders’ said the report that the monarch died in a hospital in the United Kingdom was untrue.

Ijaodola said: “I hereby dispel the rumour that our Baba, the Olubuse is dead. As I speak with you, the chiefs have not heard anything like that. This is not the first time such rumour will be carried about our father.

‘’ They did it in 1982, also in 2004 and now, these people are coming up with another rumour. Ooni remains in sound state of health.”

Joseph Ijaodola, an Oba and the Lowa of Ife, who briefed newsmen at the  Ooni palace at Enuwa, in Ile-Ife early yesterday, said the monarch was hale and hearty.

RTC, which is a combination of traditional chiefs and title holders’ said the report that the monarch died in a hospital in the United Kingdom was untrue.

Ijaodola said: “I hereby dispel the rumour that our Baba, the Olubuse is dead. As I speak with you, the chiefs have not heard anything like that. This is not the first time such rumour will be carried about our father.

‘’ They did it in 1982, also in 2004 and now, these people are coming up with another rumour. Ooni remains in sound state of health.”