The Ooni of Ife, a foremost traditional ruler in
Yoruba land, South Western Nigerian, Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II, is dead.
Oba Sijuwade died
in London, United Kingdom Tuesday evening, at the age 85, Ile-Ife sources
confirmed. The
late monarch was born on January 1, 1930. He reportedly fell critically sick
last week before he was flown to London.
