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Palace keeps mum as Ooni’s deputy, Obalufe dies at 83..
By Edward Jaleyemi O SOGBO —The Ooni of Ife’s second-in-command and the leader of Ile-Ife traditional kingmakers, the Obalufe (Orunto) of Iremo quarters, Oba Solomon Omisakin is dead, aged 85. His death may have compounded the uncertainty surrounding the selection process of the new Ooni of Ife which has resulted in litigations. However informed sources told Vanguard yesterday that; ‘’He had concluded the process of selection of the new Ooni before he died.’’ Oba Omisakin’s death is coming barely three months after the death of Oba Okunade Sijuwade in a London hospital. The Obalufe is also the prime minister of Ife and oversees affairs in the town in the absence of an Ooni. Vanguard gathered that Oba Omisakin’s death occurred at about 10 am yesterday at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital OAUTH, Ile Ife. Though the circumstance surrounding the death of the 85-year-old Obalufe was still sketchy at the time of fi...
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