The Royal Traditional Council of Ife has today said the paramount ruler is alive and in good state of health.
The RTC, which comprises of all traditional chiefs and title holders in Ile-Ife, said Oba Sijuwade is not only in a good state of health but added that the royal father was preparing for his son Adegbite’s wedding holding Sunday, next week, in Lagos.
Addressing newsmen in the House of Chiefs located within the premises of Ile-Oodua palace of the Ooni, Lowa of Ife, Oba Joseph Ijaodola who spoke in Yoruba, said the report that the first-class king died in a London Hospital of an undisclosed ailment,was untrue.
Also speaking, the secretary Royal Traditional Council of Ife, who is also the Ladin of Ife, High Chief Adetoye Odewole, said the Ooni is hale and hearty and he even spoke to the chiefs on the phone few hours earlier.
Odewole said: “As I speak with you, 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 1984, also in 2004 and now, these people are coming up with another rumour. Oba Sijuade remains in sound state of health”.
