Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has died at the age of 83.
The monarch passed on on Friday at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti.
Crowned on January 14, 1971, he sat on the throne of his fathers for 51 years as the longest-reigning Alaafin.
His first son Prince Tunde and other children received his body at Idi-Igba, Oyo town on Saturday morning.
Born on October 15, 1938, the late king was the son of Oba Adeyemi II, the former Alaafin of Oyo who was deposed and sent into exile in 1954 for having sympathy for the National Council of Nigerian Citizens.
Head of the Oyomesi, Basorun of Oyo, High Chief Yusuf Ayoola, will now take over administration pending the appointment of a new Alaafin.
Oyo has lost prominent monarchs in recent times. They are the Soun of Ogbomoso, Jimoh Oyewumi; and the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, who died on December 12, 2021, and January 2, 2022, respectively.
