BREAKING: Olubadan of Ibadan is dead

The Olubadan of Ibadan Land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, is dead. He was 93.

Oba Adetunji’s death was confirmed by palace sources, who pleaded anonymity, on Sunday.

However, when contacted, the monarch’s aides neither confirmed his death nor denied it.

“Even if he is dead, it is the governor that will announce it,” one of his media aides said when contacted on the telephone.

Another aide said in Yoruba, “You don’t hear bad news from a priest,” and cut the phone.

As at the time of filing this report, the governor was yey to be reached.

Adetunji, who was crowned the 41st Olubadan on March 4, 2017, was born on August 26, 1928.