The death of Oba Okunade Sijuade, Olubuse II has been denied by the Royal Traditional Council, RTC, of the town,

The reported death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, Olubuse II has been denied  by the Royal Traditional Council, RTC, of the town, 

Speaking in Yoruba with newsmen at the House of Chiefs located within the premises of Ile-Oodua palace of the Ooni, Lowa of Ife, Oba Joseph Ijaodola stressed that the report in the media that the monarch died in a London Hospital of an undisclosed ailment was untrueDismissing the report, secretary to the RTC of Ife, 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.

According to him, “those behind the death story are enemies of Ife and 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.

He is well and healthy the RTC insisted.