There were mixed feelings in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Friday, July 31,
2015, as traditional rites preparatory for the official pronouncement
of the demise of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II,
began.
Daily Independent gathered that the royal palace of
Ile-Ife, which has been shut since Tuesday, July 28, 2015, when the
report of the demise of the Ooni was leaked in the press, has been
reopened for residents of Ile-Ife to have access to the royal court so
that they would no longer be left in the dark, especially regarding
on-going traditional rites in the town.
Although the Ife Royal Traditional Council had maintained that the
Ooni of Ife was alive and responding to treatment in a hospital in the
United Kingdom, it was reliably gathered that certain conditions
suggesting the demise of the Ooni are yet to be performed by the
traditional chiefs.
Among the conditions include the closure of the main market in
Ile-Ife; cutting down the branches of all trees in the heart of Ile-Ife;
ringing the spiritual bell around the ancient town; opening the inner
door of the palace court, to signify that the palace is vacant; and the
“Oro” festival, indicating the passage of the monarch.
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