A traditionalist, Oba Adetoyese Olakisan, has said the corpse of late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, should not have been displayed outside for people to see before he was buried.
Olakisan, who is Oluaye Oba Ogboni Agbaye, during an interview said since the monarch was neither installed in church nor in a mosque, but was made an Oba through traditional procedures, the same should have been adopted for his burial to avoid negative repercussions.
He also expressed concern about the death in succession of many prominent traditional rulers in Yorubaland, even though he admitted many of the monarchs that died in recent past in some Yoruba-speaking states were old.
He, however, insisted that the monarchs were not old to remain on the throne if certain things were done according to the traditions of Yoruba people.
“So many Obas are passing on. These are Obas that were installed in a proper Yoruba way. These monarchs that died were not too old to remain alive. They are Obas. They should live long.”
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