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The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has joined his ancestors.
Alaafin Adeyemi, the third member of the Alowodu Ruling House, passed on Friday night at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State in South-West Nigeria.
He was 83 years old and has been the longest reigning Alaafin in history, ruling for 52 years.
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