Ile-Ife
chiefs have denied that five people were missing during the Oro festival
performed as part of the burial rites for the late Ooni, Oba Okunade Sijuwade.
They
also denied that the Sarun, otherwise known as Abobakun, was on the run to
evade been buried with the late monarch.
The
chiefs, in separate interviews with our correspondent, said no one had ever
been buried with a late king.
The
Lowa Adimula of Ife, Oba Joseph Ijaodola, who is the Head of Inner Chiefs,
said, “No one was caught during the Oro festival, it is all lies. It has never
been done in Ife land that somebody must be killed or buried with the Ooni.”
The
Laadim Adimula of Ife and Secretary of Royal Traditional Council, High Chief
Adekoye Odewole, also debunked the insinuation.
He
said, “We don’t use human beings for rituals in Ile-Ife. We can use rams, goats
or other animals, but not human beings.”
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