Mr. Opeloye, who addressed a crowd that had besieged the Ooni’s palace to confirm the veracity of the reports, said: “Although Baba is advanced in age, he is still hale and hearty in London.
“lf anything of such happened, there is no need spreading the news and moreover, if it indeed happened, there is a way of announcing such news,’’ he said.
Mr. Opeloye enjoined the people of Ife and other well-wishers to go about their normal businesses.
The Royal Traditional Secretary of Ooni’s Palace, High Chief Adetoye Odewole, had earlier debunked media reports announcing the death.
Mr. Odewole, while addressing a press conference at the Ooni’s palace on Wednesday, said the reports were based on mere rumour.
Speaking in the same vein at the press conference, the Lowa Adimula of Ife, High Chief Joseph Ijaodola, said the Ooni was alive, hale and hearty.
Mr. Ijaodola claimed that he spoke with the Ooni in London an hour before the press conference.
Shops, markets and offices remained open in Ife Wednesday while normal socio-economic activities continued unhindered.
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