Ooni Of Ife;FG Comiserates With Family

Oba OKUNADE SIJUWADE; Ooni of Ife

Following reports, It is still unclear whether the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, is actually dead.
 Reports have it that Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Dr Dalhatu Tafida, has visited the London home of the revered Oba of Ife to commiserate with his family, and was there for about one hour.
Tafida stated that he visited the family, including Oba Sijuwade’s son, Adetokunbo, and condoled with the family on behalf of the federal government, telling them that they could ask for consular support if the need arises.
A source present during Tafida’s visit informed that the monarch's wives, children and an unnamed traditional ruler were present at his home in London during the condolence visit.
We were informed that efforts to reach the monarch's son, Prince Adetokunbo the night before,were unsuccessful, as calls to his phones were answered, but he kept saying: “I will call you back.”
While the media had been awash with widespread reports that the foremost monarch passed on at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London on Tuesday, It's management has come out to claim that the hospital has not admitted the Oba as its patient recently.
Some officials at the hospital informed that the Ooni, who was registered as King Sijuwade on their record, was last admitted in July 2014 and had not been admitted at all this year to the hospital.
A large crowd has besieged the said monarch’s palace to confirm the passing of their king and to commiserate with the family, but they were all denied access by palace guards.