Ooni Of Ife Is Dead

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade is dead. He died today in London at the age of 85. Oba Sijuwade was the fifth Ooni of Ife. He climbed unto the throne on December 6, 1980. As the Ooni of Ife, He presided over the Ife territory, in the south West Nigeria but his influence went far and beyond. He came into office at the height of the supremacy fight amongst Yoruba Obas. The crisis pitched him against the Alaafin of Oyo. It festered on until Osun State was carved out of the Old Oyo State. Before he became  an Oba, he studied at Abeokuta Grammar School and later at Northampton  College in the United kingdom before he became a manager at Leventis stores.