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| Ooni Of Ife. |
The Head of Oro cult in Ife, who is also
the Awara of Iwara Ife, Oba Layi Adereti, has said that the formal
announcement of the
demise of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade
Sijuwade, will be made on Wednesday (tomorrow).
This, he said, would however be done
after the conclusion of a traditional rite that would be done by Oro
worshippers in the town on Wednesday.
Consequently, Adereti asked residents of
Ife to stay indoors on Wednesday to enable the Oro worshippers to carry
out one of the final rites for the death of the late traditional ruler.
Adereti,
who said this in Ife while speaking on the demise of the Ooni for the
first time, said residents should stay indoors between 9am and 4pm.
He said the death of the monarch would
be made public on Wednesday (tomorrow), adding that there would be a
procession of Oro cult members on the day.
Adereti explained that after the Oro rite and the proclamation of the passage of the monarch, other rites would be carried out.
He appealed to residents to obey the restriction of movement order.
He said, “This is an official statement
from the palace of Awara of Iwara Ife, who is the head of the Oro deity –
that on Wednesday, August 12, 2015, there would be an official
proclamation of the demise of the Ooni of Ife.
“The proclamation will be made public during the Oro festival, being the final rite on the demise of the Ooni of Ife.
“Residents of the ancient town are,
therefore, urged to keep away from the streets between the hours of 9am
and 4pm during which the Oro deity would be out.
“With the announcement, the people are advised to stay indoors for the period when the Oro would be out.”
It will be recalled that the monarch
died at a hospital in the United Kingdom on July 28 but the Ife Royal
Traditional Council led by Oba Joseph Ijaodola, debunked the media
report the following day.
The chiefs also went to Governor Rauf
Aregbesola the following day and told him in the presence of journalists
that the monarch was alive.
They, however, met briefly with the governor behind closed doors but did not make public what they discussed.
Source: Punch Newspaper
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