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Olubadan of Ibadan dies at 93

 



The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, has died.

The monarch, 93,  died in the early hours of Sunday, January 2. 2022.

Sources at the palace of the Olubadan said that the Monarch died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

 

Adetunji, who was crowned the 41st Olubadan on March 4, 2017, was born on August 26, 1928. He was the first of 17 children of his parents.

 

May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

 

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