The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has joined his ancestors.
Ọba Adeyemi was said to have departed around 11PM on Friday night.
The first class monarch reigned for 52 years and departed at the age of 83.
According to the Premium Times, Alaafin Adeyemi, the third from the Alowodu Ruling House, joined his ancestors at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, where he was said to have gone for routine medical check-up.
According to the tradition of Oyo, the head of the Oyomesi, Basorun of Oyo, High Chief Yusuf Akinade, is expected to take over pending the enthronement of a new Alaafin.
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, is expected to make an official announcement upon receiving the report of the monarch’s passing from the Bashorun of Oyo, Chief Akinade.
The remains of the top Yoruba traditional ruler were brought to Oyo in the early hours of Saturday and traditional rites began.
He was 83 years old and the longest reigning Alaafin ever, having ruled for 52 years.
The monarch had been sick and a plan had been made to fly him abroad before he passed on late Friday night.