The Oyo State Government has denied media reports suggesting that the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, is dead.
Some media reports on Monday night claimed that the revered monarch was dead at the age of 89.
However, in an interview with PUNCH Online correspondent on Monday night, the Oyo State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Wasiu Olatunbosun, refuted the rumours.
Olatunbosun stated that the Olubadan of Ibadan is al
ive, hale and hearty.
By the time I left the palace around 8 pm, there was nothing of such incident. Things were moving well. There was no crisis. And when I contacted the palace after I left, they told me Baba is hale and healthy.
Kola Oladeji reporting.
