Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s vice-president, today visited the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, to commiserate over the departure of the highly revered Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.
The 83-year old monarch, who reigned for 52 years, died late Friday night and was interred Saturday.
The VP, who is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was received by Akeem Adeyemi, two-term member of the house of representatives and his other siblings, after which he proceeded to greet Ayo Ladigbolu, a retired bishop and an Oyo prince as well as the wives left behind by the monarch.
He was in company of Raufu Olaniyan, deputy governor of Oyo State.
He described the departed monarch as a philosopher King who could have been an emeritus professor if he had ventured into academic
