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Another Popular Yoruba Monarch Is Dead
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Another popular Yoruba monarch has joined his ancestors.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Olowu of Owu kingdom, Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II (CON) is dead.
Owu is the hometown of former president Olusegun Obasanjo who is the Balogun of Owu kingdom.
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Oba Adegboyega who was one of the producers of the popular television series Village Headmaster in the 80s, died on Saturday in Abeokuta after a brief illness.
Oba Dosunmu ascended the throne in 2005 after his predecessor, Oba Adewale Adisa Odeleye, Lagbedu 1 died in 2003.
The late Dosunmu once revealed that as a staunch Christian, he refused to go through any ritual before his coronation as king as he considered the ritual process, anti progressive.
This online media had earlier reported that the Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, died on Sunday morning and has been buried same day around 4:30pm.
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