More details have emerged on how the 85-year-old Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II, passed away on Tuesday evening.
Oba Sijuwade was said to have breathed his last at about 7:30pm on Tuesday.
He died in Saint Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, United Kingdom, where he was reportedly flown to about five days ago unconscious.
Oba Sijuwade was born on January 1, 1930.
He became the fiftieth traditional ruler of Ile-Ife in 1980.
He was crowned on December 6, 1980.
The ceremony was attended by several prominent persons, including the representatives of the Queen of England.
He was born in Ile-Ife to the Ogboru ruling house and was grandson of the Ooni Sijuwade Adelekan Olubuse I.
He studied at Abeokuta Grammar School, Abeokuta, Ogun State and Oduduwa College in Ile-Ife.
He worked for three years in his father’s business, then for two years with the Nigerian Tribune, before attending Northampton College in the United Kingdom to study business management.
By the age of 30, he was a manager in Leventis, a Greek-Nigerian conglomerate.
In 1963, Oba Sijuwade he became Sales Director of the state-owned National Motor in Lagos.
After spotting a business opportunity during a 1964 visit to the Soviet Union, he formed a company to distribute Soviet-built vehicles and equipment in Nigeria, which became the nucleus of a widespread business empire.
He also invested in real estate in his home town of Ile Ife, reports theeagleonline.com.ng.
By the time Sijuwade was crowned Ooni in 1980, he had become a wealthy man.
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