Nigeria: Ife Residents Stockpile Food, Anticipate Mourning of Ooni

The apprehension over the news of the passing away of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, has thrown the ancient city into a frenzy of increasing purchase of food items ahead of an anticipated holiday.

Although relief came when the traditional chiefs announced on Wednesday that the Ooni was alive and well, shops and market were immediately closed once the news filtered in at the early hours of the day that the monarch had passed on.

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