A popular monarch in Oyo state, the Onigbeti of Igbetiland, Oba Emmanuel Oyekan Oyebisi, Afasegbejo III is dead.
Trixx NG learnt that the monarch became king in 2004 and died at the age of 77.
Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111 announced the monarch’s death. He also condoles with the family and the entire people of igbeti and prayed that Grant him eternal rest.
Reacting to the death of the monarch, Oyo State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Hon. Abiodun Oni said, “We received with utter shock and sadness the news of the death of HRH, Oba Emmanuel Oyekan Oyebisi, Afasegbejo III, the Onigbeti of Igbeti Land, after 17 years on the throne.’
According to him, “Oba Emmanuel Oyekan Oyebisi’s wealth of experience, his wisdom and the royal candour he exuded was epochal and defining of a King that loved his people.”
The Commissioner extended his sincere condolences to the late Onigbeti’s family, his friends, associates and subjects, as well as the people of Olorunsogo local government on the departure of the monarch.