Ooni of Ife reacts to the fire incident at the palace of Oba of Lagos

The fire incidence at the palace of the Oba of Lagos on Tuesday, 2nd May has nothing to do with the Lagos’ monarch’s relationship with the Ooni of Ife, an official has said.

The spokesperson of the Ooni’s palace, Moses Olafare, says the Ife monarch, Enitan Ogunwusi, is unhappy with the fire incident.

“We are not happy over the fact that the palace of Lagos king got burnt, we can only sympathise with the palace on the development,” he said.

The fire incident at the Lagos monarch’s palace, occured about one week after a video showed the Lagos monarch, Rilwan Akiolu, snub the Ooni.

There have been rumours on social media that Tuesday’s fire was caused by the snub, reports denied by Mr. Olafare.

“People are entitle to their own views,” he said. “But what people say doesn’t mean that is the position of the palace. What happened is mere coincidence and should not be traced to the incident in Lagos, we send our sympathies,” he added.

 

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