Pandemonium At Ooni’s Burial

A minor trouble was recorded at the burial ceremony for the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, on Friday in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

Trouble started when protocol officers attached to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, clashed with organisers of the Inter-Religious Farewell Service in honour of the late first class monarch over allocation of tables to dignitaries.

One of the VP’s aides had picked a front roll table for his boss, which the organisers had kept for the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, and other officials in the state.

The organisers kicked against this and a heated argument ensued. It took the prompt intervention of some elders to bring the situation under control. The table was later left for the governor.

Osinbajo is in Ife on behalf of the Federal Government.