PRESS RELEASE

The saddening news of the royal passage of His Imperial Majesty Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi hit us like high voltage thunderbolt. Totally unexpected and unanticipated.

The Alaafin Oba Adeyemi lll was a veritable inspirer and an inspiration to Yoruba self-consciousness. He was a towering pillar of support and great defender of our spiritual faith. He believed in the avowed rightness of the Yoruba Self-Determination agenda the same way he believed in the freedom of all peoples the world over to determine and choose the way they want to be governed.

Adeyemi was a phenomenal monarch and an embodiment of the quintessential Yoruba mores, traditions and culture and a huge encyclopaedia of Yoruba history. An intellectual with a gargantuan library in his crowned head, Adeyemi was a great teacher, debater, discussant and orator.

The likes of Adeyemi appear on earth once in a millennium. Incomparable and irreplaceable, the uniqueness of Adeyemi’s persona and charm stood him out as an Alaafin whose shoes may be difficult to inherit.

The transition of Adeyemi is a painful loss to the Yoruba nation, to the African race and to global humanity in general.

The Yoruba Global Alliance, along with millions of our accredited members worldwide, mourns the passage of this titanic Monarch and a dependable and reliable royal father.

Iku Baba Yeye, O di gbere, O d’arinako!

Tola Adeniyi,

Chairman of Council, YGA