The wives and the children of the Late Oba Sijuade, the Ooni of Ife were barred from seeing the remains of their father. Sources revealed that that was simply traditional. That in an ideal sense, the corpse nor the casket was supposed to be seen by any of them. Tradition was broken because the remains of the monarch was returned from abroad.
Those according to the source that pleaded anonymity, that would see him were only those to performed the sacred and secret rites of a dead Oba. After the rites, he would be buried at the middle of the night.
He said, “As we are holding this interdenominational service here, those concerned are performing their own rites inside the palace where the body is kept.
“You can see that the gates of the palace are locked and nobody is allowed to go inside. Nobody can see him again except those who will bury him.
“The wives and children were not even supposed to see his corpse at all but tradition was broken this time around because he (Sijuwade) died in London. But no family member can see him again. Those performing the rites are there now and they will complete it today (Friday). He will be buried in the middle of the night, but nobody will be there apart from those who will lower him into the grave.”
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