Alaafin Cried, Knew He Won’t Return To The Palace  From  Hospital — First son

Prince Isreal Adeyemi, first son of the late Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, Alaafin of Oyo, has disclosed that his late father had premonitions of his death before leaving the palace for hospital.

Prince Israel said  the late Alaafin instructed people close to him on how his burial rites will be carried out.

According to Prince Adeyemi, while recalling how the deceased monarch was transported from the palace to hospital in an ambulance belonging to the Afe Babalola Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, said, “As he got into the ambulance and we were about to go and we were all cheering him up, all of a sudden, he started crying. That was the first time I saw my father cry. That was the first time in my life that I saw my father shed tears. It was after he died that I realised that the man knew that he was not coming back. So, those were the telltale signs.”

Speaking further, he said the late king had talked about his death.

“He was always talking about death. That was one of the statements he uttered. And he had already told people where he should be buried. He had already given instructions. 

“I was told that the day he passed, he was telling everybody at the hospital, ‘We are going home! We are packing, we are going!’ And the people who were close to him knew he was going.

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