The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade, is dead. According to palace sources, the monarch died at about 7.30pm on Tuesday in his palace in the Monatan area of Ibadan. Oba Odugade, who was born on April 14, 1914, became the Olubadan in July 2007.
It was gathered that palace guards immediately summoned a son of the deceased, Prof. Femi Lana, who also informed some Ibadan high chiefs about his father’s demise.
Though efforts to get the reaction of Lana were futile on Tuesday, a source close to him said the monarch’s corpse had been deposited at the morgue of an unnamed hospital in Ibadan.
The source said, “The Olubadan is dead. He died peacefully in his sleep in his palace at Monatan and not in the hospital around 7.30pm today (Tuesday) due to old age. You know he celebrated his 100th birthday in April 2014; he would have clocked 102 this year. The palace chiefs invited his son, Prof. Femi Lana, who in turn, informed some high chiefs, including the Ashipa of Ibadanland, Chief Eddy Oyewole.”
“His burial may not be immediate. He was not a Muslim but a strong member of the St. Peter Anglican Church, Aremo, and I’m sure that the church, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes and the Olubadan-in-Council will participate in his burial,” the chief said.
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