How old was Alaafin of Oyo when he became king?

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III has passed on bringing an end to his 52-year-old reign on the throne.

He died at age 83, at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti. The public is waiting for the funeral arrangement of the Alaafin of Oyo. The cause of his death is yet to be communicated to the public.

How old was Alaafin of Oyo when he became king?

Oba Adeyemi III ascended the throne of Alaafin in 1970 at the young age of 31 shortly after the end of the civil war. He became the king when Colonel Robert Adeyinka Adebayo was the military governor of Oyo State.

One notable attribute of the late king was his love for boxing, a skill he had dramatically displayed in public. He was said to be a boxer before ascending the throne.