Shockwaves are reverberating across Yorùbáland and the global Yorùbá diaspora following the sudden death of the Baba Ọba (King’s Father) of the famed Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, USA. The late Baba Ọba, Lukman Arohunfale, a revered socialite and traditionalist, passed away under circumstances already sparking fierce controversy. His death comes just days after he publicly accused the newly installed Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty Oba Akeem Adéyẹmọ Owoade, of allegedly ordering his courtiers to beat him mercilessly during a recent courtesy visit to the Oyo palace in Nigeria. In a widely circulated voice recording, the deceased recounted how what was meant to be a simple homage turned violent. Although the Baba Ọba had reportedly battled ill health in the past year, growing insinuations suggest that the alleged physical assault may have aggravated his condition, ultimately leading to his untimely death. The palace in Oyo recently denied that s...
She and her 34-year old instructor, Mauricio Gutiérrez Castillo, fell 1,300ft to their death as seen in a video which capture their fall. The duo couldn’t get their parachute to work.The video shows four other divers safely descending to the ground while two others plunged straight to the ground.
Jorge Gaitán, the director of Albatros Parachuting, actually believes the release mechanism may have been manipulated by someone.
He said:
“It wasn’t equipment failure or anything like that. It surely had to do with someone who was on that flight, who manipulated and activated the release mechanism,” the Mirror UK quotes.
“That doesn’t end up happening by accident: it is caused by a human. We are in those investigations. We still do not know what happened.”
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