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...
Oluyomi Victoria Olaniyi-Toluwalope (née Adeyemi-Wilson), who starred as the daughter of a character played by Olu Jacobs in the NTA detective series, Third Eye, has died at the age of 39.
Born on May 31, 1980, the lady better known as Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson, passed away on September 12, 2019.
The cause of her death has not been made public but a condolence page has been opened in her honour here.
An ex-student of Queens College, Lagos, Yomi acted as Uze, the daughter who provided Inspector Best Idafa (Olu Jacobs) with clues for solving criminal cases.
Her father in real life was Engineer Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson, a track star in the 1960s and 1970s.
Tosyn called the ex-child star Tea Rose.Among Yomi’s closest friends at Queens College was Tosyn Bucknor, the popular media personality who died from complications arising from sickle cell in November last year.
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