His Royal Majesty, the Owa Ale of Ikare Akoko, Oba Adegbite Adedoyin is dead.
Oba Adedoyin was 85 years of age and ruled on the throne for 48 years before death.
WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the late royal father had battled an undisclosed brief illness which later led to his demise.
Until his death, Owa-Ale was the President of a group of ondo state traditional rulers under 130 Krown Obas and member of the State Council of Obas.
In a related story, WITHIN NIGERIA reported that two suspected thugs have arrested by Ondo State Police Command for allegedly attacking the monarch of Igbokoda, Oba Afolabi Odidiomo in Ilaje Government Area of Ondo State.
Thugs stormed the community with machetes on Thursday as the monarch narrowly escaped death.
The traditional ruler sustained several machete cuts on his head and was left in a pool of blood by his assailants.