We’ll rebuild 200-year-old Oyo palace, preserve our tradition — Alaafin

The new Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade, has announced plans to renovate the ancient Alaafin’s palace in Oyo town, describing it as long overdue for reconstruction while assuring all that the project will retain its traditional and cultural heritage.

Speaking in an interview published by Nigerian Tribune on Saturday, Oba Owoade noted that the palace, originally built almost 200 years ago by Atiba ‘Latunbosun—the first Alaafin…