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- noun An
emperor of the Oyo Empire.
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Examples
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She said: "The police cannot be recruited to eliminate members of the public as well as prominent citizens like our revered monarch, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi."
Thisday Online 2010
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Police Ask Alaafin to Substantiate Assassination Allegation
Thisday Online 2010
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The Oyo State Police Command has asked the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi
Thisday Online 2010
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High rising broadcaster, Wale Dada popularly known as The Good and Olowoketu are to anchor the event which will have the likes of Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, Sir Alex Akinyele, Dr. Yemi Farounbi among others.
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The two-day public hearing by the South-west zone Sub-committee on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution ended yesterday, with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III; and Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party
Thisday Online 2009
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