Tooro elders demand details of Oyo’s heir

The pro-Oyo voices argued that the late king had no urgency to publicly disclose the child since he never knew that he would die soon. “Why would the king talk about a young son? Did he know that he was going to die?” One of the meeting participants was quoted as saying.

King Oyo drinking milk from a calabash as he performed cultural rituals. On the right is Queen Mother Best Kemigisa.