The estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Oguwunsi, Naomi Silekunola, reportedly collapsed in police custody after her arrest.
Naija News reported that Naomi was arrested after 40 people died in a stampede while struggling to gain entrance to the venue of a free funfair she organised for children in Ibadan.
In a Facebook post, a popular broadcast journalist in Ibadan, Seun Aribikola, revealed that Naomi collapsed amid the crisis.
He said the Ooni’s estranged wife was immediately rushed to the Police Hospital at Eleyele for medical treatment, alongside the Chairman of Agidigbo FM, Hamzat.
The spokesperson for the Oyo State Police Command, Adewale Osifeso, had said in a statement that eight individuals were arrested in connection with the incident.
