Mourners who were present at Oyo palace to sympathize with the family of Oba Lamidi Adeyemi were stung by bees.
Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi was announced dead at the late hours of Friday night.
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According to reports, some of the sympathizers, mourners, traditional rulers, religious leaders and politicians who thronged the Alaafin Palace, Akesan, Oyo State on Saturday morning around 10am got stung by bees.
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The incident reportedly happened after Islamic clerics had arrived at the palace in preparation for the burial of Oba Adeyemi.
A PUNCH newspaper correspondent observed that to ward off the attacking bees, residents in the open space in the palace who were affected plucked tree branches and leaves to drive the unwanted creatures away.
A policeman was one of the victims and some of the mourners assisted him to drive away the bees and removed some of the insects which got stuck in his uniform.