344-Year-Old Tortoise, Alagba Dies After Brief Illness
October 4, 2019
7:45 am
The 344-year-old tortoise in the traditional ruler of Ogbomosoβs palace, popularly known as βAlagbaβ, has passed on.
Mr. Toyin Ajamu, the Private Secretary to Oba Jimoh Oyewunmi, Soun of Ogbomoso, confirmed this to reporters on Thursday in Ogbomoso.
The dead tortoise attracted several visitors both from Nigeria and abroad to the palace.
Ajamu said that the tortoise, whom he described as the oldest in Africa, died on Thursday during a brief illness.
He said the tortoise would be greatly missed not only by the palace household but everyone who came in contact with it during its lifetime.
βAlagba lived in …
