The palace of the Asagba of Asaba said on Thursday that the first class monarch, Obi (Prof.) Chike Edozien, is not dead.
He was only hospitalised.
Edozien will clock 100 years on July 28.
The Palace Secretary, Ogbueshi Ndili, said the Asagba was only hospitalised.
There were rumours on Thursday morning that the nonagenarian monarch had joined his ancestors.