FOLLOWING the 48-hour ultimatum issued by Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, to Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, to withdraw the Oluomo of Yorubaland title conferred on a business mogul, the Ooni’s Spokesperson, Mr Moses Olafare, yesterday, described it as “an empty threat from a dead empire.”