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Adekunle SulaimonIn September 2022, the media went agog over the controversy that trailed the marriage of the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi with his ex-wife, Silekunola Naomi, after she confirmed that her three-year love affair with the first class monarch has ended.
The fair-skinned ex-queen wrote, “I did my best to endure and make it work. Many times, I smiled through the struggle, but I have finally realised I had just one assignment: my son, and when God is done, He is done. He chose Saul to be king, and when He was done, He told the prophet Samuel I have moved on.”
Following the rumour that Naomi might return to the palace after she celebrated her 30th birthday, she cleared the air with The PUNCH that she had moved on and didn’t want to join the six other oloris in the palace. This report highlights the six Ooni wives that he married after divorcing Naomi.Olori Mariam lost her father at a tender age. She was raised in the home of the former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar.
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