The Ife palace has reacted to a posting on the verified social media pages of Olori Silekunola Naomi, wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, which stated that she had separted from the king.
According to the palace, the information is strange to the Ooni, because he is still treating her like a wife that she is.
The monarch’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare, noted that her Instagram and Facebook pages might have been hacked.
While Naomi has, however, not refuted the claims, Olafare told ‘The Punch’ on Wednesday:
“Separation is a two-way affair, it is not something that is announced by one party. The announcement of separation is subject to agreement by both parties.
“The palace is not aware of such separation because we all went to bed last night (Wednesday) the two being the king and queen.
“So, if by this morning, the queen went to social media to write that she is no longer in marriage with Ooni, we will look into it to see whether or not the Instagram page truly belongs to her, and to know the reason behind it.
“But as of today, this moment, the palace is not aware of the separation. Marriage is a private affair, no matter how prominent the personalities involved, it is a private affair.
“We will dig deeper and know what happened, but like I said, all of us just woke up to read about the separation on social media.
“Even by this time yesterday, (Wednesday) kabiyesi was still packaging special gift for her.
“If you want to separate with someone, you cannot be packaging gift for her. I was aware that Kabiyesi was putting special Christmas gift together for her. If he is not in love with her, he cannot be doing that. In fact, the Christmas gift has been delivered to her already.”
