As days roll on the disagreement between the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and his wife, Olori Silekunola Naomi, the monarch’s sister have said that he independently conducts the affairs his matrimony and palace.
They said, contrary to some ‘fake’ news that they meddle in the affairs, they maintained a distance and did not live in the palace.
In a statement on Tuesday, said they were not the cause of any problems in the palace.
In the statement signed by Princess Folashade Ogunwusi-Fadairo, titled, ‘Campaign of calumny against the Ooni of Ile Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II & the royal sisters’, they noted:
“We refer to the campaign of calumny presently ongoing in many media blogs, media houses, on the social media and by hatchet jobbers against our family targeting us, the sisters of the Ooni of Ife as being the cause of any or all forms of misunderstanding or ‘imaginary problems’ in the Palace. These despicable humans have been circulating the ‘fake’ news on various fake media outlets on matters none of them have an inkling of but will like to speak with unreserved authority.
“In his immense wisdom, Kabiyesi from inception has separated the entire family from the activities of ruling our people forthrightly without any hindrances. His selection of who should be his Olori’s is also done without any form of hegemony or disturbance from any of us or the family. We support our Olori/s and have kept away from any of the matters concerning the private life of our revered King and father, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II.
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“We have continually been inundated on many social media (fake & real) of our supposed intrusion into Kabiyesi’s private life. Some of the ‘fake’ information has continually claimed that we the Royal sisters (Yeye 1, Yeye 2, Yeye 3, Yeye 4) live in the palace and usurp all manners of communication, and/or information concerning the daily activities of the Palace. This is totally untrue, damning and slanderous.
“Since the Ooni of Ife ascended the throne of our forefathers, none of us (the sisters) has ever lived in the palace. None of us have ever been overtly or covertly been involved in any of the day-to-day activities of the palace. We do not make any decisions whatsoever and only visit the palace when there are special events that our family, the Giesi family are required to be involved according to tradition.
“We all live in Lagos in our different homes with our different families and are extremely busy with our businesses. We have never stopped praying for the success of our revered King, peace in Yoruba land and prosperity to all our people.”
Olori Naomi had gone on social media to announce her separation from the king.
This shocked many people based on the love and affection that seemed to have defined the union.
Efforts have, however, been made to reconcile the royal family, although there has been another cultural theory that the palace has been cleansed after Naomi’s departure, with the suggestion that the system may not be able to absorb her again.
But Oba Ogunwusi has not spoken in that light.
