Days after Olori Silekunola Naomi threatened to open up on certain things, his estranged husband, The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has remarried.
He has said I DO to Mariam Anako, a woman from Ebiriland.
Evangelist Naomi had announced quitting in an online post about a year ago, saying she had been experiencing unbearable things in the palace.
There were moves to get her back into the palace but all seem to have proved abortive.
Whether or not she can remarry may be another issue, since the monarch is not believed to be an ordinary man whose estranged woman could just embrace another mortal.
As ‘The Punch’ also reports, Oba Ogunwusi in a video shared on the Facebook page of his spokesperson, Moses Olafare, around 10:30 pm on Tuesday, was assisted by chiefs and close aides, in welcoming the new wife into the palace.
Also, Ooni elder brother, Sooko Adegboyega Ogunwusi, and the monarch’s other siblings were also mentioned by the compere at the ceremony as being present.
It adds that during the ceremony, Anako’s relations from Ebiraland in Kogi State and Ilorin in Kwara State were also present and they took turn to greet Ooni.
The new wife was coming into the palace about 10 months after Naomi Silekunola, the last wife of the monarch left him.
Specifically, Naomi announced separation with the monarch on Thursday, December 23, 2021, thus ended a marriage that produced a son, Tadenikawo, and lasted about 3 years.
Before being coronated king, the Ooni was previously married to Adebukola Bombata in 2008 but the marriage failed. As a monarch, the Ooni married Edo-born Zaynab-Otiti Obanor in 2016 but the union lasted for 17 months before their separation.
He later married Silekunola in 2018 and the marriage produced a son before the divorce announcement in December.
The monarch also had a daughter with Omolara Olatubosun as a teenager. Olatubosun gave birth to Princess Adeola Ogunwusi but recently, there have been counter-claims between the Ooni and Olatubosun over who was responsible for the upbringing of their daughter.
