Forty-seven-year-old Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja 11 has taken a new wife after three divorces between 2016 and 2021.
The new wife, Mariam Anako, arrived at the palace of the monarch in Ile-Ife, Osun State yesterday.
The Ebira, Kogi State-born queen was ushered into the palace after brief rites at the entrance to the premises.
She was thereafter led into the inner court of the palace to meet her husband and other guests waiting to receive her.
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, the Ooni’s elder brother, Sooko Adegboyega Ogunwusi, and the monarch’s other siblings were also mentioned by the compere at the ceremony as being present.
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.
Recall that in 2008, Ogunwusi married Adebukola Bombata from whom he separated in 2016.
From 2016 to 2017, he was married to Zaynab Otiti Obanor from Edo State.
In October 2018, he married Prophetess Morenike Naomi Oluwaseyi.
Naomi announced her separation from the monarch through an Instagram post in on December 23, 2021. She also renounced the title of a ‘Queen’.
She said she tried to make the three-year union work but the Ooni’s public identity is at variance with “his true self”.
The marriage was blessed with a son, Tadenikawo.
