Ooni of Ife’s wife, Olori Naomi, announces divorce from monarch

<p><strong>Olori Silekunola Naomi&comma; the wife of the Ooni of Ife&comma; Adeyeye Ogunwusi&comma; on Thursday announced that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I shall no longer be referred to as wife to the Ooni of Ife or as Queen of Ile-Ife”&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is coming as Ooni was widely reported in July to have secretly welcomed a new baby with another woman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She also seized the opportunity to correct some &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;misconceptions” about her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is the second time Ooni’s marriage will crash since he became king in 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ogunwusi had been involved in previous relationships&period; He had his first child Adeola Aanuolouwapo Ogunwusi &lpar;born in May&comma; 1994&rpar;&comma; with Omolara Olatubosun in Ibadan&period; They are co-parents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In 2008&comma; he married Adebukola Bombata&comma; from whom he separated in 2016 to marry Zaynab Otiti Obanor&comma; &lpar;his second wife from 2016 to 2017&rpar;&period; He wedded Prophetess Naomi in October 2018&comma; and is presently tied to Olori Ashley Afolashade whom he introduced to his birthday party guests as his wife in October 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Read Olori Naomi’s full post below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I bless the Lord almighty for His faithfulness in the last 3years of my marriage&period; In life’s journey&comma; it isn’t how far&period; Still&comma; how well&comma; indeed though satan should buffet if trials should come&comma; I have this blessed assurance controlling all situations and saying to me it is well with my soul&period; Certainly&comma; it is well&period; I made my journey into the ancient throne of Ife with faith in my heart and love for the keeper of it&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Few impressions I would love to correct&period; If anyone knows otherwise&comma; they are free to come up with facts&period; Let it be known that this decision to move on did not come because his majesty is married to another queen&period; As many would love to assume&comma; throughout our life as a couple&comma; I was the only married wife to him&period; There were side attractions&comma; but it was never an issue&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>I never approached him with any revelation of any sort&comma; as many believed he contacted me first and made his proposal known several months later&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>The marriage was not an arranged one&comma; as many have misconstrued&period; I never knew the prophetess said to have introduced me to him&period; Instead&comma; he introduced her to me after I agreed to marry him&period; I was only being polite out of respect for him&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>I have never been pregnant all my life before Tadenikawo&semi; my son is my first ever pregnancy with medical reports to back it up<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>The girl who is said to be my daughter is my niece<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>I did my best to endure and make it work&semi; many times&comma; I smiled through the struggle&comma; but I have finally realised I had just one assignment&comma; my son&comma; and when God is done&comma; He is done&period; He chose Saul to be king&comma; and when He was done&comma; He told the prophet Samuel I have moved on&period; Religion was never an issue between us&semi; please refer to my interview on News Central TV&period; Instead&comma; His Majesty has a picture he would love the world to see and perceive him as and another one which is his true self&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Today I announce the beginning of a new dawn and the close of a chapter&period; Today&comma; I am a mother to God’s unique gift&period; I am no longer a slave to my thoughts of perfection&period; I&comma; at this moment&comma; announce that I shall no longer be referred to as wife to the Ooni of Ife or as Queen of Ile-Ife but as the Queen of the people and mother of my adorable Prince<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;