Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi has taken yet another wife., YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine can confirm. The first class traditional ruler who is gradually adorning the toga of a serial divorcee recently added Mariam Anako, from Kogi State, to his list of women. The new wife, his fourth, joined him at the palace, in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.
However, knowing the Ooni’s antecedents, many are praying that this will be till death do them part. The reason being that the Ooni, prior to mounting the throne, was allegedly married to Adebukola Bombata. This was in 2008, and unfortunately failed.
In 2016, as a monarch, he married Edo-born Zaynab Otiti Obanor. The marriage crashed after only 17 months!
Not ready to waste time, he replaced her with another woman, Naomi Silekunola. This too crashed, after producing the Ooni’s crown prince.
Now the Ooni has embarked on another matrimonial journey with Mariam Anako.
The new wife was welcomed to the palace after some rites at the entrance and like is customary.
Mariam, for the record, is coming into the palace about 10 months after Naomi Silekunola, the last wife of the monarch left him and doling out innuendos here and there on her social media handles.
Specifically, Naomi announced her separation from the monarch on Thursday, December 23, 2021, thus putting a full stop on a marriage that produced a son, Tadenikawo, and lasted for about 3 years.
Before Naomi, however, were Adebukola and Zaynab, who also quit, making uncomplimentary remarks about the colourful and white-loving traditional ruler.