Ooni of Ife, Ogunwusi remarries {Photos}

The Arole Odua and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, married a new wife, Mariam Anako, about nine months after Queen Naomi Silekunola announced her separation from the first-class monarch.

According to palace sources, Oba Ogunwusi received his new bride on Tuesday evening after brief rites at the palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

It was also gathered that siblings of the new queen and Oba Ogunwusi were present at the private ceremony.

Me Moses Olafare, the media aide to the foremost monarch splashed photos and videos of the event on his Facebook page.

Sources also said an official statement will soon be released by the palace.

It would be recalled that the then Queen Naomi had on December 23, 2021, announced her separation from the monarch in an Instagram post and ended the three-year union that produced a son, Tadenikawo.

Though some Yoruba monarchs tried to intervene, however, the reconciliation efforts were unproductive.

In 2008 before his coronation, Ooni was married to Adebukola Bombata but the marriage did not work. After his coronation in 2016, he married Zaynab-Otiti Obanor from Edo State but they separated after 17 months.

The monarch, who married Naomi in 2018, also had a daughter, Princess Adeola Ogunwusi, with Omolara Olatubosun.