Ooni Of Ife Marries Fourth Wife
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has married a fourth wife in person of Princess Ashley Adegoke.
The wedding ceremony of the monarch and Adegoke who is based in the UK, took place on Friday, October 14, at the bride’s family house situated on Olubose Street, along Ede road, IIe-Ife.
This year, he has married Olori Mariam Anako from Ebira land in Kogi State. Olori Elizabeth Opeoluwa Ogunwusi nee Akinmuda was betrothed to him shortly after his marriage to Mariam.
Ooni married Tobi Phillips as his third wife on Sunday, October 9, before his marriage to Princess Ashley yesterday.
This is however the Ooni’s seventh marriage. Before his coronation in 2016, Oba Adeyeye was previously married to Adebukola Bombata in 2008, but the marriage failed after his coronation.
After being crowned, Ooni married Edo-born Zainab-Otiti Obanor in 2016, the union lasted for 17 months before their separation. He then married Naomi Silekunola in 2018.
Ooni’s new marriage is coming ten months after Queen Naomi Silekunola took to social media to announce her separation from the monarch in December 2021.
