The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has witnessed three
failed marriages in recent times.
Adeyeye Ogunwusi was previously married to Adebukola Bombata in 2008, before he ascended the throne in 2015.
He also had a short lived romance Omolara Olatunbosun who bore a child, Adeola Anuoluwapo for him in 1994.
Although his marriage to his wife, Olori Zaynab Wuraola Otiti, a Bini princess on March 2016 failed due to irreconcilable differences, the Ooni got married to Prophetess Noami Silekunola on October 17, 2018.
Olori Silekunola had bore a son for the crown and had public celebratory moments with the Ooni in the past. However, she told the public through her Instagram handle that she had decided to move away from the marriage to the traditional ruler recently. Silekunola said “let it be known that this decision to move on did not come because his majesty is married to another queen. As many would love to assume, throughout our life as a couple I was the only one married of to him. There were side attractions, but it was never an issue”.
Six women have been reportedly linked to the Ooni but none have been official described as his wife by the palace. They are Olori Ronke Ademiluyi, Afolashade Ashley Ogunwusi, Temitope Adesegun, Kemi Fadojutimi, Olapeju Esimai and Olori Lola.
Ayaba Ronke Ademiluyi is a london trained lawyer who straddles the UK and Nigeria. She runs the Africa Fashion Week brand.
Olori Ashley Ademiluyi also spends her time between London and Ile-Ife. She runs an NGO in her name that caters for single mothers less privileged orphans.