The palace of Ooni in Ile- Ife has declared not aware of the divorce of queen of of Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, as made public on Thursday, which went viral on social media, adding that, the story also caught the royal father unaware.
Penpushing reports that Queen Silekunola Ooni through her instagram handle announced dissolution of her 3-year old marriage with the first class traditional ruler, stressing that henceforth she should not be referred to as wife of Ooni of Ife or as queen of Ife, but as the queen of the people.
The Palace Media Officer, Moses Olafare when contacted exclusively by Penpushing media over the controversial issues, said the ugly development caught the Kabiyesi and his Chiefs unaware, adding that, nobody has promonition of the action.
‘Just like everybody saw it, we saw it on social media this morning. As at last night, before we went to bed, there was no indications that suggest that something like that will happened. Nobody has premonition of it’, Olafare emphasised.
Penpushing further reports that, the palace stated that, there was no issue that warrant such action from the Queen, adding that the palace was not in the know of the said separation, and that if such would happened the chiefs would have being notified
‘And as a palace I want to say that we are not aware of such seperation. If there is to be a seperation, the chiefs would have been notified. Everybody, including Kabiyesi saw it on social media, as the general public saw it’, Olafare said
‘Marriage is a private affairs, whatever the decision that will be taken, will be mutual,so in this case, it is on social media, that Olori said, she is longer in the marriage. The palace is not aware of such seperation’, he emphasised
Penpushing also reports that, Olafare explained that, as at Wednesday evening, the royal father was making arrangements for special Christmas gifts for his wife, and was happily preparing for the package’, he added
‘By this time yesterday, Kabiyesi was making arrangements for a big Christmas package for his wife. Kabiyesi was happily preparing Christmas package’, the palace recalled
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