The palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has reacted to the report of Olori Naomi Silekunola detaching herself from royalty.
Naomi had yesterday (Thursday, December 23), took to her Instagram page to announce that she no longer wish to be known or addressed as the wife of the Ooni. READ HERE
Reacting to the reported divorce which had sparked reactions, the Director of Media and Strategy, Ooni’s palace, Moses Olafare, told PUNCH that as of Wednesday evening, Ogunwusi and Naomi went to bed as husband and wife.
Olafare said;
“Separation is a two-way affair, it is not something that is announced by one party. The announcement of separation is subject to agreement by both parties.
“The palace is not aware of such separation because we all went to bed last night (Wednesday) the two being the king and queen.
“So, if by this morning, the queen went to social media to write that she is no longer in marriage with Ooni, we will look into it to see whether or not the Instagram page truly belongs to her, and to know the reason behind it.
“But as of today, this moment, the palace is not aware of the separation. Marriage is a private affair, no matter how prominent the personalities involved, it is a private affair.
“We will dig deeper and know what happened, but like I said, all of us just woke up to read about the separation on social media.
Even by this time yesterday, (Wednesday) kabiyesi was still packaging special gift for her.
“If you want to separate with someone, you cannot be packaging gift for her. I was aware that Kabiyesi was putting special Christmas gift together for her. If he is not in love with her, he cannot be doing that. In fact, the Christmas gift has been delivered to her already.”
