The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has married a new wife, Mariam Anako, about nine months after then Queen Naomi Silekunola announced her separation from him.
According to Channels Television, the monarch received his new bride on Tuesday evening after brief rites at the palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State. It was also learnt that siblings of the new queen and Oba Ogunwusi were present at the private ceremony.
Moses Olafare, the spokesman for the monarch shared photos and videos of the event on his Facebook page.
The former 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. While some Yoruba monarchs tried to intervene, the reconciliation efforts proved abortive.
In 2008 before his coronation, Ooni was married to Adebukola Bombata but the marriage did not last long. After his coronation in 2016, he married Zaynab-Otiti Obanor from Edo State but they separated after 17 months.
Ooni, who married Naomi in 2018, also had a daughter, Princess Adeola Ogunwusi, with Omolara Olatubosun.
