The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, married his fourth wife, Princess Ashley.
This has always a dream for Princess Ashley, the monarch’s long-term concubine.
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According to reports, The royal wedding is currently underway with the marriage rites beginning in Ile Ife.
The Ooni of Ife’s family members was also said to be relocating to the late Prince Adeniyi Adegoke’s family home on Olubose Street, along Ede Road, and the ancient city of Ile Ife was abuzz with excitement yesterday.
The Ooni of Ife was nowhere to be seen at the wedding ceremony, just as he was at Queen Tobi Phillips’. His chiefs, royal guards, and royal staff were all present to represent him.
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According to the wedding invitation, the King and his new wife planned to marry on October 14th, 2022 at the Palace of the Ooni and the bride’s parents’ home.
Many people were ecstatic about the good news, noting how the Princess deserved a place on the King’s throne.
Princess Ashley would be the King’s fourth wife, as he already has three wives, all of whom he married within two months of each other.
Ooni welcomed Queen Mariam into his palace as his first wife in September. Then, a few days after his first marriage, Queen Elizabeth Ogunwusi proposed to him in Magodo, Lagos. On October 9, 2022, Tobi Phillips married the monarch for the third time.
Ooni is set to marry his fifth and sixth wives.
According to reports, the Ooni of Ife is planning to marry his fifth and sixth wives.
Before marrying Queen Wuraola Otiti and Queen Noami Silekunola, the incoming queens were the King’s concubines.
Ronke Ademiluyi, Princess
According to the Kemi Ashefon blog, Princess Ronke, the Ooni’s soon-to-be fifth wife, knew the King before he ascended to the throne in 2015.
The London-educated lawyer is a well-known entrepreneur who has lived in both the United Kingdom and Nigeria. Ronke is the creator of the popular fashion showcase platforms AFWN and AFWL. As a prince at the time, the now-Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi’s company was a major sponsor of ‘Africa Fashion Week Nigeria,’ the fashion showcase platform founded by Princess Ronke Ademiluyi, a single mother of one. Ronke’s great-grandfather was Ooni Ademiluyi Ajagun, a princess from Ile Ife.
She is also the Queen Moremi Initiative’s global ambassador and the founder of the Adire Odua. Her wedding to the Ooni is scheduled for October 17, three days after his 48th birthday.
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Princess Temitope Adesegun, the Ooni’s alleged sixth wife, is a high achiever. During the Babatunde Raji Fashola administration, she worked as the Personal Assistant to the late Secretary to the State Government, Princess Aderenle Adeniran-Ogunsanya.
Adesegun was previously married but later divorced. She is based in Lagos and is the director of the Hope Alive Initiative Poverty Alleviation Advocacy, which is supported by the House of Odua and inspired by the Ooni.
Her wedding to the Ooni is mentioned a few days after Ronke Ademiluyi’s.
