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Moving on from his estranged wife, Naomi Silekunola Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has officially taken to wife an oil and gas executive from Kogi State, Mariam Anako, who has vowed to be the monarch’s last wife.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the Ooni of Ife officially married Mariam on Tuesday in a brief ceremony that was held at the Enuwa’s Palace in Ile-Ife, coming after a former wife of the Oba, Wuraola Zaynab Otiti-Obanor welcomed a baby with her new husband.
Although the Ooni of Ife is yet to make an official statement regarding the marriage, Mariam is said to have been of immense help to the Ooni, which must have endeared her to him.
According to sources, she was given the necessary traditional rite last night with the popular pouring of a reddish substance on her legs, which will officially ushers her into the palace as a bride.
The sources claimed she might leave for Lagos State alongside her people after the ceremony as she will not be resident in the palace due to the nature of her job.
Congratulations to Kabiesi Ooni of Ife…New Wiffy don enter ✌️ pic.twitter.com/phov7mSjb2
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TNG reports Mariam, who works in Nestoil Limited, Nigeria’s largest indigenous engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning company in the oil and gas sector, is a native of the Ebira ethnic group in Kogi.
She lost her dad at a young age and was brought up in the home of the former IGP Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, who reigned as the boss of the Nigerian Police between (2012 to 2014). MD Abubakar, as he is known, is the in-law of Africa’s wealthiest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote. The Ooni’s new mother-in-law is a retired police officer.
This will be Ooni’s fourth official marriage after his marriages to Bukola, Zaynab and most recent, Naomi collapsed. Months back, Naomi shocked the fans of the Ife royals when she renounced her name and role as the Queen of Ife.
The beautiful prophetess and mother of one stirred mixed reactions online when she accused the monarch of being two-faced.
Meet The Beautiful Wife of The Ooni of IFE, Mariam Anako-Ogunwusi. The Ooni married her officially today.. https://t.co/VCVPNwAY9W pic.twitter.com/Jxm95n1er0
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