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Any Man Who Sleeps With Ooni's Ex-Queen Without Cleansing Will Die! - Ifa Priest - Mhiz Rebecca - 09-04-2017
in the wake of the breakup of Ooni of Ife, Oba
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, and his former
wife, Olori Wuraola, which expectedly created
shockwaves and reverberated around the world,
more salacious details have since emerged.
Information gleaned from various social media
platforms and other sources indicate that both
parties, prior to being joined in matrimony, were
divorcees, who had been involved in failed
marriages.
Sunday Sun gathered that the ex-Olori Wuruola, who
has reverted to her maiden name, Zaynab Otiti-
Obanor, following the breakup, had been married
twice, thereby making her failed marriage to Ooni the
third marital union that crashed. On his part, the Ooni
had been garlanded with the medals of two failed
marriages before his latest (and third) broken union.
In the face of the serial divorce now associated with
both the Ooni and his ex-queen, a serious twist has
been added to the tale as an expert on Yoruba
culture and renowned Ifa priest, Chief Yemi
Elebuibon has revealed that ex-Olori Wuraola, must
necessarily undergo appropriate traditional cleansing
process to enable her to regain normal life.
While noting that Ooni would not be the first Yoruba
Oba to be seperated from his wife, Elebuibon
stressed, however, that marriage breakup is not very
common among Yoruba Obas.
However, if the breakup happens as in the case of
the Ooni and his wife, he said that, “the wife of the
Oba will be asked to consult Ifa and Ifa will give
directions on how she will make the necessary
atonement for her cleansing.”
He explained further: “In Yoruba tradition, a woman
who has been married to a king cannot lay with any
other man even if the marriage breaks up. But when
the right atonements have been made, there won’t
be problem.”
On the kind of problems which an Oba’s ex-wife
might encounter if she refused to undergo the
traditional cleansing rites, Elebuibon said: “For the
woman, she might not really have a problem but for
any man who sleeps with a queen or marries an ex-
queen without the appropriate cleansing, the man
may die prematurely, he may be struck with sickness
or there might be retrogression in his life.”
He explained that if an ex-queen wants to remarry,
she will have to do the cleansing with her new
husband. Both of them have to take part in the
atonement procedures so that they won’t have any
future problem.
“Any marriage she would be going into must not be
elaborate. They should go far away and avoid any
flamboyant wedding,” Elebuibon warned.
The news of the breakup between the Ooni and the
ex-Olori, confirmed stories that had been circulating
for months on blogs, social media and some
magazines, to the effect that the marriage was
troubled.
But, last Wednesday, Olori Wuraola Zynab Ogunwusi,
released an official statement on her Instagram page
to confirm that her 17-month marriage to the one of
the most revered monarchs in Yoruba land had
broken down irretrievably and was officially over.
Although, both parties have refused to give reasons
for the breakup, in her statement, the ex-queen
stated that the failed marriage was not as a result of
infidelity or infertility on her part.
Her words: “We have got to stop this culture of
shaming and vilifying women with false stories of
infidelity and nefarious behaviour. The spreading of
false information (through “sources” afraid to be
identified), is the mark of cowardice and a cover up
for guilty parties to justify their horrific actions.
There is absolutely no truth to the media circulated
lies of infidelity and infertility – on my end.”
Although, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has not
issued a statement, it is glaring that the once
fairytale marriage has finally packed up.
Genesis of the breakup
The collapse of the marriage can be traced to the
very beginning. Some people believe that one of the
reasons the marriage failed was because Ooni made
a hasty decision to get married to the ex-Olori, while
others opined that the breakup happened because
they didn’t court for long. Ooni was an eligible
bachelor when he came to the throne and as the
tradition demanded, he needed a wife and so he was
introduced to Wuraola. As at that time, there were
speculations that Wuraola was married to a Lebanese
businessman but when the Ooni became serious that
he wanted Olori Wuraola as a wife, she left the
Lebanese to become the queen of Ife.
According to Linda Ikeji’s blog in February 2016,
Olori Wuraola was still with the Lebanese
businessman: “She was with this guy in February
2016. In fact, she had their photo on her WhatsApp
DP and just the following month, in March, she was
married to the Ooni. We were all surprised.”
Many reports alleged that the Ooni was advised by
many well respected Nigerians not to marry her. The
former president, Olusegun Obasanjo was also
mentioned as one of the well respected Nigerians
who told the Ooni not to marry the former Olori but
he refused. There are also reports that Olori Wuraola
had earlier been married to a former governor.
Another reason given, for the breakup was that the
former Olori expected so much from the Ooni and
when the expectations were not met, a friction began
developing in their relationship. The Ooni on his part
was said to have started to doubt her loyalty to him.
It was claimed that there was an issue of text
messages found on her phone. Also, there was an
instance when she travelled abroad without her
being accompanied and so many other sundry
issues that made the Oba say he was no longer
interested.
However, there are also speculations that the ex-
Olori left because she was aware that Ooni wanted to
take more wives and, according to sources, this
didn’t sit well with her.
Queen between tradition and modernity
The ex-Olori once spoke at the Emerging Women’s
Forum, in Maryland, USA, stating that she was not a
fan of gender equality, which she felt limits women.
“I am not a huge fan of gender equality. We can’t be
equal, we can’t be men. We have our roles to play
here, a very pivotal one. The modern pattern of
feminism has succeeded in limiting women and
denying them of the heights they could reach;
gender equality is unrealistic.”
However, sources from some quarters claimed that
the comments at the American forum were more like
the Ooni spoke through her. Many believe that the
former Olori was not well schooled in the traditional
role of a queen of the Ooni. According to the Yoruba
tradition, a queen is trained to worship the ground
on which his king walks upon. She is not allowed to
ask questions and must be in total submission to
the Ooni and she would dare not speak back at him.
A woman who is married to an Ooni cannot exhibit
any modern traits if she wants her marriage to
succeed. There are speculations that the ex-Olori
behaved otherwise. This was seen as an abomination
and it ran contrary to the traditional role of an Ooni’s
queen
Is there a new Olori about to be unveiled?
Days before the former Olori announced her failed
marriage, there were speculations that the Ooni had
married a new wife, whose name was given as
Bolanle.
The word out is that Bolanle had always been in the
picture. In fact, many people had assumed that she
was going to be the Olori before Wuraola snatched
the queen’s crown, albeit briefly. Some sources said
that Bolanle might be the new Olori. Even though the
information about her is still very sketchy, the same
source revealed that Bolanle is also fair-skinned like
the former Olori.
However, Bolanle won’t be the only Olori at the
Ooni’s palace; two women are also said to be
coming to join the Ooni’s group of wives. One of
them is a classy lady who works with one of the big
telecommunications companies in the country and
the other whose full identity is not yet known is said
to live abroad.