By Eseoghene Emuke
The estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Queen Silekunola Naomi, has given reasons why her marriage to the leading Yoruba monarch broke down irreconcilably.
While announcing her separation from the revered monarch, Queen Naomi, accused the traditional ruler of projecting two personalities before the public and his home.
Oba Ogunwusi and Naomi got married in 2018 after the monarch’s marriage to ex-queen Zaynab-Otiti Obanor also failed.
Obanor and the traditional ruler got married on March 16, 2016 but they got separated in 2017. The union did not produce any child.
In a statement posted on her Facebook page on Thursday, Naomi also announced that she ceased to be a queen of Ife and wife of Oba Ogunwusi.
“I did my best to endure and make it work; many times, I smiled through the struggle, but I have finally realised I had just one assignment, my son, and when God is done, He is done. He chose Saul to be king, and when He was done, He told the prophet Samuel I have moved on.
“Religion was never an issue between us; please refer to my interview on News Central TV. Instead, His Majesty has a picture he would love the world to see and perceive him as and another one which is his true self.
“Today I announce the beginning of a new dawn and the close of a chapter. Today, I am a mother to God’s unique gift. I am no longer a slave to my thoughts of perfection.
“I, at this moment, announce that I shall no longer be referred to as wife to the Ooni of Ife or as Queen of Ile-Ife but as the Queen of the people and mother of my adorable Prince.”
She further explained, “As many would love to assume, throughout our life as a couple, I was the only married wife to him. There were side attractions, but it was never an issue.
“I never approached him with any revelation of any sort, as many believed he contacted me first and made his proposal known several months later.
“The marriage was not an arranged one, as many have misconstrued. I never knew the prophetess said to have introduced me to him. Instead, he introduced her to me after I agreed to marry him. I was only being polite out of respect for him.
“I have never been pregnant all my life before Tadenikawo; my son is my first ever pregnancy with medical reports to back it up. The girl who is said to be my daughter is my niece.”
He later married Silekunola in 2018 and the marriage produced a son, Tadenikawo.
