The Palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has once again reacted to the disclosure of Olori Naomi that her marriage to the monarch has ended.
The palace countered the claim that marriage between the monarch and his wife has hit the rocks by saying they are probing a possible hack into Olori Naomi’s Instragam account.
During an interview with Punch, Director of Media and Strategy, Ooni’s palace, Moses Olafare, disclosed that Ogunwusi and Naomi went to bed as husband and wife, before the Queen issued a statement announcing the end of their marriage recently.
Also, Olafare stated that separation in marriage cannot be carried out by just one party. He further revealed that Ooni of Ife was packaging a special Christmas gift for Queen Naomi before the statement was released.
He said: “Separation is a two-way affair, it is not something that is announced by one party. The announcement of separation is subject to agreement by both parties.
“The palace is not aware of such separation because we all went to bed last night (Wednesday) the two being the king and queen.
“So, if by this morning, the queen went to social media to write that she is no longer in marriage with Ooni, we will look into it to see whether or not the Instagram page truly belongs to her, and to know the reason behind it.
“But as of today, this moment, the palace is not aware of the separation. Marriage is a private affair, no matter how prominent the personalities involved, it is a private affair.
“We will dig deeper and know what happened, but like I said, all of us just woke up to read about the separation on social media.
“Even by this time yesterday, (Wednesday) kabiyesi was still packaging a special gift for her.
“If you want to separate with someone, you cannot be packaging gift for her. I was aware that Kabiyesi was putting a special Christmas gift together for her. If he is not in love with her, he cannot be doing that. In fact, the Christmas gift has been delivered to her already.”
