We have No say in the selection of who should be the Ooni's Olori - Sisters

The sisters of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja Il, have said, there is no iota of truth to the allegations that, they interfere in the selection of the Ooni’s queens and are at loggerheads with his Oloris leveled against them.

This is coming after the monarch’s wife, Evangelist Naomi Silekunola, announced her separation from the monarch through an Instagram post on December 23, 2021 and some social media users pointed fingers at the monarch’s sisters accusing the royal sisters of causing the rift between their brother and Naomi.

However, in a statement titled, ‘Campaign of calumny against the Ooni of Ile Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja Il & the royal sisters reads;

“We refer to the campaign of calumny presently ongoing in many media blogs, media houses, on the social media and by hatchet jobbers against our family targeting us, the sisters of the Ooni of Ife as being the cause of any or all forms of misunderstanding or ‘imaginary problems’ in the Palace. These despicable humans have been circulating the ‘fake’ news on various fake media outlets on matters none of them have an inkling of but will like to speak with unreserved authority.

In his immense wisdom, Kabiyesi from inception has separated the entire family from the activities of ruling our people forthrightly without any hindrances. His selection of who should be his Olori’s is also done without any form of hegemony or disturbance from any of us or the family. We support our Olori/s and have kept away from any of the matters concerning the private life of our revered King and father, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja Il.

We have continually been inundated on many social media (fake & real) of our supposed intrusion into Kabiyesi’s private life. Some of the ‘fake’ information has continually claimed that we the Royal sisters (Yeye 1, Yeye 2, Yeye 3, Yeye 4) live in the palace and usurp all manners of communication, and/ or information concerning the daily activities of the Palace. This is totally untrue, damning and slanderous.

Since the Ooni of Ife ascended the throne of our forefathers, none of us (the sisters) has ever lived in the palace. None of us have ever been overtly or covertly been involved in any of the day-to-day activities of the palace. We do not make any decisions whatsoever and only visit the palace when there are special events that our family, the Giesi family are required to be involved according to tradition.

We all live in Lagos in our different homes with our different families and are extremely busy with our businesses. We have never stopped praying for the success of our revered King, peace in Yoruba land and prosperity to all our people.”

This would be the third marriage crash of the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja before his coronation as king.

He was previously married to Adebukola Bombata in 2008 and Zaynab-Otiti Obanor in 2016. He then married Prophetess Naomi in 2018 and they have a son together.