Divorce saga: Ooni’s queen ejected by gods,says palace source

A palace source and notable indigene of ancient town of Ile -Ife, Sola Lawal has faulted divorce claim of Olori Silekunola Ogunwusi against the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, explaining that contrary to position of the immediate past queen, it was the gods who rejected her for reasons known to them alone.

Penpushing reports that Lawal made this known exclusively to Penpushing media while responding as update to the controversial development, expalining that, assumption of office of an Ooni is a culmination of a complex web of traditional cleansing  and atonement, adding that this is what is commonly referred to as purification of an intending queen

The known close associate of the monarch, going memory lane, explained that the Ogunwusi experience was not new in history of the ancient palace, adding that similar occurence was recorded during the reign of Oba Olubuse, but did not attract public attention because there was no social media then, and there were so many queens

“Your view in this matter only reflects your limited understanding of the ancient palace of Oduduwa and anyone chanced to dwell in it particularly spouse of a reigning Oonirisa. Please permit me to explain a little. As we all know,  assumption of office of an Ooni is a culmination of a complex web of traditional cleansing and atonement”, Lawal explained

“This is what is commonly referred to as ritual purification of an intending Ooni. What most people do not know however is that a part of the puritanistic process also involves the spouse of the Ooni, but in the case of an Olori, this process rather than focusing cleansing is concerned with deep traditional appraisal to determine suitability or otherwise of an Olori as co-occupant of the palace”, he added

“For an Olori the process is never ending. Therefore an Olori’s tenancy in the palace, so to say , remains at the behest of the gods and their approval of such. Flowing naturally from this is the fact that at the transition of an Ooni every widowing Olori is by tradition an inheritance of new Ooni. Don’t forget that willed Oloris are already pure”,Lawal stated

“Now the reason, the exit of Oloris from the palace in the case of Ogunwusi’s Ooniship is accompanied with so much hoopla is because of his preference for monogamy. In a harem of wives, when the gods eject one it remains a drop in the ocean that no one notices. Yes and any Olori the gods find unsuitable at any point although an untrained eye won’t see it”, he explained.

‘My brother , we indeed had three such incidents that I know of clearly during the time of Olubuse. The news were not all over the place, only because there were so many Oloris in the palace. At the last count I know of eight apart from Aunty Mori who along with Ladun, ( Orangun’s daughter) and the 24 year old princess from Akure, Ooni Olubuse married barely four years to his departure.

Penpushing also reports that Lawal posited that no Ooni of Ife is ever known to be parading a missionary christian leader, emphasising that Silekunola was ejected by the gods for reason best known to them, stressing that the resident gods in the Oduduwa prime abode determines who is qualified to live in the palace.

“No Ooni is ever known to parade a wife like a missionary Christian leader. I just heard from Lambua that his dad left 17 Oloris in the palace when he passed. Lambua, 80, is Aderemi’s third son. Okanle Igba Irunmoles controls who dwells and gets ejected from Oduduwa prime abode. Quote me along this line”, Lawal declared

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