Ooni of Ife’s sisters deny alleged involvement in palace affairs

The royal sisters of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi have denied knowledge or involvement in the palace affairs, contrary to insinuations that they (families) have been responsible for misunderstanding and imaginary problems within the palace.

Penpushing reports that, siblings of the royal father made this clarification in a statement issued and signed by Princess Folashade  Ogunwusi-Fadairo on behalf of the families, adding that they are united  royal sisters in full support of the monarch.

The statement sent to media houses, including online media across the globe said the clarification became necessary following campaign of calumny presently going on many media blogs, media houses and social, said to be hatchet job to tarnish their images

‘We write as a united family of sisters in full support our revered King, the Ooni of Ife,Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11. 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’, they wrote.

‘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’, Ogunwusi-Fadairo said

‘Firstly, just like the kingmakers who selected the Giesi family house and our father the Ooni of Ife, Oon Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, we personally hold strong our support of Kabiyesi on his immense wisdom, acumen, capability and high resolve to uphold the throne of our forefathers and align the interest of all Yorubas to be united and speak with one voice’, the families emphasised.

‘Secondly, 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 11’

‘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’, they explained.

‘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’, the sisters emphasised.

‘It  is even very insultive that some untoward bloggers will sit in one corner of their homes across the world and in a bid to sell or get more attention will begin to churn out ‘lies’ maligning us and our different families. This must stop!’, the sisters declared

Penpushing also reports that, the families cautioned media to note that  it is customary in all media outlets, to check all facts  and make clarifications before publication, warning that, henceforth any media houses spreading falsehood against the families will be drag to court.

‘We hereby state categorically and request that as it is customary in all media outlets, all facts need to be clarified before publication. Henceforth, any future unclarified and fake information spread by any media outlet, blog, or page about any of us sisters or our immediate families will be met with swift legal action/s’.

‘Any further exposure of our individual families to unnecessary campaign of calumny by any individual or group will not be tolerated and will be met with legal actions’, the royal sisters stated

‘We have informed our legal team to write to all international media handles that allow the publication of some of these fake news about the invasion of our individual privacies. We are also warning all those with negative videos, audios, and articles presently in circulation to ‘desist’ now or face the consequences. While we cannot deny our royalty and love for our father the Ooni of Ile Ife, we will not on our own entertain any form of destruction of our lives and invasion of our privacies.

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