The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, will today marry his sixth wife, Temitope Adesegun, according to Ooni’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare. The monarch had last married his fifth wife, who is Founder of African Fashion Week, Ronke Ademiluyi and a the great-granddaughter of the 48th Ooni of Ife, Ajagun Ademiluyi.
But in Facebook post yesterday Olafare said the Ooni’s sixth wife-to-be, Adesegun, is a princess who hails from Ijebu land.
Olafare wrote: “Olori Temitope Adesegun Ogunwusi an Ijebu Princess cum Ile-Ife Queen.“Tomorrow is the D-day.”
After his marriage to Naomi Silekunola failed in December 2021, the monarch has since married five women within than two months. The queens are: Mariam Anako, September 6, 2022; Elizabeth Akinmudai; Tobiloba Philips, October 9, 2022, Ashley Adegoke, October 14, 2022 and Ronke Ademiluyi, October 20, 2022.