Ooni to wed sixth wife Monday

Five things to know about Ooni 6th wife-to-be

About a week after marrying his fifth wife, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, is expected to marry his sixth wife, Temitope Adesegun, on Monday, October 24, 2022.

The Osun first-class monarch’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare, made this known in a Facebook post on Sunday.

Religion Nigeria reported that Ooni made the founder of African Fashion Week, Ronke Ademiluyi who is the great-granddaughter of the 48th Ooni of Ife, Ajagun Ademiluyi, his fifth wife on Thursday, October 20, 2022.

Rumour had it that a sixth wife will follow this week.

Confirming the rumours, Olafare said that the Ooni’s sixth wife-to-be, Adesegun, is a princess who hails from Ijebu land.

“Olori Temitope Adesegun Ogunwusi an Ijebu Princess cum Ile-Ife Queen.

“Tomorrow is D-day,” Olafare wrote on Facebook.

After his marriage to Naomi Silekunola failed in December 2021, the monarch has since married five women in less than two months.

The queens are; Mariam Anako, who is now his wife, September 6, 2022; Elizabeth Akinmudai; Tobiloba Philips, October 9, 2022, Ashley Adegoke, October 14, 2022 and Ronke Ademiluyi, October 20, 2022.