Queen Naomi Silekunola, wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi was gifted a brand new car by the king hours after she posted a divorce note on her Instagram page.
Spokesperson to the king, Moses Olarafe, confirmed the development to PM news saying that the monarch left his wife at home for a function at the Muson Centre in Lagos only to read the divorce note on social media.
Olarafe said Ooni had gone to participate in a 3-day program tagged, ‘Memorable Moments With Music’ and was not aware of any grudge by his wife prior to leaving the palace.
He added his majesty was planning to return to the palace when he saw the notice by the queen on social media.
According to Olarafe,: “Marriage is a private affair between two spouses and the marriage will come with an agreement between the two and if the marriage is to be dissolved it will also come upon the agreement between the two, so to that effect, the palace is not aware of the separation between the Queen and Ooni of Ife because even Kabiyesi only saw it on social media like everybody.
“A night before yesterday when everyone went to bed there was no indication to warrant the reported separation of the marriage, in fact, that previous day was when Kabiyesi brought a brand new car to serve as a Christmas gift to the queen so if u are planning to separate with your wife tomorrow why will you buy a car for her today.
“And so it became a surprise to everyone including Kabiyesi when we saw what was reported on social media. The palace is unaware of this because there are traditional procedures to follow.
“I can confirm that there are no issues at all to warrant that, at least as at two days ago there was no indication at all, the car was delivered to her yesterday after she has written that thing she wrote. As I speak to you that car has been delivered to her. Everybody is still surprised and we remain surprised. Well, we are watching.”