List Of Ooni’s New Queens & Their Profiles
The Ooni Of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi has been in the news in the last few weeks for getting married to six women.
The decision of the monarch to tie the knot with this women is coming after his previous marriages failed. Naija News recalls that the last one with prophetess Seyi Naomi ended after she announced on Instagram her decision to divorce him in 2021. The Ooni of Ife in September 2022 married an Ebira-born queen, Mariam Anako and in the same month he tied the knot with Elizabeth Akinmuda. Oba Ogunwusi in October married Queen Tobi Phillips, Queen Ashley, Queen Ronke Ademiluyi, Temitope Adesegun. See profiles of the new queens below: Mariam Anako Oba Ogunwusi married Mariam Anako on September 6, 2022. She is currently the first wife of the king. Anako hails from Ebira, Kogi State. She was born in 1982 and was raised under the care of a former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dikko, after losing her father at a young age. Her mother is a retired police officer while one of her sisters, Medina Anako, is a lawyer and Special Adviser on Intergovernmental Affairs and Kogi State Diaspora Focal Point Officer to Governor Yahaya Bello. Her other sister, Mrs. Raliat Abdulrahman (nee Anako), is a Special Adviser to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Femi Gbajabiamila. Before her marriage to the king, she was an admin manager at Nestoil Limited. Elizabeth Akinmudai Oba Ogunwusi married Elizabeth Akinmudai in Magodo, Lagos State, shortly after his marriage to Mariam Anako. She hails from Ondo State. Tobi Philips October 9, 2022, the king officially married his third wife, Tobiloba Philips. She is an ex-beauty queen who hails from Okitipupa in Ondo State. She was born on June 4, 1992. Philips also has won many in pageants in the past including, World Miss University – Africa, World Miss University -Nigeria, Miss Personality – Sisi Oge and many more. She is a Marine Sciences graduate from the University of Lagos. She is a fashion designer at QT Luxury and has been a 3D artist since 2018. Ashley Adegoke Ashley Adegoke is a princess from Ile-Ife, who hails from the royal linage of Lafogido ruling house, Adagba compound. This is one of the four ruling houses in Ile – Ife, Osun State. She holds a master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Greenwich, United Kingdom. She is a member of Association for Accounting Technician, and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the UK. She is also the founder of Ashley Adegoke Foundation, a charity organisation established to help improve the lives of the underprivileged. She married Oba Ogunwusi as his fourth wife on October 14, 2022. Ronke Ademiluyi Ronke Ademiluyi is the latest wife of the king. She was married to the king on Thursday, October 20, 2022. Born in England, Ademiluyi is the great-granddaughter of the 48th Ooni of Ife, Ajagun Ademiluyi. She studied Law at the University of West London, UK. She is a fashion expert, entrepreneur, and the Chief Executive Officer of Africa Fashion Week which holds in London and Nigeria. Also, she is an author and cultural ambassador to the Ooni of Ife, who is now her husband.
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