How Topmost Yoruba monarch wedded Ashley, a chartered accountant, as Wife Number four + Names of women betrothed to the king between September and mid October
Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has married Ashley Afolashade Adegoke as the fourth wife in the the last three weeks.
Platforms Africa reports that the Ooni, in September 2022, welcomed Queen Mariam nee Anako, into the palace amidst pomp. Then, Olori Elizabeth Opeoluwa Ogunwusi nee Akinmuda was also betrothed to the king a few days later in Magodo, Lagos. On October 9, 2022, he married Queen Tobi Phillips as his third wife.
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For Princess Ashley Afolashade Adegoke, a chartered accountant, this is a dream come true.
Though she had been one of the king’s alleged concubines for some years and watched him get married to ladies who came after her, October 14, 2022 would remain indelible in her memory.
Today, she ceases to be addressed as a princess but as a queen. Currently, the marriage rites have kicked off in Ile Ife and she is preparing to meet with her groom—the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi—would be prayed for and declared a queen.
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With the king’s family members also moving to the late Prince Adebiyi Adegoke’s family house situated on Olubuse Street, along Ede road, the ancient city of Ile Ife would be agog with fanfare today.
By the time you are reading this, she would have become Queen Ashley Afolashade Ogunwusi and the fourth wife of the Ojaja II.
