Ooni of Ife Marries Fourth Wife, Ashley AAdegoke

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has married his fourth wife, Princess Ashley Adegoke.

This comes five days after he married his third wife, Tobi Philips.

The wedding ceremony took place on Friday, October 14, at the bride’s family house at Olubose Street, along Ede road, IIe-Ife.

Earlier in the year, the Ooni married Olori Mariam Anako from Ebira land in Kogi State.

Olori Elizabeth Opeoluwa Ogunwusi nee Akinmuda was betrothed to him shortly after his marriage to Mariam.

Ooni married Tobi Phillips as his third wife on Sunday, October 9, before his marriage to Princess Ashley on October 14.

This is however the Ooni’s seventh marriage.

Before his coronation in 2016, Oba Adeyeye was previously married to Adebukola Bombata in 2008, but the marriage failed after his coronation.

In 2016, he got married to Edo-born Zainab-Otiti Obanor, the union lasted for 17 months before their separation.

He then married Naomi Silekunola in 2018.

Ooni’s new marriage is coming ten months after Queen Naomi Silekunola took to social media to announce her separation from the monarch in December 2021.