The Ile-Oodua Palace, Ile-Ife, has reacted to the reports stating Queen Silekunola Naomi Ogunwusi has divorced the Ooni of Ife.
NewsWireNGR had earlier reported that the queen announced their seperation via her Instagram account on Thursday.
But the palace in its reaction said it is not aware of the development and that the Ooni of Ife and the Queen had gone to bed as husband and wife Wednesday night.
According to the spokesperson to the Ooni of Ife, Comrade Moses Olafare “Separation is a two-way affair, it is not something that is announced by one party.
“The announcements of separation are subject to agreement by both parties, so, to that extent. The palace is not aware of such separation because we all went to bed last night having the king and queen being together.
“So, if by this morning, the queen went to her social media to write that she is no longer in marriage with Ooni, we will look into it to see whether or not the Instagram page truly belongs to her, and to know the reason behind it.
“But as at today, (Thursday) this moment, (6pm) the palace is not aware of the separation.
“Marriage is a private affair, no matter how prominent the personalities involved, it is a private affair. We will dig deeper and know what happened but as I said, all of us just woke up to see read about the separation on social media”.
“Even by this time yesterday, (Wednesday) Kabiyesi was still packaging a special gift for her. If you want to separate with someone you cannot be packaging a gift for her. I was aware that Kabiyesi was putting special gifts for her for Christmas.
“If he is not in love with her, he cannot be doing that, only to wake up the following morning to hear from the public that she’s no longer in the relationship. In fact, the Christmas gift has been delivered to her already. We are not aware of any separation yet”, he said.
