"Olori Wuraola Is Free Now" - Ooni Of Ife Says As He Accepts Bride Price Refund

According to KFLH, for Olori Wuraola, who is the former wife of the Ooni Of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the coast seems clear now for her to remarry if she wishes.

This is because thee customary bride price paid by the revered monarch has been returned fully from the elders of Queen Zynab’s Family in Benin City, Nigeria.


According to a source in Benin, the Ooni was initially reluctant to collect the bride price, but was persuaded by the Elders as a way of closing the controversial marriage and separation.

“She’s free now, she’s free…,” the Ooni was quoted to have exclaimed afterwards.

The marriage which was contracted in March 2016 in elaborate ceremonies held in Benin and Ife hit the rocks over alleged infidelity.

There have been speculations that the former Olori of Ife would be unable to remarry since her marriage to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi crashed. On August 30, the former Olori confirmed that her 17 month old marriage crashed. 

She also went back to using her maiden name Zaynab Otiti Obanor. Not long after Obanor shared the statement, an Ifa priest in Ife alleged that any man that sleeps with the former Olori would die prematurely.