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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has given love a fourth chance as he welcomed his new wife, Mariam Anako, into the palace.
It was gathered that the monarch and his new bride tied the knot on Tuesday at the king’s palace.
In a now-viral video shared by an On Air Personality, Adeyemi Sijuwade, via his Twitter handle, the monarch and some of his chiefs were seen praying for the new bride.
Anako would be the third bride the Ooni of Ife has married since his ascension to the throne in 2015.
In 2016, the monarch got married to Zaynab Otiti Obanor from Benin. However, in 2017, Obanor filed for divorce from the monarch.
In 2018, the king married Prophetess Morenike Naomi Oluwaseyi.The palace shared the good news that the couple welcomed their first son together.
But in a shocking move, in December 2021, the prophetess turned queen announced that she had ended her marriage to the monarch via her social media accounts.
The new queen, Anako, according to reports lost her dad at a young age and was brought up in the home of former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Dikko Abubakar.
Anako’s mother was said to be a former Commissioner of Police in Kwara State.
The new queen is from Kogi State and a manager at Nestoil.