Women are trouble, take it from me; especially these “yellol in colol” women the Ooni seems besotted with.
The royal father, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi’s woes with these women begs for attention; from Adebukola Bombata, to Zaynab Wuraola Otiti to Naomi Silekunola, the royal father has made one, two…nah, make it three, many mistakes and we are wondering, Kabesi, warrapun?
Some nasty person said, “Pa san ta fi na iyale, oun be ni iko fun iyawo…(a popular saying among our people meaning-the pain we inflicted on the first wife like a whip is hanging behind the door for its next victim, the next wife)
I don’t agree with this, it may look like a pattern but I choose to ignore it.
Let’s not blame the royal father; it can never be his fault.
If you keep one woman in the house, it is trouble, put her in a palace, her trouble become of palatial proportions. It was reported that the reason the first wife of the Ooni, Adebukola Bombata, left him was because she could never give her husband, who at that time hadn’t even become an Oba, a son.
You see?
Why couldn’t she birth a son? Something so many women do without even needing to spread their legs too wide?
So, she left, after 7 years of marriage and especially shortly after her husband became king when the need for an heir to the throne became imperative and since she couldn’t perform this simple task it was…away with thee oh queen!
The second wife, Olori Wuraola, was touted as the sun and moon of the Oba, her beauty and worth were celebrated from Edo to the rusty town of Ile-Ife but 17 short months later, she was gone. First it began as a rumour, she has left the palace, no, she is still the Queen…until she issued a statement to the contrary…she was no longer Olori.
Reports, rumours more like, said something about infidelity…on who’s part? That bit was fuzzy but those who think they know a thing or two about these things said, it was a case of domestic violence and the Olori couldn’t take it anymore… I hold my tongue on these.
Then came in Olori Naomi Silekunola and we thought, Aaha, finally the Oba has found the bone of his bone and flesh of his…” hold that thought.
Rumours began to spin out of control and after one year of marriage…tongues began to wag…the Olori has left the palace, no, she has not…
Then presto, a son was born to the royal couple and he was named Tadenikawo. This thankfully shut the naysayers up…for a while.
One year after the birth of the heir, we got this announcement from Olori Naomi, wanting to live her truth as they say in this age of woke-ness.
She wrote on her verified Instagram handle, “Today I announce the beginning of a new dawn and the close of a chapter. Today, I am a mother to God’s unique gift. I am no longer a slave to my thoughts of perfection. I, at this moment, announce that I shall no longer be referred to as wife to the Ooni of Ife or as Queen of Ile-Ife but as the Queen of the people and mother of my adorable Prince.”
Like my people say, Lo bat tan! (loosely meaning, say no more)
Everyone is talking on social media and the hottest comments border on blaming the royal father!
“Is something wrong with the Ooni?” My unlearned friend asked when we talked about it.
I was shocked, I replied, “Haa, eewo! The Ooni is an Orisa! Meaning he is no ordinary man but a god and so above board, he can never be faulted, he can never be wrong!”
My friend smirked and shio-ed me, “Women have a thing against your Orisa…they just want to leave him!
Haaa, ewo! I sprang up and attacked her.
I think this is the crux of the Oba’s women troubles.
They have not got it into their pretty heads that the Ooni is no ordinary man, he is an Orisa and for those who don’t know, an Orisa is above mere men. That’s why they cant understand his ways. He is a different image on the outside and only those who’s eyes have been washed can truly see him and value him for who he is…none of these women have washed their eyes, I tell you. They are busy lacquering their lids with heavy khol, and expensive mascaras and so, when former Olori Naomi Silekunola posted, “His Majesty has a picture he would love the world to see and perceive him as and another one which is his true self,” I thought she caught a glimpse of the Orisa but missed its true meaning.
Anyway, let it n myever be said that I don’t support women.
Maybe the women did not understand that as an Oba, a walking, talking, eating, having sex and well… behaving like a human being Orisa, the Ooni needs to work on his “woman skill…” three yellol in colol women leaving you in 10 years isn’t good for a modern deity. Even his baby mama called him out just a few months back! She said he should stop taking credit for raising their daughter as he was mostly an sabsentee father.
That is not how to talk to an Orisa, o!
But Yorubas have a saying, “Osaa bo gbe mi, se mi boo ti ba mi.” meaning, Orisa, if you can’t defend my cause, (or help me) leave me as I am, don’t compound my problems.
Maybe that’s why these women are walking away o…if you can’t help my cause, leave me as I am. They are declaring their rights to life, to love, to live in peace.
The world we live in has no time for some ancient tradition that mistreats women. They will no longer suffer in silence and take your sh*t especially after they have seen through your sham.
Just saying.
