Yesterday in the Enuwa’s Palace in Ile-IFE, Ooni Adeyeye Babatunde Enitan Ogunwusi wedded Mariam Ajibola Anako in the customary manner.
Olori Mariam, the new Ife bride, is rumored to be an oil and gas tycoon who hails from a powerful family in Kogi state.
Her former spouse, Olori Naomi Shilekunola, publicly called their union off on social media before they got married.
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Currently, a traditional wedding was taking place at the palace. The bride, along with her family and friends, stormed the palace in grand style while joyfully dressed in the popular HOH lace attire.
According to sources; she was given the necessary traditional rite last night with the popular pouring a reddish substance on her legs which will officially usher into the palace as a bride.
Sources claimed she might leave for Lagos today along side her people as she will not be resident in the palace due to the nature of her job.
The bride comes from a very influential family in Kogi State. Her elder sibling, Medinat Anako is a lawyer, businesswoman and also Special Adviser on Intergovernmental Affairs and Kogi State Diaspora Focal Point Officer (DFPO) to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. While another of her elder siblings, Mrs Raliat Abdulrahman nee Anako is a Special Adviser to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila. Her grandparents are of Kogi State descent Igbira to be precise but settled in Kwara state Ilorin with their family house situated Adewole Estate. Despite losing her father at a tender age, she was raised by former IGP Mohammed Dikko Abubakar who reigned as the boss of the Nigerian Police between 2012 to 2014.