The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has denied knowledge of collecting the sum of $180,000 from a woman, Oladoyin Fagbule, who indicated interest in becoming one of his queens.
This is as Oba Ogunwusi described the information as fake news.
A user on X (Twitter), 99% OPPRESSED, had claimed that the Ife monarch received the said sum from Fagbule whom he allegedly promised to marry.
But in a statement issued by his Director of Media And Public Affairs, Moses Olafare and sited by NewsNow on Thursday, the monarch said, “it is worrisome the level at which ladies have been making themselves victims of marriage frauds on the internet despite several warnings to the general public particularly ladies whose ultimate ambition were to become queens of the Ooni by all means.
“The news as posted by a Twitter (now X) handle called ‘99% OPPRESSED’ is fake, untrue and absolutely an unfounded allegation only adopted as a nugatory character assassination tactic aimed at achieving a cheap popularity with a view to drawing huge followers/traffic for avaricious monetization from Twitter (X).
“The so-called Fagbule was and is never known to the Ooni of Ife for any interpersonal communication or relationship whatsoever, talk less of being so promised with a marriage proposal.
“Ooni Adeyeye does not operate any Facebook accounts personally. He runs the palace as an institutional organisation with a functional media directorate which has a section that operates his social media handles: Instagram, Facebook etc.”
Olafare, who advised Fagbule to take the matter to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Nigeria Police for professional investigation instead of the social media, also revealed that the palace letterhead was unique.
