Ooni of Ife makes first public appearance with new wife, Mariam for Olojo Festival

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has made a first public appearance with his new wife, Mariam Anako since they got married.

The pair attended the annual Olojo Festival in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

The new Yeyeluwa of Ife was dressed in white, like her husband, and was seen speaking with the royal father as different groups paid homage to the Ooni during the ceremony.

Also present at the event were the minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Osun State Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi among others.

The new queen, an oil and gas executive, was welcomed into the palace on September 6.

Ooni took a new wife following the collapse of his marriage to Evangelist Silekunola Naomi.

Mariam is from Ebira ethnic group in Kogi State. She works at Nestoil Limited, an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning company in the oil and gas sector.

She lost her father at a young age and was reportedly brought up in the home of the former inspector general of police Mohammed Abubakar. Her mother is a retired police officer.