Ooni of Ife’s marriage proposal turned down by a single mother

Laide Lanre-Badmus, often known as LLB, is a single mother who has publicly turned down the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, for marriage.

The Ooni of Ife and the mother, 41, have been intimately involved for some time.

Everyone in the palace and outside believed that they would get married because they were so in love, but she turned down his marriage proposal.

She declined the offer since she couldn’t afford to share him with other ladies, a close insider said.

“Laide is a constant face in Ile Ife and there is no one in the palace who doesn’t know ‘Oloori Laide’. Yes, they call her Oloori in the palace and everyone thought Baba (Ooni) would marry her because he really loves her and she doesn’t joke with their affair,” a palace source exclusively revealed to Kemi Ashefon.

“But she refused. She didn’t want the mass wedding for two months to take place between September and October 2022. Not because she didn’t love him (she still does) but because she doesn’t want to share the love of her life with so many women.

Though it wasn’t Ooni’s intention to be polygamous, he couldn’t help it. He was instructed by the gods to marry many wives after Naomi left in December 2021 and he had to adhere to the instruction from the establishment.

“It’s really surprising that she would reject this proposal because they were very close and she was always with him. So many things are involved in this matter and it’s between LLB and the Ooni. They are still in love with each other anyways,” sources close to the couple said.