The Palace of the Ooni of Ife, Osun State has denied allegations of a wedding rip-off involving the monarch, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, describing the story as pretend information.
In a press release despatched to PUNCH On-line on Thursday the Director of Media and Public Affairs on the Ooni’s Palace, Moses Olafare, addressed the claims involving Ms. Fagbule, who was allegedly swindled of $180,000 by people impersonating Ooni.
Olafare acknowledged, “The Palace of the Ooni of Ife shouldn’t be unaware of a trending pretend information about one Ms. Fagbule purportedly swindled of $180,000 allegedly by our father, Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi.
“It’s worrisome the extent at which girls have been making themselves victims of marriage frauds on the web regardless of our a number of warnings to most of the people, notably girls whose final ambition is to grow to be queens of the Ooni, to watch out for web marriage proposal scammers who capitalize on their gullibility and desperation.”
Olafare continued, “Despite the fact that it isn’t in our custom to reply to pretend information like this, posted and promoted by a legal faceless supply by a Twitter (now X) account, it has grow to be crucial to make this response for mandatory clarifications in an effort to calm the inundation of real considerations expressed by topics, buddies, and lovers of the Ooni globally.
“The information as posted by a Twitter (now X) deal with known as ‘99% OPPRESSED’ is pretend, unfaithful, and an unfounded allegation adopted as a personality assassination tactic geared toward reaching low-cost recognition.”
The assertion additional clarified that the alleged Ms. Fagbule was by no means identified to the Ooni for any interpersonal communication or relationship, not to mention a wedding proposal.
It additionally highlighted that the Ooni doesn’t function any private Fb account and that the purported letter of marriage proposal shared on-line was a fabrication.
“Quite than taking her matter to acceptable companies just like the EFCC and the Police for skilled investigation, she selected to make it a social media brouhaha,” Olafare famous.
“If she really has a real case of marriage proposal fraud, she is hereby invited to the palace in Ile-Ife to bodily meet the Ooni for his fatherly help and the assistance of legislation enforcement companies to uncover the perpetrators,” he added.
Reaffirming the palace’s stance, the assertion concluded, “For the umpteenth time, the Ile Oodua Palace of the Ooni of Ife needs to advise all individuals globally to be cautious of their engagements, notably on social media, because the Ooni doesn’t interface with anybody through the web/social media or appoint proxies to take action.
“Opposite to the pretend letter being dangled as proof within the media, the Palace’s letterhead is exclusive and acquainted to company our bodies, personalities, and different recipients, with the Ooni’s signature because the ‘Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula’ and never ‘His Imperial Majesty’.”
An nameless journalist through a submit on X, had alleged that the Ooni scammed the US physician of $180,000 after the latter expressed curiosity in constructing hospitals in some Southwest states in Nigeria.
It was additionally alleged that Ooni severed ties with the US physician after he didn’t make the funding as earlier agreed by the duo.
In Could, 2024, a middle-aged man claimed in a viral video that he’s a son of the Ooni of Ife apologised to the foremost conventional ruler.
Within the first video, the person claimed the monarch hid him along with his mom with an instruction that he ought to keep discreetly.