What will happen to any man who sleeps with Ex-Olori Wuraola — Elebubon explains
The recent crash of Ooni of Ife,
Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and his former wife, Olori Wuraola's 17-month old
marriage continues to generate mixed reviews home and abroad.
The latest to comment on it is
popular Ifa Traditionalist, Playwright, Actor and Author, Yemi Elebuibon who
spoke to SUN saying ex-Olori Wuraola, must necessarily undergo appropriate
traditional cleansing process to enable her to regain normal life.
While noting that Ooni would not
be the first Yoruba Oba to be separated from his wife, Elebuibon stressed that
marriage breakup is not very common among Yoruba Obas, 'the wife of the Oba
will be asked to consult Ifa and Ifa will give directions on how she will make
the necessary atonement for her cleansing.
In Yoruba tradition, a woman who
has been married to a king cannot lay with any other man even if the marriage
breaks up. But when the right atonements have been made, there won’t be
problem'.
On the kind of problems which an
Oba’s ex-wife might encounter if she refuses to undergo the traditional
cleansing rites, Elebuibon said: 'for the woman, she might not really have a
problem but for any man who sleeps with a queen or marries an ex-queen without
the appropriate cleansing, the man may die prematurely, he may be struck with
sickness or there might be retrogression in his life'.
He explained that if an ex-queen
wants to remarry, she will have to do the cleansing with her new husband. Both
of them have to take part in the atonement procedures so that they won’t have
any future problem. “Any marriage she would be going into must not be
elaborate. They should go far away and avoid any flamboyant wedding,” Elebuibon
warned.

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