The mother of Princess Adeola Ogunwusi, daughter of the Ooni
of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has refuted the claims that the king
raised her daughter as a single parent.
This comes as a response to the Ooni’s post on his official
Instagram and Facebook pages when he celebrated Princess Adeola’s birthday on
October 18, 2021.
Oba Ogunwusi had earlier stated that
he raised Adeola alone after having the child at age 19.
However, Omolara Olatubosun, the mother of the child, has
stated that Oba Ogunwusi was not present in the child’s life, especially in the
first 10 years.
Olatubosun told our correspondent that the only time the
monarch saw their child after her birth was at a wedding.
She said, “The first time he saw the child was at the
hospital after I had given birth. He came with a letter of apology and spent
only about five minutes. He didn’t see her again until four years later.
“When she was four, he begged me to allow Adeola to be the
flower girl at his sister’s wedding, that was the second time he saw her.
“Adeola started visiting him for holidays when she was 13
and only went to live with him when she was 15. That is after his people begged
me to allow her stay with them.”
Oba Ogunwusi in his post wrote that it was a challenge
raising his daughter alone with the life challenges he had to face.
“Reminiscent of the past, those steps of moulding and
shaping the future of another life were huge tasks and calculated risks. Based
on my recollection, I lived through pockets of circumstances that called my
integrity and competence to question.
“I equally realised that being a single parent to a daughter
in an unfamiliar footprint can be a major shift in human experience and a
daunting journey as you need to help your child to navigate day to day social
situations, complex feelings, and developmental changes that life prescribes,”
the Ooni wrote on his Instagram on October 18.
Reacting to what people might think of her comments
regarding the issue, Olatubosun stated that she did not want to be in the
public eye for any reason hence her coming forward.
She added that she had sent warning messages to the Ooni to
either tell the truth or pull down the posts, which he refused.
“I don’t want to be known with that guy, I don’t want to
have anything to do with him. I don’t want drama, he likes drama. He likes the
fame, I don’t want the fame.
“I have sent him private messages to warn him to set the
records straight. He knows he is lying; why he’s doing that, I don’t know. I
asked why he had to lie because he has been lying since the day I met him.
“I have reached out to him more than once. He was adamant
and said I was rude to him. I gave him a 72-hour ultimatum to take the post
down if he could not face the world and say the truth. I told him to pull the
post down because it is a disrespect to all the hard work that I have put into
raising my child.
“When he became a king, I made excuses for him. For the past
six, seven years, people have been coming to me asking me to tell his story and
I turned all that down because I did not just want my face out there. All I
care about is saying the truth and setting the records straight.
“I won’t take away the fact that he sent her abroad for
school. He did that; it wasn’t my penny in there. I have been silent because of
my daughter, but what sort of role model would I be to her if I don’t set the
records straight?
“This is not about a rumour, I am only debunking lies about
my life story. I’ve known him for 40 years and I was seven years old when we
became friends. Whatever he is doing that is bad, that’s none of my business,
but this one is my business,” Olatubosun added.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com