The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has denied knowledge of collecting the sum of $180,000 from a woman, Oladoyin Fagbule, who indicated interest in becoming one of his queens.
This is as Oba Ogunwusi described the information as fake
news.
A user on X (Twitter), 99% OPPRESSED, had claimed that the
Ife monarch received the said sum from Fagbule whom he allegedly promised to
marry.
But in a statement issued by his Director of Media And
Public Affairs, Moses Olafare and sited by DAILY POST on Thursday, the monarch
said, “it is worrisome the level at which ladies have been making themselves
victims of marriage frauds on the internet despite several warnings to the
general public particularly ladies whose ultimate ambition were to become
queens of the Ooni by all means.
“The news as posted by a Twitter (now X) handle called ‘99%
OPPRESSED’ is fake, untrue and absolutely an unfounded allegation only adopted
as a nugatory character assassination tactic aimed at achieving a cheap
popularity with a view to drawing huge followers/traffic for avaricious
monetization from Twitter (X).
“The so-called Fagbule was and is never known to the Ooni of
Ife for any interpersonal communication or relationship whatsoever, talk less
of being so promised with a marriage proposal.
“Ooni Adeyeye does not operate any Facebook accounts
personally. He runs the palace as an institutional organisation with a
functional media directorate which has a section that operates his social media
handles: Instagram, Facebook etc.”
Olafare, who advised Fagbule to take the matter to the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Nigeria Police for
professional investigation instead of the social media, also revealed that the
palace letterhead was unique.
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