In a lavish ceremony, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has tied the knot with Princess Ashley Folashade Adegoke, his longtime mistress.
According to earlier reports from Akahi News, the traditional Yoruba monarch married his third wife, Tobi Philips, on October 14, 2022, just five days earlier.
On Olubose Street, along Ede Road, in IIe-Ife, the family home of Ashley’s late father was the location of the wedding ceremony.

In this article, Akahi News highlights six things you should know about the new wife of Ooni of Ife.

1. Ashley Adegoke is an entrepreneur and philanthropist based in London.

2. She is the founder of the Ashley Adegoke Foundation, which was established after the legacy of her late father, Prince Jacob Adebiyi Adegoke.

3. She is a Princess in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

4. Ashley has been a long-time lover of the Ooni, even before his marriage to Naomi Silekunola.

5. She is reportedly a single mother of two, the reason the monarch could not marry her then. Below is one of her birthday posts to Ooni:

“To know you is to LOVE you… Father to the nation, husband to many… Oko Osho… Oko Opo.. Oko Aje… Ekun Omo Giesi.. Orisha Oke ti gbogbo Orisha ile ngba fun…Orunmila Oko ODU…Dagunduro…Akande MIi Ajiwe fun’osha… Olori Alade Gbogbo…Okirikiribiti….

“Igba Odun Odun Kan ni. If I could give you a gift, it’ll be to see yourself in people’s eyes and see how special you are to many. Cheers to many more years in good health and abundance of wealth ni Ase Olodumare. Happy Birthday my Crown Jewel ODU Aya Osha… Aya Olofin…Omo Oba”

6. Ashley bagged a degree in account from the University of Greenwich.