It is dangerous, and the consequence is dire, for any man who sleeps with the just separated wife of the Ooni of Ife, Olori Wuraola
The marriage between the Wuraola and the king, Oba Adeyeye Eniran Ogunwusi crashed recently, following which she moved out of the Ile Ife Palace.
But a renowned Ifa Priest, Chief Yemi Elebuibon, has warned men to steer clear of the ex-gueen until she successfully performs a traditional cleansing ritual.
The consequence of not heeding the advice, Elebuibon said, the man risks dying prematurely.
Elebuibon issued the warning, noting also that Ooni would not be the first Yoruba Oba to be separated from his wife.
The Ifa priest, however, noted that should an Oba’s marriage breakup like in the case of the Ooni and his wife, “the wife of the Oba will be asked to consult Ifa and Ifa will give directives on how she will make the necessary atonement for her cleansing.”
Elebuibon spoke in an interview with The Sun saying: “In Yoruba tradition, a woman who has been married to a king cannot sleep with any other man even if the marriage breaks up. But when the right atonements have been made, there won’t be problem.
“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 by sickness or there might be retrogression in his life.”
Elebuibon warned that if an ex-queen wants to remarry, she will have to do the cleansing with her new husband.
He explained that both of them have to take part in the atonement procedures to avoid problems in the future.
“Any marriage she would be going into must not be elaborate. They should go far away and avoid any flamboyant wedding,” he warned