INSIDE OONI OF IFE’S SON, PRINCE ADEGBITE’S WEDDING TO TV PERSONALITY DOLAPO ONI

INSIDE OONI OF IFE’S SON, PRINCE ADEGBITE’S WEDDING TO TV PERSONALITY DOLAPO ONI Despite assurances from the Ife Traditional Council that Oba Okunade Sijuwade, the Ooni of Ife, would return home from a trip to London to grace his son’s (Adegbite) wedding, the monarch was not at the Landmark Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos, venue of the royal wedding yesterday. The royal father was reported to have died in London last week Tuesday but the palace chiefs repeatedly denied such reports, saying the media has been unfair to the Ooni.

They assured that the Oba was scheduled to attend yesterday’s wedding between Prince Adegbite and Dolapo. There were also reports over the weekend that the remains of the Ooni were brought back to Ile-Ife but that the palace chiefs will need more time to officially break the news. But Ife Chief Priest Olajide Farotimi Faloba again denied that the remains of the Ooni arrived in the ancient city at the weekend.

That however would not stop the talked about wedding of the Ooni son Adegbite to Dolapo Oni, the Sijuwade royal family and the Olowu family of Ijebu Ode, Ogun State went ahead with the ceremony yesterday as they hosted a galaxy of dignitaries to the wedding of their children. Prince Adegbite is the son of Olori Monisola and Dolapo is the daughter of Mrs. Olowu, a former official with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

Those in attendance have described the superlative wedding of the Ife blue blood to the media socialite as one to remember for a long time as guests which cut across the royalty, business, politics, music and government among others stormed the Landmark events center for the wedding.

The event began with the traditional engagement, which lasted for more than two hours. The bride was resplendent in her pale-grey traditional lace outfit, while the prince looked regally in his white Aso Oke attire. The friends of the bride donned coral floral head gears atop red cord lace materials, while friends to the groom donned peach Aso Oke caps atop white native attires.


The staff of office of father of the groom Ooni Oba Okunade Sijuwade was everywhere at the venue, representing the Sijuwade families are Adegbite’s paternal and maternal relatives as well as Prince Adetokunbo Sijuwade, the first son of Ooni of Ife, who recently turned 50.

 

The Nation