Why I agreed to be Ooni of Ife’s third wife — Olori Tobi Phillips reveals [Video]

• During her interview, she recalled an individual introducing her to the Ooni.

• She also noted that she understands that there are other Oloris, and the Ooni will not have time for her daily.

Olori Tobi Phillips, the third wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has disclosed why she agreed to be the monarch’s third wife.

Recall some weeks ago Intel Region reported that Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Eniitan Ogunwusi Ojaja Keji becomes one of the trending conversations online as he went on a marrying spree. The king managed to marry up to six wives within the space of 2months.

However, Olori Tobi Phillips who was a guest on breakfast programme “Your View” onTelevision Continental, on Friday, December 16th sheds more light on how she got married to the Ooni.

She said that against what people think, they dated and broke up once before reuniting again.

During her interview, she recalled an individual introducing her to the Ooni.

“Somebody just called me one day and said would you like to get married to the Ooni of Ife? I was like, what’s that? And then he introduced us.”

She also noted that she understands that there are other Oloris, and the Ooni will not have time for her daily.

In addition, she said that she is not clingy and is also in the process of scaling up her business, so she has her hands full.

Olori Tobi, the most socially inclined of the six Oloris, further revealed that she gets on with the other Queens nicely.

“I chose to put Ma when I address them. Ordinarily, I don’t disrespect people because I wasn’t brought up that way. I’ve met some of them, and we get on nicely,” she said.

Olori Tobi Phillips was the third of the six queens the Ooni married quickly.

The monarch married her on the 9th of October.

On getting back together, Olori said that wouldn’t have happened if she didn’t love him.

She said, “Of course. I wouldn’t be here today if I didn’t love him. I always promised myself that I would marry who I love. So it’s not like I didn’t have suitors, but there are some values I would want in who I want to be with. And he has that. That’s why I’m here.”

“I didn’t take it seriously because I was like, ok, so what is going on? But then we met and started dating, but there was so much interference, and then we didn’t get married. That was quite devastating for me,” she said.