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Ooni of Ife introduced me to my ex-Canadian wife and even plotted to eliminate me. My rift with him will never be over. — Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi
Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, accuses Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, of orchestrating an assassination plot by introducing him to a Canadian woman as his wife, who allegedly poisoned him three times over three years while secretly communicating with the Ooni.
This allegation revives a long-standing feud between the two Yoruba monarchs, dating back to at least 2018, involving disputes over traditional hierarchy, with Oluwo previously claiming Ile-Ife is not the Yoruba origin and challenging the Ooni’s primacy.
The video, posted on September 30, 2025, has garnered over 70,000 views and sparked widespread online reactions, but no official response from the Ooni’s palace has emerged as of October 1, 2025, amid calls for reconciliation from cultural bodies.
