How late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, married me at 19, says Queen Ola, estranged wife
BADIRAT Adeyemi, one of the estranged wives of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, known on social media as Queen Ola, has given insight on the love story between her and the late monarch.
The late Oba Adeyemi III died on Friday night at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, at the age of 83.
This came as succession battle for the stool of Alaafin of Oyo will commence, after the 8th-day fidau prayer for the late monarch, Vanguard reliably gathered, yesterday.
Queen Ola, narrated how she got into trouble in the Alaafin’s palace when the late monarch started to show other wives she was his favorite.
She said when she heard Alaafin was dead, she didn’t believe it and relived how it all began between them.
She said: “I was thinking it was all lies and that you are coming back but I’m afraid I was wrong.
“The father of my kids, whom I met at an impressionable age, left when it was least expected. Whenever I tell people that the bond we shared can be likened to that of a siamese, having been married to you at age 19, they are more than transfixed.
“We were practically best of friends but the moment they had inkling about whom your favorite was, everything flopped.”
While describing Oba Adeyemi as a father, teacher and husband, she said: “You remain to me, a best father, teacher and mentor and husband that ever bestrode the landscapes.”