Naomi Shilekunola:  The Travails of a Former Queen

Naomi Shilekunola, the former queen to Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi is beautiful, blessed with a good aura and charisma. Though she has left the palace of Ooni, she still commands respect among many people in Ile-Ife, as well as in other places in Yorubaland. This has made her the envy of other women out there. But no one would like to be in her shoes at the moment as somehow, unintentionally, she has poked the law in the face with her altruism.

The Ondo State-born mother of one was arrested with some of her partners and remanded in the Agodi Prison over the stampede that led to the death of 35 minors penultimate Wednesday.

The accused were arraigned before the Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, on a four-count charge of conspiracy, acceleration of death, negligent acts causing harm, and failure to provide adequate security and medical facilities.

According to the court, they would be in prison custody till January 13, pending the advice from the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP.

The case, marked C/2024, was instituted by the Commissioner of Police.

According to some sources, that was not the first time the former queen would be involved in a philanthropic gesture since she became popular through her marriage to the monarch. Despite being separated from the foremost monarch, she kept up with her humanitarian gesture until that ugly twist of fate on that fateful day in Ibadan, Oyo.