It is now clear that Alaafin’s wives can go ahead and remarry only after they make sacrifices of atonement and leave the palace This explanation was given on Monday, April 25, by an Oyo Ifa priest, Ifayemi Elebuibon, during a chat with journalists Elebuibon added that if the oloris choose not to remarry, they can remain in the palace and be inherited by the next Alaafin of Oyo.
Following the demise of Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, a lot of questions have been asked as to what will be the fate of the late monarch’s wives (oloris). But an Ifa priest in Oyo, Ifayemi Elebuibon, has cleared the air on what the Yoruba tradition has for the royal wives when it comes to remarrying.
During an interview with Premium Times on Monday, April 25, Elebuibon said the queens could either remarry after burial rites for late Oba Adeyemi are concluded or remain in the palace to be inherited by his successor.
Moreover, according to the spiritual mediator, the oloris could only remarry after fulfilling traditional sacred rites of atonements and disassociating themselves from the palace.
He noted: “At present, they will be mourning the departure of their husband. After the ceremonies of the right of passage, those who wished to stay back in the palace can stay, the new oba will come and take care of them, and those who wish to remarry can go and remarry.
