In a statement, the Director of Media and Public Affairs at the Ooni’s Palace, Moses Olafare, addressed the claims involving Fagbule, who was allegedly swindled of $180,000 by individuals impersonating Ooni.
The statement further clarified that the alleged Fagbule was never known to the Ooni for any interpersonal communication or relationship, let alone a marriage proposal.
It also highlighted that the Ooni does not operate any personal Facebook account and that the purported letter of marriage proposal shared online was a fabrication..
An anonymous journalist via a post on X, had alleged that the Ooni scammed the US doctor of $180,000 after the latter expressed interest in building hospitals in some Southwest states in Nigeria.
It was also alleged that Ooni severed ties with the US doctor after he failed to make the investment as earlier agreed by the duo.
In May, 2024, a middle-aged man claimed in a viral video that he is a son of the Ooni of Ife apologised to the foremost traditional ruler.
In the first video, the man claimed the monarch hid him with his mother with an instruction that he should stay discreetly.