Reasons why the Ooni of Ife didn't attend his own wedding.

It was a joyous occasion though the Ooni was absent On Saturday, when the new Ooni of Ife – Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi married a new wife…
If you noticed from the pictures of the traditional
wedding festivities which went down in Benin, Edo
state, one very important person was missing… The Ooni
himself. Many were left wondering why he didn’t attend
his own wedding and we have answers to that.
Oba Ogunwusi did not attend the wedding because
according to tradition a “ king does not a seek a wife. A wife is taken to him “….
And guess what? Wuraola Zynab Otiti’s bride price was?
N25 …ONLY!
Meanwhile, shortly after the marriage rites were
concluded in Benin city, Edo state, the new bride wastaken to Ile Ife to meet her husband, the king at his
palace.