QUEEN Chanel Chin, the former wife of the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has dismissed allegations of infidelity levelled against her by the monarch, accusing him of failing to fulfil his responsibilities as a father to their son, Prince Oduduwa.
This followed the monarch’s allegation that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, had intimate relationship and conspired with her to orchestrate his downfall.
Recall that Oluwo, in a video post on Istagram on Tuesday, September 30, alleged that the Ooni masterminded a plot against him by “packaging” Chanel for marriage, claiming the relationship was a setup designed to destroy him.
According to him: “He (Ooni) was looking for my downfall, and the next thing, they packaged a woman for me. I don’t know her from Canada, but it was packaged for me. It was a setup.”
Oluwo also claimed that Chanel poisoned him twice, attempted to assassinate him and bore a child whose paternity he now doubts, saying: “She had a child, which I don’t even know if it’s mine. I have to confirm that through DNA.”
He also accused the Ooni of housing Chanel and having an affair with her, declaring that no power, traditional or spiritual could kill him: “Sango cannot kill me; Ogun cannot kill me. Only God determines when someone will die.”
However, Chanel, in a statement shared on her Instagram page on Friday, October 3, dismissed the allegations as “false, misleading and damaging to the sacred Yoruba traditional institution.”
She clarified that she was introduced to the monarch by a respected Lagos Oba, not the Ooni, as claimed by the Iwo monarch, noting: “I fondly recall visiting this monarch and his Olori in Lagos with Mr. Akanbi and baby Prince Oduduwa, cherished memories.
“Mr. Akanbi has been absent from Prince Oduduwa’s life for over five years. He only resurfaced in August this year in Canada, refused to sign the passport papers, but dropped $500, the first support Oduduwa had ever received from him since we left the palace.
“Despite this, I have shouldered the full responsibility of raising my son, while always advocating for peaceful co-parenting.
“I, therefore, plead with the public to disregard all falsehoods against the Ooni of Ife, our foremost monarch.
“I also urge the traditional institution to caution Mr. Akanbi from further degrading the sacred throne he once occupied. This shall be my final statement on the matter.”
Chanel, born in Canada to Jamaican parents, is the daughter of reggae star, Ludlow “Bobo Zaro” Chin, renowned for collaborations with artistes, including Capleton, who before her marriage to Oluwo, worked as a model and entrepreneur.
The royal former couple have had a strained relationship for some time. In an interview in 2020, Chanel described her marriage to the Oluwo as one built on lies, even as she vehemently denied allegations of infidelity and poisoning, saying she was used to boost the monarch’s public image due to her Canadian background.
“He used me to build his profile. People didn’t even know him before. He used me as a show horse, saying, ‘my wife is Canadian.’ He even named our son Oduduwa, a name elders later advised me to change.”
She said contrary to claims by the Oluwo, they actually first met at a party in Lagos in 2015 during her visit to Nigeria, not in Canada, and their union collapsed in December 2019 after almost three years, due to what the monarch called “personal irreconcilable differences.”
He reportedly forced the queen out of the palace leading to heated public exchanges via social media, in which she accused him of emotional abuse.
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