Adultery Saga: Queen Mother Chased Out of Palace in Delta

Several residents of the Idumuje-Ugboko Community
in Aniocha North area of Delta State were pensive on
Saturday following the revelations by the queen
mother, Okwukwe Nwoko, that she was sent away
from the palace two years ago over allegation of
infidelity.
 
Madam Okwukwe accused the crown prince and his
loyalists of framing her and sending her out of the
palace so the former could achieve his desire of
succeeding the 90-year old monarch.
Now she is threatening a court action to reclaim her
position in the palace...
 
The monarch, Obi Agbogidi Nwoko III, married four
wives but divorced two while one is dead, leaving
Madam Okwukwe as the only recognised wife staying
with him before the alleged adultery.
 
37yrs old Madam Okwukwe, in an interview with
newsmen said she was unjustly accused of infidelity
and sent out of the palace with seven-month-old
pregnancy, which she claim belongs to the king.
 
She said her troubles started after a failed plan to
reconcile one of the King's former wives with the
palace and some persons vowed that no wife of the
Obi would remain in the palace since the move
failed.
 
The queen mother claimed that when she was
accused of infidelity, she agreed to a DNA test or be
allowed to take the traditional oath to prove her
innocence . She said her accusers refused and drove
her out despite the unproven case of infidelity.
 
Madam Okwukwe said while the matter was being
addressed, she was stopped from entering the
palace.
 
According to her,
she lived peacefully with the
monarch before the incident. She stated that the
pregnancy she was accused of getting through
infidelity produced a baby who is now about three
years old.


She also said the baby had neither been seen nor
touched by her father since her birth.
Madam Okwukwe has appealed to the Obi-in-Council,
opinion leaders and the royal family to intervene in
the matter, adding that she “wants to go back to the
palace and take care” of her husband.
 
But a member of the royal family, identified as
Prince Obi Nwoko, is insisting that Madam Okwukwe
indeed committed infidelity and cannot be allowed
back into the palace according to tradition