According to a Palace Chief who spoke (without revealing his/her name), the wives of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, the Olubuse II, by tradition cannot re- marry as its forbidden, they can only be received by the new Ooni. This order was prescribed by the Ife tradition since the Ooni is not thought about/believed dead but to have transited to a higher world.