The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed
Adewale Akanbi has given reasons why he
puts the kingship crown of his land on his
wife, an action many do not see as part of
Yoruba culture.
Oba Akanbi is the only Yoruba Oba known to
share the crown with his wife.
And people say it is a desecration of the
tradition.
But speaking with Sun, the young monarch
claimed he was functioning according to
God’s revelations.
He explained, “I’m saying I was sent by God
to make things right in what is called kingship
and leadership and to show how the past, our
history, was.
“My wife and I wanted to honour an event.
It’s a great event. And that day when we were
about to go, it was revealed to me: ‘Look at
your side’ and I looked at my side and saw my
wife.
“And it was said: ‘Look at her head; find a
crown that you are not wearing and wear on
her head the crown.
“That was how I gave her the crown. When
God reveals something, I can’t refuse, I just
have to do it, the same way Abraham was
told to take his son, when he was already
over 100 years old.
“Yes and also when I put the crown, God
revealed to me that our progenitor normally
crowned his own wife.”

source: https://peternewsonline..co.ke/2017/06/why-i-share-my-crown-with-my-wife-oba.html?m=1