On 1 November 2021, Queen Dami, the estranged wife of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi, publicly apologised to the monarch on her official Instagram account in what appeared to be a desperate move.
In her apology, the mother-of-one who left her marriage shortly after her co-queen, Aanu, left in November 2020, blamed her friends for leading her astray and pleaded that she be allowed into the palace.
When she fled the palace, she accused the late king of maltreating her; however, she later debunked the statement as false.
Five years later, history appears to have repeated itself for the controversial queen, as she also publicly apologised to her publicity-loving lover, Portable, with whom she publicly dumped in December 2024.
On 13 December 2024, this newspaper reported how Queen Dami announced the end of her relationship with Portable, a father of eight, after an issue they had during a live session on TikTok.
Forgive me
Just over a month after their separation, Queen Dami has sought forgiveness from the 30-year-old singer, attributing their split to influence from friends.
In a series of posts on her Instagram story on Thursday, Queen Dami admitted her friend with an Instagram handle, an Accessories vendor in Lagos, misled her into packing out of Portable’s house.
Queen Dami, who alleged during the fight that Portable was never in a committed relationship with her, apologised, emphasising that “relationships should not be public projects.”
She stated that love entails forgiveness and vice versa, noting, “I believe that there’s no love without forgiveness and no forgiveness without love.
“99 advisers, zero helpers. Trust nobody; the unfortunate ones will advise and still talk bad about you behind your back. True love never dies. No matter what, follow your heart, and that’s what I’m about to do. God help me.
“Your relationship doesn’t need to make sense to anybody except you and your partner. It’s a relationship, not a community project. There’s no love without forgiveness, and there’s no forgiveness without love. It’s my happiness that matters.”
