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| Jonwo & wife, Tope |
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| Tope & mom, Princess Rosemary |
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| Magistrate Temitope Obasanjo |
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| Jonwo & Temitope on their wedding day |
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| Bromide of the letter sent to Tope by Jonwo |
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| Jinwo's letter asking for authority from Segun Adebutu |
Middle of last year May 11 and 13, 2017 to be more precise, in Lagos wouldn't be forgotten in a hurry, as those were the 2 days when the families of Sir Kensington Adebutu and that of Chief Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Obasanjo, GCFR were joined in holy matrimony! The families had done the native law and custom and then sealed it with the church stamp of approval at The Methodist Church of the Trinity, Tinubu, Lagos, on the Saturday, which was the 13th. Maybe that date itself by virtue of hindsight now, being the 13th was a premonition of a sort, of what was to come, humiliation and disaster.
It was a humonguos wedding by all standards possible. In fact, it was rated amongst all the weddings that took place that year as one of the top 3 weddings of that season. Nothing whatsoever was spared. Bride arrived in a brand spanking new glittering white Rolls Royce, while the groom came in another Rolls Royce, but a glistening black one, both came like stars and those that saw them wished they were in their shoes. The money spent to put it all together is still speculated in the region of hundreds of million Naira, while some have said it was slightly above a billion Naira, some have even claimed that it was far more than that. Imagine a 9 or 10 tiered humongous wedding cake(s) by Cake by Tosan, who is said to be the best in the country! Imagine that Tope's wedding outfit was specially and specifically commissioned by one of the best Lebanese brands, Ziad Nakad, who specializes only in Haute Couture wedding outfits for the best of the best, it is speculated to have cost about $30000 dollars just for that alone, that's not costing the jewelry and other accessories that was used. Her hair throughout the ceremonies was taken care of by the best in Nigeria, that's none other than the incredible, Ugochukwu Igbokwe of Make Me Hair Studios. The whole of the banquet hall of the Eko Hotel Convention Centre was taken and transformed for use, that alone costs several millions of Naira, running to about 20 million Naira! The choice of the best of meals were served, just as the best of drinks too, likes of the best champagnes, brandies, whiskies and cocktails were made available, that alone is several millions of Naira, which could have run into a hundred million on its own. The venue, foods and drinks alone consumed about 150 million Naira. Even the gifts, that the guests all received were totally out of here. Even the invitations must have cost a sizeable chunk.
Any amount that the events might have cost, is most definitely chicken feed for the bride's dad, who is affectionately referred to as 'Baba Ijebu' the same name Nigerians have given to his popular lottery/betting game. He is undoubtedly, the numero uno of lottery and betting in the whole of Nigeria bar none. As the chairman of Premier Lottery and who is also an avowed philanthropist par excellence, Sir Kensington Adebutu is indeed an awesomely wealthy man, by all standards. One whose kids, majorly the men though are all also, stupendously rich too on their own!
The groom's dad is not a minion too by any standards, as he is none other than the former military head of state of Nigeria and then also a 2 terms President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the person of Chief Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR, a former chieftain of the PDP and now referred to as a statesman, but also the convener of the 3rd Force, a new political advocacy group.
The 2 personalities involved in the marriage were, Sir Adebutu's daughter by name Georgina Temitope Oyepero Adebutu, a brilliant magistrate in Ogun State, an alumni of the University of Lagos and the University College London for her Masters, which she got with distinction. Tope was apparently one of the best students in all the schools she has ever attended. Her husband, the businessman son of Chief Obasanjo, in the person of Abraham Olujonwo Ajani Obasanjo, who very much is not known about, other than that, he schooled abroad and is a businessman/farmer, works for his dad.
With how things went, especially the super expensive and lush wedding ceremonies which had all the who-is-who in Nigeria in attendance, many had expected a roller-coaster of a marriage, which at most a year after, would be welcoming and celebrating babies and celebrating some other milestones, but alas, barely just one year after, dark clouds have poured stormy rains on what was once thought to be a match made in heaven and as we speak, the center cannot hold no more and both husband and wife are set on a course in divorceville and both are not willing to rectify or save the marriage, no matter what.
For Temitope Obasanjo nee Adebutu, it has been a very tumultuous and incredulously painful one year, the kind that she cannot pray for her worst enemy to have undergone or experience. Imagine that you are highly expectant after a superlative nuptial ceremony, but all that you experienced from just a few days after the euphoria of the ceremonies have died down, is unimaginable cruelty, neglect or better still desertion and no love whatsoever!
More after the break.
