WHERE IS THE GREAT JIDE OMOKORE?

Otunba Jide Omokore

The man affectionately referred then to as the "godfather", the "moneybag of moneybags", the "blesser of people" (this man's gifts to those he is pleased with her legendary), the one who taught many wealthy men how to enjoy and spend money or how to put good money, immense amount of money at that to extraordinary use, the good friend and partner of the nouveau rich man par excellence, the 'extra terrestrial Kola Aluko" the one we would love to refer to as the "the lord of money", the ultimate wealthy man who many many legends were spawned around, seems to have disappeared into thin air.  Gone are the days when no week goes by that one wouldn't have heard something extraordinary about him. He seems to have gone into oblivion!!!! This was one of the few that even Forbes magazine described as "Top 10 Nigerian multimillionaires you have never heard of".

Even the well known brand SPOG Petrochemical, one of the best known out of the severals of the brands he owns and used to control has gone totally quiet too! Unlike in the heydays, no week goes by without hearing SPOG this, SPOG that!

In fact, even his wife, Angela the "thorough bred professional" who at a time some speculated should have taken over at Access Bank as the CEO (she was a director at the bank at a point) has gone totally off the radar too, living a more quiet existence. Gone seemingly are those days, when things used to standstill in deference to this gorgeous lady known to be a "finicky shopper & privileged shopper", the legend then was that even Selfridges and Harrods recognised her and that Chanel knew her as a preferred client!

At the height of the prestige and benevolence of Chief/Otunba Jide Omokore, the billionaire from Kogi State (from Isanlu town, the HQ of Yagba LGA), the man literally and single handedly delivered one of the most expensive and most spoken about weddings in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates that got tongue wagging for several weeks. The opulence of the wedding was so humongous, it was staggering. It was speculated then that the wedding could conservatively have cost the moneybag about $8 million dollars! That amount in today's Naira value would have been around ₦2.9billion Naira! His in-law was the then Permanent Secretary Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

Many of our then top politicians, serving government functionaries (state & federal), state Governors, royal fathers, top business owners fell over themselves to attend the "then destination wedding of the year", which even the Arabs saluted as a "sheer display of availability of extraordinary resources".

Imagine that the number of private jets and chartered flights that landed in Dubai at that time from Nigeria and from other guests that came from around the world, was so extraordinary, it was staggering. The play by play of that wedding report is still one of the most well read on this platform till tomorrow.

Imagine a pre-wedding shindig that was at the legendary "Cavalli Club Dubai" and everything was said to have been literally "on the house"! Even Wizkid, Naeto C, Deejay Jimmy Jatt and other artistes/entertainers were flown in to perform, including Godbless & the Eboni band! The weekends of June 7th to the 9th of 2013 was colossal by all standards then.

Guests that were lucky to have entered the JW Marriott Marquis the venue of the wedding, where 2 floors were completely taken over went home with the best phone as at that time, BB Q10, a complete teaser, B&Q sound system speakers, super luxury towel set, Samsung Galaxy tabs etc!

So now just imagine a man with the kind of resume we have painted above all of a sudden going totally quiet and incognito just as soon as this present administration came on board! Mennnnnnn PMB has obviously stopped a lot of those things that used to keep us titillated!

What a mess! 

ANGELA EBAGUA & HER DOTING STEP-SON

Many are still talking about this wedding everywhere. It is one wedding that would not be forgotten in a hurry for a while to come. So opulent it was, that it would take a while for any wedding to match it, in terms of expenses and opulence. But that's not what this is all about. 

Many had wondered aloud, on how come the mother of the groom's presence was not felt in any way at her son's nuptial ceremony. The way it is, is that the wedding day is one of the happiest moments of any mom & dad's life. So many had expected that since the boy getting married is not the child of the wife presently at home, it's one opportunity for the estranged lady to shine and revel in her son's happy day. But alas! Tosin mother was nowhere near the venue of the ceremony, she wasn't even in Dubai, the UAE in any capacity. 

Why? We do not know. But what we can tell you all for a fact is that, Tosin's step-mom, the gorgeous heart-beat of Otunba Jide Omokore, in the person of Angela Ebagua , was very prominent at the wedding. In fact, she stood in very well as the mother of the groom. This we hear was the case because she and the groom have a fantastic relationship, based on mutual respect and admiration.

No wonder madam went to Dubai with a fully loaded Private Jet carrying friends and well-wishers. The pj we hear belongs to her and not even her husband, who we hear owns like 4.

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That he is a Nigerian billionaire is not in doubt, Dubai the tourist capital of the UAE is getting ready to feel the might of the one and only Otunba Jide Omokore, a top PDP Stalwart and money man. We hear that preparation for the wedding of the first son of the boss of SPOG Petrochemicals is in top gear and as we speak, the town is agog. Even the young man's step-mom- Angela Ebagua is going to storm Dubai with many of her celeb friends in tow.

Many who don't have private jets are either already booked or are booking their flights for Wednesday, June 5,Thursday, June 6 & Friday, Friday, June 7, 2013 so as to be a part of the fanfare. It is the mother of all weddings set to take place in Dubai, and it is slated for Saturday, June 8, 2013. Hear this and hear it well, over a hundred room(180 plus) has already been booked and paid for in CASH ( over a Million dollars in cash was paid as deposit) at the prestigious JW Marriott Marquis Hotel, Sheikh Zayed Road, Business Bay, Dubai 121000 UAE alone.  We don't know if other hotels would have enjoyed the same largesse. JW has 684 rooms & 120 suites on 72 floors.

The hotel which was opened not too long ago from what we have heard is where the wedding /reception etc would take place. It has the largest meeting room in the whole of Dubai. One of the ballroom measuring 14,477 Sq ft and has a maximum capacity of 1,548. So apart from a few, who would be staying at other accommodations, some of the guests and family members etc are all booked to stay at the hotel. It is a one-stop package for everything. We hear a Nigerian event planner got the deal and the company would be working hand-in-hand with the exceptionally trained wedding planners from the JW Marriott. 

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DUBAI WAITS FOR JIDE OMOKORE'S FIRST SON'S MOTHER OF ALL WEDDINGS

BASHORUN JIDE OMOKORE

There's a scrambling presently on going for the invitation cards to the wedding of the first son of Bashorun Jide Omokhore, who is one of Nigeria's richest men. Bashorun Omokore is the Chairman/CEO of The Energy Resources Group, who are the owners of SPOG Petrochemicals Ltd, Fivatek Nigeria Ltd, Innovative Haulage Ltd, Expedia Marian and many other companies. The very liquid Jide Omokore, who is the godfather of Yagba politics in Kogi State, also holds substantial holdings at Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept  Limited, the company is presently facing a petition sent to EFCC to investigate a supposed shady deal involving her and the Minister for Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke said to be worth about N58.9 Trillion. 

The EFCC troubles aside, the most IMPORTANT thing presently to the billionaire from our little investigation, is how he plans to throw one of the best & most exotic destination weddings possible for his first son, come the next few weeks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The groom to be we hear is Bashorun Jide Omokore's first son from his estranged first wife and not from his current highly cerebral wife, Angela Ebagua who is a director at Access Bank Plc. Many are even suggesting that Angela might be taking over from Aigboje Aig-Imokhude as the MD of the bank, when he retires sometimes soon and possibly take over as the CBN Governor.

Away from Angela and back to the wedding that is set to shake the firmament of the social happenings of the emirate. We hear that all the stupendously rich friends of the groom's dad who all have private jets are ready to release their jets to ferry as many people to Dubai as possible. From the snippets we have gotten, only 1400 guests are expected to grace the invitation only event, which according to a source would make many weddings before it and after it look like a child's play.

As par the info on where the wedding itself would take place in Dubai & who the very lucky bride to be is, we are still digging. But we can tell you all for free that many private jets and chartered flights would be heading towards that part of the world in the next few weeks.