By Mariam Aleshinloye Agboola JOS
What God has joined together, let no man put asunder. Yes that’s the refrain of well wishers who thronged the wedding ceremony of the Paralympic couple, Folashade and Tolulope Owolabi, on Saturday in Jos after they tied nuptial knot in Holy wedlock at Apostolic Church. The couple were excited that the day they had been dreaming about has finally come to pass.
The athletes were overwhelmed with joy as they sang: ” This is the day the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it”. It was the day God proved Himself strong as families of the couple converged to celebrate the love that will endure for life. The couple were overwhelmed as they watched the procession in amazement. The groom, Folashade, told Daily Sunsports that she never believed the wedding day would come so fast and she’s grateful to God for the fulfilment of the dream.
The couple is already on the way to Lagos for honeymoon. It was a joy unlimited for Folashade and Tolulope as they were pronounced husband and wife. They both confessed it was the happiest day of their lives. The holy solemnization, which was witnessed by dignitaries from all walks of life was witnessed by Paralympians and especially powerlifters, who participated in the last Paralympic Games in London. They all converged in Jos to celebrate with their teammates.
Dressed in beautiful white flowing gown with white jewellery to match and Tolulope dressed in black suit with purple shirt and gold-coloured tie to matched the purple and gold colours chosen by the couple. The couple was joined in Holy matrimony by the Jos Areas Superintendent of the church, Pastor David Olayinka Abiade, after the charges had been read to the congregation and the couple, asking for any objection to pronouncing the couple husband and wife. Other highlight of the wedding was the exchange of rings after which one of the officiating pastors, Solomon Oluwole Aladeokomo, prayed for the couple. In his sermon, Pastor of the Utan Assembly,
Ezekiel Olaniyi Oladimeji, who spoke on the scriptural principles of successful marriage, advised the couple to submit themselves to the will of God and to each other. He said the bedrock of every good home is submission To the will of God and to see God in each other’s life. The cleric, who took his lesson from Ephesians 5, 21 to the end, urged the wife to submit to her husband in all ramifications and accept his leadership, while the husband should love his wife as Christ loves the church and they should their trust in God as He cares for them. Guests were treated to the music of the T.A.C choir group as the wedding certificate was being signed in turn by the couple.
The solemnization was followed by a reception at the Ezenifite Hall where the guests were entertained. At the reception, the couple with other physically-challenged persons and other guests danced to the glory of God. Speaking at the reception, the President of the Para-Olympic Committee, Mr. Monday Emoghauwe (MON), who led the delegation from Abuja, specifically thanked the parents of the couple for not giving up hope on their children despite the challenges they faced in bringing them up. While noting that if they had killed them when they became disabled or He said that if the children had been abandoned or thrown away because they were disabled to beg on the streets, there would be nothing to celebrate today.
He said despite his own disability, he had visited more than 35 countries and has been able to achieve what some able-body men had not achieved in life.
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Quite touchy.
I wish them bliss and marital fulfilment.
Wow! What a happy moment that was! God bless their union – Amen!
This is good thing i ever here that happen in so call Nigeria.
Prakash who are u .. what is the meaning of ”so call Nigeria?
@Williams. Prakash is an “ignoramus” i.e. a completely ignorant man, tout simplement!
I WISH YOU LUCK, BUT MAKE WAY LEAVE NIGERIA THAT PLACE IS HELL ON EARTH, LEAVE NIGERIA TO TOGO OR BENIN AT LEAST IS A BIT BETTER TO COMPARE THE HELL IN NIGERIA
Oh what a blissful marriage, may love be the banner over them.
THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE YORUBAS AND THE IGBOS
AS YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN, I AM FROM RIVERS STATE AND MARRIED AN IGBO WOMAN FROM UMUAHIA. THE ATTITUDE OF MY WIFE AND MY INLAWS TELL ME A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT THE IGBOS. I CAN CONFIRM THAT GOD IS WITH THE IGBOS. MY WIFE AND MY INLAWS ARE FANTASTIC PEOPLE. I HAVE 8 CHILDREN , FOUR BOYS AND FOUR GIRLS FROM MY DEAR WIFE. THEY ARE THE PRIDE OF MY COMMUNITY TODAY. MY SECOND WIFE IS FROM IS FROM AKURE AND SHE HAS 3 CHILDREN FOR ME. SHE ALWAYS COMMENDS THE IGBOS. SHE IS STILL WITH ME AND ALL OF US LIVE IN HARMONY TOGETHER.
YORUBAS LISTEN. IT IS US NON-IGBOS THAT DID WRONG TO THE IGBOS DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE LIES GOWON AND HIS BROTHERS TOLD US IN THE RIVERS STATE AT THAT TIME. THEY TOLD US THAT IF WE LEAVE THE PROPERTY OF THE IGBOS, WE WOULD BE THE GREATEST LOSERS. CEAZE THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE MEANS TO SURVIVE AND YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT. THEY TOLD US THAT THE IGBOS ARE BAD AND WOULD BUILD ALL OVER THE STATE AND OUR CHILDREN WILL HAVE NO PLACE TO BUILD IN FUTURE. WE BELIVED THEM AND SEAZED THEIR PROPERTY. WE SACKED THEM FROM OUR STATE. THEY WENT TO THEIR STATE, SOUTH/EASTEN STATE. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE DYING. THEY SURVIVED MORE THAN US WHO WERE DECEIVED BY AND AWOLOWO. PLEASE DO NOT BE ANNOYED BECAUSE I MENTION AWOLOWO HERE. WE NIGERIANS OWE APOLOGY TO THE IGBOS BECAUSE WE DID THEM WRONG BY THE WAY WE TREATED THEM DURING THE WAR. I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU WILL FEEL IF THE BUILDINGS YOU IN ONITSHA , OWERRI, ENUGU WERE TO BE SEAZED BY THESE STATES ESPECIALLY IF ANOTHER PERSON FROM ANOTHER STATE WERE TO INSTIGATE THAT SEISURE. IF YOU ARE FROM LAGOS , AND HAD BUILDINGS IN IBADAN, AKURE, ONDO OSHOGBO WERE TO BE SEIZED BY AN INSTIGATION FROM SOMEBODY FROM THE NORTH. YOU ARE FROM THE WESTERN REGION AS THE IGBOS WERE FROM THE EASTERN REGION. WE WERE THE SAME REGION UNTIL GOVWON DECEIVED US TO DO WHAT WE DID.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU HAD £2,000,000, IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND SOMEBODY CAME AND SAID YOU HAVE RIGHT TO ONLY £20? THINK ABOUT IT. SURELY YOU WILL FEEL VERY BAD. DURING AND AFTER THE WAR ONE OF OUR BROTHERS, A WRITER WOULD NOT LET IGBOS TO REST. HE PAID FOR IT. YOU CANNOT SLAP A BABY AND AT THE SAME TIME TELL HIM NOT TO CRY. I AN NOW 84 YEARS OLD AND WHAT I SAY IS TRUE BECAUSE I WAS AROUND WHEN MEETINGS WERE HELD TO SEE WHAT TO DO WITH THE IGBOS. I DID NOT KNOW THE IMPLICATIONS UNTILL SOME FEW YEARS LATER. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE BETTER THAN THE IGBOS. WERE NOT.
MY DEAR PEOPLE FROM YORUBA LAND, CHINUA ACHEBES WRITE-UP DID NOTN INSULT THE YORUBAS. HE TALKED ABOUTG ONE PERSON LATE CHIEF AWOWLO. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN IT AS IF ACHEBE INSULTED THE YORUBA RACE. YOU ARE WRONG. THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY AND WRITE. THE HOUSAS ARE LAUGHING AT US HERE IN THE SOUTH IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT. THE OTHER DAY A FRIEND OF MINE TOOK US TO HOTEL PRESIDENTIAL IN PORT HARCOURT. THIS WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN THE YORUBAS AND THE IGBOS CAME UP. ONE ALHAJI AND HIS FRIENDS WERE ON A DIFFERENT TABLE EATING AND DRINKING. I HEARD THEM SAY THAT IF THERE IS A WAY TO MAKE THE YORUBAS AND THE IGBOS FIGHT, THAT THEY IN THE NORTH WILL BE VERY HAPPY. I WANTED TO CHALLNGE THEM BUT MY FRIEND RESTRAINED ME FROM DOING SO. THE WRITING OF ACHEBE SHOULD NOT CAUSE THIS TYPE OF ACRIMONY. MY PEOPLE SAY NOW THAT IF THE IGBOS ARE ELIMINATED, IT WILL BE VERY EASY FOR THE NORTH TO OVER RUN THE SOUTH TO FULFILL WHAT AHMADU BELLOW SAID. THAT PUSHING THE SOUTH INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. YORUBA PEOPLE, PLEASE STOP THIS WAR.
TO THE IGBOS
YOU SUFFERED HUMILIATION AT THE INSTANT OF THE NORTHERNERS. YOU DID NOT DIE RATHER YOU CAME UP STRONGER THAN YOU WERE. I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO FORGIVE AND FORGETWHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST. LOOK AQT THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS. THEY SUFFERED AND NOW SEE HOW STRONG THEY ARE. MY FATHER USED TO TELL ME THAT IGBOS HAVE JEWS ORIGIN. MY SON WHO WENT TO ISRAEL LAST MONTH TOLD ME THAT SOME NAMES THERE ARE LIKE IGBO NAMES. A BOOK I READ SOME FOUR YEARS AGO SAID THAT THE IGBOS HAD THEIR ORIGIN IN THE HEBREW. THEY ARE GOD’S PEOPLE. PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS WAR OF WORDS TOBRING SOMETHING NASTY IN THE SOUTH. THE HAUSAS ARE LAUGHING AT US IN THE SOUTH. YORUBA/IGBO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. LET US IN THE SOUTH FORGE AHEAD TOGETHER. NO MORE RANCOUR, NO LOVE LOST. LET US LIVE TOGETHER. WOLE SONYINKA, PLEASE ADVISE YOUR PEOPLE. CHINUA ACHEBE, PLEASE ADVISE YOUR PEOPLETO STOP AND FORGIVE THE INJURIES THEY SUSTAINED. GOD WILL HELP THEM.
LONG LIVE YORUBA, LONG LIVE IGBO, LONG LIVE US IN THE RIVERS STATE. I SAY RIVERS STATE BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY TIBES HERE. SO I PREFER TO USE THE WORD RIVERS STATE.
God bless you sir. You spoken well and what you stated here is the truth. People should appreciate elders like you who see the truth and say it the way it is. May God grant you more years. We should all forget violence. Ibo, Yoruba and Housa, we all were created by God Almighty and we owe a debt to pay for every blood we take. We should not kill one another.
God bless you sir. You have spoken well and what you stated here is the truth. People should appreciate elders like you who see the truth and say it the way it is. May God grant you more years. We should all forget violence. Ibo, Yoruba and Housa, we all were created by God Almighty and we owe a debt to pay for every blood we take. We should not kill one another.
Congratulation to you both.
HML!!! May union blossom and be fruitful in Jesus Name, Amen. CONGRATULATIONS.
So truthful men re still in dis country? May God grant u more years. Elders like u needed to give an opportunity to express their feelings in various media all over d country to ensure unity & progress.
I de laugh north don suffer tey tey..this moron is saying it is north that made them to seize Igbo property during the war and in another breath he will say they went to school in rivers and can think..maybe it is north that also say igbos in rivers should say they be ‘rivers’ and not Igbo..and maybe it is still north that stop them from returning the stolen property..’ewu’…second base ojare..my sweet couple may God bless your union and grant you joy and happiness!! I hope you bring more joy to Beloved Nigeria.
May almighty God be their God in all their needs. Congrat
CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY MARRIED LIFE.