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MY BESTMAN’S WEDDING

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Ajibola oduwole retires from professional bridegroom on the 16th September, 2006 when he celebrated his love for Temitope in a glamorous Traditional Wedding held at Akute, Ogun State (You have to cross 7 mountains and 7 seas). The Oil guys were fully represented from the likes of Chevron big boys, NNPC guys to “bobos” from various oil servicing firms (Na waoo, these are young guys that made it big in Lagos).

Moi too was fully represented from Dipo Tepede.POeT taking pics with Sony Ericsson Phone (lol). Well, check me out with the oil guyz!

 

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You guyz check out my best scene in the whole of the ceremony

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I hope you had a good laugh. It was simply a traditional marriage done with the full Yoruba etiquettes and culture. The process is as follows; the grooms family request for the bride with a letter, the brides parents accept it, the groom is escorted by his friends to the center of the event after paying various gate charges, the groom with friends prostrate to the bride parents, the groom is accepted, bride walks in with friends with a covered face, grooms parents open the covering on the face with money, the bride sits with the groom and they are prayed for by the groom and bride’s parents. Then the newly wedded couples dance, dance and dance. I forgot the spraying part.

 

I enjoyed myself big time as I danced more than the bridegroom “sef”. The Oil guys were pulling Ijebu stunts as none of them sprayed dollars (lol). Anyway it ended on a lovely note.

 

I remember 6 months ago asking Ajibola on his birthday when he was going to start dating not to talk of marriage. He said he wasn’t interested in any female company as he wanted to set himself up for something big before he tows that journey. He said marriage should come 3 years from then. Well, 4 weeks ago the guy called me and said he was getting married. Wow, you can imagine my surprise. I asked him what made him decide to get married amidst all his precious plans. He said “I have found what I want in a woman and I don’t want to lose her. She is an asset.”

 

Isn’t that very romantic?

 

Well, how many women are prepared to be assets that will not make a man think twice before considering marriage to them (especially at an accelerated pace). How many?

 

  

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Dipo Tepede

Dipo is a Project Management Coach and Consultant - he qualifies as a Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB), Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA). He is the founder of the first Project Management eLearning Center in Nigeria called PMtutor. He aims to please... Welcome to his world and ..... Enjoy!!!

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  1. kehinde says:

    i really had a good laugh when i saw ur best scene from the whole of the ceremony.Interesting

  2. bellanaija says:

    awww sweet!
    when girls complain that their bf hasnt proposed..I tell them …maybe he’s just not that into u! because as ur friend illustrated when a man findeth a good woman he will want to grab her straight away….

    lol…please what is this – Chevron big boys, NNPC guys to “bobos” from various oil servicing firms (Na waoo, these are young guys that made it big in Lagos)….lol…u r funny!

  3. Dipo Tepede says:

    @ Kehinde and bellanaija

    Thanx for visiting!

  4. the Life of a stranger called me says:

    aawww

    the pics are not very clear maybe because its me, but it is true what you have highlighter concerning men and relationship.

  5. anon says:

    Hey, Tipede… how u dey… i am one of your buddies in ife… i
    jus want to be anon on the web for now … lol

    Can you post a better pix of Aji….when i first saw the post i did’nt
    know it was Aji…I am happy for him…

    Big congrats to him and his wife…Happy married life… :) :)

  6. Dipo Akin Tepede says:

    @ TLOASCM and Anon

    Thanx for visiting

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