July 10, (THEWILL) – Teju, one of the daughters of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, last weekend, got married to her lover of several years, Ayo Olugbenle Bello in London. Unfortunately, her father was conspicuously absent from the ceremony that was graced by a few prominent Nigerians who flew out to make the day memorable for her and on behalf of her father. No reason was given for the royal father’s absence at his daughter’s wedding.
The wedding, which was held within the stipulated time, between 2.pm to 2.am, started out with a church wedding ceremony at Harmony Christian Centre at Kemp Road, Dagenham, RM8 1ST. Reception began immediately after at Oasis Banqueting Hall at Thames Road, Barking, IG11 0HZ. While the men wore white native with gold fila as aso ebi or preferably, black suits, the women wore emerald green aso ebi or emerald green/gold English dress.
Although the invite stated that the ceremonies would strictly be by invitation only, devoid of kids and frowned at a plus one, Nigerians in their characteristic manner flouted the rules. The couple met in 2018 and kicking off a relationship was made quite easy as the groom’s family and the bride’s mum were already friends. Temi revealed that she made the first move on her now husband and she has not regretted it one bit.
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