June 20, (THEWILL)- Penultimate weekend, serial entrepreneur, foremost fashion designer and stylist, Toyin Lawani, got married to her photographer cum lover, Segun Adebayo, also known as Segun Wealth, in a ceremony that was attended by many celebrities.
The serial entrepreneur called Toyin Lawani
While many consider her controversial, Toyin believes she is simply unconventional and refuses to conform with traditional beliefs and ways of doing things. A very hardworking, talented and enterprising person who has a wide range of business interests, Toyin is to the Nigerian fashion industry what Kanye West is to the American fashion industry. While others prefer to play it safe, she likes to operate on a different and higher level of creativity.
A mother of two children, this is Toyin’s second attempt at marriage. Her first marriage, which happened when she was very young, produced her teenage daughter, Tiannah, after whom her business empire is named.
Sixteen-year-old Tiannah lives in America. Perhaps, due to the distance between that country and Nigeria, she was not able make it to her mother’s wedding. Following the crash of the marriage, Toyin dated other men, from Segun Oniru, a former Lagos State Commissioner of Waterfront Infrastructure, to rapper Lord Trigg , a younger lover who is the father of her second child, Lord Maine.
About her husband, Segun Adebayo
Segun Adebayo’s union with Toyin is mired in controversy. According to the gossip mill, he is married with two children to another woman named Edel Idoga who lives in Port Harcourt. He left his wife and children and moved to Lagos in search of the proverbial greener pastures.
Segun met Toyin in Lagos and he became her photographer. Not done with photographing her on set, tale bearers claim, he began to ‘photograph’ her in the bedroom and before one could say Jack Robinson, they fell in love and got engaged.
Not even Edel’s outcry on social media, claiming that her husband abandoned her and their two children, could dissuade the lovers from tying the nuptial knots together, although Segun wealth has denied abandoning his children. While Nigerians were busy crying foul, Toyin and Segun carried on without a care in the world. Today, they are a married couple.
Venue of the wedding
The venue for the star-studded ceremony was The Monarch owned by the queen of Ikateland, Olori Sekinat Elegushi, who honoured Toyin with her presence.
The choice of dress code
The Dress code for the wedding was all black. Toyin broke marriage protocol with her choice of colour for the bridal outfits. The guests were asked to wear black clothes and they all kept to the colour code. The same applied to the ushers who were all dressed in black. Even the interior décor was done in shades of black gold and red carnation. The guests looked resplendent in their black clothes.
The baby bump Toyin couldn’t hide
The result of Segun and Toyin’s ‘photography sessions’ in the bedroom was quite evident at the event. Toyin glowed and looked full in the right places. Despite her effort to conceal it, her baby bump was quite visible to the guests.
Sir Shina Peters was bride’s father
Unknown to many, Afro Juju maestro, Sir Shina Peters is an uncle to Toyin who lost her father a few months ago. He did the needful by stepping out to play the role of a father to her on her big day.
Adeherself, lord maine on grooms men train
Influencer, Adedamola Adewale, otherwise known as Adeherself and ex-girlfriend to Instagram skit maker, Abdulgafaar Abiola, aka Cute Abiola, was at the wedding in her capacity as a maternal cousin to Toyin. She was one of the groom’s men and equally dressed up in the same native agbada attire as the men. Also, Toyin’s son, Lord Maine from her second baby daddy was on the grooms’ men train.
The extraordinary cake
Toyin, who likes to stand out in whatever she does, made sure her cake aligned with the colour code of the day: black, red with gold trimmings. Boy, it was huge. It was also one of the highlights of the wedding.
Pretty Mike and his six baby mamas
Club owner and a manager with Cubana Club, Mike Eze-Nwalie Nwogu, otherwise known as Pretty Mike, who likes to keep people talking with his actions, made quite an entrance when he walked in with six ladies who were all pushing a couple of prams with babies in them. Pretty Mike claims the infants, four boys and two girls named Ebuka, Yomi, Bayo, Chioma, Rukayat and Micheal Jr, are his children and that he loves their mothers equally. It was another highlight of the wedding. However, not a few people felt he went too far with the baby antic.
Since the wedding took place, amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and none of the guests put on a face mask or seemed to adhere to the protocols, concerned critics felt the babies could be easily infected because of their poorly developed immune system.
Blessing Ossom and Ehi Ogbebor conspicuously absent
Society ladies, Blessing Ossom and Ehi Ogbebor, who are close friends of Toyin Lawani, were both conspicuously absent at the star-studded wedding. Blessing Ossom did not only fail to attend the wedding, but also she did not post a congratulatory message to her estranged friend on her social media page nor explain why she couldn’t make it to the event.
Similarly, Ehi failed to turn up at the wedding and she did not post any congratulatory message on her social media page to Toyin. However, it is rumoured that Ehi and Toyin’s friendship went sour when she started dating the current boss of National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos State, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, despite the fact that Toyin had allegedly dated him in the past.
Mercy Aigbe reconciled with Iyabo Ojo
The two actresses were very good friends, but they had a misunderstanding, broke up, drifted apart and became sworn enemies. They met again at Toyin’s wedding and at the behest of another actress, Toyin Abraham, decided to mend fences and become friends again. Unknown to many, Aigbe was the one who introduced Segun wealth to Toyin Lawani.
Between Anita Joseph and Moyo Lawal
While Mercy Aigbe and Iyabo Ojo chose to bury the hatchet, fellow actresses, Anita Joseph and Moyo Lawal chose to carry on like total strangers by refusing to acknowledge each other’s presence at the wedding. The genesis of their beef began about two weeks ago when Moyo failed to participate in a surprise baby shower for actress Uche Ogbodo, despite promising to do so. When the pictures of the baby shower were posted on social media and Moyo attempted to respond to them, Anita slammed her for not keeping her promise. Moyo tried to explain why she couldn’t make it to the baby shower, but Anita would have none of her explanation, insisting she was well within the vicinity of the shower and should have popped in. Their verbal altercation had continued until Moyo backed down.
The guests’ list
It was a star-studded wedding and people from all walks of life registered their presence. They include Nollywood actresses Anita Joseph, Mercy Aigbe, Iyabo Ojo, Moyo Lawal, Susan Peters, Lisa Omorodion, Eniola Badmus and Ebube Nwagbo. The others are Denrele Edun, Lola Ojetola, Dabota Lawson, Yomi Makun, Ik Ogbonna, Alex Ekubo, Bamike Olawunmi Adeibuyan, Olori Sekinat, Sir Shina Peters and Fisayo Michael Olagunju, to mention a few.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
