It started like a joke four years ago. Penultimate Sunday, Fatimoh Danmole, a banker and her beau, Yusuf Onilogbo got engaged. The introduction was held at Adeniji Adele Housing Estate mini Hall, report OMOLOLA OLAOLUWA and AMINAT ADESINA.
The decorations in the Mini Hall of Phase 4, Adeniji Adele Housing Estate, blended with the colour of the day. The hall was decorated in pink and blue. There were sparkling lights across its length and breadth.
Guests looked resplendent in traditional and foreign attires.
It was the introduction of Fatimoh, daughter of Alhaji Balogun Danmole and her beau Yusuf Onilogbo.
The Ijebu-Imosan-born Fatimoh, a graduate of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, looked resplendent and beautiful in her gray lace attire, with pink dots and pink pair of shoes.
She caught guests’ attention, with her cheerful look throughout the event.
Yusuf, a graduate of Accounting from The Polytechnic, Ibadan, is a native of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.
He looked charming as he was accompanied into the hall by his friends.
Likewise, Fatimoh was led into the hall by friends and some family members amid praise songs.
The groom was the first to be invited to the high table after introduction of the guests.
The groom and his friends prostrated in greeting his inlaws.
Prayers were said for him.
When the bride came in, she knelt to greet her parents and in-laws.
The ceremony was officiated by Mr Lawal Taofeek.
Alhaji Mustapha Suleiman delivered the lecture.
Suleiman urged the couple to live by the teachings of the Quran and take the Prophet as their role model. He urged them to respect each other’s opinion on issues.
He said prayer should be the first thing in their life as it would let them overcome challenges.
“Be prayerful because any relationship based on God will always stand the test of time,” he said.
The Chief Imam of Anwar-ul-Islam organisation, Akoka branch, Alhaji Sulaymon Uthman, urged those present to pray for the success of the marriage.
He advised the couple’s parents to see themselves as one big family so that the children could live in love and peace.
The bride’s father, Alhaji Balogun Danmole, thanked all for gracing the occasion and for their support.
Danmole described the day as a memorable one in his life.
He urged them to live together as one and communicate well.
“Religiously and culturally, the husband is the head of the family, so she must always see him as the head and be his partner in progress. Before she does anything, she must inform her husband,” he said.
Fatimoh, who works with the Guaranty Trust Bank, described her husband as a gentle, caring and jovial guy.
“I’m glad, I will be spending the rest my life with him,” she said.
Yusuf, an entrepreneur, said their relationship started about four years ago.
‘’I’m happy because my wife is the kind of woman any man would love to spend the rest of his life with. I’m happy she is mine,’’ he said.
