Last week, we brought you highlights from the extravagant wedding of Chinazo and Mekam (#CHIME2017).
We told you of how the wedding had over 2000 guests in attendance and how over N200million was spent on it.
mjWe now bring you the love and proposal story and also their really really beautiful pre-wedding album, enjoy!
Their story as narrated by the bride:
Our dads were close friends back in the day when they both lived in
Onitsha, Anambra. Apparently, they used to have these hangouts where
they would talk about business and cars. They decided to catch up years
later, and Mekam’s dad came over to my parents’ house.
Mekam came along
too and that was the first time we met. We talked briefly about our
hobbies and careers and he kept asking me all these questions about
myself.
I was a bit shy that day so I honestly wanted to escape and get
back to my afternoon nap. He came across as really laid back and a bit
nerdy, but he was easy to talk to. I didn’t think too much of the visit,
plus I wasn’t interested in a doctor that lived so far away. All these Obodo Oyibo/Americana guys that will confuse you up and down. Me I
didn’t want. Also, anyone that knows me knows that I swore never to end
up with a doctor. Karma.
Clearly, he was interested because he insisted that he would
accompany me to a wedding I was going to a few days later. His plan was
obviously to spoil my market because everyone at the wedding assumed he
was my date. Thanks Mekam. Surprisingly, he turned out to be good
company but as a real ‘G’ I kept my cool. We stayed in touch even after
he returned to the US, and our conversations became longer and deeper.
I’m a very reserved person and I rarely open up about my personal life
with anyone but somehow with Mekam I shared everything; from things that
happened during the day to other guys that were disturbing my life lol.
Sometimes we would gist like old classmates, other times we would pray
together. It took me some time to figure out that Mekam was exactly the
man that God had planned for me and I did my best to fight any feelings
that wanted to come up. Again, as a real ‘G’.
During one of his few breaks from work, he planned to fly into Lagos
on a Friday night and leave on Sunday afternoon. I was really excited
about this particular visit only for Mekam to send me a strange message
minutes before his flight that he wouldn’t be able to see me until
Sunday evening (right before his flight back) because of some
‘complications’.
I was half confused, half worried and rather angry. We
had basically talked about his visit for weeks and then all of a sudden
we could only see for a few hours. I decided to push him to the back of
my mind and keep it moving.
My sister happened to be in town that
weekend, so instead of bothering myself about Mekam, we decided to spend
the day together and go to a spa. Little did I know that she and Mekam
had concocted an elaborate plan and halfway through a relaxing spa day,
Mekam surprised me out of nowhere, got on one knee and asked me to be
his wife.
I can’t even begin to describe how shocked, emotionally
drained and speechless I was, but in that moment, I looked at Mekam and
somehow it all made sense.
Through the long distance, daily facetime calls and time zone
problems, I have fallen more and more in love with my best friend. Of
course, we have our little fights and our disagreements, but every
single moment…good or bad…has been perfect.
I can’t wait to spend the
rest of my life with this soccer loving, sugar addicted, terrible
singing, absolutely caring, refreshingly honest, and big hearted man
.
Below are photos and videos from the grand wedding planned by Zapphire events!
Videos:
Father and Daughter Dance
When 2face performed
The ladies
The entrance
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The orchestra