By Joe Chukindi The governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, gave out his daughter, Adaora, in marriage at his home town in...
By Joe Chukindi
The governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, gave
out his daughter, Adaora, in marriage at his home town in Osuofia, Aguata Local
Government Area, on Saturday.
The event was attended by several dignitaries, mostly from
his government and members of his in-laws’ family from Onitsha.
Soludo took to his verified Facebook account to state that
the traditional marriage was the first in his family in the past 142 years.
Soludo said this was because of the scarcity of female
children in his family, until he broke the jinx, as God blessed him with four
female children.
Soludo wrote: “In the presence of my family, kinsmen,
friends, and my in-laws from Onitsha, I gave out my lovely daughter, Ifeatu
Adaora Soludo, to her heartthrob after all traditional rites had been met and
certified in line with the customs of the Isuofia community.
“I celebrate this historic event for two reasons. First, God
has graciously blessed the larger Soludo family with another such marital union
after 142 years (by my estimate).
“This is largely due to the fact that female children have
been a rarity in the past three generations of the Soludo family. To break that
“jinx,” God has mercifully provided me with four beautiful daughters, whom I
celebrate every day.”
Soludo stated that by marrying his daughter off to Arinze
Ibekwe, his son-in-law, he has gained another son.
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