There is unprecedented thrill in high society. Nigeria’s circle of the rich and famous is agog like medieval Rome in the throes of Caesar’s wedding party. News of an epic wedding courses through the social arena like a comet garnishing New Year’s Eve with flakes of gold.
Next Month, March 15th and 17th, Damilola, the beautiful daughter of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, is set to marry Shamsideen, the handsome son billionaire businesswoman, Hajia Bola Shagaya in grand style. Thus as you read, there is excitement in the house of the Osinbajos and palpable exhilaration amongst the high-society.
Its often said, the faults that mar the commoner’s hard-earned marriage hardly afflicts the wedlock of the rich – the faults of impoverishment, faults of denial and other extreme inadequacies to be precise. This is because the rich seldom marry outside their class. Often times, a filthy rich kid marries into a super rich family. Thus money mixes with money and fortune meshes with class.The wedding promises to be grand.
You couldn’t have forgotten so soon how Lagos listed to Bola’s grace when her first son Sheriff got married to Maryam, the daughter of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. Now, Abuja will creak at the eaves for the Queen of poise and Nigeria’s high society.
