Son
of Ibadan-born billionaire, Olumide Akande, will not cease to showcase
to the world how much he loves his beautiful wife and Nollywood actress,
Dakore, even after three years of marriage. This young man, who
celebrated the arrival of his second child seven months ago, gave a
shout out to his wife on his Istagram where he displayed her pictures
with lovely and romantic words, describing her as one of the best things
to have happened to him and how their love life has been over the
years.
The lovebirds courted amid ups and downs and finally
wedded in January 2011. They are blessed with two daughters aged three
years and seven months, respectively.
Olumide and Dakore Egbuson solemnised their union on January 16, 2011 after four years of courtship.
Their
love story spans over four years, a love affair that went through many
rumours of a break-up. Their romance enjoyed the biggest hype ever and
they waxed stronger in the midst of a rumoured non-acceptance of Dakore
by Olumide’s serial presidential aspirant father, Chief Harry Akande.
The tale was generated on the context that Dakore, being a Nollywood
star, might not stay long in a marriage as some of her colleagues have
exemplified.
But this was put to rest when they took to their
marriage vow in a grand wedding at Light Guiding Church, Park-view,
Ikoyi, Lagos. The ceremony was attended by bigwigs and A-list artistes.
Since the wedding, their love has been waxing stronger on a daily basis.
How she got engaged to Olumide
“It
was in Chicago last year summer when he told me his very close friend
was throwing a party for Essence Magazine. Because he’s a fashion buff,
he took me shopping for clothes a day before the party. I noticed he was
very excited that day as he was selecting lots of beautiful outfits and
I teased him about the event being so important to him. He told me he
wanted me to be the most beautiful lady at the party.
The next
day which was supposed to be his friend’s party, he said we should go
to a restaurant to eat first before going the party.
He took me
to this very classy restaurant, the best in Chicago; and I thought
‘wow’, this is really different. It wasn’t that we don’t hang out in
fine restaurants, but this restaurant was different, the finest we’ve
ever been.”
They ordered a meal and Dakore decided to take desert
also, but instead, the waiter came along with another trolley and she
turned to him to say they didn’t order those. She later realized that
was the cue for Olumide’s magic moment.
“Then the light dimmed
and he went on his knees. At that moment, the waiter opened the cover of
his trolley and inside it was a beautiful red box. Then Olumide said,
‘You know, we’ve been dating for a while…’
At this point,
Dakore couldn’t really hear the rest of his words because her head began
to reel with overwhelming emotion. “Then he opened the box and all I
did was cry’ Dakore remembers “This time everybody in the restaurant
gathered round, and Olumide’s focus was on me, still waiting for my
response.
Then the YES just popped out of my mouth. The ring is
the best money can buy and it is very beautiful. After the restaurant, I
was so excited to go for the party. But when we got there, I found it
was also a surprise party with a beautiful cake from all our friends.”
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