Obaseki organises ‘state wedding’ for couple ‘disappointed’ by Registrar (+photos)

Sunday, June 27, 2021 11:20 pm

Edo First Lady, Mrs Betsy Obaseki and Mr. and Mrs. Abel Eromosele Ugiagbe at the wedding ceremony

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin

Wife of Edo Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, at the weekend, organised a wedding reception for Mr. and Mrs. Abel Eromosele Ugiagbe, the couple whose marriage ceremony was disrupted by the absence of the Registrar of the Federal Marriage Registry, Benin without excuse at the day they had scheduled to be joined as husband and wife at the facility.

The Edo First Lady explained that her decision to host the reception for the couple was borne out of the desire to ease the pain they went through, following the disappointment on their wedding day.

She added that the compassionate nature of Mr. Abel Eromosele Ugiagbe, who felt bad that the Registrar lost his job, drew her closer to the couple.

Edo First Lady, Mrs Betsy Obaseki and Mr. and Mrs. Abel Eromosele Ugiagbe at the wedding ceremony and other guests at the wedding ceremony

“After I confirmed the report as true, I called my friend and wife of the Minister for Interior, Mrs. Aregbesola who briefed her husband about the development. The Minister apologized to the couple.

“I really felt for the couple, especially the bride and decided to host them for a reception to make up for the disappointment on their wedding day.

“He told me that ITV came around and saw the situation and they just expressed how they felt but never knew the report will go viral and will lead to the registrar losing his job,” she said.

Mrs Obaseki and other guests at the occasion

Mrs Obaseki and other guests at the wedding ceremony

Chairman of the occasion and Chief of Staff to Edo State Governor, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha, congratulated the couple on the success of their wedding despite the disappointment they experienced over the failure of the Registrar of the Federal Marriage to show up for the marriage.

He urged guests at the reception to see every disappointment as a blessing.

Mrs Obaseki and the couple

According to him, “This is the first official state wedding reception held in this hall in Government House following the disappointment from the registrar who ought to join the couple on May 28th, 2021, but failed to show up and it became a topical issue after the story went viral on social media.”