A final student of Federal Polytechnic, Oko
in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, did the
unthinkable when she snubbed her groom
on her wedding day and called off the
wedding already arranged by the two
families.
The wedding was to take place on Saturday,
3 January, 2015 and guests invited to
witness the ceremony at St Patrick Catholic
Church, Umuchu in Aguata Local
government, Anambra State, were shocked
when Ifunanya Igwebuike refused to show
up to tie the knot with Ekene Uzoigwe.
After several hours of waiting, she later sent
a message to the Parish Priest, Rev. Father
Lawrence Maduagwu, that she was no
longer interested and asked him to cancel
the wedding.
Ifunanya alleged that she could not go
ahead with the marriage because she was a
graduate unlike Uzoigwe whom she claimed
was a school drop-out.
Rev. Maduagwu had no option than to
inform the groom and the guests that were
already seated at the church hall that the
wedding had been cancelled.
This caused an uproar in the church as
guests who expressed shock over what
happened started trooping out of the
church.
Narrating what happened, Uzoigwe said he
proposed to Ifunanya for marriage and she
agreed on condition that he would send her
to school, which he agreed.
He said after she gained admission, he was
financing her education and they agreed to
wed during her final year.
He said he had paid her bride price and she
was part of the whole wedding plan and he
even gave her parents N160,000 to prepare
for the wedding, besides other arrangements
and expenses incurred on the wedding and
reception.
Uzoigwe said she did not inform him about
her decision to back out of the wedding
until he got to the church only for the priest
to inform him and the guests about the
cancellation of the wedding.
“If she had informed me, I would not have
made arrangements. We had already cooked
food and bought drinks for the wedding,”
he said.
He said when he contacted her parents,
they said they would not force her and
asked him to come and take back the
money he gave them to prepare for the
wedding.
Uzoigwe said he was still shocked about
what happened because he did not quarrel
with Ifunanya before the fateful day.
He said he also made sure she was
comfortable by making money available to
her while in school.
Uzoigwe is a business man based in
Abakiliki, the Ebonyi State capital. He met
Ifunanya at their home town, Umuchu,
where he proposed and sent her to school.
How wicked can some ladies be?
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