By Etatsemi Onoriode
The city of Sapele, in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State was agog recently when Engr. Voke Eruwetaghware got married to his wife former Miss Oghenetega Onakposegha, at the Church of God Mission Int. Okpe provincial Headquarters Sapele Delta State.
Before the couples were joined together at the church, the traditional marriage ceremony was earlier carried out in Jesse at the Onakposegha family’s compound Atigwor, according to the native laws and custom of the Urhobos, which attracted personalities including politicians, government top functionaries, civil servants, men of God, business men and women and other cream of the society.
During the solemnization of holy matrimony of Mr. Voke and his wife Tega, the officiating minister, Rev. Dele Samuel Soyemi, advised the couples while reading from the bible in the book of Hebrews 13:4 to endeavour to stand all the pressures of marriage and that they must build solidly on Christ foundation while making the bible their daily guide.
Rev. Soyemi enjoined the couples never to allow third party interference into the matrimonial home but must love themselves and allow God word to rule in everything that they do.
At the wedding reception in Fountain Hotels main Hall alone Akpeki Crescent, which was chaired by Prof. Solomon Okobia who was (seated closely to his wife Professor Cicilia Otete, Okobia the Vice
Chancellor of the Western Delta University, The father of the bride groom Chief Johnson Eruwetaghware, the Ovwe of Agbon kingdom who is the secretary of the Agbon Traditional Council of Chiefs, enjoined the couples to love themselves always while shunning the third party arrangement in their matrimony, the only way to make their marriage blissful and stand the text of time.
Chief Eruwetaghware who doubled as the president of the Comfort (Ufuoma) Club said he did not expect the large turnout of persons including members of his club at the event, which he likened to the love the people present have for him and his entire family while appreciating members of the Comfort (Ufuoma) Club which has their headquarters at Amukpe for the sacrifice they put in to attend the marriage ceremony, just as he also appreciated all traditional chiefs from Urhobo land and other well wishers for their presence.
Speaking to after cutting of the cake and dancing by the couples Engr. Voke Eruwetaghware said he is happy to marry Tega as his beautiful wife, assuring that he will do all it takes to make his wife the best woman on earth, while appreciating all invited guest for their show of love for his family, just as his wife Mrs. Oghenetega Eruwetaghware explained that her husband is the best man in the world.
Both couples advised young people who have not married not to be despair because one day will be their turn to wear the ring where people will also come out in their large number to be witnesses like
their own case.
The wife of Chief Ighoyota Amori, Chief (Mrs.) Gloria Amori and other guest at the event thank God, for the success of the marriage, while enjoining both couples to always leave with the fear of God and love themselves at all time.
