OVATION CELEBRATES THE WEDDING OF
NIKE OLADUNNI AND EMMANUEL OMORODION Interview: Segun Adebowale & Debby Iyaki Photo: Solomon Ekyaiyemhe
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ndeed it was such a spectacular moment for Deputy Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service, Morenike Oladunni when she walked down the aisle with Emmanuel Omorodion in Lagos. The wedding ceremony which was filled with prayers, praises as well as the full pageantry of the Customs service, was a day of joy. After the fun-filled occasion, the bride, a committed Christian and Philanthropist, spoke with OVATION.
Congratulations on the success of your wedding, it must feel like a new beginning for you
Thank you very much. I agree with you that it has been a new beginning. It is a new relationship, we are looking forward to having a great time and a beautiful married life. I am fulfilled, prayers have been answered and I am getting what I have always wanted. I have always been confronted with this question, ‘Mrs. who are you?’ whenever I go for ministration and I told God to give me a child of His, to support me. People expect Ministers of God to be married and I get such inquiries most of the time. I love talking about God, I enjoy the word of God and I love God so much. I have learnt so much about offering from Pastors Matthew Ashimolowo, Femi Fasheru and Mike Murdock. I partner with Mike Murdock and Murdock talks about the blessings of Isaiah 58.We should cultivate the habit of giving and not just any type of giving, but giving appropriately. We should contribute to projects in Churches so that God can use you as a project. Our ministers do not preach the art of giving the way it ought to be preached. African Ministers as a whole are integrity conscious. The Bible is rich and inter-woven. I love one scripture which was an eyeopener for me, Nehemiah 13 Vs 14,31. I want you to study that scripture. But most of our Preachers are prosperity Preachers
It is a lie. If you want to know prosperity Preachers, listen to Mike Murdock or Rod Parsley. Back to your wedding, between then and now, what has been the experience
Blissful, beautiful and stress free. I feel 29 years younger. Now we do some things we did between 18 and
23. We relax, listen to music together and go down memory lane. I also have somebody to wake me up with and say 'Let us praise and pray to God'. Sometimes, I find myself held up in traffic and I get home to find my husband waiting for me so we could eat together, no matter how hungry he is! Sometimes, he calls me when I am in the office to ask what I would love to eat and he would ask me to meet him somewhere so that we can eat. When you talk of a new beginning, I have found somebody who cares for me like it never before. I have found somebody who is interested in everything I do. I have found a friend, confidant and brother. This is amazing for someone who lost her father about 12 years ago.
Is this your first marriage
No. I got married in 1991, but due to several issues, it finally broke down in 2004. I got a divorce in 2005. Are there things you are likely to do better now compared to the first one
Yes. Patience, tolerance and understanding. Moreover, there is no perfect marriage anywhere but you have to contribute and support. Like Dr. Olukoya will tell you, ‘’somebody has to be deaf and the other one has to be dumb.’’ My husband and I tell each other on a daily basis that, ‘’This marriage has come to stay.’’ How was the wedding
It was more than I wanted. Everything that I had always wanted as a young girl, I got as an old girl. 257