You just gotta love this two! In a recent interview, the wife of the new Ondo state Governor,
Mrs Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu had this to say:
“I met my husband in Enugu, he was a youth corper then in Enugu. I
was also posted to Enugu. So a friend of mine visited me and she came
along with her boyfriend who also came along with my husband. That was
how we met and it was love at first sight. I think people frown at love
at first sight but it worked for us.
I fell in love with his broad shoulders. Then he was really looking very
cute. I can still remember what he was wearing that day – a red shirt,
long sleeves and jeans trousers. That was 37 years ago. He couldn’t even
take me out because he didn’t have money as a youth corper. It was
quite magnetic and that was it.
There is a 3-year age difference between us. I am older than him anyway.
I was like 25 then while he was 22. It was love that really endured. I
had graduated and in my place (Owerri) when a girl graduates from the
University suitors come from left, right and centre. And your parents
would expect you to go for a made man with everything, but I have always
known that there was no way I could have married a self-made man. I
will better build a home from the scratch with you because I want to
have a say in my home”
