Son of Ibadan-born billionaire, Olumide Akande, will not cease to showcase to the world how much he loves his beautiful wife and Nollywood actress, Dakore, even after three years of marriage. This young man, who celebrated the arrival of his second child seven months ago, gave a shout out to his wife on his Istagram where he displayed her pictures with lovely and romantic words, describing her as one of the best things to have happened to him and how their love life has been over the years.
The lovebirds courted amid ups and downs and finally wedded in January 2011. They are blessed with two daughters aged three years and seven months, respectively.
Olumide and Dakore Egbuson solemnised their union on January 16, 2011 after four years of courtship.
Their love story spans over four years, a love affair that went through many rumours of a break-up. Their romance enjoyed the biggest hype ever and they waxed stronger in the midst of a rumoured non-acceptance of Dakore by Olumide’s serial presidential aspirant father, Chief Harry Akande. The tale was generated on the context that Dakore, being a Nollywood star, might not stay long in a marriage as some of her colleagues have exemplified.
But this was put to rest when they took to their marriage vow in a grand wedding at Light Guiding Church, Park-view, Ikoyi, Lagos. The ceremony was attended by bigwigs and A-list artistes. Since the wedding, their love has been waxing stronger on a daily basis.
How she got engaged to Olumide
“It was in Chicago last year summer when he told me his very close friend was throwing a party for Essence Magazine. Because he’s a fashion buff, he took me shopping for clothes a day before the party. I noticed he was very excited that day as he was selecting lots of beautiful outfits and I teased him about the event being so important to him. He told me he wanted me to be the most beautiful lady at the party.
The next day which was supposed to be his friend’s party, he said we should go to a restaurant to eat first before going the party.
He took me to this very classy restaurant, the best in Chicago; and I thought ‘wow’, this is really different. It wasn’t that we don’t hang out in fine restaurants, but this restaurant was different, the finest we’ve ever been.”
They ordered a meal and Dakore decided to take desert also, but instead, the waiter came along with another trolley and she turned to him to say they didn’t order those. She later realized that was the cue for Olumide’s magic moment.
“Then the light dimmed and he went on his knees. At that moment, the waiter opened the cover of his trolley and inside it was a beautiful red box. Then Olumide said, ‘You know, we’ve been dating for a while…’
At this point, Dakore couldn’t really hear the rest of his words because her head began to reel with overwhelming emotion. “Then he opened the box and all I did was cry’ Dakore remembers “This time everybody in the restaurant gathered round, and Olumide’s focus was on me, still waiting for my response.
Then the YES just popped out of my mouth. The ring is the best money can buy and it is very beautiful. After the restaurant, I was so excited to go for the party. But when we got there, I found it was also a surprise party with a beautiful cake from all our friends.”
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