A jilted 32-year old
Nigerian man, who was dumped by his first wife on their wedding day over her
suspicion of his having a low sperm count issue, has married another
woman.
Interestingly, his
new wife is now heavily pregnant for him.
The man, Ekene Uzoigwe,
got married to Ifunanya Igwebuike, according to Igbo tradition and had wanted
to consummate the marriage at St Patrick Catholic Church, Umuchu in the Aguata
area of Anambra State.
However, Ifunanya, a
graduate of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, did the unthinkable when she snubbed her
groom on the day of their white wedding and called off the wedding, to the
shock of many.
The wedding was to
take place on 3 January, 2015 and guests invited to witness the ceremony were
shocked when Ifunaya refused to show up in church to tie the knot with Uzoigwe.
After hours of
waiting, PM Express gathered that she 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.
She also claimed
that she suspected that her husband-to-be then was impotent because he had been
unable to impregnate her after several months of their courtship.
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 with guests expressing shock over what happened.
After the sad event,
Uzoigwe moved on and married another wife who is now pregnant and will be
delivered of his baby soon.
Narrating what
happened...
Uzoigwe said he met
Ifunanya at their home town, Umuchu, where he proposed marriage to her 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.
The jilted man said
Ifunaya did not considered it worthy to inform him about her decision to back
out of the wedding until he got to the church and the priest had to inform him
and their 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.
Uzoigwe said when he
contacted her parents about the whole incident, they only told him that they
could not forced her to go against her wishes but only asked him to come and
take back the money he gave them to prepare for the wedding.
Uzoigwe said he was
still in shock about that incident because he did not have any 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, a soon-to-be father.
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