It was a classic case of giving to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what is God’s. The wedding itself was at the Chapel of Redemption at the College of Education, Akwanga in Nasarawa State while the reception held at Rishama Hall, opposite the College gate.
Reflectively!
Husband and wife flanked by the mother on either sides
And guess the star actors at the reception: contemporaries of Comrade Chris Abashi, the late father of the bride, Abaka Nora Abashi, the last of his three daughters to get married. They range from Prof. John Longkat; Barrister Tony Akika; former Information Minister, Labaran Maku; Barrister David Anda, Mrs Josephine Ewuga, Barrister and Mrs John Mathews, Barrister Ben Akwash, Mr.Alex Ajen, amongst others. Other comrades sent messages of solidarity.
It was, in a sense, a symbolic reconvening of the movement figures of the mid 1980s, across religious and regional boundaries and, therefore, evocative of everything great about days gone by. It must have certainly gladdened the hearts of the audience, the living parent of the bride, the bridegroom and the bride herself, a product of the University of Jos Medical School and an Abuja corper.
Perhaps one of the very few good news at a time of generalised insecurity and the manipulation of fear and danger that Nigeria in particular and the world in general is confronting today, courtesy of a global spread of bungling right-wing populists, autocrats and a thoroughly threatening pandemic.
There had been the traditional marriage had been done on December 17th, 2020.
Intervention wishes the newly wedded the very best of marital life!
