It has been described as Nigeria’s wedding of the year – and it is only February.
This month, five sons and five daughters of the junior defence minister Bello Matawalle married their spouses in an opulent six-day celebration in Abuja. The sheer scale of the extravaganza in the capital prompted one of the comperes to exclaim on Instagram: “First of its kind … @guinnessworldrecords check this out.”
The maximalist decor featured cascading crystal chandeliers hung above a mirrored floor in the reception hall. Five vendors were contracted solely to serve water and other non-alcoholic drinks.
The guest list read like a roll-call of the political and business elite. At the wedding fatiha on 6 February, the flowing robes of the presidents of Nigeria and neighbouring São Tomé and Príncipe competed for space with those of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, alongside more than a dozen serving a
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