When Maxwell Herbert Peile and Omotuvie Alexia Ibru were introduced by a mutual friend at Bristol University, England, little did they know it would lead to something more permanent.
The pair who interestingly resided in the same Hall of Residence, Wills Hall soon
became friends, and was so inseparable that eleven years later, they
decided to spend their lives together as husband and wife at ceremonies
in Lagos, Nigeria and London, England.
Uvie, a member of the respected Ibru Dynasty and daughter of former Minister and Publisher of Guardian Newspapers in Nigeria, Mr. Alex Ibru and the delectable, Lady Maiden Ibru told OVATION that the couple were very delighted to have the traditional ceremony in Lagos where the Ibru family live and in London, where Max’s family live.
Indeed many of the couple’s English friends were very keen to attend the
Lagos event which they truly enjoyed.
The
exciting love story of the couple who both cherish traveling and
adventurous holidays swung into full gear on Saturday, May 4th, 2013
when Max proposed.
Recounting
the exciting moment, the beautiful bride with a smile on her face said
“We went to a pretty sea-side town in Dorset, England for the May bank
holiday weekend. Max had been to this place before and there is a
massive rock there called Pulpit Rock,
very dramatically placed by the edge of the sea. It was a beautiful
sunny spring day. We climbed to the top and we were looking out at the
sea. It was perfect. Suddenly he got down on one knee and proposed. We
spent the rest of the weekend celebrating before returning to London to
celebrate with our family and friends.
With
that major step, their journey to matrimony began in earnest. To honour
her late dad, Uvie and Max decided to hold one of the ceremonies on his
birthday, March 1st. Since it was going to be too cold in London at
that time of the year, the date was booked for their traditional
ceremony in Lagos. The church solemnization was then fixed for Saturday
May 3rd, which was exactly a year after the dramatic proposal.
The Lagos ceremony was colourful and glamorous, and in true Lagos style, due to the clout
and connection of the bride’s family, it was attended by the cream of
the Nigerian society. In London, the couple chose to tie the nuptial
knots inside the scenic St. Batholomew The Great Church in the heart of
the City of London. This was the same church that Max’s parents had
their own wedding years back.The London ceremony was more intimate as it
was attended by very close friends of both families-and everything was
bright and beautiful.
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