Ekene Uzoigwe , a businessman based in
Abakaliki , Ebonyi State, may be
contemplating committing suicide over
the manner he was jilted by his
supposed fiancée on their wedding day.
Daily Independent gathered that
Uzoigwe , was in love with one Miss
Ifunanya Igwebuike , student of the
Federal Polytechnic in Oko, Anambra
State.
Ekene Uzoigwe
According to our sources, the lady , who
is a final year Business Administration
student of the Polytechnic , allegedly
told Uzoigwe that she could only accept
his love advances if he could finance
her tertiary education expenses .
“ The businessman reportedly agreed
and sponsored the lady right from the
Ordinary National Diploma level to her
final year at the Higher National
Diploma level” , our source said .
However , in January this year , Miss
Igwebuike allegedly decided to change
her mind on the proposed wedding
scheduled to hold at St Patrick Catholic
Church, Umuchu , Agutata in Ebonyi
State.
Daily Independent further gathered that
as early as 10 .a .m, relatives of the
businessman had gathered at the
church auditorium, awaiting the arrival
of the bride to be , her relatives and
friends.
But, the entire church was allegedly
thrown into confusion when the lady
sent a short message service (sms ) to
Reverend Lawrence Maduagwu, the
officiating priest for the wedding ,
informing him that “I cannot marry a
school dropout. We are not of same
level ”.
The priest was said to have told the
businessman the message he got and
consequently called off the wedding .
A family source said that Uzoigwe
spent about N 250, 000 to organize the
wedding , even as the parents of the
lady are allegedly insisting that they
cannot force their daughter to marry
him as he was free to come for a refund
of the money spent .
The jilted man was said to have been
dejected since the ugly development
and allegedly told some of his
confidants that he might take his life
by committing suicide.
Abakaliki , Ebonyi State, may be
contemplating committing suicide over
the manner he was jilted by his
supposed fiancée on their wedding day.
Daily Independent gathered that
Uzoigwe , was in love with one Miss
Ifunanya Igwebuike , student of the
Federal Polytechnic in Oko, Anambra
State.
Ekene Uzoigwe
According to our sources, the lady , who
is a final year Business Administration
student of the Polytechnic , allegedly
told Uzoigwe that she could only accept
his love advances if he could finance
her tertiary education expenses .
“ The businessman reportedly agreed
and sponsored the lady right from the
Ordinary National Diploma level to her
final year at the Higher National
Diploma level” , our source said .
However , in January this year , Miss
Igwebuike allegedly decided to change
her mind on the proposed wedding
scheduled to hold at St Patrick Catholic
Church, Umuchu , Agutata in Ebonyi
State.
Daily Independent further gathered that
as early as 10 .a .m, relatives of the
businessman had gathered at the
church auditorium, awaiting the arrival
of the bride to be , her relatives and
friends.
But, the entire church was allegedly
thrown into confusion when the lady
sent a short message service (sms ) to
Reverend Lawrence Maduagwu, the
officiating priest for the wedding ,
informing him that “I cannot marry a
school dropout. We are not of same
level ”.
The priest was said to have told the
businessman the message he got and
consequently called off the wedding .
A family source said that Uzoigwe
spent about N 250, 000 to organize the
wedding , even as the parents of the
lady are allegedly insisting that they
cannot force their daughter to marry
him as he was free to come for a refund
of the money spent .
The jilted man was said to have been
dejected since the ugly development
and allegedly told some of his
confidants that he might take his life
by committing suicide.
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