Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson,
took her fiancé, Prince Ordianosen
Okojie to the altar on Saturday
August 27, amid pomp and tight
security.
The wedding took place at the
headquarters church of the Christ
Embassy off Kudirat Abiola Way,
Oregun Ikeja. While the reception
took place immediately after at 10
Degree on Billingsway also at
Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos State.
The man who staked his reputation
to ensure the wedding took place,
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, was not
present at the ceremony. He was
however aided by another senior
pastor of the church, Ton Obiazi,
who joined the couple in a holy
matrimony.
Obiazi was assisted by a pastor
colleague.
The former Miss Johnson is one of
the reigning young actresses in the
Nigeria home video industry, where
she has found herself enmeshed in
one controversy after the other in
the last few years.
Even her wedding plan was the talk-
of-the town over allegations of
bigamy levelled against her fiancé
by a Canadian-based Nigerian,
Lovelyn Okojie.
Many of her fans were shocked to
receive the news that Mercy’s fiancé
was formerly married to Lovelyn
who has two children by him.
At the wedding venue, the gate was
manned by about 50 policemen and
privatesecurity personnel, who
turned away uninvited guests to
forestall any form of trouble at the
event.
Photographers from different media
houses were also barred from
entering the church auditorium and
many had their camera seized by
security.
Others were compelled to delete
from their cameras photographs of
the couple already taken.
Lights in the church auditorium
were also dimmed to prevent media
menand other guests from taking
photographs of the couple.
Security reasons were also given for
that. More than 2, 000 persons were
present at the wedding ceremony.
The security measures were not
unconnected with the threat of a
civil group on women’s rights to
storm venue of the wedding with
chants of protests, in sympathy
with Lovelyn, who claimed to be
Okojie’s lawful wife.
At the occasion, the centre of
attraction, former Miss Johnson,
wore a cream coloured wedding
dress. She was driven into the
church compound in a white
limousine, accompanied by some of
hercolleagues in the movie
industry.
Okojie was also dressed in a cream
coloured suit.
The decision of the church to go
ahead with the wedding despite the
confusion over Okojie’s marital
status came as a surprise to many
people who queried the morality of
it.
The church itself cleverly refrained
from asking the audience the
conventional question of whether
anyone in the gathering was
opposed to the wedding.
Some of the security men wielded
dangerous armaments including
electric baton, which they used to
disperse unwanted guests.
Some of the guests, who had
invitation cards, were beaten by
security officials.
Expectedly, the wedding ceremony
was graced by many Nollywood
stars, including Patience Ozokwor
(alias Mama G), Genevieve Nnaji,
Mike Ezuruoye, Stephanie Okereke,
Segun Arise and KC Presh.
A Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson
was the maid of honour, while her
bridesmaids were Chika Ike,
Empress Njamah, Pop singer,
Goldie, Waje, and Queen
Nwokonye. Sensational comedians
AY and ‘I go die o’ were the official
Masters of Ceremonies of the day.
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