July 09, (THEWILL) – Exactly a year after throwing a lavish wedding party for his first son, former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Ibe Kachikwu, re-enacted it again for his second son, Uchechukwu, who tied the knot with Solumtochukwu, one of the daughters of Ben Akabueze, a former Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in Lagos State and currently Director-General of the Budget office for the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The colourful wedding, which was a mix of class and affluence, was solemnised at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, King’s Court, Victoria Island, Lagos, followed by a reception at Landmark Event Centre. The guests, including the Executive Governors of Lagos, Ogun and Abia States, Babajide Sanwoolu, Dapo Abiodun and Alex Otti, respectively, who coordinated the cutting of the cake, as well as Senators Victor Umeh, Tony Nwoye, Aishatu Dahiru and several other eminent personalities, were serenaded by Shugaband.
For many keen watchers, the wedding is not only a union of love between the couple or a union of both families but also a union for political strategising. Recall that THEWILL had earlier reported that Kachikwu had floated an intense lobbying machinery for a place in Tinubu’s government. With Akabueze, a strong ally of Tinubu now his inlaw, it will be interesting to see how this political alignment will play out.
