Politicians Deepen Ties Through Marriage
28 June, 2013
Politics
Marriage, to numerous people, stands for different things. Just as some still find it the union of man and woman in wedlock, others believe it goes beyond joining two consenting adults together. This is why such people, when it comes to celebrating the joint union, always wish to leave a record to prove that their celebration was the most effective ever.
But in spite of the fact that “the best-ever wedding in town” doesn't exist, most are falling over one another to make sure theirs is the talk of the town. On such occasions, friends, families, relatives and, quite often, strangers arrive at wish the couple well and get refreshed with whatever the couples have the ability to provide. It requires people years, months or days to prepare for their wedding, each with respect to the circumstance.
ContinueIn Nigeria, we've had several cases of marriages that proved to become more of political unions between two families with popular political pedigree. Somewhat, such marriages may stand with attendant political benefits while, in other cases, the reverse is the case. LEADERSHIP FRIDAY unearth numerous marriages that, independent of the normal marital relationship, likewise have the prospects for mutual political rewards.
Bukar Abba Ibrahim And Khadija Waziri Ibrahim
The three-time former governor of Yobe State, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, is just a dyed-in-the-wool politician. He came to be into politics and grew in it. He always says, “Provided that there is the Talaka, I will remain in politics for his sake.”
Was it, then, an act of politics when he brought home or “domesticated” Hon. Khadija, who's a daughter of the late advocate of “politics without bitterness”, Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim?
The beautiful and highly educated Hon. Khadija was made a commissioner by Bukar when he was the governor of his state, but she resigned after their marriage.
She has been doing the House of Representatives since 2007 while her husband is in the Senate.
Uloma Okorocha And Uche Nwosu
The very first daughter of Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Uloma, recently got married to Uche Nwosu, the deputy chief of staff and commissioner for lands, survey and urban development in Imo.
The marriage became one of the very celebrated in their state, because it drew attention across their state and the united states prior to the marriage was solemnized. It absolutely was gathered that the groom had been serving the governor for quite some time prior to the marriage.
Nwosu was Okorocha's personal assistant (P.A.) even before he became governor. He has also remained a confidant of His Excellency who has entrusted him with several jobs and which he executed to the satisfaction of the governor.
There's a political implication to the marriage, considering the fact Okorocha's commissioner is now his son-in-law. It is not impossible and not unlikely that the governor may influence his son-in-law's election to displace him in the Imo State Government House when he leaves office.
Govs Isa Yuguda, Saidu Dakingari And Yar'adua's Daughters
This might sound incredible, but Kebbi State governor Sa'idu Dakingari never appeared as if someone who was simply kidding when he revealed that his wife, Zainab, daughter of ex-president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, was usually the one who chose to “capture him” as soon as she saw him on the television screen. Dakingari married one of the then first daughters in Katsina in 2007, not long after her father assumed office as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Each people in this life is really a slave of destiny and destiny can always manipulate anybody's life the way in which it wills when we little notice. For instance, it might surprise you to learn that my spouse, Zainab Yar'Adua, first saw me on television screen and said ‘That is the man I will marry'and today we are husband and wife,” Dakingari told a national newspaper in a interview on July 20, 2009.
Also, on Saturday, January 24, 2009, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State and another daughter of the then President Yar'Adua, Nafisat, joined hands in marriage in Katsina State. The marriage followed swiftly after Yuguda had begun a vivid courtship with Nafisa, having met her in Aso Rock during one of is own visits to the presidency.
After their first meeting in the office of the then first lady and mother of the delectable bride, Hajiya Turai Yar'Adua, this per-chance meeting culminated in the blissful union that gathered the high and the mighty in society.
Without doubt, Yuguda's marriage to the president's daughter has further brought to the fore his mien as a calm and gentle politician whose antecedents facilitated his smooth ride to power.
The return of Umaru Yar'Adua in a vegetative state, with the fact of his inability to work as president, had set two of his daughters, Zainab and Nafisa, both married to sitting governors, at war path over whose husband will be vice president to the then acting president Goodluck Jonathan.
Unconfirmed reports had it that after reality dawned on their mother, Turai, she desperately desired to impose either Yuguda or Dakingari as a vice president so that the interests of the household will be consolidated and protected.
Both Yuguda and Dakingari were among names on the listing of PDP hopefuls for the coveted office of vice president, if they may not get the top job itself.
It absolutely was however learnt that Turai was more favourably disposed to Yuguda considering his role throughout the drama. He was in Saudi Arabia and then later the US. Besides being by his wife's side when she gave birth, he was also scouting for a hospital that could provide better service for his father-in-law. Dakingari was seen by Turai as laid-back, although our source said that his wife, Zainab, could be the apple of Turai's eye.
Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi And Aisha Babangida
Aisha, the very first daughter of former military president General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), gave the marriage institution another trial after dumping her first husband.
After her failed marriage to Basheer Garba, the beautiful daughter of IBB, married the then governor of Zamfara State, Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi, on April 11, 2008.
Aisha became the very first lady of their state, attending public and state functions. But, curiously, the union headed for the rocks right after Shinkafi lost his re-election bid as the governor of their state
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