Behind many Nigerian celebrities are beautiful and intelligent wives.
Here we look at five of them.
- Annie Idibia
Former Miss Annie Macaulay beat off competition from other women to marry Innocent “2face” Idibia in 2012. They have two kids together. 2face has five other kids from two other women. Annie is a model and actress. She has starred in films such as First Family, Pleasure and Crime, White Chapel, Blackberry Babes, Return of Blackberry Babes and Estate Runs to name a few.
- Adesua Etomi
Olubankole Wellington, aka Banky W, is married to his The Wedding Party co-star, Adesua Etomi. The pair got engaged in February 2017. Their traditional wedding was held in Lagos on November 17, and the white wedding in Cape Town, South Africa a few days later. Adesua has starred in other movies like The Call, Brave, Knocking on Heaven’s Door, The Arbitration and 10 Days in Sun City.
- Mabel Makun
Mabel Makun is the wife of comedian and film producer Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY. They got married in November 2008 and have a daughter, Michelle. Mabel reportedly left the comedian in 2016 over an unexplained misunderstanding and she publicly told socialite Freda Francis to leave her husband alone after the two took a picture together in 2017. The Makuns have managed to patch their differences and celebrated nine years of marriage last year.
- Elsie Okpocha
Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth, married the gorgeous Elsie Uzoma in 2010, two years after the birth of their son, Jason. The marriage has been blessed with another child, a girl named Janelle.
- Sonia Ogbonna
Nollywood actor, IK Ogbonna, married Colombian Sonia Morales in 2015, a few weeks after the birth of their son, Ace. With a body to die for, Sonia has been described by her husband as his personal “prostitute”.