“Na All Their Family You Marry?” 20-Year-Old Man Says He Spent Over N12.3m on Wedding, Stirs Reactions

“Na All Their Family You Marry?” 20-Year-Old Man Says He Spent Over N12.3m on Wedding, Stirs Reactions

  • A young Nigerian man whose marriage ended in divorce within a year has said he spent over N12m on his wedding
  • Many people doubted that he spent that much going by how the marriage ceremony was organised
  • Among those who reacted to his claim were TikTokers who wondered if he married every member of the bride's family

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A 20-year-old Nigerian man, @apito.luxury, who married someone younger than him, has revealed that he spent over N12.3m on his wedding.

In a TikTok video, he said he knows many would doubt that he spent that much on his traditional marriage.

Expensive wedding in Nigeria/man later divorced new wife.
The young man said he knows many will not believe how much he spent on his wedding. Photo source: TikTok/@apito.luxury
Source: UGC

Millions of naira on wedding

Recall that the same young man came out in a separate video to reveal that after his glamorous wedding, he eventually divorced his wife, ending their eight months old marriage.

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Many tubers of yam and other things he bought for his marriage list could be seen.

Watch his video below:

Netizens doubt man spent over N12m on wedding

TikTokers did not believe that he spent the amount he claimed. As of the time of writing this report, the video has gathered over 900 comments with close to 10,000 likes.

Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions below:

Christian Nwabuez592 said:

"Who even tell u say u don reach to marry self."

OfficialViana Kim said:

"N12.3 and the wedding looks like this pls question ur organisers."

ugochukwuogbonna80 wondered:

"N12.3m na all their family you the marry?"

debrahnwabueze said:

"Marriage wey them help you do."

user3105710931795 said:

"My husband spent 3m ,,, any little thing he will ask me ,if i knew how much he spend on my head."

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Pretty nneka said:

"Nnan they thing no even reach 500000 thousand."

IGBANDIEZEOFFICIAL said:

"Oga go rest na we tell u to marry why u dey complain you dey disturb me."

Couple spends N15m on wedding

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a Nigerian lady, Jessica Ayodele, went online on Saturday, October 1, to reveal that she and her husband spent N15 million on their beautiful wedding.

The lady said that when they were planning their wedding back in April, she thought they would not be spending more than N5m for just 100 guests.

Jessica said that getting a hall in Lagos is expensive as mainland halls start from N800,000 for 200 guests to N4.1m for 1000 guests.

Source: Legit.ng

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Joseph Omotayo (HOD Human-Interest) Joseph Omotayo has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. He once worked for Afridiaspora, OlisaTV & CLR. He is a 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking fellow. He can be reached via: joseph.omotayo@corp.legit.ng.