Remember when Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde got married on a plane?
In 2001, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and her husband Mathew Ekeinde tied the knot on board a flight.
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Yes, we've had romantic moments in the entertainment industry and one of them happened in 2001 when the beautiful Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde tied the knot with her husband Captain Mathew Ekeinde.
Omotola and Mattew Ekeinde got married in 1996 but decided to have their dream wedding in 2001 with a number of friends and family on board a Dash 7 aircraft while flying from Lagos to Benin.
The wedding was seen as one of the biggest and most talked about at that time. It even got more buzz because they got married on board a flight. It would interest you to know that during the flight, Omotola's husband, Mathew was actually the one in the cockpit flying the plane for about 10 minutes before he handed over to his co-pilot to say his wedding vows.
According to Omotola, everyone who got on board the flight for that wedding had an insurance cover and in case you didn't know, they had a priest on board the flight who presided over the wedding.
It would be recalled that Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Mathew Ekeinde met when she was 16 and he was 26. He proposed to her two years after they met. They have since gone to become one of the most influential celebrity couples in the entertainment world.
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Mathew Ekeinde are blessed with four lovely children. On February 7th, 2018, Omotola Jalade with be turning 40th and according to the beautiful actress, it's going to be a big event.
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