Nigerian Man Recalls How People Laughed At Him And His Wife Over Her Makeup And For Using Bread As Cake On Their Wedding Day

 A Nigerian man, Meshach Owunebe Oko, also known as Uncle Wowo, has recounted how he and his wife were ridiculed for using loaves of bread as cake on their wedding day. 

Oko, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on their first wedding anniversary on Wednesday, April 3, said the matter was made worse as his wife's makeup artist disappointed her. 

He however said, they are still waxing strong as couple while advising people to consider their situation before impressing anyone.

“Many did not believe we actually used bread as cake on our wedding day. To make matters worse, my wife's make up artist disappointed her,” he wrote.
     
"Some of our friends hurriedly posted our pictures online in a bid to mock us but to God be the glory, almost all the blogs in Nigeria took our story and gave us free publicity.
     
"One year later and we're still bouncing and waxing in great love. So here's to One year of unstoppable bread in our home.
     
“Moral lesson: After wedding, marriage dey, reason am well before you impress anybody for one day.”