VALENTINE BLUES...LOVE SEIZES TUNJI OLOWOLAFE

While many a man subjects his wife to ignominy and scorn, Tunji Olowolafe knows that nothing, other than the love and virtue of his ravishing wife, is more beautiful and worth treasuring. Curiously, however, where there is no love, there is no ardor. But where love exists, passion becomes a given and even the most wretched homestead becomes Eden. There is love in the heart and home of Tunji Olowolafe; unbeknownst to many a woman. The bosom friend of two- time Lagos governor and incumbent Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, is extremely joyous at the moment; he is swaddled in the ecstasy of requited love, like a newborn cradling in his mother’s warmth. Olowolafe, who is Nike Animasahun’s best friend, is very much in love with his wife. And he is never too shy to express his heartfelt adoration of his heartthrob. At the backdrop of rumours of a controversial transaction with the nation’s government, Olowolafe, the boss of Deux Projects, an engineering firm, shunned his worries to celebrate his unflagging love for his wife of many years. Last Valentine’s day, Olowolafe and his wife celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. Predictably, friends and family celebrated the couple on the social media on Valentine’s day. For the 30th wedding anniversary, social barometer is flailing wildly. In twos and threes and more, it is being discussed in hushed tones and sometimes openly that their marriage is made in heaven. You couldn’t have forgotten so soon when Olowolafe’s daughter, Olanike, married in London few years ago. It was indeed a classy wedding that attracted the creme of London and Nigeria’s high society.

There is no gainsaying Salamatu Lafiaji was a misfit in marriage. Marriage hurt her soul as undersized shoes torment the toes on a mismatched feet. However, the daughter of Senator Shaaba Lafiaji, a former governor of Kwara State, remains undaunted in the midst of life’s challenges. While the beautiful woman eschews the allure of romantic entanglement at the moment, she is open to trying her luck with a promising suitor in the nearest future. Thus she is taking her time and scorning the advances of the long queue of eligible bachelors who have been knocking on the door of her heart without success since her tragic marital experience.

Lafiaji was once married to Nollywood high flier, Ibrahim Chatta, but the union could not survive the first few challenges that came its way and it crashed down to earth faster than a malfunctioning rocket, leaving unpleasant memories in the minds of everyone involved. While Ibrahim has since rediscovered love and happiness in the arms of another woman, Salamatu has temporarily turned her back on romance, taking solace in her business endeavours. She has even reverted to her maiden name.