From PPA tripmates to life and soul mates

Tolu and I sighted each other in camp at Mammy market once from afar at Oyo state - Iseyin camp Batch A stream 1 2015.

Three weeks after orientation camp, I was posted to the Oyo State Ministry of Information as my PPA. While at Ministry of Info, a friend of mine hinted me that he has a friend that stays close to my residence in Ibadan, who had a car and was also posted to Min. of info. He suggested he link me up with his friend so we can carpool to work together as per to save money on transportation.

At first I declined the offer because I didn’t want to be a burden on anybody but I eventually agreed to the deal as per “saving money”. I didn’t know God had bigger plans. 😉

He picked me up at the busstop the first day, then we started going to lunch together, making mutual friends. We bonded and got closer and better together.

Fun fact. We didn’t even remember seeing each other in camp until about 3years into our relationship. I am from Edo state and my husband is from Ogun State. Our parents were supportive of our relationship. I grew up in Lagos. So my family were pretty much already surrounded by Yoruba people. My parents are open and elite and very well educated individuals so cultural background wasn’t a problem at all.

I studied Mass communication from the University of Benin and he studied Computer Information Science from Babcock. The saying is true that tech guys make better boyfriends as they have great patience to fix things.

5 years down the line, precisely on September 26th, 2020, as the clouds covered the skies, hubby popped the big question and proposed to me. We got married on the 27th of December 2020 with the code #OniTemi20.

We went from PPA tripmates to life and soul mates. Thank you @officialnyscng. Long live Mammy Market.

We celebrate you Mr. & Mrs. @badmantolzy @emesopius

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