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How I found love in NYSC Kwara

 


Samson and I met during our service year, precisely in our CDS group - Drug Free and Quality Control (DFQC), Ilorin, Kwara State in the year 2021. I was the first to spot him but he did not take notice of me until January 2022.

He was Batch B2 2021 while I was Batch C1, 2021. 

We were planning a Valentine exchange of gifts in the CDS Group where I served as PRO. So names were picked randomly in a ballot. After the exercise, I went around asking to know who picked my name. Samson came close to me and said he picked my name. I asked him to show me the evidence, he said he was joking, so I hissed and left him. 

After the meeting that Thursday, we took pictures together as proof that the meeting held. He came back to me and gave me a phone to put my number which I obliged. Later that night, a message popped in with the words "My wife 😁". I was like "who wan marry dis one", after which I asked "who told u I'm your wife?". He said I should not worry.

We got chatting afterwards and that sparked the beginning of what we become our "love story". One of the things we did was to keep the relationship as discreet as possible till we completed our NYSC. 
Our LGI and CDS coordinator also knew about us later on after he proposed to me. He officially asked if I will date him, I told him to let me think about it. I told him yes on the 29th of January 2022 so he can let me rest😁.

He proposed to me on January 29, 2024. On December 7, 2024 our families met and exactly a year after he proposed - January 29, 2025 - we had our Civil wedding. April 10, 2025, we had our traditional wedding and church wedding.

We had a smooth sail all through the years we dated. We are both Yorubas - I am a Lagosian while he is from Ibadan, Oyo State. The only opposition that threatened our love was from my family and it was on a light issue - church/denomination. Samson is a member of the Celestial Church, and I attend CAC. My mum was slightly against it but I was able to convince her.

Here's saying "Thank you" to NYSC for being the medium that connected me to the love of my life, my safe place, my peace, my love. My pillar of strength. 

 Long live NYSC 🇳🇬♾️😍💍

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