…Makama says “i do” to Helen…
..Urges urges team mates to win adamawa utd for his wedding’s gift
BY RAPHAEL EKPANG,ABUJA
It was a glorious day in Lafia the capital City of Nasarawa state, as the captain of NASARAWA UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB, a Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL side, EMMANUEL MAKAMA said ‘I DO’ to his heartthrob HELEN IGBOKO on Saturday,14 December 2019.
The wedding which took place at ECWA GOODNEWS CHURCH GRA LAFIA, attracted the crème de la crème of football in the two neighbouring states of Benue and Nasarawa where the couples came from.
Speaking exclusively to sunrisetime.com.ng in Lafia after the wedding, MAKAMA thanked God for the success of the wedding because according to him, without God nothing would have been possible for them.
He however, charged his team mates to win their mid-week NPFL clash against ADAMAWA UNITED as his weeding’s gift.
Also, his wife, HELEN MAKAMA returned all the glories to God for seeing them through at the weeding, adding that it has been a long planning process after their engagement in 2017.
“We met on Facebook seven years back and started dating, 2017 we got engaged and 2018 he paid my bride price and today here we are as just weeded couple, glory to God,” She stated.
In the same vein, NASARAWA UNITED assistant coach, SAMSON KESHI who was glad that his team captain MAKAMA was going to settledown as a husband said, the wedding could turn to be a turning point for MAKAMA, adding that because the bible says any man who found a good wife obtains blessing from God.
KESHI believes that the team could also tap from the blessings that have accorded the marriage and pick up it form as they prepared for a mid-week clash against ADAMAWA UNITED.
“I want to advise the couple to always see themselves as friends and confidants. And also to be patient with one another as well as tolerating each other’s short comings as that is the only way they can find the marriage very sweet,” he advised.
Meanwhile, COACH KESHI insisted that in a couple of weeks the team captain, MAKAMA would be expected in the squad to help the team overcome it low moments.
One of his team mates, MAIYAKI ISMAILA IDRISS reminded the couple that Marriage is an institution that one can never graduate from until death comes knocking, therefore, he said the only way the couple can be happy in marriage is for them to see themselves as brother and sister, friends and confidants and above all see God as the headmaster of their marriage.
“First of all i want to thank Almighty Allah for allowing our captain, Emmanuel Makama to see this day in his life becasue it is a very special day for him and his wife because it is a long time planning affair., i thank almighty God for allowing us to see this day.”
“Marriage is an institution of no return, the moment you enters it there is no way to go back from it again, so i want to advise the couple to be patient with one another for them to enjoy the marriage,”IDRISS said.
