For a woman who is barely in the news, wife of the 1st son of Oba Oniru, Yinka, granted City People an interview at the 52nd birthday of her husband, Aremo Segun Oniru. The pretty woman who was cladded in a flamboyant flowing flower-print gown revealed to DANIJI EMMANUEL how she met her husband, why she relocated to Nigeria, her business side and more. It would interest you to know that the Confident wife of a price and mother of 4 held back nothing as she opened up exclusively to us how she has been able to manage her marriage and keep it going. Find out more below.
How do feel that our husband is celebrating his 52nd?
I am so happy that he’s turned 52 and I wish him many more years to come.
With that ma, lets meet you.
Well, I am just a down to earth God fearing wife blessed with Kids. I run my own business and I make sure I am always there for my husband whenever he needs my attention.
Tell us about your business.
I am into properties, I am also into exporting Palm Oils.
Let’s start with your Property business, tell us about it.
Well, for the property business, I usually have clients that tell me exactly what they are looking for and where they want the property, so I look out for them to meet their satisfaction and the ones I do have on ground I suggest to them and they buy.
And the Palm Oil Business?
As regarding the Palm Oil Business, I have found out that in Indonesia and Malaysia they took advantage of it because of their Rainforest. It’s actually not to be there, God actually gave Palm Oil to Africa. So, I decided that why don’t we as Nigerians take advantage of this opportunity and start exporting Palm Oil. That’s how I got into it.
Before Nigeria what were you doing in the UK and why come back to Nigeria?
My property business has been running for the past 12 years because before I came to Nigeria I was an accountant in the UK and I said to myself that I have to find something to do and be self-employed as I didn’t want to be running around working for someone else because of my Children. I had 3 Children in the UK before I came here and it was after 2 Month, 3 Month maternity leave I was back to work and I knew that if I was to come back to Nigeria I couldn’t rely on anyone to look after my children because of the Nightmare stories here, so, I did set up my mind that before I come I wouldn’t work for anyone but do my own thing and God be so good, I am here, running my own businesses and my son I give 24/7 attention, I can pick him up from school and do other things. So, God is blessing me in that.
As for my returning to Nigeria, as an accountant in the UK took a lot of my time. Before I get to work for 8am, I had to take the Kids to their various destination and would have to pick them up after work around 6pm. That took a lot of my time and before I knew it, the whole week is gone. So, I said to myself, I can’t come to Nigeria and work for someone who would take the whole of my time, I needed to start a business of my own so I could be more laid back and have time for my children and enjoy the rest of my life.
How did you and your husband meet?
It’s a very interesting story, let me fill you in. At the age of 16, my sister was actually dating her present husband. She and myself and her girlfriends would go out together as a group. So, as of the time we now decided to pick up who is now my husband, He was my Brother-In-Law best friend. So, as I saw him coming out of the house, he was wearing all white – White Shirt, White Trousers, White Sneakers. I fell in love with him instantly as he was looking so hot and I said to myself, who is this hot, handsome looking guy. So, we all went to this night club and he didn’t take notice of me. So, I said to myself, how dare this guy didn’t take notice of me as fine as I am? So, I said Ok, No problem. I didn’t know he had already asked around that who is that pretty looking girl. It was towards the end of the night club that he actually asked me for a dance. That was when I noticed he did take interest in me. So, after that day, he started making it a thing to start coming to my home with my now Brother-in-Law to come and see my sister but really, he was coming to see me as well. And that’s how the relationship started growing and up to today, God has been so good.
How have you been able to keep the relationship going from dating to marriage and now blessed with kids?
Before the Kids came, we were having fun, on fun on fun. When the Kids came, we had to be serious and more responsible. We had to start thinking of buying a house and other serious things because before we used to travel around and fun. But I now noticed that, all the things we used to do before, going around and partying all the time we had to stop it, but he still wanted us to be doing it, and I said is that so? So, I spoke to my father about it and I said “This is not fair, how come my husband could still be going out and I am just at home with the kids?” and he said “You can’t tie a man down, if he wants to go out, let him go out, eventually he would be tired, all you can do is just tolerate it and pray for him.” So, that words of wisdom my dad gave me stayed with me up to this day. So, I believe that’s what kept our marriage going. I tolerate a lot and at the same time, there is love and there is respect. So, I believe that’s what has kept our relationship going. With God on your side, with Love and Prayer, with respect and tolerance you can keep a relationship going.
So, would you say you and your husband are always on good terms and the relationship is all lovey and dovely?
I wouldn’t say that. That would be lying because we both have our ups and downs. I would say we are now growing into a matured stage where we understand each other and if there is any disagreement, we sit down and talk about it.
How were you able to curtail and condone the news about your husband extra-marital affairs that broke out on the internet?
Well, as a woman, you should always know, once you are legally married to a man, God is always in the front. He would destroy any satanic attack on your marriage. Once you know that, why should you stress? You shouldn’t panic about media publications because God got you. At the end of the day, no woman can come into your house and say “I am the girlfriend.” If she’s the Girlfriend, you are the wife, so who has the upper hand? That’s the way to look at it.
What’s your birthday surprise for your husband?
O well, he loves his after-shaves, so I got him a selection of collections of after-shaves. I am planning to take him out very soon, so I would keep that on a hush for now.
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