Former Labour leader and present Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole who walked down the aisle last week Friday with his new wife, Iara Fortez, has revealed more details about the bride.
Speaking at his thanksgiving service held in Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Auchi, in Edo state yesterday, the 63-year-old governor revealed that his wife, Iara is not a model as widely reported in the media.
“When I read newspaper stories and they say that Comrade has married a ‘top model’ I’m like maybe it’s another person. The lady that God has directed to my path and heart to marry is not and was not a model. Of course, she looks beautiful and I understand that is why people assume that this kind of a lady must be a model but of course, she is a model in my heart and we hope and pray that we will be models in the heart of our God and I think that is the most important thing,” he revealed.
The governor also disclosed that despite his love for the new wife, his heart still remains with his late wife, Clara, adding that she will remain in his heart till eternity.
“I ask you to please continue to pray for us. It is not easy. I lost my first wife and it is not possible to replace her. Yes, I have married another but it is not a replacement. You cannot replace a wife especially one you married when you were young and you were anonymous. Nobody knew you from anywhere, you had nothing, no car, no house; now, that you can never replace but I understand that under the Catholic doctrine I am entitled to have another wife which is what I am trying to do.”
“Thank you for your prayers, support and blessings that you have always showered on me and the one you conveyed this morning on me and my new wife and we ask for more and more prayers that this marriage will be my last and that God will help us, to unite us and bond us together with the blood of Jesus,” he said.
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