The wedding scheduled for Saturday, May 4th, 2024, in Farin Lamba, Vom, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, was cancelled prior to the D-Day.
Florence Friday, the bride-to-be, requested N30,000 from her groom-to-be, Morgak James, on March 28th to book her wedding gown. Morgak, unable to provide the full amount, offered N15,000 with a promise to complete it the following week. Florence, in anger, insisted on receiving the full amount before the week’s end, threatening to call off the wedding otherwise.
Two days later, Morgak managed to gather the N30,000 and sent it to Florence to proceed with the booking. However, this resolution led to another condition from the bride-to-be.
Tudun Wada Broadcast, while collecting first-hand information, reported that Florence requested Morgak to move out of his family house and get his own apartment. After a lengthy debate, they agreed to live in the family house for two months after the wedding before renting their own apartment. This agreement was reached before Morgak proceeded with the introductions, church signing, and paying the bride price. But Morgak was shocked prior to the main day when he received a call that the wedding has been called off by his bride-to-be for not parking out of his family house.
According to our source, Morgak had invested significantly in the wedding. Despite this, Florence’s family had canceled their introduction dates more than three times due to various reasons, including visiting a student in school. Our sources also mentioned that her family had once canceled their introduction a day before the D-Day.
“I’ve never seen a responsible man who would bring his bride into his family house for his parents to take care of or claim he doesn’t have money while planning his wedding.” – Florence, the bride-to-be
⚠️ Groom-to-be narration
My name is GOTAU NENPOJI GOTAU
THIS IS THE STORY BEHIND MY COUSIN’S WEDDING CANCELLATION AT VOM.
According to Morgak, it all started like a joke. In about two weeks to the wedding, one faithful day while they were on phone call gisting about their wedding plans. She then ask him a question, where did you say we are going to stay after our wedding. He replied; at Vom. and she ask, with your parents? He answered yes, and further said, but for just two months so i can figure out what next, probably to rent a place in Vom since that’s where i make my earns need. Then he ask, why is she asking him that question when they have discuss about it already. She said she is no longer inline with that agreement and insisted that he must rent a house before the wedding date, with emphasis that the house must be rented in Jos not Vom.
Politely, he responded; we will rent a house wherever you so wish and desire but after the wedding, because i have a lot of things to put in place at the moment before the wedding date which you’re aware, he said!
He even went too weird to calculate for her what her family ask him to provide before he comes to pick her the day before the D-Day (eve) and it cost more than 500k (+ T.P) aside from the wedding plan itself.
Upon that, she still insist that he must rent the house “IF NOT NO WEDDING”.
He again reminded her of their agreement to stay for two months in the family house after the wedding before parking out and sequel to that, renting a house now will be more or less economic illiteracy and again at a peak of this hard time, his strength can’t shoulder that burden and it’s too late to go about looking for a house prompt to the wedding date. He further said, beside what is the essence of renting a house in Jos when none of them is working or running any business there. He could have consider that option if any of them is working in Jos or running any business there. But she said she is not going to stay in the village and that’s her final decision. She had given him her condition to rent the house before the wedding hold, hence she is calling off the wedding.
After realizing that she seems to be serious he then decide to visit her so they can have a heart to heart discussion on the matter. So when he got there he ask her;
Their conversation 👇👇
Morgak: Did I do anything wrong to you?
Florence: Yes.
Morgak: What are those things?
Florence: 1. I have never seen any responsible guy who will marry and stay in his father’s house.
2. I have never seen any responsible guy who will love to marry and keep the wife to his parents to take care of.
3.I have never seen any responsible guy, that barely a month to his wedding and he will say he doesn’t have money to rent a house, that means he is not serious & ready. He should go and find money before coming back.
Morgak: All these are things we have discuss I don’t know where it’s now coming from.
Anyways,
1. my father hasn’t send me out of his house, even though you have no idea how the said house was built.
2. I can’t remember telling you I will bring you to my parents whom I pay their bills to take care of you. Beside, not like I’m leaving you with my parents. We are only staying there for just 2 months.
3. It’s God that gives money and if he didn’t give me today it doesn’t mean he won’t give me in some time to come. So please be patient and understand my position for now. I will definitely get a place for us wherever you want after the wedding.
However, all plea and effort to reconcile issues didn’t yield any positive result.
After that day she call the Pastor and told him the wedding is cancel. The Pastor call both families together and sat them down to see if the issue can be settle but she still remain adamant.
So since she call it off, he really can’t force her to marry him, he then respected her decision and move on.
Note: Traditionally she is his wife, but since she have decide no to go ahead with the wedding which the supposed date was on the 4th of May. Our family have contacted the middle-man and plans have been made to go and meet her family for the refund of the dowry and every penny he spent in the cause of the wedding plans.
