OLA (MR. BYTES) AND LOLA’S FAIRY WEDDING 

Mr. Bytes (Olaribigbe Abitogun) married his long time girlfriend, Damilola Ajoke Taiwo last weekend. They became Mr. and Mrs Olaribigbe Tokunbo Abitogun. It was a princely wedding ceremony. Attendance at both the traditional and church events on Friday August 24, 2007 and Saturday, August 25, 2007 was in record numbers.

It is very unusual to have up to 50 guests at most American weddings: in those two days, Ola and Lola drew close to one thousand guests from all races.

In The Church

Ola (Mr. Bytes) is a Nigerian born in the United States. Like a colossus, he dominates the entertainment stage in New Jersey, U.S., with his Afromelotique R.B. creations. It was therefore no surprise at all that his wedding drew such great attendance.

Most of the guests at the church wedding held at the Hope Well Baptist Church, in Martin Luther King Boulevard flowed to the street. Two reasons: every seat in the church was occupied, also, the spectacular Groom’s car, a $300,000 yellow color Lamborghini drew much attention.

The Bridal train came to the church in two fantastic stretched limousines. A Range Rover limo and a Chrysler 30 limo. The wedding was done in utmost style. The theme colors where white and gold. It was a unique window of opportunity to showcase the advanced already made in hand woven materials by Nigerian fabric makers. Ola and Lola were simply gorgeous in their traditional outfits custom made by Fagboyegun Star Garment of Akure, Ondo State.

The parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Taiwo from Abeokuta had trendy Aso Ebi. Same thing occurred in the case of the grooms parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bosede Abitogun from Uso, Ondo State, Nigeria.

If the success of a wedding ceremony could be measured in terms of its lavishness this is one ceremony that matches that description. The wedding rings that exchanged hands between Ola (Mr. Bytes) and his bride were said to be worth thousands of dollars. (We have the exact figure but chose to protect their privacy).

The Groom’s hair got a crafty cut from Perfect Unisex Saloon in Irvington, New Jersey. Ola’s hair was given all the tender celebrity touches by the well known Nigerian stylist, Femi.

In The Church

The Queenly appearance of Lola, the Bride was handled by the tender fingers at Lady B hair Saloon of Down Town Irvington, New Jersey the nice job on the hair gave her a babyish look just perfect for her husband.

Everything about this wedding had a tough of difference and class. Even tubers of yam presented at the traditional wedding to the parents of the bride were specially flown in from Ghana one day to the event.

The yams had no bruises and they were not broken. They were packed in specially designed packaging boxes.

There were twelve Ministers of the Gospel at the wedding. They all blessed the matrimonial union. Choirs came from the C.A.C Agbala Itura Irvington, New Jersey. The main entertaining group at the church service was the singing wonders Nigerian American Association of Gospel Artistes. They sand in all the major Nigerian languages.

There was a large presence of the media. The wedding after glow, an all night affair was amazing. People ate and people had so much to take home. Music was supplied by Kingsley Ogunde. And boy, dollar flowed.

So much to drink and eat. There were also expensive memorabilia like China plates, designers pen, T-shirts, table-mats, mugs etc to commemorate the joyous day.

The media witnessed the departure of the couple in the high velocity convertible Lamborghini they left for Islanoda the Cheeca Lodges and Resorts, a breath taking hideout for the rich located on the Atlantic Ocean in Florida.