(Dikam Garba Dabo’ok (107) and
Ka’a Nafung (95) got married in a
church ceremony. Photo: Nation)
History was made in Plateau State,
Nigeria recently as 107-year
old Dikam Garba Dabo’ok and 95-
year old Ka’a Nafung got married in
a church ceremony which took place
at the Church of Christ in Nations
(COCIN), Chizu village in Bwai,
Mangu Local Government Area of
the state.
As reported by The Nation, the
couple had lived together as
husband and wife for 70 years
before making their union official as
they rekindled their love in the
ceremony. The celebrants are the
first couple in the history of the state
to have marital vows administered
on them while they are both that
advanced in age and the ceremony
has remained the talk of the town
and will surely remain so for a long
while to come.
At 95, the bride is well past her
menopause and her surviving first
child is 65 years old already. The
groom, popularly known to many in
his neighbourhood as Baba Dikam,
is 107 years old and may no longer
be sexually active but all that was
not enough to dissuade the couple
from walking down the aisle arm-in-
arm for a new marital oath.
They had a procession and matched
into the church separately as if they
never met before and only came
together after they were wedded by
the officiating pastor, Tongwe Sale.
The groom was dressed in black
suite and a red neck tie to match
while the bride stepped out dressed
in a pure white wedding gown with
a neatly made hair to match.
They drove to the church in separate
vehicles, as if they never met before.
The groom was accompanied by
cutely dressed men and the bride by
a long bridal train. It was celebration
galore at the reception for the family
and friends of the couple as the
couple told their excited guests at
the reception their true life stories.
They said it was the grace of God
that allowed them to solemnise their
marriage in the church.
According to the groom: ‘I had seven
wives and 32 children during my
younger days, but I did so because I
did not know Christ. But that made
me great among my
contemporaries as only those who
were wealthy could do that. But in
spite of that, God remained faithful
and merciful for me.
‘I have a lot of testimonies to show
that God was so faithful to me. I am
now in a better position to advise
my children and my well wishers to
live the life of Christ. I don’t want
any of my children to emulate my
past life style, because you may fall
out of the grace and mercies of God.
But I’m so pleased because my
children are committed to Christ;
they lived the life of Christ, they were
the ones that insisted I must come
to Christ and take their mother to
the altar.
‘Before now we lived our lives
outside Christ, but from today, we
are now confirmed children of
Christ. It would have been worse for
us if we had died without Christ. But
God has protected our lives up till
this moment to come to Him.’

No seriously this should be in the record books.
#BizarreAtBest


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