https://nextedition.com.ng/2018/12/16/charlyboy-weds-wife-church-40-years/

Nigerian showbiz maestro and rights activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charlyboy, has formally walked his American wife, Diane, down the aisle to sign the dotted line after 40 years of marriage.

Charlyboy and Diane exchanged marriage vows on Saturday evening at the Chapel of Sisters of Jesus the Redeemer Catholic Church in Gwarimpa, Abuja.

The low-keyed wedding was officiated by the outspoken Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses, Bishop Mathew Kukah, with close friends and relatives in attendance, among them Charlyboy’s aged mother.

The Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Diocese, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, was also in attendance among some other clergymen.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the couple exchanged the “I do” vows amidst cheers from the congregation.

They thereafter signed the marriage register.

Onaiyekan, in his exhortation, commended the couple for staying together for over four decades but urged them to be committed to their marriage vows by showing mutual love, understanding and respect for each other.

“I specially congratulate Charles and his wife for this Godly decision, and I pray God to keep them together.”

NAN quoted Charlyboy as saying he and his wife decided to wed in church to honour his aged mother who had been ‘pleading that we do the right thing.’

According to him, he got married as a teenager in 1974, and secured divorce after the union produced one child.

He noted that the Catholic Church observed a strict marital doctrine.

Good for them, wishing them a blissful marriage.