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EmperorSeal: Amaechi shall be disgraced out of office and become irrelevant forever.
I just hate the back that always have his way of shouting beyond his voice just to pretend to be at the receiving end....... dis video is an eye opener too the lies he has been feeding the public

kamez: I watched the video, and u could clearly hear one of the so called honourable members echoing ARROW MATES with some of the thugs he brought to the house of assembly!! Hmmmmm dat means na executioner retired and strike chief retired from Alpha marine (uniport) na dem full rivers stae house of assembly... Heheheheheh heads must surely roll

Odenigbo Aroli: Ify nwa mma...kedu maka nwoke Aro?
Ify,the practice signifies the actual "dowries" paying. These is usually done by the oldest men and "ndi nze na ozo"from both families. The groom could be present but he is there as an observer.He could also stay outside if he chooses but he doesn't even have to be present..As forthe bride,she must not be there and no woman is allowed. During these course the bride price is bargained and a price reached. They usually do these in a very quiet and hidden place and you will never hear what the elders are saying because they whisper and speak in riddles.Children are chased away from the vicinity. They will usually use some kind of special sticks for the bargaining and sometimes it takes hours,depending on how much the bride is valued. One time a traditional wedding was taking place at my house when I was very young and I saw bunch of red hat chiefs from my family and the grooms stood up,walked away from our house to our neighbors,go inside a room and closed the door behind them. They were there for several hours and it made me and my younger brother to walk through some hedges to go eavedrop.We listened,heard voices but couldn't hear what they were saying.Later asked my mother and she says "fa jee ikpo onu nwanyi".

Kx: From experience, can drinks will accompany your guests home by way of "take away".

Buy bottles. However, transfer the risk of loss or bottles and replacement cost to your in-laws by giving them money to buy the drinks. That way, they will appoint someone to take charge of picking bottles etc.

On a final note, if you are budgeting say N300k for the marriage on account of the list they gave you, make an arrangement for additional N120-N150 if the marriage will actually be holding in the East.