Why fear intermarriage?
Mar 01, 2010 (Daily Trust/All Africa Global Media) — Nigerians of all walks of life debate on the merits and demerits of inter tribal or mixed marriages, in a nation slowly taking its place in the global village. Olusina Ayodele, a media practitioner with an Abuja based tabloid probably got the rudest shock of his life few days into the new year, when his fiancee, Osemudiamen Ehime (real name withheld), a youth corp member serving in the same city, called off their 6 month old relationship for a reason that he still finds hard to come to terms with, weeks after the painful break up. Looking forward to a blissful year which he had hoped would ultimately culminate in the tying of the nuptial knots sometime in December, the current year, he had received the surprise new year package from his `heartthrob, who had visited her home town ostensibly to inform her parents about the budding relationship. According to the `corper` who unsuccessfully endeavored to create a myriad of other subtle
