In what appears in contrast to the conventional ways of preferring a rather comfortable ambiance for proposal, Reverend (Dr) Ademuyiwa Ajayi, has revealed how he proposed to her delectable philanthropist wife, Reverend Mother Abimbola Esther Ajayi, at a bus station in Ibadan.
He also opened up on how he used the last money on him to purchase the engagement ring he used.
According to him, distance and financial constraints almost cost him the conjugal bliss he now enjoys with Mother Ajayi.
Relieving the memories of their love story in an interview he granted The Sun newspapers, alongside the female cleric, Reverend Ademuyiwa Ajayi, explained how he had to shrug off impossibility and take a decisive step.
In a move meant to get her formally committed to a relationship that had spanned years, he said, “If I didn’t make any move, she would slip out of my hand.”
His words: “It happened that I left secondary school before she did, just by a year difference. But when she left, she was taken from Lagos to Ibadan. And, we were not seeing each other as often as we used to. I felt they were taking her away from me, gradually. I always used to travel from Lagos to Ibadan to see her. She was living with one pilot and her sister. Then she got a job with NTA Ibadan, Oyo State. She was on a programme called “Toko Taya” and I used to watch that programme. She was also presenting a programme on the radio. I told myself that if I don’t make a move then, she would get away from me. So I decided to use my last money to buy an engagement ring, and, with determination, travelled with it, to Ibadan. I called her out and while she was seeing me off to the bus station to get a vehicle to Lagos, I told her that I have something very important to tell her. I told her that since we don’t see each other as often as we used to, I would want us to get married. I said that was why I brought the ring with me. I told her we need to be committed to each other so that nobody would come between us. That was how I proposed to her.
At that time, we did not have much money and all my aim was to get her committed to me even though we were separated by distance. All I felt then was that once you give her a ring, you would get her committed to you and there was no going back. The ring I bought was of very low quality because I wasn’t rich. The people she was living with were rich and they had enrolled her in that broadcasting training institute in Ibadan. At that time, what we heard was that any female that got into broadcasting profession, was going to be wayward because she would be exposed to people. So, my concern was that if I didn’t make any move, she would slip out of my hand. That’s why I decided to get her committed to me. Besides, I really wanted to marry her because at that moment, our relationship had gone beyond that of friendship to love. It was already affecting me that I wasn’t seeing her as often as I used to. And, because it was God’s plan, she didn’t reject my proposal. She took the ring and agreed to be committed to me. We were so emotional that day that we almost cried as we hugged each other at the park. It was such that I didn’t want to board a vehicle back to Lagos any more. We were there until evening. But she had to go back home and I had to go back to Lagos.
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