Encomium
Femi Otedola admitted that he bought two mansions on the same street in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) in preparations for his daughter’s wedding.
The billionaire revealed how he ended up buying the mansions during his speech at the reception in Iceland on August 8 celebrating his daughter, Temi, and Tosin Ajibade (Mr Eazi).
Femi Otedola stated at the well-appointed ceremony:
“I always go to Dubai. So this December, two and a half years ago, Temi called me. Papa, what are you doing? She said, Papa, let’s go to Dubai. So we got on the plane. We got to Dubai. There’s this guy who has been showing me properties in Dubai for the last 15 years, but I never bought. I go to Emirates, so I must have looked at at least, I’m not exaggerating, at least 70 properties.
“I never bought any. So I called up the guy, we’re in Dubai, sightseeing, let’s see what’s in the market. So we got to the Dubai Hills. So we saw this beautiful house where we had the engagement. And Temi said to me, Papa, you know, I can have my engagement ceremony in this house. Why don’t you buy it? That’s all she said. She doesn’t talk much, but very deeply. So when I got home, I slept on it. I said, Eh, I’m going to spend all this money on this house. Something else struck me. You know what? Money you don’t spend is all yours. Life is for the living.
“So I called up the agent. I said, Okay, I’ll buy the house. So I bought it. Eight months ago, on the same street, the agent called me again to say that there was another house they had just completed. If I wanted to look at it, I said, why not? So one day I looked at it. It’s a beautiful house, but I have a house, of course. Then Temi came to visit me again. I said, Temi, there’s one house. Let’s go look at it. I like looking at houses with Temi and Cuppy and so on. Temi said, Papa, you know, this house will be nice for our after-party. I said, you’re very unserious.
“Anyway, to make her happy, I bought it. On the same street. So, we had the after-party there.”
Temi Otedola and Mr Eazi (Tosin Ajibade) first met in London in January 2017. He proposed marriage in Venice (Italy) five years later, and they are now man and wife!
