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Monday, 6 April 2015

How I met my husband at 27- Lagos First Lady shares her love story

Dame Abimbola Fashola says she met her husband, the Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola at a party after his father introduced her to him. She shared their love story with City People mag...
"I met my husband at age 27. That was at my best friend's engagement then. I was serving and making sure everyone was okay and well taken care of, attending to people and all that. And then his father saw me and then said "I have a son and I will like you to meet my son. So I said no problem sir. He said good. My son will soon come in. When he came, we introduced ourselves. We met. We exchanged our numbers and that was it. We took it off from there. He was cool, he looked cool-headed. He was friendly. He had no airs about him. He was a simple fellow. He was already working then as a lawyer. He was at Sofunde, Belgore & Co. He clicked with my sisters too. He was always going to parties with them. He was bubbling with them. I didn't use to go to parties with them. Since my sisters accepted him, I had no choice but to accept him" she said
at 4/06/2015 01:35:00 pm

77 comments:

  1. Davido's driver6 April 2015 at 13:35

    God keep you too forever..

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    1. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:11

      Exchanged numbers In what year??? Maybe Nitel land line sha...lol

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    2. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:12

      kindly use SEBEE by @Trey_Sossi as your caller ring back tune

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    3. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:17

      Awww!! ****cageyberry ****

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    4. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 15:18

      Mtchewwww! So if Ur sisters no accept am, u for no marry am nau. #like we care?

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    5. NaijaDeltaBabe6 April 2015 at 15:39

      We don hear.

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    6. knowurway.com6 April 2015 at 16:05

      @ Anon 3:18 pm. I tire oh, it means she could hv remain single till now

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    7. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 16:42

      Bad beller people. Mtcheeeeew

      I said soooooooooooooooooooooo

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    8. Unknown6 April 2015 at 16:45

      What year did u exchange numbers o? :hehehehehehe

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    9. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 17:17

      I was gonna ask that too... What kinda number did they exchange biko? Nitel lines I guess

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    10. Unknown6 April 2015 at 23:35

      This Shildren

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  2. Davido's driver6 April 2015 at 13:36

    God keep you two forever..

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    1. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 17:08

      Awww...how sweet!!.exchange numbers in 1992 #fraud😠

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  3. Damilola6 April 2015 at 13:37

    Good thg u didn't put up a front like most girls would. Meeting him was d best thg that happened to you

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  4. Unknown6 April 2015 at 13:37

    Wow!!! Soundz romantic 2 me.

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  5. Bonita Bislam6 April 2015 at 13:39

    Aww beautiful love story.Cupid's arrow on point

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  6. Khemistry6 April 2015 at 13:39

    Love kwa!

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  7. Unknown6 April 2015 at 13:39

    Wow, that's cute and sweet

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  8. FOLARIN•6 April 2015 at 13:41

    That's so nice
    I love her, she soo cool and humble
    Even with her husband philandering attitude she still keeps calm

    Very good of her

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    1. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 17:20

      Your name suits you but please add 'liar' because you are not only the queen of bitches you are also the queen of liars. BRF is not a philanderer and God Almighty will punish you for this slander.

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    2. Anonymous7 April 2015 at 07:00

      Oh! plz shut up! If ur nt sure of something den dnt curse using God's name,i cn categorically say fashola does a whole lot of shit buh dat doesn't take away frm d fact dat he did a good job in lagos state.#Geturfacts#

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  9. Unknown6 April 2015 at 13:42

    Nice love story,papa connection. I can imagine the kind of phone she was using then.

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  10. LIVING REAL.6 April 2015 at 13:43

    Good for u ppl.

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  11. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 13:45

    You guys exchages numbers?which number house address or landline number?story for the gods

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    1. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:08

      Probably landline na..don't you even have anything up your brain?abi you wanted her to have told you they exchanged landline numbers?use Ur head

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    2. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:35

      Of course landline (home phone).
      Choi, so a whole lawyer no go get home phone?

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    3. Unknown6 April 2015 at 14:41

      They were from noble background and had Nitel phone lines back in the days

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    4. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 15:10

      you just spoke my mind

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    5. Unknown6 April 2015 at 15:52

      My mind exactly. Spiritual numbers

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    6. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 20:24

      From my earliest memory as a child born in the early 80's in Port Harcourt, we had a nitel land phone at home. I recall my neighbour in the other flat had one as well & we had a couple of people in our neighbourhood come in to receive calls on our phones from time to time. If you work back the years, the event Mrs Fashola spoke about must have occurred in 1992/93. I take it that those of you dropping theve ignorant comments about phone numbers were not privileged to have land phones and neither did anyone have same in your neighbourhood. This just speaks volumes about the level of exposure and background of many people who speak thrash on these blogs.

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  12. Eze6 April 2015 at 13:48

    Is it for campaign or what....who asked her and how is it our business.........

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    1. Sylvonce6 April 2015 at 15:13

      Henry shut up! U want pple to notice u. Plz clear ur waec papers first, den u can b noticed wen u get accepted into ivy league schools. Ewu Kenya!

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  13. Eze6 April 2015 at 13:48

    Is it for campaign or what....who asked her and how is it our business.........

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  14. Unknown6 April 2015 at 13:51

    Exchange numbers???? them bn get their own GSM then or na NITEL?

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    1. FOLARIN•6 April 2015 at 14:17

      Kikikikikikikikiki

      I guess it's postal numbers
      Lol

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    2. Unknown6 April 2015 at 14:39

      Tot as much, but guess she meant house number. Or landline.

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    3. Unknown6 April 2015 at 15:32

      Lols@Nwobu

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  15. Unknown6 April 2015 at 13:55

    Love story is sweeter when you tell the story after being together for a long time.

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  16. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 13:56

    hunh? That last statement though... lol

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  17. Unknown6 April 2015 at 13:57

    Hw e take concern me

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  18. ANYA IKENGA6 April 2015 at 14:02

    No wonder he has always lived an Arrangee life of a house boy. So even wife na him papa arrange.

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    1. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 20:38

      Na u mumu psss. So na crime for father to introduce a beautiful lady to the son

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  19. Unknown6 April 2015 at 14:04

    Love is good.

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  20. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:09

    Linda your earlier post abt Oba of Lagos is false. Make your findings before you post.u lifted that story from nairaland

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  21. Unknown6 April 2015 at 14:09

    Beautiful tnk God 4 der lives 2dy.

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  22. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:17

    This is very beautiful, fashola's wife is classy

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  23. Unknown6 April 2015 at 14:17

    did she just said dey exchanged numbers?? is it mobile number or house number

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  24. Nky6 April 2015 at 14:22

    True love.

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  25. Unknown6 April 2015 at 14:23

    Exchanging of number was not invoke then now.
    This story is somehow.

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  26. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:24

    What numbers did they exchange then, just a curious mind here.

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  27. ary6 April 2015 at 14:26

    Unless she is talking about exchanging land line numbers, then the relationship must be pretty young.

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  28. Unknown6 April 2015 at 14:30

    You had no choice but it paid off in the end. Linda take note!

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  29. Unknown6 April 2015 at 14:30

    You had no choice but it paid off in the end. Linda take note!

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  30. Unknown6 April 2015 at 14:30

    You had no choice but it paid off in the end. Linda take note!

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  31. Unknown6 April 2015 at 14:30

    You had no choice but it paid off in the end. Linda take note!

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  32. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:36

    Exchange our numbers on landline or what ? you too lie

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  33. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:42

    U guys exchange numbers? do we av GSM then.

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  34. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:46

    There was no phone at that time madam!

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    1. Bee6 April 2015 at 18:07

      You must be very naive to say there was no phone at that time. There were land lines and even as a child growing up in the 80s we had home phones, so did people in the late 70s too.

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  35. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 14:53

    Exchange numbers, House Address right? love letter things.

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  36. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 15:04

    numbers ko house address ni. Fashola papa poor even d poor call him poor. Where him for see numbers? Abeg linda repackage your story jare.

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  37. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 15:09

    Exchange of numbers ke?27years ago?....pls clarify that o

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    1. Unknown6 April 2015 at 15:41

      There was Nitel in those days. Table phones of grin grin sound. The ones your turn the number dial round...maybe tens times before you finish dialing the numbers.

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  38. Sazzy C6 April 2015 at 15:20

    Great story. Now u enjoying

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  39. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 15:21

    C'mon! Which number?!

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  40. Unknown6 April 2015 at 15:29

    pls which year was this that they exchange numbers please please Linda help me ask them ooo


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  41. FIZZICHILLIO6 April 2015 at 16:08

    they exchanged bbm pin... hahahaha!! so his father did the runs and your sisters helped you by accepting him hah?

    #Fizz

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  42. dd6 April 2015 at 16:32

    You Poeple should read in between the line,according to story she was 27 when the meet

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  43. mummy3 budapest6 April 2015 at 17:01

    Some people can ask mumu question on dis blog sha! almost every body had a land line fone (grin grin at home and if you don't have am sure ur neighbours did. Pls use ur Brain don't always be a hater

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  44. KELL6 April 2015 at 17:07

    ARE U GUYS THAT YOUNG?? THERE WERE LANDLINE PHONES IN 1981 HOW MUCH MORE 1988...

    SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT PHILANDERING HE DOESNT SEEM LIKE IT..IS HE REALLY A PHILANDERER PLEASE EXPANTIATE...

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  45. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 18:58

    So much ignorance on display here. There was Nitel landline in those days. I'm older than her and we had a phone in my parents house as far back as the 70s. People should ask before passing insults and degrading themselves in the process.

    God bless Bimbo Fashola and BRF.

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  46. Anonymous6 April 2015 at 19:20

    Mumu people,some people had land lines OK,when you will refuse to read how wouldyou know,phone booth sef dey then. Home video and social media mumu children will be asking if there were phone lines then.eg 01520464.

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  47. Anonymous7 April 2015 at 06:06

    I very sure is nitel number they exchanged

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  48. Anonymous7 April 2015 at 07:03

    I am 42, I have no memory of my house without a phone. The nitel land lines started with 5 digits with 01 as code for Lagos. In the 80s they added another digit so if you lived in Ikeja 960378 became 4960378. Most of my friends had phones at home. When she said numbers she meant phone numbers and rightly so. Then you couldn't dial international direct. You'd call nitel from your phone, book the call and they would call you back later to connect you. So you had to stick around. I remember we had to wait for dialing tone. It means that sometimes when you pick up the phone it would delay before you could call. I hope that GSM generation understands a little better now.

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  49. Anonymous7 April 2015 at 08:27

    Exchanged phone numbers 27 years ago?

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  50. Anonymous7 April 2015 at 09:47

    But there was not proper telephone in the country as at when she claimed she met her husband........

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  51. Unknown7 April 2015 at 11:24

    You are a good woman. More blessings.

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