All The Lovely Photos From Governor Adams Oshiomole and Lala Fortez Wedding In Benin, Edo State

63-year-old Edo state governor is married again five years after he lost his wife Clara to cancer. The very hardworking exchanged vows with a very young Ethiopian model Lala Fortez in Benin today. Words from aides of the governor is that Lara Forte, a Cape Verde national, and former air hostess at Emirate Airlines is in her early thirties. The wedding was solemnized at the marriage registry of Auchi Etsako West Local government Council of Edo state while the reception ceremony was later held at the governor’s Iyamho country home. Among guests at the event were President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President-elect, Yemi Osibajo, Senator Bukola Saraki, Aliko Dangote and Director General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Asishana Okauru. More photos below...

Governor Adams Oshiomhole slips puts a ring on the finger of fomer Miss Iara Fortes at a private marriage registry at Iyamho, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, on Friday.

From left: Senator Bukola Saraki, President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari; Governor Adams Oshiomhole; his wife, Iara Oshiomhole, Mrs and Mrs Fortes, parents of the bride and Vice President-elect, Prof Yemi Osibanjo.

Children and grandchildren of Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

Mother of the groom, Hajia Aishetu Oshiomhole and Mr Godwin Obaseki, Chairman, Edo State Economic Team at the Wedding Registry.

Iara, a lawyer by profession and top model, is from the Cape Verde Islands. She is a former staff of Emirate Airlines, and is in her early thirties, aides of the governor say.