Omotayo’s love story is compelling
and amazing. The couple have been
in a relationship for over eight years
before they finally tied the knot on
Sunday, November 17, 2013.
There has been a lot of talk and
whispers about their marriage, the
family issues and the fact that Lola
is by far older than Peter Okoye has
been trending. But why did she
decide to marry someone who’s her
junior?
Below is Lola Omotayo’s stand on
their age difference…
Lola, who was a Business
Development Director at FKG2m a
marketing agency in Lagos, had told
the story of how she and Peter met
and how the relationship started:
“My agency handles some of British
American Tobacco brands and
P’Square was doing a show for us at
one of our events in Enugu. Though
I had met Peter a couple of times
before then, at the show there was
some chemistry.
He asked for my number and I
refused giving it to him. I told him
‘if you really want to know me, you
have to find my number’. So he
took it as a task and found my
number and the rest is history.”
Lola, said to be in her 30s then and
Peter in his 20s, was not disturbed
by the age difference. Her reason:
“Like I said, Peter is an old soul and
he always tells me that I’m like a
23-year-old. Age is just a number.
Right now, you can see it around
the world. Demi Moore, Usher and
some known people. Even in Nigeria
here, they are dating people far
older than their age. So, we
shouldn’t base it on the age factor.
He doesn’t make me feel like he’s
younger than me.”
Hmmmn, is age really just a number
in marriage, especially in Nigeria?
