“People got the figures wrong I paid $25,000 for bride price” - Pokello Nare

BBA stars Pokello Nare and Elikem Kumordzi are now official couple, they got married on the 20th of June 2015, Elikem a native of Ghana and Pokello from Zimbabwe.

Elikem told Peace online he paid $25,000(5m) as bride price

“I paid a lot of money and before you pay such money for a lady’s hand in marriage you have to be sure she’s the one. Otherwise you will be a silly young man throwing a lot of money away. So it feels good to be married to the right woman. It feels amazing. No mistakes or regrets whatsoever."

When quizzed on how much he paid as bride price for Pokello, a reluctant Elikem said because people are mentioning wrong figures all over so he wants to use the opportunity to correct that.

He said…

“I initially didn’t want to make this information public but people are getting figures wrong so I want to correct it. The lobola (Bride price for a traditional marriage in Zimbabwe) was 25,000 US Dollars. A deposit of 20,000 US Dollars was paid on Saturday and the 5,000 US Dollars balance is to be paid by the white wedding”.