Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva earned the encomiums of notable personalities as they mark their 35th wedding anniversary today.
The highly
respected and award-winning actress took to social media to celebrate their
35th wedding anniversary.
Joke Silva
noted that she forgot today is their anniversary but thanked God for the years
she has spent with her sweetheart.
She wrote,
“Totally forgot. 35 years together. Thank you, Lord. Here is to many more.
Happy wedding anniversary Omo boy @_olujacobs.”
Olu Jacobs
and Joke Silva met in 1981 and it has been a journey full of good and inspiring
stories.
Olu Jacobs
had said that the moment he set his eyes on Joke Silva, he knew she was his
wife.
He said, “We
were having a management meeting for a play, Wole Soyinka’s Jero Metamorphosis
when a young lady walked in. Immediately she walked in, something inside me
told me that she was going to be my wife and I told the people around me that I
was going to marry her. That was in 1981. In 1986, we got married.
Olu Jacobs
continued, “I was not in a relationship. I had a disappointment that kept me
away and I never wanted any serious commitment because the wound was still raw
but when I met her, we talked and played a lot and it surprised people a lot.
We travelled together a lot as well. When the time came, I did not hesitate and
it was as if she was waiting for the question as well. I proposed to her in
Tunisia because we were shooting a film, Ashanti. She came to join me there on
her way to England and I asked her to marry me.”
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