Sola Sobowale, the star of King of Boys, led the couple into the hall. In April 2022 the film’s director, Kemi Adetiba, married Oscar Heman-Ackah in Lagos in a wedding styled, fittingly, like a production.
The director of The Wedding Party
Kemi Adetiba directed The Wedding Party (2016), which opened the City to City programme at the Toronto International Film Festival and became one of Nollywood’s biggest box office hits, and the King of Boys films that followed. She is the daughter of broadcaster Dele Adetiba and engineer Mayen Adetiba. Oscar Heman-Ackah proposed in January 2022, and the engagement was announced soon after.
Two days in April
The celebrations, branded #UndeniablyYours2022, opened with an introduction and a court wedding in Lagos on 22 April 2022. The traditional wedding followed on 23 April, under the theme “Flamboyantly African”. A hen night completed the series.
Guests from film, music and media included Toyin Abraham, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, Seun Kuti, Ini Dima-Okojie, Zainab Balogun, Shaffy Bello, Sharon Ooja, Akah Nnani and Pere Egbi, and their outfits filled fashion pages for days.
A year of weddings
Kemi’s wedding opened a busy 2022 for Nigerian celebrity weddings, which went on to include Rita Dominic, Mercy Chinwo and M.I Abaga.