Funke Bucknor Obruthe, the wedding party planner, shared insights about the planning process on her YouTube channel.
- Davido had expressed his desire for Obruthe to plan his wedding as early as 2020.
- The wedding received mixed reactions from the public, particularly regarding the decor.
Nigerian artist David Adeleke, known as Davido, and his wife Chioma Ejiofor‘s wedding planner, Funke Bucknor Obruthe, shared details about their special day and the planning process.
On her YouTube channel, the well-known event planner revealed that Davido approached her in 2020 to plan his wedding.
The couple tied the knot on June 25, 2024, and the event sparked mixed reactions among Nigerians, especially after images and videos from the celebration circulated online. Some fans expressed dissatisfaction with the decorations, while there were also whispers that the planning might have been hurried.
She said: “In 2020, I met Davido, and he had just finished performing. I was just outside and David said to me ‘you are planning my wedding’ and this was in 2020. But as you know, after 2020, a few things happened, and life got in the way, and they had to put a pause on the planning.”
Speaking further, the event guru recounted how Davido reached out to her again in 2024 to inform her to expect a call from his sister. Upon making further enquiries, she was told that it was about his wedding to Chioma. She said:
“Fast forward to 2024, I get a message in my DM and I see it’s from David and he says ‘Aunty Funke, my sister is going to call you. I say ‘what is she calling me about?’ and he says ‘my wedding’ and this was in February and I was like yeahh!”
Funke Bucknor revealed that she had planned Davido’s sister Coco’s wedding a few years prior and that she eventually got a call from her, Davido’s other sister Sharon, and Chioma’s sister Jennifer. They all began the process of planning Nigeria’s biggest wedding in 2024.