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Delta Couple Paddles To Their Traditional Wedding In Canoe Amidst Flooding [Photo]

A couple, Asiayei Enaibo and Emily Ekanpou, have performed their traditional marriage rites in the middle of the flood currently ravaging the Akparemogbene community in Delta State.

Delta Couple Performs Their Traditional Marriage Rites

The couple and their guests took canoes to the platform constructed in the middle of the flooded community for the wedding ceremony held on Thursday in Ayakoromo, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state.

In photos circulating on social media, the couple could be seen smiling in their ceremonial clothes, as they paddle through the flooded streets in canoes.

They performed their traditional rites with only a small number of guests.

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KanyiDaily had reported how an Okada rider was swept away by flood after he refused to let go of his bike and save himself in Oko Oba, Agege, Lagos State.

Tobias Sylvester

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