One of Nollywood’s latest brides, Ihuoma Linda Ejiofor who got married in a star studded event over the weekend, to her husband, Ibrahim Suleiman, has given a rundown of their love story.
According to the actress, they didn’t start out as being lovers immediately. After he lot his mum, they became close, she said.
He however, was considering leaving Lagos to get close to his siblings in Abuja, she said. She therefore succeeded in discouraging him from the idea, together with some other close friends.
How Linda Ejiofor and Ibrahim Suleiman started dating.
Having encouraged him to audition for a role in Tinsel, they got even closer from seeing each other on set.
He however started developing feelings for her, but was too scared to show.
When he eventually did, it happened that the feeling was mutual so they started dating. At that time, only members of their inner circle were in the know, she said.
Her story below;
Ibrahim and I have been friends for a few years now, but it was not until after his mum passed away in June 2016 that we really started to bond.
He was in a really dark place and was ready to throw in the towel and move back to Abuja so he could be closer to his siblings.
I (along with a few members of his inner circle) was able to convince him to stay in Lagos.He accepted a job as an Architect with a design and build firm, while working towards his first solo exhibition as an artist.
In November 2016, I, Harry Dorgu, and Adesua Wellington talked him into showing up for a reading for a role on Africa Magic’s TINSEL. Prior to this, he had never acted a scene in his life, so it was quite a coin toss for him.
The audition went well and he landed the role of Damini White, a character who is Bimpe Adekoya’s boss who becomes her onscreen lover.Over the next 13 months, we had to see each other on set 3-5 times a week and then our friendship grew stronger.
Ibrahim developed feelings soon after but was hesitant as he didn’t want to risk losing me as his closest friend if the relationship didn’t work out.
Eventually, he squared up and told me how he felt. Turns out the feeling was mutual and we both started dating quietly, with only their siblings, very close friends and a couple of colleagues in the know.
