We Have Principle That We Are Not Going Anywhere, There Is No Plan B. There Is No “I’m Done.”- Unamdi Oboli Opens Up On Marriage With Wife, Omoni Oboli

Omoni Oboli’s husband Unamdi had an interview with Punch’s, Naomi Chima

You have been married to Omoni for many years. What has kept your marriage strong, especially with both of you working together?

We are good friends. We genuinely love each other.

That is very important. I can be upset with her, but I’m upset with somebody I genuinely like being around. So, the anger doesn’t last.

We also have a principle that we are not going anywhere. There is no Plan B. There is no “I’m done.” Everything is about how we solve the problem.

When you always have an exit door, you may not put in the effort required to solve a problem. But, when you know that you are going to be with this person for the rest of your life, you begin to look for ways to make the relationship work.

Whether we are dealing with marriage or business, we remember that we are husband and wife, and we are friends. We respect and honour each other.

Whatever she does, she does for us. Whatever I do, I do for us. It isn’t about me doing something for myself and allowing her to benefit from it. The mindset is that we are building something together.

How did you meet her?

We met while she was on the set of a movie my uncle was producing.

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We spoke for about five minutes. She told me where she was, but I didn’t see her again for about four years.

When I came back, we started dating. About two weeks after we started dating, I proposed. A few months later, we were married. And, the rest is history.

What would you tell a young man who is talented, broke, in love and confused about marriage?

I would tell him that marriage is not about finding perfect people.

Marriage is about two imperfect people coming together and growing towards the same goal. You are there to sharpen each other.

When I got married, I didn’t have everything. I didn’t have a house, and my business was even struggling at the time.

After we got married, I had to stay with a friend. Later, we got an apartment that was so far away that going to the island could take about five hours.

The struggles were real, but we enjoyed them together. We built together.

We didn’t know exactly what the future would look like. We knew that we loved God, loved each other and believed we were going somewhere together.

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