Amazing! Woman, Anu Yusuf Weds On Same Day She Bagged A First Class Degree

A Nigerian Birmingham City University student named Anu Yusuf wore two important outfits on the same day- her wedding dress and a cap and gown.

The 26-year-old bride received her Law LLB in a ceremony at Symphony Hall alongside hundreds of her fellow students on Wednesday 27 July, wearing a traditional cap and gown, on the same day, she married her heart-rob, Joseph Kolawole Ola, who shared the beautiful experience on Facebook:

“I MARRIED YOU!”

No, not “you”, I mean her, the beautiful damsel in the pictures below. But between the two of us, “I Married You” isn’t just a phrase; it’s the title of the book I bought for her ON THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT I MET HER.

It was in a Youth Service Camp in Northern Nigeria. I was drawn to her as she stood looking at the books at the book stand in front of the hall where I had just finished holding a Bible Study session.

I walked up to her, struck up a conversation, and felt led to buy her a book by Late Walter Trobisch. I wanted to buy her “I Loved A Girl” which was the only book by that author which I had read, but they were out of copies so I opted for another title by the same author; a book I HAD NOT EVEN READ MYSELF. And the title became a prophetic script: “I MARRIED YOU!”

And it came…to pass. Last Wednesday. July 27th. I married her!

But not only that, ON THE SAME DAY, she graduated with a FIRST CLASS in her LLB Programme.

Pause right there. Give me a moment to tie it up for you…

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Of course, this isn’t just a post about me getting married or about her graduating with a first class (we won’t be the first in anyways); but you know I like to draw out life lessons from almost everything. So this post wouldn’t be without one, and here is it: GOD LISTENS TO YOUR SILENT WHISPERS!

Here’s what I mean…

When Eleos was leaving Nigeria for the UK in 2013, I intended to meet her at the airport. I woke up early enough, stopped by at a store to buy her a golden wristwatch that I wanted to give her as a parting gift alongside a Friendship Journal where I chronicled our first conversations in our first few months together since February 2012 when the relationship started…

But Lagos traffic did its worst and I didn’t make it to the airport in time to meet her. She had boarded the plane before I got there.

I cried. Like, literally.

I said it jokingly, though. I had no plans of coming to the UK. I even had no Nigerian Passport at the time let alone a UK Visa…

Fast forward to months later, I find myself telling her (again, jokingly) in our almost-every-night conversations while I was still in Nigeria trying to encourage her with regards to her studies… I’ll say something like:

“Don’t worry. Study well and FINISH WITH A FIRST CLASS… I’ll be there at your convocation…and WHISK YOU OFF AFTERWARDS TO MARRY YOU ON THE SAME DAY!”

Again, it was just a joke, but I love to tease her with the idea…

But as of today, not only did I actually come to give her the golden wristwatch by myself but I also witnessed her graduation and ‘WIFED’ her the same day! (Only the order was different; marriage first, graduation afterwards…)

Where am I going?