What
actually prompted Emeka Idika, an able body journalist to have tied the
nuptial knot with a physically impaired woman still remains a mystery.
Perhaps that popular saying that ‘love is blind’ may have been the
reason.The young journalist’s eyes were wide opened when he exchanged
marital vows with visually impaired Margaret Ekanem Uko last May 19, at a
court registry, along Moscow Road in Port Harcourt.
Akwa Ibom State-born Margaret glows with smiles
and aura of joy around her and would tell anyone who cares to listen
that walking down the aisle with her long term friend and colleague,
Emeka Idika remains her happiest moment so far.
The blind but brilliant journalist attended
Federal Government College, Abuloma, Port Harcourt, but dropped out
when she was found to be blind. Thus, she was referred to Afaraukwu
School of the Blind to learn skills. Few years later, she became a
braillist and teaches other students too with a vast knowledge of
computer.
With her unique communication skill and
flair for writing she got her Ordinary National Diploma (OND) before
proceeding to Port Harcourt, to do her industrial training, at Rhythm
93.7 FM. It was during her Industrial Training that she met and fell in
love with her colleague, Mr. Emeka Idika Kalu.
Lest you have any doubt, about their
made-in-heaven marriage, Emeka’s nice words about his wife is enough to
convince anyone that he has no regret signing the dotted lines with a
physically challenged woman.
According to him, “I met Margret in 2009
when she came to do her IT with Rhythm FM Port-Harcourt where I also
work as a journalist. My first attraction to her was her intelligence.
Later we became close friends and virtually do everything together. Our
friendship blossomed into love and we couldn’t ignore what we both felt
in our hearts.”
“I was sure that I have the qualities I
wanted in my wife in her, thus I don’t see any stumbling block in my
decision to settle for her as my better half. Moreover, my wife is very
sensitive, intelligent, ready to learn, humble, takes care of the house
and despite her condition, she makes the most delicious food you could
ever think of,” he avowed.
The happy husband, Emeka, also chipped in a word of advice to other young men who find it hard to see ability in disabilities.
“It’s so sad that our young men and women
of these days hardly look deep before settling for a life partner. They
should try and see beyond the physical appearance. I urge them to go for
true love and not illusion, because true love never dies and it goes
beyond the matters of the physical,” he counselled.
The rare occasion was well graced by journalists, family, friends and well wishers.
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