Nollywood actress Ekene Umenwa has disclosed that her marriage to Ifeanyi Ogbodo Alex was a result of their shared company.
According to Naija News Thrill, Umenwa and Alex, the film producer, were married in November 2023 and just had their first kid.
In a recent interview, Umenwa stated they met through business several years ago.
The thespian claims that once their business partnership developed into a friendship, they fell in love.
Umenwa also said that the choice to keep their relationship secret till marriage was the reason behind her reclusive lifestyle.
She said, “I met my husband years back, I cannot be specific because I am not good with time and calculations, but my husband is good with it. So I think it is more than five years ago that I met him and it was business that brought us together.
“Because he is into the kind of business that I do. As business brought us together, from business to friendship and the guy had started falling for me and I later fell for him.
“Well if you know me, you will know that I am a private person and if not that I decided to do this marriage to the glory of God, I would not even post about it.
“I decided to keep it from social media because I think I was not so ready to post it. I needed to be sure about it. I wanted both of us to pray about it because it is not easy.
“Many people come on social media and start putting their marriage out there but there are who do not like you, a lot of forces out there that might come.”
